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This is my first time in Chennai and these are my true feelings about this coastal city: – The city looked familiar. I am a true to heart wanderlust and seldom I get this feeling. I think it has got to do with people and the trees. The place reminds me of Vijayawada/Vizag. – No […]

Yeah, its going to be a very very happy weekend for me. Reasons? – Pointy Haired Dilbert aka chandoo.org/blog finishes 2 years tomorrow, thats 730 days of non stop blogging.– I got my first salary post MBA today. Its party time.– 4 ‘eye feast’ like football matches– I should be able to find a place […]

After a month long of deliberations and options, I finally decided to join TCS insurance practice in Chennai. I have started my work yesterday, nothing much report about the first day at work as most of it was spent talking to people in the group. I have to start looking for a house in this […]

My training is still going on. I have another week left in Khandala I still dont know where I would be heading from here, whether its mumbai, chennai or good old hyderabad… The answer is still not clear. The allocation procedure should be over by wednesday. Will update everyone about my role and other details […]

Sex and Strategy are the two most abused words in this world 😀

See for yourself, I think this is a very good tagline/copy for an AC ad where the products are getting commoditized by day

The trip to khandala training facility (its called North Point Learning center) was eventful with its own share of (mis)adventures. We (Kishore and myself) started from HYD on 27th night in a bus to Pune. There is a huge traffic jam on the way and we reached 3 hours late to pune at around 9:30am. […]

Ay Kya karti TuAy Kya Main karoonSunSunaAati Kya KhandalaKya Karoon Aake Main KhandalaSeekhenge Padenge Nachenge ppt karengeTraining Karenge Aur Kya hehe, rather a poor attempt at mocking the old song. Nevertheless, I am going to Khandal for 4 weeks. My initial training program @ TCS will be conducted there. Hoping for lots of hills, serene […]

Internet connection at home has given enough opportunities to me to stay idle and wonder about the dust in my mouse. But today proved to be different. Since there is some problem with the net connection I had to actually think of ways to kill the time other than stumbling. The output aint that bad. […]

Item: Vegetable Fried RiceIngredients: vegetables, cooked rice, soya&chilli sauce, lots of free time to experiment I was toying with the idea of cooking fried rice for last few days. Finally encouraged my bro and we went shopping all the needed stuff despite the unseasonal rains in hyderabad. The outcome aint that bad. 🙂 Chopped vegetables, […]

It is amazing how attention to smaller details can change the face of a service organization. There are several things that are done just the way they are since they were first done. Ok, thats a complex statement, for example, when you go to a website and it has some data/animation to load, all you […]

I went to Vizag for a weekend break and it turnout to be rather disasterous as I got sunstoke. I had to spend a day in hospital and another 2 in relatives home to recover partially. Came back to hyderabad yesterday, but still recovering from the deadly stroke. It has been a nightmarish experience with […]

I dont know how many of my readers know about the beautiful places surrounding Godavari river. I have done diploma in Kakinda and had the opportunity visit most of the near by places including Rajahmundry, Kovur, Yanam, so many villages near peddapuram, kakinada. I always wanted to go there once again, but unfortunately I couldnt. […]

Part 1 of many more to come Location: DTDC Main office, Hyderabad Customer: Sir, can you courier this to Nellore (its a town in AP)Service Personnel: What is in it? C: a SIM cardSP: We dont deliver SIM cards C: Why?SP: Because, we donot take responsibility to them. (apparently either they are not covered under […]

Today I did major experimentation after a really long time at the stove. Last time I cooked a meal was during my diploma days in Kakinada. Thanks to Zee Telugu, a couple of days ago I have seen the recipe of “soya budi, tamoto pulao” and was itching to make it for quite sometime. Today […]