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We decided to visit my parents in Chennai for Diwali. I always enjoyed being at home for Diwali. Watching one of those new tamil movie songs on sun tv, seeing interview with movie stars, eating mom's wonderful food, bursting crackers & visiting my grandmom & relatives.So my wife, 7 month old son and myself packed our bags set off by road. Trunk was filled with pram, bathtub, toys, diapers,

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On the 27th April, 1882, His Highness, Chamaraja Wodeyar, the Maharaja of Mysore, granted 3900 acres of land to the Eurasian and Anglo-Indian Association, Mysore and Coorg, (E&AI), for the establishment of Agricultural Settlements in the Mysore State (now Karnataka State). The Association was then about 170 strong, and is the only settlement in India that European and Eurasians can call their

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We are in the process of signing an agreement for purchasing a 3 bedroom apartment on the 8th floor in Whitefield.It has been quite exciting in finalizing the apartment. We have made some changes to the layout to make it more exciting. We have made the kitchen open. We have created provision for french doors in living and master bedroom. Made the master bedroom a little bigger. Made provision for

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I wondered in the middle of the day at work "What will I do if i quit my present job tomorrow?"The following random thoughts that came to my mind were..."I might just take a course in photography and try getting into professional photography.Or, I might like to get into real estate interior decoration business - it kinda fascinates me. I could probably learn carpentry.Or, go backpacking around

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I had typed the below paragraph in Italics on 12 August 2008, but it was still in draft without it being published in Blogspot.July 2008"Well, it has been a while since I blogged. I started off aggressively and as usual, it came to a stand still. But this time for a reason. I have been busy. Well yea, that is the excuse.I have been busy:- Hunting for a new job.- Relocating to Bangalore- Vacated

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One of my "Perriamma" (My dad's brother's wife) passed away recently because of cancer. I was in Santiago, Chile when I heard the news from my dad. It immediately brought back wonderful memories of her in Chengalpattu. She was a wonderful lady who loved her family. She will definitely be missed.Death has such an powerful impact in our life. It makes us realize that we are all mortals and all of

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There were some 10 cars ahead of us waiting to get in Metropolitan, Gurgaon. "Phew, we should have come in earlier" Said my wife. "I know.....I hate malls just for this parking mess." I said. The movie was at 1040pm and it was already 1030pm and we were still waiting outside the mall to get in. I was contemplating if I should drive around and park it in DT City Center and walk to Metropolitan.

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Last night, I was browsing the internet and was reading some random blogs. I happen to come across a blog by one Tanmay Sahay http://tanmaysahay.blogspot.com/. This guy's blog is about his personal experience etc and is extremely well written. In one of his blogs, he had listed out some of his memories from childhood. I thought it might be fun to list some my own memories from school days in

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I am really looking forward to this movie Jaane Tu..... featuring Imran Khan and Genelia. The visuals and trailers of the movie have been just beautiful. Music of Ar Rahman, as always, sounds very refreshing. With bunch of formula-driven-music directors in bollywood, I am glad one guy could come up with something different every time. I am one of those guys who will go and buy Rahman's music

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Last Friday, it was an off day for me at work and I had restarted my blogging. I churned out 3 new blogs and re wrote one of my old blog. I was just sitting in front of my laptop the whole damn day. I just got completely hooked. My wife even complained "enough of this blogging, let's go out for sometime." Last 3 days, I have been busy exploring ways to market my blog better to reach out to more

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First time I visited Hyderabad was when i was a kid of 7 years old. But, thanks to my work, I have got to visit Hyderabad a lot in the last few years. It is easily one of the better cosmopolitan cities in India. Wide roads, decent traffic, good crowd, pleasant weather (except for summers), nice culture, old monuments and amazing restaurants.Before I visited Hyderebad, I did not have a great

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Look around the next time you think your job sucks. Check this link: http://www.dbooth.net/internerd/bad_jobs.cfm

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I have listed below some tips based on my learnings and experiences with interacting with clients both in person and over phone remotely. Listen! - very important.Talk slowly and clearlyBe clear as to what exactly you want from your customer. Go with an agenda for each meeting. Email the agenda before the meeting. Ask direct questions. Don't beat around the bush (helps to know in your mind, what

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“Amit, can you please send me those slides asap…I need to send the consolidated pitch for the internal review call in another 1 hour” I said assertively to Amit, the subject matter expert. He promised to send the pages in another 5 minutes. I went back to reviewing my pitch to see for any more changes. I inserted Amit's slides once i received them. I was all set for the internal review of the due

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Some say "Failure is the stepping stone of success"...some say "Nothing succeeds like success"But what is success....is it getting richer, famous, and be able to do what one wants to do...? Sometimes, success is seen in relative terms..if one has more money or higher position than one's friends, relatives, colleagues, contacts...he/she feels successful. But if you notice, this feeling is a

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Monday August 06, 2007It was a busy day at work. I had a late night meeting (or a conference call...the BPO Lingo) with a client at 1230am. By the time, I could wrap up and leave for home it was some 1 am. I gathered my laptop and other things headed for the parking lot in the basement. I kickstarted my black honda unicorn and headed out of the building. I took my usual route back home..it was

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"hello, can we get a reservation for two at 830pm please?"...voice on the other side.."please hold on sir, we will just check and get back to you" we waited for some 1-2 minutes..the voice came back " sir, we dont have a seat available at 830..but we got one available at 930"....this made us even more curious and wonder what they got in the restaurant. so we said "ok, we will take it".This is an

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Time: 10pmLocation: Hilton Green Park, Mayfair, London.Drink: Starbucks Hazelnut hot chocolateMusic: Eric Clapton "Tears in Heaven"Well yes, I am currently in London on work. It has been about 2 weeks...and I am guessing another one week in this place. So far, I have quite enjoyed my stay here, even though I am missing my wife very badly. London is a classy place. Weather is just amazing here.

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It was 2nd week of June 2006. Peak summer in Gurgaon. I had just moved there. New Place. New people. New language. New food. You could say I was a little lost in that place. Thankfully, three of my colleagues/friends from Bangalore had also moved into gurgaon….so I had some company. But my life pretty much revolved around my office. I used to come in around 10am and hang around till 9.30-10pm. At

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well, I almost forgot that I had a blog page until I was reading my friend MC's Blog page and it had a link to mine :-). I was reading through my different posting...which is almost more than a year old, it gave me a nice feeling. I was like, man, my life has changed so much from the last time I had posted a blog. I had moved to Delhi, I got into another exciting role, I got promoted, I fell in

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It was another lazy weekend in chennai. Sun was blazing hot. Nice home cooked meal. Sun tv. Thiruttu cd on the computer. helped my dad out a bit with his organic store. a trip to the farms outside the city. quality family time. This kinda sums up my trip to chennai.I just realized I hardly got friends I could hang out with in chennai anymore. Most of the people I used to hang out with have either

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"Congratulations, you got the role, if you got any questions, feel free to call me....and the HR person would get in touch with you with the offer in a day or two" I was ecsatic. I finally got my dream role. Finally, something I could use my full potential for.. Finally something challenging. It is going to be for 2 years in pensylvania, USA. After some 2 months of frustrated waiting and after

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Arrived in chennai via charminar express from Hyderabad at around 10.15am on Thursday. The heavy humidity reminded me it was not hyderabad or bangalore any more. But, it is always a good feeling to come back home. Passing through the much familar mount road, sathyam theater, etc was always nice.On the way, I struck a conversation with the auto guy about the election scene. The result was about to

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The other day i was talking over msn messenger to one of my buddies from my university days in usa. It has been one and half years since i have come back from usa and i have not been in touch with no one ever since. Finally I managed to remember my password of my old msn messenger login...i was thinking it might have got expired by now. viola, it worked. MSN messenger used to be one of my closest

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This is what is up in my part of the world . . . .- Stock Market Booming, Sensex touched 11.7k today....12k is in the offing. That means more money for me!- Summer is setting in....I should be moving out of cool bangalore soon. Sigh. Dont know where! Depends on my next role at work. Could be Delhi or outside India.- Am into Art of Living. Regularly do sudharshana Kriya and Pranayama. Must say, it

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