Chennai to Theni

Its been long time since I updated my travel log... Here it goes, Theni & Munar trip with Infoview team. Actually first trip with my colleagues after marriage:-) 

Theni maavattam engalai anbudan varaverkirathu! early morning 6 AM.

Morning coffee at Uthamapalayam bus stand

Men in White!!!
At Jeffrey's home.getting ready for Karthik's wedding(the actual purpose of the trip)

Solo performance at Jeffery's lawn.. missing Sowme beside:-(She liked the house n bg)

Karthik n Jayashree wedding! No iyer, no mantharam, no fire, no smoke n no knots also in this wedding, only a chain:-( And they had the reception followed by this. Think ppl here will have wedding n reception in the morning itself... all the best

Day1 started from Shanmuganadhi dam.. pls take foto one-by-one pa...

The Team!

inga thaan myna padam bus accident scene eduthangalamey! apadiya???

Raj on the ROCKS!

After the dam visit, went to Ramakalmedu on the KL-TN border, here Ram was searching his wife from this hill top n hence the name.. this peak was abt 3500ft above sea level n you have to trek 500m in the steep slope.. And it was a nice experience n an adventurous too. the last 100m was thrilling n kolai nadungi vitathu!!! only few of us were successfully reached the peak. others jus watched:-) (few fotos were missing from this spot will be uploaded later)

panchathanthiram madhiri try pannom, kadisala ipadi aagidichu!!

The cottage where we stayed at Bodimettu. we reached this cottage at around 9:30 PM n it was too cold.. by the time it passed 11:00 PM the temperature was freezing with heavy winds:-)))) i dont think this place will have summer at all!!

Day2 started jus started.. This is the huge balcony of the cottage.. u can see the aerial view of  Cumbam, Theni n other towns.. night view was a good one (again missed that photo). Thanks to Jeff n his Dad for arranging this, except that 1 hr mokkai from another uncle(will pass by 7 'o clock:-)

just got woke up! sathya, karthi, sridhar, deepak,
raj, kalai, jeff n cho..

jus reached Munar. its the echo point! apadi yaara thaan pakrangalo:-)

when everybody attending govind legs(leach attack) jus posing for a coolshot!

Fresh carrot attack.. center one govi n deepak!

supposed to hire this Bolero, but the driver didnt giv:-( jeep la polamu solitu jeff emathitaan:-(

a shot in the mist at 6PM on the way back from Munnar..

Day 3, natures sketch..

Paranthamparai near Thekadi.. this place has also a nice view point.. u have to go in a SUV here.. u can climb small small hills n have diff views... we couldnt spend much time here as we hav to catch the bus in the eve.. if u hav sufficient time, one can enjoy this place.. we missed another place.. i forgot the name.. next time will try  with Sowme:-)

Finally @ grape garden at Cumbam.. we bought grapes n juices from here! Sowme liked this place tooo. Whichever photo i showed her, she liked n wanted to be there... sry sowme, next time pls...

The day i landed on earth 29 years ago - Dec 13

Its been quite long time I have written anything in my diary(blog).. I think its the time now as Im awake n Sowme went to home-town:-() We didn't plan anything for my bday last month. Jus started the day and went to ofc. Lucky to come back home little early by 6:30 in the evening after a cake cutting party at ofc mottai maadi. I was on white shirt n choc cake;-)  And went to temple as per Sowme's instruction(I dont know I ever went to temples especially on my bdays).. Things change! Another surprise was that Lenin,Antony n Paul came with the cake and me and sowme cut it.

@ofc

@home

Maada maligai...

 I very well remember the last bday, my Dad, mom and me went to Kumbakonam for a pilgrimage. Actually my bday just falls on that sunday so i have to visit quite few temples last year. We went to some temples for the nava graha poojas and visited the so called kaveripattinam. The then TN gov jus re-created those structures and were amazing. Its there in the same blog!
Dont know my marriage hapend very soon becoz of those temple visits.. Guys u can also have a try!


Hope will continue to write again soon...And i saw lot of changes in blogger interface easy n nice:-)

Marriage

What comes after love, its Marriage-the very spl occasion for everyone in their life. I can't differentiate the Love n Marriage, its all the same! A stepping stone to new stage of life with Sowme...

The plans were started on 10th April, the day we got engaged officially. 49 days went just like that with long hrs at ofc(dont know how much productive I was, though worked on saturdays, night stay,etc!). With long phone hours, meetings with Sowme, late night sleeps, lack of concentration, memory, sleep, fitness, food, etc. aiyo, aiyo... Jus one thing was in my mind, when will that 29th May come!

And I was happy to tell everyone that Im getting married with Sowme! Wanted to do everything perfect, and did most of it. Its parents and Lenin made it:-)

Happy to see everyone on that occasion. And spl thanks to everyone:-)

These days are special for me!

It started in mid March when I spoke to Sowmya for the first time. It went well as for every other wouldbe couples!! On the 9th day after we started talking she proposed me:-)even for me a couple of butterflies were flying at that time, but wanted to wait for more butterflies! Then the "butterfly-effect" multiplies suddenly and was on cloud nine... Though I messed up a little bit, things went great after that, actually the technology(SMS n MMS) made me to messup the thing:-( Met her thrice in last 11 days offcourse unofficially:-) I dont know we got understood very soon, which may make us boring after sometime?? and still 10 more days to go for the official engagment... I dont know how many couples would have proposed even before marriage/engagment!! "WhoSCrazyNWhoSLucky" Once again thanks to Sowmya n one and all:-)))

Chennai, Metro & Rail

Metro Rail, a new entity to Chennai! u welcome metrorail. This is going to change the face of the city in phases(3-5 years). The 1st phase is going in full swing from Koyambedu to St. Thomas Mount. The expected timeline of this phase is 2013. lets hope for the best. A change in the government(possibly??) should not drag this project. Though the reps of the present government would have seen crores of money already, n the project goes without any hurdle!
The 100ft road of the city(from Koyambedu to Guindy), its no more so only around 60ft now! the remaining part of the road is occupied for the construction of the rail. Almost this entire stretch is in chaos during the peak hrs and the signals are moved or dont function properly, though the traffic policemen n the workers try to help the moving vehicles in no vain. The remaining part of the road also in bad condition!

The other phases also started nw(though not in full swing!) near Saidapet and Meenambakkam which further slows down the traffic. Jus imagine after an year, construction would have started in most of the phases which will result in chaos in all the major roads:( Apart from these, many flyovers are also under construction! So will the city can handle this???? Any approaches to tackle this?

OK, let me go to the point:)
to be continued...

a day in my life

Today spent 2 hrs in he bus on the return journey from ofc. Though travelled in a MTC Volvo bus, the travel was very uncomfortable(i got the seat too). Jus recovering from fever, the travel worsened the body pain:(
how i spent the 2 hrs! as usual checking facebook from my mobile, again as usual no much updates, tried to download a video from a fb post, it failed in between(7 mb video) as the cellphone signal dropped in between! then downloaded "Show me the meaning" from backstreetboys from longmp3.com. the cool music portal to download songs, it took 15 min for 3.5 mb file. Then downloaded a tech news app from the android market. Dont know wat else to do, even sleep didnt come! usually i sleep atleast 1/2 of my journey!

Usually i start after 8:30 PM and it would take 1 to 1.5 hrs only, today jus tried to start early(7:30 PM) from ofc, thats y it took a loooooong time journey!!

Without my HTC, the bus travel would be soo boring!!!! I think i jus got it at the right time. I need to finish 2 things this week. send the project proposal to IGNOU, its a long time pending task. And get ready with the investment papers for this fin year. Already Px(previous company) deducted my salary heavily as a tax amount till Jan '11 :(((( they didnt even tell that they would be deducting for tax(i would have submitted watever the papers i have). So plan well, so that i wont pay anymore tax for the current year.

28th of 2011

Its been a while since I wrote here. Yeah I wanted to update with 2 recent trips, but couldnt or dont want!! I dont know, there wasn't time for me or anything else. But there r other things to go with. I know the new company is one of the reason for it. This phase is quite difficult to cross. And Im in exactly in that state.
Now there r lot of confusion, couldn't take any decision easily. its difficult to make a choice. dont know its right r wrong!
Ohh god pls help me....

1st day of the New Year 2011

The new year started with a drive to Chengalpat at 2PM with Lenin, Antony, Paul n Samy in 3 bikes. It was a wonderful drive of 120 kms up&down lasted for total 7 hrs.
Return was through Thiruporur (through thin forest), OMR, ECR... Was chill & calm.
Enjoyed much. Hoping for the same throughout the year!

First stoppage at IOC Petrol bunk (even if the IOC cheat in the meter reading, bike nalla mileage kudukuthupa:)


Through Meenambakkam...

Trying the KARIZMA for 1st time. Nice to drive it on the NH..

Thalivar vaazhga...

@Chengalpat: Antony trying something..

One more from Antony

The Chengalpat lake...

Rest: Samy, Paul, Antony, Cho, Lenin(photographer)

Antony: En vandiya ni eppadi otalaamm?

Annan enna da thambi enna da avasaramana ulagathiley:)

Jeevitha (Cousin's daughter) with her Dad...


How the cow went and shit in circles n rounds???

Her & His Diary

Her diary:
Today was the last day we met..
i thought he would propose he didnt ..
he doesnt love me ,crazy me ..
how could i even assume dat. .
i didnt look back i didnt want to show
my tears to him..
the pain broke my heart when he
walked away. .
want him to be happy frever bcoz
thinking abt old time ,i can spend the
rest of my life ... !

His diary:
I saw her beautiful face last time..
saw her smile and wanted to tell her
that she means more than my life ,bt
she didnt even give me a glance .. .
she is really pretty i dnt deserve her ..
i let go my angel today..
bt she will be burried in my heart till
my last breath. ..!!
Conclusion
TEARS
So always convey your feelings to the
ones you like or love ... Might be a
difficult task but remember Swami
Vivekananda' s words.. .
OPPORTUNITIES KNOCK YOUR DOOR
VERY RARELY...IT DEPENDS ON YOU
WHETHER YOU WILL OPEN THE DOOR
OR NOT.. .SO friends ,be wise and act
wise.. Keep loving,Keep rocking . .!!

Courtesy:
loveguru-srm.blogspot.com

2G - Greedy for Giga rupees...

Once there lived a happy family in Tamilnadu. Indeed a very big family. It had ruled n ruling the state as well as part of the central gov. The big family gets into trouble because of just 2G (2 Greedy for Giga rupees, u know the value). The CBI has started its investigation, hope it will continue that without any hindrance. It has performed raids at associates of the key people. Why the CBI didnt raid the residence of one of the main suspect, because its also the residence of the CM? Let the CBI raid all the places of the these family members. It would be nice to see the CBI raids at CM's house when the CM's party is supporting the central gov.

Is it only this family involved in this??? The whole corporate family of India involved in this spectrum corruption. This clearly shows how the corporates function! These greedy corporates take the easy route to achieve big. The already corrupted politicians easily take money or partner with them and change gov rules for them!!

The few companies which got 2G licenses doesn't even exists. To get a BSNL telephone connection we need to produce address proof, ID proof, etc. and these companies produce all fake documents that the gov could not even verify those before issuing licenses. Is this called "Kanmoodi thana maana" corruption. The tapes prove that all the major telecom companies have deal for their Telecom Minister.

Here, the scapegoat is the PM. He can very well say the only 2G he knew are SoniaG n RahulG! He can better resign and ask RahulG or SoniaG to take the position. He may be honest, but he has to reply for the Supreme Court's questions!

The future may refer him as "The Honest PM in the most corrupt government in India" (read somewhere).

Is this the reason why Rahul says he doesn't like the coalition gov. CM says he doen't know anything about this! PM says he also doesn't know anything abt this. Then why these people are in those responsible positions. Let them resign or they should punish the guilty.

DMK can say all is fare in politics (Arasiyalla ithellaam saatharanum pa).

For Congress this s not new.

People can vote for change in the state n the history repeats...