Saturday 2 July 2016

Real incident - Attitude of a young girl

This was a real incident which took place in my life 5 months ago when i was at Central Railway station. Generally , No one cares about traffic rules while crossing the signals at Central as everyone were busy on their own terms. In fact , I don't like to neglect traffic rules and hence i always wait till my turn is on though i have an emergency work.

On the way to office , When i was in train i saw a girl who sits beside me in first class compartment. She is a stranger to me and vice-versa. Once reached Central , We were about to catch the bus and on the way before central subway , there was a small campaign conducted by Traffic Inspector Department that we (Pedestrains) have to sign the petition stating that we will follow Traffic rules and would not disobey traffic rules.

As I come across such campaign board displayed by Traffic department , I went to read what was written in the board and then signed after reading the message. Before me was the same girl (whom i introduced as the one sitting beside me in train) who also signed the petition after reading the message which was given in the board.

After signed , She was just crossing the road when the signal is on the other side. Truly speaking , She has to wait until she is given a go when the signal is on to cross. But she neglects traffic rules which was signed by her just a moment back in a campaign board

My intention to that girl is that if you are not able to follow traffic rules , What the .... have you signed a petition wherein stated as we will obey traffic rules. Since i was waiting for signal , I could not catch that girl. Else i think , I would have asked her in person about her careless attitude and make her realise the mistake which she committed

My sincere advice to all those who cross the roads. Though you are not using the given subways , Please atleast follow certain traffic rules and do not violate traffic laws at any cost. Also those who cross the roads by vehicles too should follow same rules so that we can have good road systems which avoids unwanted accidents..



Follow rules , Do not violate traffic laws. Be cautious and have a safe journey

Saturday 11 June 2016

Honeymoon trip @ Kerala !!!

Honeymoon is one of the best experiences in almost everyone's life.. It is not an exception to me as well as we had pleasant memories together as a couple. I got married on 28th of October , 2012 and my close pal Govardhanan whom i fondly call as Gova on 12th of December , 2012 and another mate Hari babu on November , Same year. Myself,Gova and Hari were school friends with whom i have contacts even now.. During 2012 , Gova and Hari were staying at Dubai and so they were too close while i was staying in Chennai here along with my parents.

Personally , I was fond of Kerala as i pre-planned to go there for my honeymoon.. Since i was new to Kerala.. I thought to have a companion who can make fond memories.. So i chose Gova and Hari.. But Hari has pre-planned to go North India for his honeymoon so he got missed in which i asked Gova whether he could accompany for which he readily agreed and so we planned well in advance.

Gova is the one who took care of all the arrangements online including train tickets,hotel room booking and boathouse arrangements etc. He was in touch with Mr.Jothis who has arranged car for us to travel inside outs from Kerala (Alleppey -Thekkady-Munnar). Since Gova's marriage is on 12th Dec and so he needs some 3 or 4 days as he has to go to his wife's place back and forth , We booked our trains for 17th December and had a plan to return to Chennai back by 22nd.

We booked Bokaro Alleppey which is scheduled to start around 850 PM from Chennai Central in which we could have probably missed the train by an inch as my wife got delayed in making herself ready to start from our place Annanur. However we got into different coach initially as train started moving from Chennai central when we caught the train. Later , we were seated in our own booked compartments once everything settled between us. It was Gova who really helped us with our luggage in bringing them to right compartments after he arranged berths for themselves.

By morning 9 Am , We have reached Alleppey which is our destination. As soon as we reach the Alleppey railway station , We looked damn tired as it was a long journey 

At train before reaching Alleppey

After reached Alleppey Railway Station
Our cab driver reached well in advance before we reached the destination. So , As soon as we reached railway station , Car driver took us to Alleppey beach which was nearby. Beach has a good breeze and nice view to have more fun and to our surprise , We rode on Camels here at this beach and had few rounds as well

At Alleppey beach
Personally , I do like to ride on horses and i could not get any chance to do so in Chennai beach. However , I made sure that being a couple i should make it here possible as we both enjoyed riding on Camels for first time in our lives.

Over camel @ Alleppey beach
After some fun @ beach in morning , We had our breakfast and then were taken to boat house which was an unforgettable journey.

Myself and my wife @ Boathouse

Everyone thinks of boathouse when they say Kerala as it is a pleasant journey to travel in a boat where we can get everything including lunch,Dinner and Breakfast etc that too non vegetarian foods as well. Since we have booked in advance , We had non vegetarian foods ready as soon as we reached boat. Being a couple , We were given some flower garland in a boat to exchange between us. 

 
Exchange of Flower garlands


We had a pleasant time in boat where we could travel in a water. It is almost like our home where we have some rooms inside but the difference is that it moves since it is a boat which travels in water for a certain distance to enjoy sceneric beauties and also reminded us of Kerala backwaters wherein Individual houses were situated and located too nearby wondering us how they would travel daily to get basic needs to fulfil their lives

View from backwaters

Outside peek inside boat

It was just one night where we stayed in boathouse after which we were picked by cab driver to reach Thekkady.

On the way to thekkady , We saw tea plantation which was good to watch out for...

Tea plantation - Kerala

Tea plantation - Kerala
After spent sometime watching tea plantation , We went to Elephant Junction , thekkady. Here also , We heard of some boat travelling wherein we could see few animals while travelling... But we are unfortunate to missout that view since its ticket is beyond our budget, Hence we have to sacrifice Water safari. However we decided to spend some quality time at Elephant Junction

Elephant Junction , Thekkady
Here at Thekkady , It was very cold and in that cold , We have experienced Elephant ride first time in our life which brings a mixture of joy and thrill. We had a ride in forest about 1 km where Elephant trainer was nearby for our safety 

Touching Elephant after our ride

Elephant ride
Next place to visit is Spice plantation which is at thekkady and its on the way to hilly region Munnar. In Spice plantation , We visit several plants and spices which are not known and its good to watch out for those who were interested to learn about plants and trees etc..

Spices

Small plants

Flowers

Spice plantation - Kerala -
 
After Alleppey and Thekkady , We went to Munnar and on the way , We saw breathtaking views of Munnar tea estate and hilly regions which was mind blowing


Tea Estate - Munnar

Tea Estate - Munnar
On the way , There is a place called as Photopoint where several visitors were fondly taking photographs of some breathtaking sceneries

Myself and wife @ Photopoint

Photopoint

Breathtaking view - Munnar
 
Cool breeze


Cool sceneric view from Photopoint

Breathtaking view

Another view from Photopoint

Once we reached Munnar , We went to Rose gardens wherein we saw the place fully covered of colourful flowers and gardens which was really surprising. Here we could see rare species of flowers as well









Next to Rose Gardens is Echo Point wherein we had a speed boat ride as couple with our Seat belts tied due to security reasons

Me and my wife @ Echo Point

Scenery at background -  Echo Point

 
Enjoying climate @ Munnar which is amazing


Anaimudi view - Eravikulam National Park

Beautiful scenery
After visiting few places @ Munnar , We stayed at hotel room for a night and then in next day morning , We were about to leave back to Chennai...
  
Actually , We planned to go to Kodaikanal from Munnar but as Gova need to return early , our plan got cancelled and so we returned chennai a day earlier 

Hence a memorable honeymoon @ Kerala which is one of the sweetest moment in my life. 

Hope you like my personal experience which i shared over internet here..

Friday 27 May 2016

Abdul Marriage @ Kumbakonam

It was my first experience to witness the marriage of a Muslim friend Mr. Abdul Rahman which took place on May 08th.2016.  Abdul Rahman is my colleague from COMODO who represents Technical team. His marriage was preponed to May 08 due to Tamil Nadu elections which falls on 16th of May.2016. Since Marriage date is on weekend , I had decided to attend the function. Though i was married... I left my wife DD and my chweet son a week ago @ Gudur for a small vacation with her family over there...


Marriage Date : 08/05/2016

Place : Kumbakonam

Time : 12 PM (Noon)

It was a bunch of Technical dept guys with whom i have attended the marriage function at Kumbakonam... However , Few of the validation dept guys were present at the function whom i met at a marriage ceremony...It was a pleasant experience overall

Technical dept : 
Ramesh,Gurubaran,Arun Kumar,Bapu,Kalai,Sudharshan and 
                           X-colleague Jaikanth

Validation dept : Candy,Surya,Naveen,Arun kumar and Prashant


      Others :        Radhakrishnan (Testing) ,Krishnasamy and Sasi (Cverify)

        Sales :         Myself
 

We started at around 8 PM here from Ashok Pillar (Chennai) and reached Kumbakonam by early morning 3.30 a.m..We booked Van for our travel since we planned to visit few places nearby kumbakonam too...It was Mr. Ramesh who took charge of arranging van to the destination... On the way in Van , Few guys had a drinks including me and had some fun and slept for a while. We reached Kumbakonam at around 3.30 in morning wherein we checked in to Hotel directly as it was already booked by Bridegroom (Abdul)... Had sleep about almost an hour after which we started off from our Hotel room..

Thanjavur is almost close to 50 kms from Kumbakonam... So , We went to Thanjavur to visit Tanjore temple Which was famously called as Brihadeeshwara temple... From the outskirts , It looked mind blowing...





Everyone took few snaps over there and had some sculptures and carvings a second look as it was really good to watch out for...






Here , Let's have few more photos which was snapped @ Tanjore temple

Ancient Tamil language
Inner view of Tanjore temple


  
As marriage is at around 11.45 , We started from Thanjavur at around 10.15 so that we could reach our rooms by 11.15 and had some refreshment and got ready to attend marriage ceremony..


Marriage hall is very near to room where we stayed and so it hardly took 3 minutes to reach the mandapam

Location : Taj Mahal Mandapam , Kumbakonam , Tamil Nadu

We were given a warm welcome by Bridegroom's dad  and marriage ceremony began @ 12 PM where Abdul is surrounded by a group who were reciting prayers while bride were placed far opposite to groom..



As soon as it is about to get over , We went to have lunch which was good after which we had a good photo session for a while along groom.. As soon as photo session got over , Groom got busy so we left the mandapam and stayed in van where i had a chat with Jai and Bapu for a while...

Around 4 PM , We left Kumbakonam and finally reached chennai at around  8.30 PM...All guys left as soon as their places arrived.. It was me who has to reach Gudur that night as my wife and son were staying in Gudur... It was again a long travel from CMBT which took almost 5 hours to reach the destination (Gudur) due to heavy traffic... I finally reached gudur by midnight 2.15 a.m

Overall , It was a pleasant experience travelling to Other parts of Tamil Nadu like Tanjore and Kumbakonam which was a rare journey to me personally via bus route...