Lunch with Crusaders in CSC

Todays lunch with crusaders who have joined CSC Chennai....The plan was to meet @ 12 in spencer plaza...asusual, when Mr.Naughty Nachi (a) Project manager is there, u can be sure that they wud reach at the earliest by 1'o clock..... but surprisingly they reached by 12:30 itself.... Never in history Project Manager has been so close to the time....ha ha ha.....but, it was really great fun to sit in a group and talk to those people.....it been a month since i have seen all of them. People talking about their new projects, managers, new environment.....It was all nice to hear... i was the only person in the crowd who was jobless full time sleeping and eating at home....but just another 5 days and i am going to be back to IT....letz c watz in store for me.....Trivandrum u better be good to me.

NCFM - Finally Its Over

So finally i managed to write my NCFM certification.... Not that i studied day and night, just studied for one day and managed to do it decently....But whenever i was watching a movie or going out with my friends, there was always this thought in the corner of my mind reminding me that i have an exam, though that really didn't stop me from having fun....... but i have to accept that i couldn't enjoy whole heartedly from the time i enrolled for this test, which is exactly 2 weeks before......when i went to the test center today morning, i was actually 45 minutes early. never in my history of college/school have i gone this early for an exam, especially during my MBA days i would give a grand entry in to the exam hall by running once everyone is seated -:).. i was the only one who didn't carry a book....everyone there was studying so hard, i was just wondering how would this last minute study make any difference. But to tell the truth, they really made me feel uncomfortable and infact i even started getting worried about not taking the book......But thats ok, now all is over......The only thing that is in my mind now is the ooty trip...... A full family trip.....16 people ( not a small crowd)...:) going out like this after 3 long years.... Lets c, what these have got for me.....

Cannes Film Festival - Mr. & Mrs. Jr. Bachchan

Cannes Film Festival started on May 16.... Ash and Abhi were the center of attraction there, because this is the couple's first public appearance together after the marriage..... Abhishek looks handsome as ever....But surprisingly Aishwarya also looks good.... Actually they look really cute together...... This year, the film festival is going to screen 8 indian films. It is the 60th year completion for this film festival. It was actually found in 1939, but as soon as it opened, it was canceled because of world war II. After that the festival was re-opened in the year 1947.

Jodha Akbar is the next release for Ash and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom is the next one for Abhi.... More info and pics on these two in the coming posts.....

Tara Rum Pum - A Sweet Movie

Before going for this movie, i heard so many bad/worse reviews about it. The Feedback from all my friends where bad. To add to it, when i went online to book tickets, 90% of the seats were empty. So I also had a second thought, that should i go for it. But i still decided to give a try and lemme tell you, its worth the try.

The Movie is very simple. A guy whose passion is driving, is caught by a race team manager and he enters Formula 1 racing. He turns out to become a super star by winning 25 consecutive races. Parallelly he falls in love with a girl, get married and become the father of 2 children. During the peak of his career, he meets with an accident in the racing. After a one year break he makes a come back, but towards the finishing line, the thought of the accident brings in a fear and he ends up coming last. So his career comes to the bottom and his family is in a heavy financial crisis. How do they handle it and finally how does he overcome the fear and wins again is the rest of the story.

Saif is looking really handsome in this movie. Especially his costumes are awesome. Rani comes with minimal clothes in the first half. Just because a girl is in new york, it doesn't mean she has to wear such minimal clothes. Rani, Change ur costume designer!!!! The two kids are really sweet. On the whole, this is one of those typical yash chopra movie, Where there is no big twist or turn. A family entertainer with some good songs, excellent picturisation, colourful background and a happy ending. You can watch it once.....

SX4 Sedan launched in India

Maruti udyog launched SX4 Sedan yesterday. The price is Rs.6.18 lakh for VXi model and Rs.6.85 lakh for ZXi model. The best part is, it is launched in India before being launched in Europe. They intend to launch this in Europe only in Autumn. So Indian Car Market is Booming!!!!! Good News....... This is actually the second global car from Maruti after Swift. Maruti is actually expecting this to fill the void left by Baleno which was discontinued in December...... Lets c, what SX4 Sedan does....

The MAN I Admire!!!!!!

Prof.Venkat R Krishnan. The man whom i admire the most. Crusaders call him Venky. He has handled 2 subjects for me during my MBA at Great Lakes, Philosophy and LIP(Leadership, Influence and Power). The moment he starts talking without your knowledge you will tend to listen and will start respecting him. The best part is, he always talks sense. Infact there is a fan's community created in orkut and during our convocation, everytime his name was uttered whether be it for winning the best HR faculty award or for releasing the Herald journal there was an standing ovation. In fact initially lot of people complained about his PGPM administration, but once he stepped out of the post and a new person got in, everytime when there was a problem they always told " if venky was there, this would have not happened".....

Some of his famous quotes in classes

"IF ur dharma requires you to kill, just close ur eyes and kill"
"If it is written on your face that you are gullible, I am going to fool you only !!"
" If you think something is wrong ,and everyone except you in this world think it is right..
Then its RIGHT......what you think does not matter in this world..what matters most is what others think......"
" What's wrong in giving jeelabes to faculty?? That's how you get your A's and B'S."
" Human beings are not rational beings..they are rationalising beings..."

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Prof. Venkat R Krishnan (a) Venky for u all....
To know more about his works, check out http://www.rkvenkat.org/

My Yercaud Trip

Went for a three day trip with the most studious/sincere gang of my college...the PSG Tech gang.
But it was loads of fun to say the least.

This was the route.
chennai -> Rasipuram -> okenakal -> rasipuram -> salem -> yercaud -> salem -> rasipuram -> chennai.

It was a gang of 14 people, 12 from great lakes with Mrs.Lakshman and Mr. Man-Jerry. We had royal treatment in both Ashok's House and Maha's house. Okenakal falls was awesome. Especially when the water falls down to ur face with so much of force, u feel a sense of happiness.... that is just unforgettable.

The boat pedaling with Indra was a major fun thing, both of us started of with so much enthu and 10 mins down the line it all drained off.... then we were struggling to pedal the next 20 mins...
We also visited the Montfort school. Thanks to the Alumni Ashok. The campus was so huge and u name any game, they have facility for it....be it normal games like basket ball, volley ball or things like horse riding.... no wonder the students are all-rounders.....

It would not be fair if i dont mention the drivers of the Trip....Karthik and Sai....They have driven close to 9 hours on the first day....especially the return route from okenakal was a nightmare, but still they did an awesome job.....kuddos guys....

I should also mention about one other important person because of whom i came to this trip....he bullied me so much that i said yes to the trip.....The Project Manager of CSC ( Naughty Nachi..).
ThanQ Project Manager, if not for u i would have missed so much of fun...
Btw, i found out one thing from this trip...That is, "Guys gossip more than Girls" :))

On the whole, one of the best trip i have ever had.....Thanks to all of u, who made it so wonderful for me........