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My Hyderabad Trip...

2009-02-11T21:29:00.009+05:30

Guess, almost more than a month i never updated my blog....Just found time for myself after a month of full of stress...Yea, just got over with my exams and back from my vacation... I went to Hyderabad- a must go getaway for vacation with lots beautiful places to see and amaze.... We had a wonderful trip but the only thing disappointed me was the climate- freaking hot... However we managed to go to all the places we wanted to.

It was great experience as it is me and my sisters 1st ever trip on our own. Sounds little crazy rite but thats the truth. Being pampered by dad like under age kids, we were never allowed to visit anywhere on out own ever since schooling days i.e. school trips. So its a totally WOW factor trip for us.

So this trip was really a great stuff for us like the back packers adventure thing( it is as we traveled in india). To spice up more, we decided to travel by bus and train instead of by air. Though at end of the day we were fully exhausted but yet we gain a new kind of experience. It is not a 4 or 6 hrs trip as in Malaysia. We traveled about 12 hours by bus (going to Hyderabad) and 14 hours by train (coming back to Bangalore). Imagine how would have been the traveling period though we took sleeper a/c as choice of bus and train. If you get a chance to travel in india, do try the sleeper ac bus. You'll be amazed. It's just like your bedroom. It was so comfortable to sleep on it and start the journey. You can never see or experience it other than in India.

However, we could not tolerant with the pollution- air as well sound and traffic. I seriously felt bangalore 100x better for very 1st time. Hyderabad is full of dusts till one of my sis white pants turned grey, more to black actually and my another sis sandal from gold to copper colour. Hahah, they still cursing me for that especially for her pants which cost few hundreds.

Not only hyderabad, but any part of India is highly polluted. So guys if you planned to travel to India, dont forget to carry your facial wash, caps, fully covered shoes, drugs@medicines and most important get vaccinated. You may fall sick if your immune systems are weak. And bringing along expensive and designer apparels are highly not recomended, unless you are filthy rich to lose those stuff.
Yeah, it was an exciting trip. We had loadsa fun. If you get a chance to go Hyderabad, do not miss the chance, go around the city. You'll Love it. My next spot is Kerala.

** Will post the places I visited in next post and details about it especially about Ramoji Film City-it is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the largest film studios in the world. Look forward.

WiSH YoU ALL HaPPy NeW YeAR!!!!!

2008-12-31T23:44:00.005+05:30

Say goodbye to 2008 & Welcome 2009...May the year 2009 brings lots (loads) of joy & happiness in all of us... Happy New Year !!!!....

Tataindicom Broadband Sucks!!!!

2008-12-21T23:58:00.005+05:30

Being a Malaysian, i thought our Streamyx broadband services are the worst internet service provider in the world. I realize how wrong was i after getting hooked up by the worse Broadband ISP in Bangalore. Reason why i say so?

This thing happen when i was not around at my place

#1. Terrible customer service

I wonder why are the IT giants are moving their helpdesk to India as there are many issues over here. One is they have the thick Indian accent. Secondly, they are good in IT but they don't have the initiative to solve the issues that customers wants.

I am not saying this to bring down the Indians as i myself is one but when it comes to speaking the matter of fact, i believe that we have to accept the cruel fact. On top of that, they really need to given a proper softskill training instead of giving the same bloody script for all the issue.

#2. The customer service don't know what are they doing

If you are an TATA INDICOM BROADBAND user who had tried to contact the customer care center help, here i am just like u, extremely irritated by their stupid questions. You wanna know how stupid is that? I give you a real scenario, I called them in the morning
ME: I cant connect to my net
CS: Have you plug in your net work cable
ME: yes
CS: Is the light blinking on the modem
ME: yes
CS: can you do as per guidance
ME: sure
CS: before that i wanna put u on hold and check on something
ME: sure
minutes goes on
CS: thanks for holding, ok can you open your network connection in control panel yada yada yada and 1 hour had gone
ME: It's still not working
CS: OK, i need to escalate to second level support so that they can assist you on this.
ME : thanks

2L:hi miss we received a complain saying that blah blah blah
me: yes
2L:is it cable connected....ur this and dat wrking?ok open ur control panel....
me: ur guys just checked that and why are you doing that again?
2L: because its for verification
me: verify wat?
2L: thats the process ma'am
me:(WTF)and the clock is ticking
after one hour plus doing the same shit the L2 will tell you that its some problem with the network itself and need to be escalated to the onsite support. And that will be the last they contact you.

After that, i need to send emails to the CS and they will reply that they will arrange the technical team to call me back. and guess what, the so call technical person are those bunch of monkeys who i contacted earlier and the same script and troubleshooting steps goes on.

With frustations, i tried to look for the escalation point so that the job can be done faster and i found the nodal point officers contact here. But all my effort that i put in to type a long email and explain what had happen from day one to the day they upgraded my account to wimax then they had changed my subscription plan without my consent and then when i asked them the customer service said they will refund the money back to my account which never happen till this moment and finally about the bad service.
If you visit, the contact us page , this is what you will read

We strive to resolve customer complaints at first point of contact itself – whether it is via email or by getting in touch with the customer care centre. However, in case your query or complaint is not satisfactorily resolved then you can get in touch with our Nodal Officer in your region.

But the fcking nodal officer never even bothered to reply my email but the customer service never failed to send me emails and call me to ask for a renewal of my subscription. My god, how shameless can they be, cant even provide proper service but when to money, they are putting the tongue out like a dog and come beg for money.

Damn tataindicom broadband personels may say that im purposely trying to do some mockery or trying to spoil their good reputation. If its so, im ready to produce all my evidence from my account balance that had been deducted eventhough i was not in town ( the CS told me that someone else would have break into the house to use the internet, can u imagine how stupid is that statement). I have all the proof with me with the emails and replies that i got from the dumb ass company. Now i challenge the nodal officers to act dumb again. I will make sure this blog post will be emailed to the tataindicom authority (although the possibility to get ignore is 99%). I thought not to write about it in my blog after seeing many complains lodge online. If you google tataindicom broadband, the 1st choice wont be their domain but the TataIndicomBroadband.com Complaints - Broadband not working site.
So can all of you imagine how shitty it can be?

2008-12-17T02:38:00.010+05:30

At last I'm back after a month to update my blog….and with many interesting issues (look forward)… But for now, I would to come up with something that has been in my mind for quite some time…

Well, it’s my resolution I taken for myself that I should post at least a write up (any form) in Tamil every month…Then what the use of me knowing and learnt tamil…. But till now, I’ve never post even a single word…So I made my mind to post something before the year ends… At least I won’t feel guilty when I look back at 2008, the year I start blogging…. So here goes, my 1^st post in tamil about tamil language…

மொழிகள் என்பது ஓர் இனத்தின் அடையாளம். மொழின்றி இனம் வளராது. அவ்வகையில், பல லட்ச மொழிகள் இன்று மடிந்து, இனமும்அடையாளமின்றி போய்யின. சிலவற்றே நடைமுறையில் உள்ளன. அவற்றில் ஒன்றுதான் பழமையான மொழிகளில் ஒன்று என சிறப்பைப்பெற்றிருக்கும் தம் தமிழ்மொழி. இன்று உலகம் எங்கும் தமிழர்கள் வாழ, அடித்தலமாக இருப்பதற்கு இம்மொழியே காரணம். "யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி போல், இனிதாவது எங்கும் காணோம் " என்றுபாரதியார் தமிழ்மொழி சிறப்பைப் போற்றி பாடினார். ஆனால் இன்றோதமிழ்மொழி வரும் காலங்களிலும் நூற்றாண்டுகளிலும் தழிழர்களால்பேசப்படுமா அல்லது வருங்கல தலைமுறையினரின் பாடப்புத்தகதில்சரித்திரத்தில் இடம் பெறுமா என்பது மிக பெறிய கேள்விகுறி

காரணம்

நம் அன்றாட வாழ்கையில், நம்மில் எத்தனைப் பேயர் தூயத்தமிழில் பேசுகின்றோம். தம் மொழியைக் கொண்டே பல மொழிகள் உருவாகின. உதாரணத்திற்கு ஆங்கிலம் (கறி-curry) , மலாய் (bumi-பூமி). இது போலவே கையில் அடங்கத பல மொழிகள். ஆனால், நாமோ நம் மொழியின் சிறப்பை மறந்து பிற மொழிகளின் கலவைக் கொண்டு நம் அன்றாட வாழ்கையில் உரையாடுகிறோம்.

இவ்வாறு தொடர்ந்தால் காலப்போக்கில் இதுபோன்ற சொற்கள் தம் மொழியை அக்கிரமத்துக்கொள்ளும். மொழி அழிவை எதிர்கொள்ளும். இனம் காணாமல் போகும். பின் தமிழும் தமிழரும் சரித்திரத்தில் மட்டுமே இடம்பெறும். இதற்கு முடிவுதான் என்னே?

ஆம், முடிவின் தொடக்கவும் நமது கையில்.

தமிழன் என்று மார்தட்டி கொள்வதிலோ, தமிழ் என் உயிர்மூச்சு என்று சொல்வதிலோ, நம் மொழி அழியாமல் வாழபோவதில்லை. நாம், தமிழ் மொழி உணா்வோடு கலவை இல்லாதே தமிழ் பேசினாலே, அதைவிட தமிழுக்கு நாம் செய்யும் தொண்டுயேன்னே.

Friendster vs Facebook

2008-11-16T14:26:00.002+05:30

Recently, we've been reading a lot about the upcoming and yet booming social networking site- The Facebook.
Well, when i was introduced to Facebook, I didnt really like it and find it very very complicating, but as time goes by and some of my friends who keep pestering me to get the hang of it so that i will love it. And yea im loving it.
The reason I'm writing about this post is, 2 days ago, my sister told me that she was unable to get into the another social networking site- Friendster and according to her they are running some maintenance job. When i heard that, i thought for once they are gonna have some good thing to beat the rival networking site, facebook, but my never-work- right instinct never work right again.
This time, friendster turn out to be a disaster whereby most of us lost most of our friends from the contact list after the so called maintenance. I was just wondering why is that so, isnt it suppose to be upgrade then a downgrade?
I learned my lesson that any sites that are given with free services never last long. So i thought facebook would be closing down as well. But after i done a small research online, i found that facebook is not going down but its gonna bring down Google-the search engine mafia.
A lil bit of history of facebook

On February 4th, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg
launched The Facebook, a social network that was at the time exclusively for
Harvard students. It was a huge hit: in 2 weeks, half of the student body at
Harvard had signed up. Other schools in the Boston area began demanding a
Facebook network. Zuckerberg immediately recruited his friends Dustin Moskowitz
and Chris Hughes to help build Facebook, and within four months, Facebook added
30 more college networks.
The original idea for the term Facebook came from
Zuckerberg’s high school (Phillips Exeter Academy). The Exeter Face Book was
passed around to every student as a way for students to get to know their
classmates for the following year. It was a physical paper book until Zuckerberg
brought it to the internet. more

Well, facebook is also ike other social networks, the site allows its users to create a profile page and forge online links with friends and acquaintances. It has distinguished itself from rivals like the larger MySpace, owned by the News Corporation, partly by imposing a spartan design ethos and limiting how users can change the appearance of their profile pages. That has cut down on visual clutter and threats like spam, which plague rival social networks.

So, wait no more, bid good bye to friendster and welcome to facebook, the world 2nd largest social networking site after MySpace.

Im Bored!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-13T00:13:00.003+05:30

I'm feeling so damn bored… Really lifeless being in Bangalore though it’s known as one of the happening city in India… Actually there’s nothing much in B’lore except the night clubs (only open till 11.30pm)..Now, the government even has banned music and dance floors…poor “kaki” clubbing…

How long you can stare at books… Oh god, being in Bangalore = being in isolated island…. I’ve tried to occupy my free time and to overcome from being bored…I'm FAILED… so guys do u have any idea what to do in order not to feel BORED… do help me out before I go MAD….hehe…

me and yoga class

2008-09-04T12:22:00.003+05:30

Me and sumi had signed up for the yoga class in ayush, a yoga center in my college itself and we planned to attend our 1st class this morning at 6am.
excitedly, i had told everyone that I am going for yoga class and i had challenged someone that i will lose my weight before i see the person again. With the burning spirit to burn my calories, I went to bed early to wake up early in the morning.

Knowing me, good in blaming others for my mistake(for fun lah), i blamed my useless "alarm" for not waking me up. When i say "alarm", if you think that person is you, then i cant help it alrite?hehe.

Got up late and what else, couldn't make it. Called sumi, she's not answering my phone, my 1st thought;she must be sleeping, 2nd; she might be bathing. But my 1st instinct never wrong, yes, she overslept as well. To cover the mistake, we blamed both out alarms,lolz.

What ever it is, we are not giving up, so we planned to attend the 5pm class. To make sure i don't over slept after my noon nap, i slept till the 12.30noon so that there wont be any overslept scenarios and no more blaming our "alarms", hehe.

Actually, the reason I took up the 45 days free course is to stay healthy but not ~~(fully)~~ to lose weight. Yoga is now well know all over the world for its proven health activity track record where we can see not only Asian but even the European and Americans are very, in fact much involved with yoga compared to the indians itself.

To know more about the yoga therapy center that i am going, click here
To know more about what yoga is all about click here and you will be directed to google.com.. hahaha...

How To Improve Your Digestion ?

2008-08-27T13:23:00.013+05:30

Some simple guidelines to help with digestion which was recently released by Foundation of Digestive Health and Nutrition. Proper digestion is the road to good health :)

(Click on it for larger view)

Bad News For Red Bull Energy Drinkers...

2008-08-18T11:35:00.014+05:30

Just a piece of info which i got it while reading some medical articles...A recent research done by Australians researchers says that, Red Bull may increase your risk of stroke or heart attack..

Just one can of the popular stimulant energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, Australian medical researchers said on Friday.
The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them “wings”, caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke.
“One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal. They were abnormal like we would expect in a patient with cardiovascular disease,” Scott Willoughby, lead researcher from the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the Australian newspaper.

For more info on this issue u may click on to Reuters

Happy Independence Day

2008-08-13T13:06:00.003+05:30

Happy Independence Day…Yes, India will be celebrating its 61^st independence day on 15^th August….Celebration over here is not as magnificent as how we, in Malaysia celebrate it, where you can see the flags all around, banners, ad, themes , colorful lights, etc…But here, it’s very simple, you rarely can see the flags around the cities..the only place where u can c d flags raised are around the Chief Minister offices and of course New Delhi and the parliament…That’s the only place where you can really feel the occurrence of the day… But there is something else which is way precious than flying around the flags, colorful lights, banners etc as we see in Malaysia… It’s none other than the LOVE the Indians have for their country, INDIA…. I was really amazed with their love and the respect…

Compare to other Asia countries, India still far back though they are called as developing country… It’s known for corruption, poverty, poor leadership etc…We can list many more but yet, the country people love their nation endlessly… Isn’t something all of should learn from them…

It’s very shameful, when I got to know that some Malaysians have decided to fly the flag upside down…I tell you what, I saw myself that none of Indians here will never let their flag to touch the ground…They are very particular about that..Not only that, here they will play their national anthem in cinemas before the movie…At that moment, everyone will stood up and pay the respect…Do we as Malaysian will do the same thing when our “Negaraku” is played in public places…Certainly not…we will just sit and carry on with our works… I'm not saying that I'm one of the hundreds where I’ll stand up and pay the respect…But after I saw them, I’ve learnt my mistake…

Compare to India we are far better and developed…Just like us they too unhappy with their government but they never fly the flag upside down…That’s not the way you show your dissatisfaction towards your motherland… What did the flag did to you…It’s the government not the nation…No matter who comes and rule, Jalur Gemilang will symbolized Malaysia forever.. Do love our country…. We all should happy to be born in Malaysia…We are been cared to some extent by our government…. If you look at India, the leaders don’t care of their people who voted them…. I'm not saying that our Malaysia government has done everything for their peoples….No one could provide everything for everyone…Even the developed nation, US, is not able to satisfy their people…Some out there still feel unhappy with their government and the leadership… When even US cannot win every Americans heart, how a developing nation like Malaysia can win every Malaysian hearts…. If you want to saw your dissatisfaction, show it some other way…Not by flying our Jalur Gemilang upside down… By doing this, you not only disgracing the country but you yourself… Is this much only your love to the country?? Think back what the motherland has done for you all this while and WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!

I will still go on Loving Malaysia though Malaysia doesn’t love me…. I LOVE MY NATION, MALAYSIA & Proud to be MALAYSIAN…

***Well this post supposed to dedicating to India, but somehow I ended talking about Malaysia..So let me share this video with you guys…

Abortion

2008-08-09T12:59:00.009+05:30

Abortion, a word which seems to be always appear in ones mind with negative sign or bad thoughts. It doesn't always occur followed by a premarital pregnancy alone. Just like a case which has been disturbing my mind very much. An excerpt from the case:

The law says, you cannot terminate a pregnancy after 20^th week. So what do you do if you find out, after 20^th week, that your child will be born with sever abnormalities?

The Indian Abortion Law do not permit a medical termination of pregnancy beyond 20^th week (in US & UK till 24^th week ). A doctor who conducting an abortion after the 20^th week faces upto 7 years imprisonment if it is done for any reason apart from saving the mother’s life, the woman also faces a sentence.

Hmm, a week ago, an Indian young couple walked to the legal path to question about the medical termination of pregnancy after 20^th week. The doctors who examined the 25^th week old pregnancy on the young lady reported that the foetus is on complete heart blockage and there’s chance that the child will born incapacitated and handicapped to survive.

The court was not satisfied with the petitioned given by the couple and the gynecologist, saying that there’s no confirmed positive finding is given by the committee as to whether substantial risk (serious mental and physical deformity) is there to the child. So they asked another report probably from another gynecologist. The couple decides to take an additional opinion from a private gynecologist and doctors too agreed that there may be some complication to the foetus.

Even after an additional report given, the law however refused the young couple’s petition to abort the foetus. The judge felt that previous report is contradicting the report submitted by the private doctors. In added that, at presents the law bars abortion beyond 20^th week is because, it usually easy to find the sex of the child, unless the mother’s health in risk (Indian law seem to be only concern about the mother than the child who going to be born). The young couple has no choice than giving birth to the child whom will be incapacitated and handicapped to survive.

Well, I don’t know how many out there agree on abortion issue…Every individual has their own point of view on this…Some feel killing a life (the foetus) is biggest Sin and some feels it’s better to be killed when you find the child might born with severe problems or abnormalities… If You ask me, I don't think that abortion should be used as a form of contraception (or for any other personal reasons) BUT if would result in a child born with a congenital disorder that would be fatal or associated with significant morbidity, (Anencephalic babies, babies born without brains, have no hope of living any length of time) then I would say, it’s not a wrong thing to be done. Today, many countries have legalized abortion. Mostly the medical termination of pregnancy is allowed till the 24^th week. But there are some countries allows only up to 20^th week like in India. In China, law permits 28weeks of gestation as the upper limit for legally performing abortion.

To which extend we can accept this Law of Abortion? How if you find out your child is with severe abnormalities after the 24^th week. In my point of view, guess in such situation, the law should permit the medical termination of pregnancy even after the 24^th week. While an unborn child cannot verbally express the pain he/she experiences, all biological indicators suggest unborn children are capable of feeling pain by at least 20 weeks. So, an unborn child after 20 weeks gestation is fully capable of experiencing pain... Without question, abortion is a dreadfully painful experience for any infant subjected to such a surgical procedure. But the extreme pain the child might go through is only that period of time, unlike those who are born with extreme deformity faces life long in many forms. It not only affects the child but also the parents mentally.

If such child born to a well to do family, then it’s not a problem for them to give medical attention and support the child throughout his/her life but if the child born to a poor couple? What are they going to do and how they going to support the kid medically when they themselves unable to support. For such situations, I guess its better if the abort the child rather than killing the child day by day after giving birth… However, the view on abortion may vary on each individual and we also should take account on other factors. We can’t kill a life just like that for own reasons.

Here goes some of the videos on abortion.. If those who unnecessarily abort (ex. Teenage pregnancy –that’s your own bloody mistake not the child?) could stop a min and think, guess the number of abortion cases wouldn’t increase year to year.

Development Of Unborn Baby

:)

For more pictures click here.

Gotcha, dirty minded!!

2008-08-07T17:33:00.002+05:30

I've promised to update my blog more often after the exams. The exams are over but I'm still busy, loitering and hanging out with my friends, lolz. Mean while, please enjoy a joke that I got from an email.

OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet!
An 85-year-old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.

The doctor gave the man a jar and said, ‘‘Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.'

The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.

The doctor asked what happened and the man explained,

'Well, doc, it's like this--first I tried with my right hand, but nothing.

Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing.

'Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing.

'We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too. First with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezing' it between her knees, but still nothing.'

The doctor was shocked!

'You asked your neighbour?'
The old man replied, 'Yep, none of us could get the jar open.

Karnataka Says No to Kuselan...

2008-07-31T18:46:00.003+05:30

Im sure by now many of you have watched the Super Star's "Kuselan"...So far, i heard good remarks about the movie...Well, we in India still have to wait for another day for the release of the movie - 1 aug 08...

Unfortunately,activists here in Bangalore,Karnataka, vowed to block the release of the'Kuselan' in Karnataka, saying the Tamil superstar should apologize for his 'anti-Kannadiga' statements (superstar had joined the Tamil film fraternity in a daylong protest fast in April and supporting Tamil Nadu over a drinking water project in Hogenekkal, on the border between the two states).

In order to release his new film Kuselan on Friday as scheduled in Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka, today afternoon, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth apologized to the people of Karnataka (as they wanted)for his recent comments against them on the Hogenakkal issue.

Yet, some Kannada organizations had been demanding that "Kuselan" should be released in the state only after a seven-week...So we shall wait for release (dunno for how long) as all around the world enjoy watching the another hit movie by Superstar...

**Those have seen the movie, do comment and if can share the storyline with me...

My Exams Are OVer..Yahooooooooo!!!!!

2008-07-26T16:09:00.004+05:30

I'm back..was very busy with my exams...did my best:)...so watz up guys n gals...sorry 4nt updating my blog..guess abt a week d.....my exams just got over, only the theories... practicals again next week..aiyooo...ppl i tell u wat, pls don't study r plan of doing medic..heheh...its nt a wrong choice but u need to scarify lots (n loads) of stuff..k frens, will keep updating my blog...do visit...have a great weekend...

Enjoy the Abhishek's Appidi Podu...

2008-07-13T11:34:00.006+05:30

Sorry guys 4not updating my blog..im really very busy with my exam preparation...il b sitting for my exam in another 3days - 16 july 08 till 8 aug 08...aft my exams, il update it...in the meantime, watch tis videos..haha, funny video ads by abhishek bachan 4motorola...i dunno how many of u have watched tis ads..hope ul enjoy watching it...there are plenty of funny ads in India..i really enjoy watching those ads in TV though some are damn annoying...

Take Care Your Heart...

2008-07-06T02:42:00.011+05:30

I was finding some info regarding heart and came across this video presentation...thought of sharing it with u al...as all of us knw, heart disease is the no.1 killer today and Indians are more susceptible to heart diseases..so do take care of ur heart and prevent urself from heart diseases...

User Development Fee of Rs. 1070 from all International passengers

2008-07-04T23:29:00.008+05:30

Well, money seems to be the most evil and also most powerful subjective matter to obtain objective matters. every day, every hour and every second there are some one comes out with new ideas of making money..

Talking about making money, one can start up their own business, do some part time job to earn side incomes, some seems no faith in self employed and stacked with the 9-5 kinda job. ..this is all fine as long as its morale… but there's one place in this world where not the individual but the whole government will come up with all kind of throat slitting ideas to make money…

It’s none other than the so called Silicon city, Bangalore…oopss Bengaluru…After many years with their old sucks international airport, the B'lore government has come up with their "world class" international airport where they are charging a User Development Fee of Rs. 1070 from all outbound international passengers whom are using the Bengaluru International Airport. The User Development Fee is towards the cost for construction and operation of the airport and has been approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India.

I seriously don't understand the purpose for us (international passengers) to pay for their own land's construction…Do we asked for it?? The making money doesn't stop here…If u look through this link -, I'm sure u will get an idea of their ways of money stealing from passengers, especially from international passenger (as there is diff quota for an Indian citizen and NRI's – non-residential Indian in certain stuffs)

In addition to this, the taxi charges to reach the airport are doubled than what we use to pay earlier…The new airport is situated about 40km from central and takes about 1hr to reach there..and if its heavy traffic, dun has to say definitely gonna take more than 1 1/2hrs… Imagine those who like us whom are away from the airport about 50-65 km….In addition to it, now the fuel prices increased. Sure they gonna charge more than what we imagine n calculate….

Beside this, there are also charging airport usage fee (+ ticket + tax) separately if u purchase a ticket from India…isn't it too much?? … Even I heard that the entrance fees for visitors are increased to RS 200 from RS 60 previously and foods are also too expensive...it seems for 2 mini idlis served with water liked sambar costs abt Rs80..n I tell u wat, the idli's they make here its d worst in world...I dunno what more they gonna charge us and empty our pockets….By the time I reach Malaysia, I guess ¾ of my money will be in New Bangalore Airport fund….

This is just an example of how the Bangalore or Indian Government making money in most awful ways..Will update lot more in future…

Here is some most disastrous aspects of the Airport which I got it from an Indian blogger...these are the things he listed ...

1) The route to new airport is highly polluted, as it is National Highway - 4, no trees or any kind of greenery. just big trucks and cemented road. This will add to the stress and frustration.

2) The airport building is a block of cement, with no design or any aesthetic value at all. No curves, no exciting forms on contrary it's just a block shaped building with lots of glass.

3) Inside the Building, there is hardly any space for people to sit or relax. From the day one the place is looking overcrowded. It took us 15 minutes to find 3 empty seats together in a row.

4) The Toilets are very small, to describe the Men's Loo, there are only 4 urinals, in the loo. this makes it an almost 15 minute wait, before you get to do it! God saves the people with emergency calls!

5) The Graphics inside the Airport Suck! The signage and the other info graphics are very badly done, with no element of Indian Culture or any kind of aesthetic value.

6) The area surrounding the airport looks like Sahara desert, the brown & dusty landscape is all you can see. Can we have some trees or greenery please?

7) Tommy Hilfiger, Esprit, Crossword etc. While people don't have any place to sit, most of our Airport space is occupied by these luxury brands. You can easily mistake the First floor of the Airport with the Forum Mall.

8) There is nothing Indian in this airport, which represents our core values; or which tells the world, that we are no longer a developing nation.

To summarize; the Bangalore new international Airport is both functionally & aesthetically very poor. My suggestion to the cities developing new airports, Please come and see this airport, to know, how not to build an airport. ==> hahha...very true...

Exam Fever...

2008-07-02T20:42:00.002+05:30

hmm, exactly 2weeks from now for my external exam....oh my god, im still not done with my revisions though im sitting almost each sec in front of the book...by the time i reach the last page of the book, i forgot what i studied and memorized in the previous pages :(... anyhow, il do my part, the rest on His hand...as long as i pass is just enuf..hehe..

WeLcoMe M3 to ThE bLoggiN WorLd .... :)

2008-07-01T23:42:00.002+05:30

Hello my dear frens n bloggers….aft a yr battle, I've decide and made my mind to step in to the blogging world :).. As I’m very new to this blogging planet, I hope my fellow frens will guide me throughout this journey…thanks in advance…

Well, since I’m a beginner, I shall start blogging about what I see, what I feel and what I think…may b, more like a diary where I could share the "adventures" life I'm experiencing in India and the ppl over here :(…its been a year plus I’m being in India (studying here), I still can't get along with ppl, the culture and the atmosphere… lots n loads of stories to b shared…will update soon on tat…lets back to d story…

I’m not too professional writer as I always hate writing essays ever since my school days…so dun expect some good prof English without any grammar mistakes in my writings :)….Please bare with my write ups and abbreviations… hehe…may this platform help me to improve my way and style of writings… guess tats hw many of u who now sun shining in this blogging world :)…

So, guys n gals reach you all soon with my posts…like it or not, my exams are ard d corner, so I might not be that active for time being….pls excuse my absence…but once I done with my exams, will back with nice interesting posts (keeping fingers crossed)…..