PHD’s Regular Blah!

on 25 Oct, 2006 in Random | 2 Comments

>>> Its raining in Chennai, like mad, for the last so many days now. I wonder whats going to come next.
>>> My new phone, Sony Ericsson w550i is really cool. My telephonic needs have gone down drastically in the last few months, and I needed a new mobile to listen to music and have some [...]

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Coimbatore Bus Mafia and Adventure Trip to Ooty

on 29 Sep, 2006 in Random | 1 Comment

Heard of black tickets? Well you must have somany times. After Aamir Khan glorified selling black tickets big way in Rangeela, Chennai’s private bus operators couldnt help but pick up a trick or two of the trade.
So there I am, unaware of the UCBTM (Undergroud Coimbatore Bus Transportation Mafia) cancerously proliferating and thriving in Koyembedu’s [...]

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A dream that is three and half years old…

on 11 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

January, 2003:It was my engineering final year, campus was abuzz and everybody was hopeful and anxious since its placement time. CSE people have more opportunities naturally and we kept hearing about the companies that might visit the campus this year.
Finally the first company was announced. India’s largest software services company it is. We were running [...]

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Orbit Musings and other things

on 3 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

>>> How come chennai doesnt have any English / Hindi FM channels? I think (correct me) all other metros have them. The only FM channel where you can hear something in Hindi is All India Radio’s FM Channel.
>>> I am planning to buy a TV. My budget is 10k. The TV must be flat screen, [...]

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A date with my plate!

on 31 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

I would call it the Chennai’s food backbone, Saravana Bhavan as it is popularly known in this coastal city. As we enter this high-class vegetarian restaurant’s head office branch in Vadapalani, my friend was skeptical about the quality of the food and worried looking at the bustling crowd.
We opted for the AC room and even [...]

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CATvertising

on 24 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

This is that of the year when a huge business would thrive. A conservative estimate of the size of that business would be 60 crores or more per year. And its none other than Indian MBA entrance exams and their coaching. The CAT notification is out and so are the notifications for other prominent schools.
People [...]

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Bombay - Pune Expressway : A travelers Delight

on 15 Jul, 2006 in Random | 1 Comment

I had the opportunity to travel on this extremely well built and located Bombay-Pune Expressway when I went back from Khandala to Bombay 3 weeks ago. I tooks some snaps and since then, I have been trying to post them here, sadly, I had to wait a really long time to finish this post. So, [...]

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