Anand Nataraj

Archive for October, 2010

It was a sudden plan to Varkala Beach in Kerala… I didn’t do much research about the place but i brought the point of my friend Laxman who is a planned person and he does his homework before doing something… So, i’m a smart worker & blindly follow my friend and he has never gone wrong…

Though we planned at the last moment it was very wavering because of Manoj… But when Laxman decides something he will push people and will make it happen somehow & he convinced Manoj to make it… Then I got a call from Sathish asking if we must make it for sure… I said i’m going to go for it because I hate being wavering & he followed me… Only while boarding the train we came to know that he met with an accident and had scratches all over his body…

Then again there was a setback because the Laxman’s service manager said he can’t deliver the car by evening… So, we decided to go by train… When we went to buy the ticket we were shocked to know that the ticket costs just Rs.110/- per person and we had saved a lot on Petrol, Car Lag etc … But the travel time was double than driving distance because train travelled on a U direction…

Train started 30 minutes behind schedule  & I crashed by 11.30 PM & got up by 8 AM by hearing sweet malayalam speech by cute looking Mallu girls… Train reached Varkala one hour behind schedule & we reached the place by 9 AM…

Then we travelled in an auto-rickshaw & reached out Hotel Hill View… One reaching the spot I’ve no words to tell about the place… It is an hill with Arabian Sea below & what a marvel to ones eyes… We got a Sea facing room & after refreshing we all went to take a Dip on the sea and we had our Lunch…

Again we reached our hotel took a shower & now am blogging… After this we are going for shopping on the sea view shops and  we got an invite from a friend for late night party… Tomorrow will go for an ayurvedic massage & by evening am traveling back to Chennai…

Since there is Wi-Fi in the hotel & because of BlackBerry my work didn’t get affected… So, it is a double delight & enjoyed a lot till now…

It was my sister’s Thala Diwali and we had to buy come crackers… It is new because we are not known for bursting out our money on crackers… So, I was discussing about this with my friend Laxman and he immediately got a reference from his friend and we drove to Sivakasi which is 70 KM from Madurai. We started by 2.30PM & It was a pleasant one hour drive on National Highways…

Since Diwali is approaching there it was fully decorated with Crackers Depots of different Brand… We were given choice of brands and we settled for a new brand called Sony… We went to Sony depot and the people out there were very responsive and polite which i’ve never seen with Chennai vendors…

As per my mothers advice I got crackers worth Rs.5500 and we drove back to Madurai by 6 PM… We finished all our shopping in three and half hours and I was happy that my work was not spoiled because of this… Then for my curiosity I went to a cracker shop in Madurai and asked for all the items i got it from Sivakasi… I was thrilled that i got a quote for Rs.11250/- & I’m thrilled that I got good value preposition…

Madurai means Lots of personal time, Lots of Friends & more importantly it is CHEAP… As per my agenda for Madurai trip I finished all my office work by afternoon & then joined my friends for Lunch & an hour of casual talk in my friends fruit shop… To our surprise two gorgeous girls approached us asking for the owner… They were from RedBull to market the product and they were from Bangalore… One can imagine how Madurai folks would have reacted;

• Eyeballs of everyone in the vicinity were at the shop(at the girls)…
• Suddenly a bunch of local boys visited the shop to have a sip of Fresh Juice (infact a close look at the babes)…

We enjoyed the situation and we were mocking at our owner friend and when they left they came back to us and gave us a tin of RedBull.

From there we went to Swimming Pool at Pandian Hotel… It was again rejuvenating experience for eyes as there was a Bikini clad Blonde Girl swimming along with us… We were shouting, pulling down each other, played water volley ball,  started with swimming basics, then did some exercise…

Then like kids we played kicking each other, showed some gymnastics in bike, fought to get bike keys to drive it… Over all I didn’t know how time went… Got relieved from all Stress and now I feel mentally light…

I thank my friends Laxman, Satheesh & Manoj for making my day so pleasant…

Boarding the bus was very uncertain until the last moment for folling reasons;

• Was feeling drowsy because of Dolo650…
• My father was late and he was unable to drop me…
• There was an unexpected family issue (thanks to my mom for handling it all alone)…

I was not interested to travel to Madurai that day… But I didn’t want my laziness to beat my spirit and I started packing my bags 45 min before the departure of the bus… Boarded an auto 25 Min before the departure of the bus… Reached Bus Depot 5 min before departure & after getting my boarding pass immediately the bus reached the boarding point…

It was a big gamble because I decided to continue with my travel 45 min before departure and if there was any slight delay in any of my task means I’d have missed the bus…

But my real irony started on the bus because there was an old man who had disgusting looks & was stinking badly… Also I was not able to position myself properly on the seat… Within minutes this guy started snoring and that made things worst for me…

But everything happens for a reason & my consumption of Dolo650 for last 3 days made me drowsy and I slept and only got up at Madurai… If I was not sedated that day it would have become too hard for me…

Finally reached Madurai Safely & am back with a bang for the Tight Schedule…

For long time I’ve wondered why we need close friends? I’ve thought what i’m missing these days & I got an answer through an SMS forward…

For those honest opinions..!
To pick us from the airport at 2 am..!
To kick us at midnight on our birthday..!
To make fun of our new outfits..!
To get the latest prints of movies..!
To call at 3 am just to say goodnight..!
To listen to us when everyone else is yelling at us..!
To just walk without any reason!
For the endless treats!
To irritate us with missed calls when we are sleeping!

Dying husband asks his wife: “Our 7th son always looked diffrnt frm d othr 6, did he hav a different father?”

Wife(crying): Yes

Husband: Who?

Wife: You!!;)

Rajni Mania… Rajnikanth was bragging to Amitabh Bachan one day, “You know, I know everyone. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them. Tired of his boasting, Amitabh Bachan called his bluff, “OK, Rajini how about Tom Cruise?”

“Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it” Rajini said.

So Rajini and Amitabh Bachan fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise’s door,

And sure enough, Tom Cruise shouts : “Thalaiva! Great to see you! You And your friends come right in and join me for lunch!”

…Although impressed, Amitabh Bachan is still skeptical. After they leave Cruise’s house, he tells Rajini that he thinks Rajini knowing Cruise was

Just lucky.

“No, no, just name anyone else” Rajini says

…”President Obama”, Amitabh Bachan quickly retorts

…”Yes”, Rajini says, “I know him.

And off they go. At the White House, Obama spots Rajini on the tour and motions him, saying, : “Rajini, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let’s have a cup of coffee first and catch up”.

Well, Amitabh Bachan is much shaken by now, but still not totally onvinced. After they leave the White House grounds, he implores him to name anyone else.

“The Pope,” Amitabh Bachan replies

…”Sure!” says Rajini, “My folks are from Italy and I’ve known the Pope a long time”.

Rajini and Amitabh Bachan are assembled with the masses in Vatican Square when Rajini says, “This will never work. I can’t catch the Pope’s eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I’ll come out on the balcony with the Pope.”

And he disappears into the crowd headed toward the Vatican.. Sure enough, half an hour later Rajini emerges with the Pope on the balcony.

But by the time Rajini returns, he finds that Amitabh Bachan has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.

Working his way to Amitabh Bachan’s side,

Rajini asks him, “What happened?”

Amitabh Bachan looks up and says,

“I was doing fine until u and the pope came out on the balcony and the Italian man next to me said,

“Who’s that on the balcony with Rajini?”

First of all thanks to KaviRaj for recommending, pushing & making me watch the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Yes he was telling about this movie for a long time & finally when we were in Bangalore two weeks back he made made me watch the movie by taking lot of effort;

• We went to RelianceMart and brought a DVD Player.
• Then we went to Rent a CD store and got the the DVD.
• Then took a lot of pain to remove the wired sound from the Player.

After deciding to watch the movie and after two hours of effort we are ready to watch the movie. You can imagine someone taking soo much effort to make someone watch a movie. Guess the movie must be really good. That prompted me to watch the movie non-stop though I was very tired. It for Kavi’s efforts.

Then after watching the movie there were no regrets. Screenplay got me into the movie and character. Each and every word from the Hero is motivating. All I got to do now is to watch the movie again and Document all the motivating quotes in the movie. There are lot of take-aways in the movie and these are mine;

• To believe in Hope & how Hero escapes with Hope.
• How people get institutionalized.
• How cruel a prison life is.
• What prisoners do to pass their time.
• Things one can do in Prison.

No wonder this is the highest rated movie in IMDB. Until watching this movie Forest Gump use to be my favorate movie and not that has been pushed to second place. For all those who have not seen the movie please go and watch it immediately.

From not Shawshank Redemption is my Favorite Movie Number One.

This week has been highly satisfying for both Cogzidel Technologies & Cogzidel Consultancy Services. After two years of existence and after a lot of thinking. We have finally decided to go aggressive on Sales front.

Fortunately we got two responsible people for each company to Handle our new Sales Initiative. I’m happy because both have thirst to learn & experiment. Both of them possess great energy and mainly they are contributing ideas rather than following our orders blindly.

Right now we are preparing all necessary things like Preparing Presentation, Generating Leads, Forming Sales Team et more. Hope these folks will carry the momentum and take Cogzidel to great heights.

Now it is time for me to work with these folks and speed up the process.

“I want my son to become Sachin Tendulkar.”
-Brian Lara(WI)

”We did not lose to a team called India, we lost to a man called Sachin”
-Mark Taylor(Aus)

‘Nothing bad can happen to us if we were on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.”
-Hashim Amla(SA)

”He can play that leg glance wit a walking stick also.”
-Waqar Younis(Pak)

”There are two kind of batsman in world. 1 Sachin Tendulkar and 1 all the others.”
-Andy Flower(ZIM)

“I have seen god. He bats at no.4 for India in tests.”
-Matthew Hayden(AUS.)

“I see myself when i see Sachin batting.”
-Don Bradman(AUS)

“Do your crime when Sachin is batting, because even God is busy watching his batting.”
-Australian Fan