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We happened to go to Singapore kite festival. It was a fun event with all kinds of kites soaring the sky.This prompted me to get my own kite. I am looking forward to try my hand in kite flying this weekend. I think last time i flew kite was in chengalpattu when i was some 10-12 years old.

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Visit to singapore zoo on September 10, 2010. It was a national holiday in Singapore. we reached there after 3 train changes and a bus shuttle. But it was worth the effort. Arjun had a great time looking at all the monkeys, giraffe, monkeys etc.Very well structured zoo, made it a great experience for us - with Kangaroos, few monkeys, birds roaming around freely near us.

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Swamy and myself had to go to Geneva to participate in a workshop with a client.It was a wonderful place. We got to visit UN building and few other places The highlight of the trip was - i could visit the two apartments were my grandparents lived in 1970s. My grandfather worked in the UN then. This picture was taken outside a restaurant calledcasanova.

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2009 has had quite a few wonderful moments.Personally -I became a proud father of a naughty boy on 24 February 2009 in Delhi. This will be a highlight for the rest of my life.We settled down in Bangalore as a family in May 2009.We finalized flat in whitefield in October 2009, which should get ready in April 2010.My perriamma passed away out of cancer in July 2009Made a good name for myself in my

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Last 4 weeks has been a wild ride.Came back from Chennai and we surprised my wife with the arrival of her sister from USA. It was a cool surprise. i was glad to be part of the overall scheme.I have been working crazy hours trying to turn around a project that was in doldrums. It has been a wonderful experience. But handling a 20 bunch of non motivated employees has been quite insightful in team

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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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