AVM Rajeswari Theater

                                                               


                                        Yesterday i got  a chance to see Movie at AVM Raejeswari Theater along with my spouse for the Movie Kullanari Koottam" . With a little doubt only , I went there as the first class ticket - [Box] is priced @ Rs 50 wondering how will be the service. But it turned out be remarkably unexpected experience . First of all , it's vacant place inside the theater complex. .A humongous one .Never seen in recent times such thing .Seating capacity was good , It was real worth for the money given . The most impressive thing was playing "National anthem before every show beginning. It was all of sudden .A slide asking people to stand for playing national anthem . All People got up and even some pople started to sing along with it . Is any theatre in India is following this nice gesture ? . Overall It somehow broguht be back to childhood days where I have seen movies in this kind of atmosphere . Just wondering , how they able to manage it with such minimum cost for ticket .While the so called high fi theaters -multiplex filling the pocket with Vitamin M .

To add cheery to it , was the movie itself .Kullanari Koottam was excellent . hope I will have this kind of experience in this theater in the coming days also .

Bravo - AVM Rajeswari Management

Eat Out Guide

One thing I like to do all the times .Eating at hotels whenever I had a chance . Five years in chennai and it was good enoguh to create this list.Here is the complete list of eatries where I had a chance to eat . . Njoy






click to see the list Eat out Guide

Super Moon -March 19,2011

A Beautiful Sunset

Assorted Pictures from Kodai

My best Snaps -3

A Great Year - Two 0 One 0

2010 - Turned out to be the best year in my life so far . My Marriage , HCL Job ,anna retrun from USA , made this year a real wonderful one .

2011 looks more promising and i wish it would break the 2010 record of mine

Another year has gone without much improvement to my blog . Let's hope at least i will do make changes to it and my weight is getting to alarming increase .Thanks to my marriage :)

Hope the year 2011 will see slimmer version of arun Like in good old days

Marriage Invitation

Arun's Classic Mail's - 14

Dated : Aug 22 ,2010
Mail Subject :Arun Thediya Priya
Occasion :Intimating friends about my marriage date

Hi Folks

By the time you read the words Adios amigos in this mail , you are left with one of the following actions to do

first and my favorite one :  Reply to this mail that will have any one of these words  like congrats, all the best, when is the treat, I am happy to see this etc 

second - Calling your spouse/friends and making a plan for Madurai trip

third -  Deleting this mail without replying anything

fourth - calling me to comment on this mail

Lets take a look at birth reason of this mail. I have come up with two versions and votes are welcomed for saying which one is the best.

Version 1

Finally the much awaited movie of the year is going  to release on Nov  18 ,2010 .Let's take a look at name and cast of crew for this  film.

Movie Name : Arun Weds Priya
Movie Tagline[s] : Inception of joy ,Marriages are made in heaven and in Madurai also. Arun manasula Priya, Dum dum time
Hero : Arun
Heroine : Priya
Producers : Our Parents
Co Producers : Anna and Anni
Directors   :Our Family members
Hero's Sidekick : My friends
Heroine's Sidekick : Her friends
Standup[Running] Comedian : Naren [ My Nephew]
Villains : Some of our relatives
Music : Thanjai Subramanian troops
Cinematography : Kamaraj Digital Studio
Preview Show : Nov 17[Engagement]
Release Date : 18.11.2010 [Marriage]

Anticipating everyone on the first day first show and make this movie a smash hit . So don't miss "Arun weds Priya" flick - In Mandapams at Madurai very soon .

Advance booking [Train ticket]started from Aug 21 onwards .

Version 2 :

When was the last time you visited Madurai ? . Couldn't remember when u made it or you had never had a chance to visit the second biggest city in TamilNadu well you missed a lot in your life . I can give you more than 1000 reasons for that , but for the time being a very few

1 ) Meenakshi Amman Temple - Pride of every Maduraites and of course every tamilans. A fabulous temple and great piece of Architecture beauty . Every time you visit , you will be mesmerized by his great beauty and sense of peace it brings to our mind.

2)Thirumalai Nayark Mahal -Yet another great architecture work .A combination of Italy and Tamil style of construction .A first look every one says " Awesome". To check this is true or not why not visit this place ?

3) Food  : There is one general saying which goes like this " When it comes to food matter no one can be like Maduriates" . A genuine statement. Never leave this "never sleep city" without tasting the following items  Avicha Tea, Green Vadai,Jigar thanda,Nalli omelet, Kolli saru, Kari dosai @ Konnar Kadai ,Egg Idly, Coffee at Vishalam coffee bar, fish at amma mess etc

4) People - Aniyathukuthu pasakaranga  pasanga-  too much affection showing people . Unlike what shown in most Tamil movies , Maduraites are peace loving and affectionate people. For sample you have seen Mr.Arun - Hee Hee

5) Tourist spot in and around Madurai:  Kodaikanal,Vaigai dam,Rameshwaram Temple,Karaikudi,Pillayar Patti,Thiruparakundaram temple etc

Enchanting Madurai-Experience yourself [ Courtesy -Tamilnadu tourism cooperation]

If you think the above reasons aren't good enough to entice you , then how about seeing me in some different costume on Nov 18,2010 .In other words my marriage with Priya .All you have to do use some form of transport to reach Madurai on Nov 18,2010 to see this gala event

I do hope these marketing tactics are good enough to bring you to Madurai . The real beauty of this[any] marriage function is that it is the only occasion where I can see all my friends[ child hood, school, college,office ] and my best wishers in  same place . I sincerely feel you will give me a chance to cherish this moments.

Coming soon to your inbox - "Boda Invitacion" - A never before and never again Wedding Invitation .110% guaranteed

Note : Please avoid bringing gifts . Especially if you are married ones don't find this an occasion to swap your unwanted gifts and help me saving from doing the same thing after my post marriage days :)  Jokes apart. If you are person of type saying what's an point of attending a marriage without any gifts - To save you from such embarrassments and difficult decision to buy what as a  gift, I have a solution called "Gift vouchers"  .

Contest : How many times I have used Nov 18 in this mail ?.All correct entries will win a special goody bag on Nov  18. Don't miss it .

Adios Amigos

My favorite picture clicked thru my camera -3

Chennai Central

My Favourite Movies

This post will contain the list of all the movies that i liked  it very much .

Tamil 

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Iratha Kaneer
Sabapathy
Thilu mullu
Pesum padam
Anjali
Thalapathi
Bombay
Alaipaydhae
Kadhal Kavithai
Kadalar Thinam
Minnalae
Anbae sivam
April Madhathil
Mounam Pesiyadhae
Auto graph
Mansellam
Parthalae paravasam
Ullam ketukmae
Unakum enakkum
Veiyl
Guru
Mozhi
Parthui Veeran
Unnale Unnale
Kallori

Privoam Santhipom
Siva Mansaula sakthi

vinnaithadi Varuvya

Angadi Theru
Tamil Padam

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Hindi

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Lagaan
Swades
Black
Rang Dee Basanthi
Chak de
Jab we met
Taree Zameen Par

A wedenesday

Three Idiots
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Telegu

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Godhavari

Anand

Happy Days
Leader

Vedham

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English 

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The train
five man army
Airport
Guns of Navarone
The bridge at River Kwai
Great Escape
Papilon
Where Eagle Dares
The good bad ugly
Rambo 1
Rocky and its sequels
Escape from Alcartza
Despardo
Once upon a time in Mexico
Gods must be crazy 1 & 2
Terminator -2
Kill bill -2
Panic room
Predator
The Armour of god
The young master
The cellular
The hills have eyes
Behind Enemy lines
Forrest Gump
Die hard and its sequels
Phone booth
Lord of rings
Space Cowboys
Mystic River
Once upon a time in West
Bad day at Black Rock
El Dorado
Clock Work Orange
The Shinning
2001 : a space Odyseey
Pirates of caribeans and its sequels
Blood Diamond
Apocalypto
The Shooter
Changeling

Gran Torino

Avatar
2011
Toy Story and its Sequels
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Other Languages
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Children's of heaven[Iranian] 

Run Lola Run[French]

Way home[Korean]
Prisoners of Mountain[Russian]
Father[Iranian]
The Thief [Russian]
Run Lola Run[French]

Note : Updated last on  Sep 05, 2010

Bangalore Trip - July 3 & 4

July 3,2010 - It marked my return to Bangalore after a gap of 4 years . It was perfect occasion to visit my brother new house for the first time . It was simply fantastic .Hope I will have one like this in future . A lot happened over the years and Bangalore looked more beautiful than before .Traffic continued to be the prime problem here and i do think with the coming of metro rail  it will solve this problem . It was so much fun to play with Naren and his girl friend Deepti .And i am wondering where Naren gets his energy for playing .I certainly miss him when i am here . The only thing i am concerned about his adamant behaviour sometimes and his interest for studies .Hope it will go away as he grows up

In short , A wonderful week end at Bangalore  .

Meenakshi Amman Temple and Express Avenue

Meenakshi Amman Temple - Almost every Indian knows about it and wish to see it once in their life time .Believe it or not i have visited only twice in my life time [ During my kids days i have visited n number of times just to see the camel ] .But those two are real special moments in my life .It's not like i hated to go there .We can put it like i didn't created a chance myself to go there.

What a place it was .A true architecture beauty . Some of the paintings are really too wonderful even today . A must see place in our lifetime .Now i am regretting , why i haven't visited this place before .May be it is reserved for the second special visit [Details about it will be given later] . Very soon u can check my orkut account for some breathtaking snaps from this place

Express Avenue ,Royapettai ,Whites Road,

Last week , i made a visit to this mall .Another place to hangout for Chennai guys . The good thing about this mall is ,navigation is as easy as cutting a cake with knife . It is really one of those malls where i had a chance to see right from ground ducking . Always wondered how it will look like once the construction is over . I must admit that it shaped out very well beyond  the imagination .Looking forward to see all the upcoming malls and multiplexes .Next in my plan is AGS Royal Mutlipex , Villivakam

HCL Innings Begins

Today  I joined the family of HCL .Hope it will be a long one .I am really tired of these interviews and also filling those tiresome forms while joining any organizations . The work location is my interview venue  ie
Amjikari ,Nelson manickam Road , HCL Technology . But this will be for time being , the real location will be at SEZ Zone at Shollianallr .Looking forward to that date .

Four years in IT

6.5.2010 - This day marks my 4th year completion in the IT field . Looking back , i can clearly say that
i had a chance to work in all kind of companies in my field . Started with a small organization ,then moved to CMM level 3 ,then to a top mnc in the world  then again to cmm level 5 company with a work at client place  and finally a very good Indian based mnc .

Let's look at the companies that i have worked so far

Company Name                                      Client Name

1) Yalamanchili Constultancy services        - Citibank,LVB,TMB,IOB,CUB,Parsik Bank,NDB
2) Scope International                               - Standard Charted
3) Accenture                                             - Well Point,State farm
4) Saksoft                                                 - De penning & De penning
5) Infinite Computer soluionts Ltd              - Verizon
6) HCL*                                                   - Cisco

one look at the above list will clearly shows that I am frequent changer . Going forward , i want
to change that name and looking for a longggggggggg  term at HCL .
* Going to join on May 13

Amman Mess

                                                                                                                                                                                    Are you looking out for a real yummy veg food ,then the address is Amman mess at bachelor's paradise [chepauk]. Incepted Nine years back ,hardly there is a dull moment in these eatery .Over the years it becomes a prominent eating place in [Chepauk]. .And what more everything to comes to you at affordable price and that too in these soaring inflation time . Although they don't have any special item in their menu , always there is huge demand for their regular items like ., special dosa , chapati , ragi dosa , wheat dosa , Parotta etc .In the morning , you will get kitachdi, Idly's ,pongal ,crispy vadai ,vadai curry [ My favourite one ] , and poori .A quality meals comes to you at Rs 30 in the form of lunch . A visit to this place is incomplete one if you are not eating Yummy Rava dosai . On Wednesday alone , there will be special adai [Humongous Adai will be apt name ] .Eating one is just enough to finish of your dinner .No demerits to mention but if you are type of person who doesn't want to wait for some time as there is always huge crowd , better keep out .



How to get there .


IF you entering cnk road from bells road side turn immediate right to the available lane .


If you entering cnk road from triplicane high road , walk till to the end of cnk road


Opening time : 7:15 am to 10 :30 am


12:00 pm to 3 : 30 pm


7:00 pm to 10 : 30 pm

Fourth year Anniversary

The Past March 6 , 2010 completes four year of my blogging experience .Given the current scenario ,blogs plays a vital role in one's life and almost every one having a blog these days , I can proudly say that I am one of the early fellows to start a blog .

During my jobless days , it helped me a lot to vent out my feelings. Personally I have a feeling that this blog is not up to the standards of my fellow comic friends . hope in the coming days i will maintain atleast half of their standards in this blog .

Adios

Super Saturday - HCL

Apr 24 : It is one of those days even if you make some mistake it is going to end in favor of you . That's what happened to me @ HCL,Cisco Unit . With minimum preparation , I just went out to take the interview and returned with a good offer . The offer is beyond by expectation and the same goes for designation also

Arun Prasad , Lead Design , HCl

Sounds good right !

My esp is telling me one more good thing is on the cards . Let's wait and see .

Express Avenure - April 28,2010

Express Avenue, Chennai, promoted by Express Infrastructure, which was set to soft launch on April 1, 2010 has been postponed to April 28, 2010.

Built on an area of 10 acres, Express Avenue is to combine a shopping centre, a business centre, hotel and cinema multiplex. With the retail area of approximately nine lakh square feet (excluding hotel and commercial area) with more than 200 shops, an eight-screen multiplex, 1300 seat food court and car parking for more than 1,800 cars, Express Avenue boasts of revolutionising the shopping experience for visitors. Five to six storeys tower blocks for the hotel and commercial offices will anchor either end of the development with the retail component occupying four floors, totalling almost one million square feet of retail space, located in the centre. The anchor tenant, Big Bazaar, will occupy 85,000 square feet area in the property. The mall will house an array of luxury and premium brands.


The mall will be fully operational by the end of May 2010.

PVR Cinemas From April 9 onwards

PVR [ Priya Village Road show] - One of the India's most popular multiplex group finally find it's way to Chennai . April 9 marks its first day [ Supposed to be opened on Oct 2009].

Like Inox, the ticket price will be Rs 120 only . Totally there will be 7 screens and it is located at Ampa Skywalk mall, Nunghabhakam Ponthamalle road junction .

Beware of Parking - this is nightmare place for parking your vehicles

Enjoy a fine film going experience .

Adios Amigos

Harley-Davidson in India

hi all

World renowned bike Harley Davidson comes to India at last .

Bookings of the bikes will open on April 20 and deliveries will begin by June. The motorcycles will be priced between Rs 6.95 lakh and Rs 34.95 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi).

The company will offer 12 models from its 2010 line-up.
check out the following url for more
http://www.harley-davidson.in/

2 Useful tips

recently i came across 2 good facility which saved time and money .U might have already knew this ,But this is for the one who are not aware of this facility .

Here we go .

1 ) on the day of train journey if ur ticket is either waitlisted or RAC , to check the final status of ticket normally we will look at final charts ,check at enquiry, enquire TTR ,check thru internet, call railways customer care center etc .Now u can avoid all these , simply type pnr followed by space and 10 digit pnr number and send it to 139 .

example

pnr 4414519190

and send it to 139 . U will get ur ticket status in a jiffy [Which coach ,seat no ,train name etc ] .This certainly saves lot of tension and waiting time at queue.


2) If u want some extra passport photos[Assuming ur having already one good photo] , normally u will got to photo studios to get the extra copies. They will charge around Rs 40 or Rs 30 for 8 photos [It may vary from studio to studio] .Instead , if you give the same to color Xerox center , u can have 16 photos for Rs 20 only . The quality is also quite good

More Interest for your savings bank account from this April onwards + Fund transfer

From this April, the balance in your savings account will earn interest on a daily basis, following the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to implement new interest calculation methods on such accounts.

The payment of interest on SB accounts (3.5 per cent at present) would be calculated on a daily product basis with effect from April 1, 2010. For Rs 1,000, you will get an annual interest of Rs 35 which will be divided into per day interest to be credited to one’s account.



At present, banks calculate interest on SB accounts on the minimum balances held during the period from the 10th day to the last day of each calendar month. This means that one would end up either in not getting the interest for money kept from 1st to 10th or only on the minimum balance maintained during the last 20 days of the month.


NEFT - Fund Transfer

Reserve Bank of India has waived the processing or service charges for member banks till March 31, 2010. Accordingly, member banks participating in NEFT need not pay any processing or service charges to Reserve Bank of India. But from April 1,2010 onwards , member banks have to pay some amount to RBI ,who in turn will turn to us for the charges. So u have to pay some extra charge for each transfer . Very soon u will get intimation from all banks . HDFC is already chargeing Rs 5 per transacton

Abn Amro is now RBS

RBS[Royal bank of Scotland,British] acquired the Asian operations of ABN Amro [Netherland]Bank in 2007, but ABN Amro continues to operate in India under its original name for some times .But from this month onwards , you can see RBS logo in every ABN AMRO Atms and banks in India.

Videocon

India gets one more Mobile service porovider . Videocon , will be india's 16th to enter the service .The Remaining 15th are

Airtel
Reliance
Vodafone
Bsnl
Idea
Tata Indicom
Aircel
Mtnl
MTS India
Loop
Ping
Virgin
Uninor
S Tel
Etisalat DB - Telecom

Vinnai thandi Varuvaya

First of all I want to make it clear that this review is not from an ardent fan of Trisha ,but just a review from a movie buff.


VTV is truly one of the best movie that hit the theatres in recent time. It is quite refreshing to see this kind of movies doing a good businessand movies like Vettikaran and Asal are shown the door. It seems the ingredients for Tamil cinema is changing. One of the main reason for success of this movie is down to earth approach.Somehow this movie brings nostalgic memories in ones life . Kudos to the whole team for helping to relieve the feelings .It doesn't matter how many times we see the backwaters of Kerala , it continues to looks stuuning. The picturisation of the songs is simply remarkable.


Trisha : By far one of her best performance . She plays the role of confused and excited girl with ease .After Sneha & Pooja this lass is the one who knows how to act .It's time she should avoid doing films like kurvi, Thirupachi etc. She looks quite ravishing in this movie .She has come up long way from her Jodi days. Ever since I saw her first on Vikatan Magazine front cover [Miss Chennai- 1999] , I was bowled over by her beauty. I admit that she doesn't have a great look like her co competitors .But still ,like the dialogue in this movie , of all the girls in this world , she continues to mesmerize me for more than decades .

Simbhu : Well initially, I decided not to watch this movie, because of him. But the desire to see Trisha wins finally. Surprisingly he had done it very beautifully beyond every one expectations .
He looks awesome and his expression seems quite natural [Courtesy Nayanthara ? ].

Rahman : Personally I feel after a long time , all the songs came very good . Hosanna and Anbil avan find their way to my all time favorite list.

Goutham Menon : Once again he has proved that he is no 2 director in Tamil movie industry . His ability to bring the best from actors/actress and selecting apt people for the roles once again stood out .
Particularly the character of Ganesh[Cameraman] .



Overall it is movie for reality loving peoples and especially for lovers and very very special for those who failed in their love .

Note : In coming days, i will be reviewing feel good movies like this in my blog .Interested one can visit there

Infinite Joy

Dec 01 -Got a offer from Infinite solution

Xchanging,Sella Synergy and Kals

X changing : Formerly called Scandent,Cambridge is located at TVH Bellica Towers.Cleared the first round and eagerly waiting for the second round .The view of Marina from the roof top is breathtaking ,awesome and fabulous.At least for this sake i should join here.

Sella Synergy : Maiden visit to elnet city .As there was a system test , i returned with out attending

Kals :Couldn't clear the first round itself

Accenture and Sasken

After tasting work at client place for the first time , i decided to give up vow to not to work at accenture again .It was one of the worst day in chennai , with heavy rain pouring around , i reached the office .Old golden memories came to me .But to my dismay they said i can attend after 1.6 years only .

Today was maiden visit RMZ Millenia park for sasken interview .Tomy disappointment i couldn't clear it .Some how i have to get a better permanent job .Things are not looking good .Counting all my luck on this Friday

I am Kcab[Back]

At last ,the derailed ArunIT Express is back on track.Thanks to the offer from Saksoft.Even though i waited for around 11 months to hear the good news, when i had the moment today, i didn't felt much happy at all .Previously I used to break down , when i taste success after a failure.But this time around , nothing at all.May be i am used to the situation like this or this is small concern and i have to work in a client place which i never liked it or may be i have reached a stage in my life that i am able to control my feelings.What ever it might be ,it has given some hope that i needed very badly.

Although these tough 10 months have took away some fabulous moments from my life , it had its own advantage also.During this time I revamped several hobbies and also developed some new hobbies.Had a plan to do a separate blog on it in future.

My favorite picture clicked thru my camera -2

INautix

Oct 24 : Attended interview at Inautix .Cleared the first Round .Waiting for the second round

Kumbakonam and Thanjavur Visit

Date : Oct 18 and 19,2009

Got my first chance to see Kumbakonam.thanks to SuryaNaryanar Temple at there. Initially started the temple visit by going to SriNageswar temple [God Ragu] along with my parents. Had to stand more than 2 hours
in the queue to see god.From there we went to near by Oppuliappan Temple[Lord Perumal]. The next day we went to SooryaNarayanar Temple[Lord Sun].It was simply awesome. This is my first visit to sun god temple.


It is located at the center of Kumbakonam where are all other temples are situated around it which is exactly same as that of Sun surrounded by its other planets.It is mind boggling how our ancestors are able to
predict all these planets in that period itself without any special intstuments.We winded up our tour to kumbakonam by vi sting a siva temple at Thiruvidai Maruthur .Again it is one of the biggest temple i have visited in my life time

Overall kumabakonam is really fascinating city which is really rich in nature and temples .Must visit this place in future to visit all other temples.

Thanjvur
Started with Thanjai Palace .It is really painful to see the poor maintenance by the authorities.The watch tower is one of the main attraction here.Then some of the paintings and sculptures makes this place must visit one.At particular
place in palace there are innumerable varieties of butterfly are flying around.Then there is a hand loom sector to by some souvenir but the price are quite costly .

From there we went to the Big temple alias Bradheswar Temple .It is one of the proud architecture beauty of our country.Way back in 1989 i came to this place as a school excursion . I can still remember buying the famous thanjavur head rolling doll for Rs 1 at that time .The same doll costs around Rs 40 this time .With in
two decades price rise is really high .After vi sting this place ,one can't help themselves by thinking how it is possible to build a temple like this .It is really fantastic,amazing and incredulous architecture wonder.

It will never bore you ,even if you visit this place quite often,such is the beauty of this place.It is must visit for those who loves arts.

AMPA Skywalk

Yesterday had an opportunity to visit this mall as it was opening day . It looks promising but really i have to say the skywalk structure on top of the building is not that good as it appeared on paper.


very few shops have opened on the inaugural day .Had to visit it after some couple of months.

It's Raining Malls and Multiplex in Chennai

Chennai gets one more landmark .Thanks to the newly to be opened shoping mall on September 28,09 at the junction of Cholimedu and poondhamalle high road.Christened as Ampa Sky walk - named due to a bridge which is suspended above 80 feet from ground level will have usual flavors of malls which includes eat out's like kfc,MacDonald,Pizza hut,and TGI Friday[First outlet in chennai].
Branded apparels like Benetton,Giordano,Jussport,Mustard,Bossini and Hush Puppies etc will have separate outlets.
Of course a mall in Chennai is never completed one without Landmark outlet, .Hence they are opening there 4th branch in Chennai here also.PVR Multiplex comes to Chennai thru this mall with seven screens.

I am very much looking forward to the opening of "Express Avenue" shopping mall which will likely start to function from last month of 2009.This mall located at whites rd , will see Satyam cinemas to open their second
outlet in Chennai city .

Other upcoming Important malls and Multiplexes are

Riverside Mall,Karapakkam - This is really going to be boon for IT guys.And what more Reliance brand Fame Ad labs
Cinemas will enter Chennai thru this Riverside Jumbo mall[Marg construction] with four screens initially.

Bangalore fame Prestige group lay their hands on Chennai thru their Forum mall at Vadapalani.

Also Ozone group started their mall construction in Annanagar and major construction group also started their

mall in siruseri ,omr.

So chennaities get ready for more window shopping and its going to be tough times for grooms to be guys.

Cinemax multiplex and Cinepolis Multiplex also venturing their Chennai debut in one of the coming malls.

And finally just for an information Chennai evergreen landmark "Spencer Plaza "is India's first shopping mall
and it was started on 1975.Amazingly none of the new shopping malls aren't able to compete with it
in terms of size and attractions .

CSS & SakSoft

Today attended interview at CSS, T.nagar and Saksoft.Though css was a bad performance
Saksoft went so well that i was selected for next round . Today also rasi's are changing.Hope it will bring good luck to me

Arun's Classic Mail's - 13

Dated : Jul 16 ,2004
Mail Subject :Course Completion certificate
Occasion : Explaining fellow classmates to get their course completion certificate.

YO Friends,
I hope we never meet again at MKU during next year, particularly at the month of February.
I just want to tell a shocking a news that there is still one more paper u have to write(get).But fortunately I have the Question and answer for that paper.And u can write (get) it at any time u like.The name of paper is "Course Completion Certificate".
The ?'s is as follows

Part A

Answer all the following 6 * 10 = Joy

1) Define "Course Completion Certificate"?
It is a certificate issued by MKU, to students who haven't completed their course.
It is similar to bit notice in size and color.

2) What are the necessary things that we should bring to get the certificate?
* A valid MKU Identity card
* Pen
* A good remembrance on what date u paid ur final tuition fee and the amount.

3) Explain the procedure to get the certificate ?

There are 7 steps to get it
a} Go to MKU early,in order to return home early
b} Approach the man near the security{ Man with mundasu}.Get the form from him{free}.Fill it and return it to the man next to mundasu man.He will ask u wait for some time {just 1 or 2 hours} .
c} Bring ur best buddy along with u to kill the time.
d} Goto the 2nd floor and turn right.Search for MKU Section and u will see the familiar man with spectacle.
e} Beware! he will check ur photo.
f} Wait for some time { Less than 1800 sec}.
g} Get it - verify it - return home safely.

4) It is necessary to get this certificate?
Yes.Particularly for the job seekers.

5) What are the qualification needed to get this certificate ?
One must should have paid all his three year tuition fee.

6) What is the best time to get it?

Between 10 -12 am is the favorable time to get it.

All the best to pass(get) in this paper in ur maiden attempt.

Peace out.



Note : Personally this is one of my all time favourite mail composed so far

Arun's Classic Mail's - 12

Dated : Oct 06 ,2004
Mail Subject :Kangaroo Vs Tiger
Occasion : When i got a chance to see cricket test match first time in my life


hello guys ,
tomorrow i may watch the bout between Indian tigers and Ozzie Kangaroos at Chinnasamy stadium.So there is every chance of u , to catch me on your TV set . Watch out for me . Adios


Arun

Arun's Classic Mail's - 11

Dated : May 28 ,2005
Mail Subject :Back to pug
Occasion : When i changed mobile no back to Hutch


guys u will do the following steps after reading this mail .

Pick up your mobile .
select phone book . search the edit option .
look for arun

replace 98406 54548

with 98844 04566 .

Save .

Adios

Arun's Classic Mail's - 10

Dated : Dec 10 ,2004
Mail Subject :Exit Bangalore : Enter Chennai
Occasion : When i winded up my job search at Bangalore


Dear Buddies,
the city of Bangalore was not fortunate enough to have a versatile person.
now the chance goes to Tamilnadu capital.Since my "Mission Bangalore" was a fiasco, I have decided to alter my hunting ground.My next destination will be Chennai.

After a few weeks of rejuvenation at my home town, I will start my "operation Chennai".So Chennai guys lookout for the bizarre man.

The only regret in leaving Bangalore is I am missing out scrumptious food items.The food is so delicious i have gained wt in alarming state during these 90 days here .

Hutch willn't allow me to use their no after DEC 17 .So yet another simcard collection for me in the offing .
Soon u will have my Contact info in Chennai.

My quest continues...... but my mail ends here .

Time to bid good bye to Bangalore

Peace out .

Arun's Classic Mail's - 9

Dated : Jan 02,2006
Mail Subject :Got Promoted
Occasion : When my nephew was born

Hi guys,
I was delighted to inform you that I am promoted . Well not in office but in Life as "Uncle" .On new year day by sister in law gave birth to baby boy.Both mother and child are
in perfect health.It is opposite to normal delivery[Hi hi I don't spelling for Ce-----------n .The most useful word in English is opposite isn't? ]

But I have to admit there been some disappointment regarding the gender.We always loved to have gal kids in our family.Way back in 1980 ,my dad refused to see me as i was born as a boy.Like the old adage "like Dad like son " me to like to have girls as my kid particularly a twins[Guys don't think i am ready for marriage ,i am just expressing my desire .There is still long road to go for
that ]

Any way it was so wondrous to see my little cute nephew.I am going to call him as "Pinky java" . {Strange name like his abnormal uncle]

Because of some technical problem ," I have to defer the "End of bachelor degree "release to some other date.Watch out for that

Adios

Arun's Classic Mail's - 8

Dated : May 15,2005
Mail Subject :At last my search engine finds it
Occasion : When I got by job at ycs




Arun Today
(Sharp mail for sharp people )

Hello and welcome to Arun Today.This is Arun Prasad.Let us take a look at important headlines at this hour .

Arun Strikes for the first time - Mission Chennai accomplished - The long wait is over - Around Bangalore and Chennai in 240 days comes to an end- The case of finding a job is solved - End of idle days.

Now news in detail.

05.05.05 was like any other day for most of u.But not for me .The first half of the day was filled with tension ,expectation ,fear but the latter half was full of emotion and excitement.
This was my most memorable day ever in my life so far ,b'coz I am so glad/happy/blissful/in orbit/delight/ecstasy/ "cock a hoop " / entrance / joy/ to apprise u that I have got a job at YCS [ Yellamanchili Consultancy service ] .


I can't find a better occasion to share some thoughts in my life .Mosquito coil - If u are regular watcher of a Tamil movie , u must have surmised it correctly that I am going for a flashback.

The year is 1998. Nonetheless of scoring decent marks at 12th exam [1037] ,an engineering degree "wasn't my cup
of tea"{hee hee i got a very poor mark at entrance}.I preferred an arts degree with an idea of doing MCA later.

But life in college is volte face to that at school.There was no proper guidance,no competition from fellow students and various distraction like sports ,lass further added to it .Apparently it resulted in degradation in my studies.Somehow I pulled the socks at last minute{semester} and got passed in first class[68%].But it wasn't
good enough and my poor cognizant in aptitude denied my entry into MCA course.I was transfixed .All my dreams were shattered.The later half of 2001 was the gloomiest period in my life.

As usual my brother came to the rescue like an "Light House".He proposed the idea of doing MCA via DLP.With no other option in hand , I half heartdely said yes.Now I have realized my dream which I dreamed some 7
Years back.Yet for another time the old adage has come true in my life .

" Everything happens in our life is always for good".
[ I hope my chinmayan pals will remember that based on this proverb was our first lesson {Old Thirumula} in
class 6 taken by Mrs.Vijayakumarai.]

PITSTOP
Have a break and come back as u have miles to go ,before deleting this mail.

Welcome back.

Job search was really fun at the onset.But after the completion of 150 days, I began to see the effects of it .The month of January saw that my sanguine level registered its lowest level .
I clearly comprehend the meaning of stress ,depression , dejection etc.But I was very quick to fathom that " this is not going to do anything good for me" .Thank god ,the few drops of "never give up attitude" pulled me
out of this predicament.Day by day my confidence level raised like temperature in Chennai. I was back to my perky ways.But still I was far away from word normal. There is no doubt these forceful vacation days brought out lot of changes in me .


How I like to have these two beautiful words behind me .

J.Arun Prasad ., Software Engineer
It sound's so good isn't it ?


Even though my ultimate goal of entering into top MNC is still not reached , this job is the first step taken to reach there .This job has fetched me a good and bad news .

The good news is my wallet is gonna become bulky.The bad news is no more transaction from Dad ATM


I really wanted to dedicate this little achievement to the mighty God , my parents,. my Brother and Sister in law . There is no doubt , without their support I would have never made it

"Life is a great struggle and
one can't taste its ultimate sweetness
unless one has experienced its miseries"

How true the above words are!

People who are acquaintance with me are really flabbergasted by my recent faith in Deity(God).Well! all the kudos go to the subeditor of Vikkatan weekly magazine Mr.Madhan.By mere accident I read an article by him related to Kumbakonam holocaust .It was good enough to change my attitude.Arrigato to him.

It's getting prolong and syrupy so I conclude the news (mail).
Mail your feedback to

jap_in@yahoo.co
or
arunprasad_j@fastmail.fm
or
databaseman@gmail.com



For news to have in your mobile type NEWS and send to 98406 54548.The next news will be within sen night carrying the title as "Arun's Digest" in the subject line .Lookout it is
much bigger than this .Brod cast is restricted to some region[Groups]

Adios from the happiest man in the universe - right now .

Virtusa & Syntel

Yet for again wasted two chances . This time it is virtusa and Syntel.

Chepauk & Triplicane

As i am on the verge of completing , 4 years at "Bachelors paradise", i decided to come up with a spl blog about this place and hence the birth of this blog.

When we say Chepauk ,Triplicane comes to one mind and likewise when one say Triplicane ,chepauk comes to mind.Geographically also they interlinked so much that one needs some stay here to understand this place.Right from
1960's this area is called bachelor's Paradise and rightly so . Any idea how many Mansion/Lodge/Rest House/
GuestHouse is here ? .Some 5000 plus .Let's take a look at some landmarks in this places

Parthasarathy Temple
Marina Beach,
The Big Mosque
Chepauk Cricket Ground
Chepauk palace
Madras University
Presidency College
Kalaivangar Arangam
TN government New Secretary Building
Chennai's tallest Apartment Building-Arihant Tower
ThiruVattisavar Temple


One of the main reason for being called is bachelor's paradise is the availability of food items at an unbelievable cost Also the ease of reaching Egmore and central railway stations,Marina Beach, Spencer plaza , Citi center ,satyam cinemas,Shanti cinemas,Albert theater,Devi complex,Anna theater,Pilot theater ,Melody
theater,Woodland complex,and for booze lovers you can find 24X7 shops make this place no wonder a heaven for young fellas.

Of late , owing to the modern trends, we can see lot of branded shops opening there branches here also,which is quite welcoming thing.Surprisingly still there is no decent park here and also no good super markets.

Here is the list of eat out's in our area that got the privilege of Mr.Arun Visting them.

No place in Chennai , you can find variety of people living like this .Lot of Hindus occupy the house near parthasarathy temple,Muslims around Mosque area.Apart from you can find lot of bengalis who stay here mostly for their eye surgery , Lot of young guys from North eastern part of india[Sikkihm, Assam,Megahalaya] to take
up their degrees, lot of mar wadis etc.

So it is really great to stay all these years here. I will be missing this place very much in my life.

Arun's Classic Mail's - 7

Dated : Dec 24,2008
Mail Subject :End of Accenture Connection
Occasion : When I Lost my job at Accenture

Yo Fellas,

Accenture - June 04,07 - Dec 24,08

Dec 25,08 - ?

My roller coaster life took another dip today. Thanks to the global crisis and other things .

Use any of these id's to reach out me - databaseman@gmail.com or jap_in@yahoo.com

Still I am believing in this old adage , "Whatever happen in your
life is always for good" .This time around , apart from my skills and grit
,I need a miracle to lift me out of this predicament.

As I am going to enjoy this forceful, unexpected holiday , I wish you all
scintillating and layoff minus New Year.

Ur suggestions, ideas ,tips etc are welcomed most. I am thinking seriously of quitting this IT job for ever,
and look for other alternatives . Help me out if you have some useful ideas

Adios amigo

Arun

Arun's Classic Mail's - 6

Dated : Nov 21,2007
Mail Subject :Meet my Lover
Occasion : When I Purchased a Dell Laptop


The following news will be a real surprise for most of you, as I didn't give any slightest hint of this event



it all started when I saw her first near Adayar signal on the way to office .She was simply superb. I could hardly take my eyes from her. She was so slim, gorgeous and colorful just like Trisha .The moment I saw her I decided she is going to be mine at any cost. Made the necessary moves to follow her .Finally little difficulty, I get her consent.


Like typical Tamil cinema Father, my dad said nay. To make it worse, my brother also joined with him .Again like in typical Tamil cinema my mother came to rescue. With great difficulty we persuade him to accept.



Finally i got the nod to bring her home



I could hardly wait for the L-day so that she can sit on my lap and now it has happened



Yes on one fine rainy day she came to our house [Nov 20]


It happened all so suddenly, I couldn't send invitation to any one of you .Hope you can fathom.


Guys, life never looked so good like now.



Seeking your wishes and blessings


Oops I forgot to mention her name

Her Name is Dell Inspiron 1520[Color Spring green]

A recent picture of her - Aug 19,2011

She is really beautiful isn't


Adios amigos


Regards,

Arun Prasad .J

Arun's Classic Mail's - 5

Dated : APR 20,2007
Mail Subject : Exit :Scope - Enter : ?
Occasion : When I resigned by job at scope


Hi Fellas
I am calling it’s a day .

J.Arun Prasad

System Analyst

Scope International

Sep 11 ,2006 [Surya Jothika marriage] to April 20,2007 [Abishek Aishwarya marriage]


Can any of u tell me when is next star’s marriage going to take place ?

you can send ur forwarded mails to any of these id’s

jap_in@yahoo.com
arunprasad_j@fastmail.fm
databaseman@gmail.com


To hear my sweet voice, key in the following no’s

98844 04566

@ Madurai 0452 – 2580758


By any chance if u want to send postmen to my residence use the following address


353,Jp Illam

Malligai Street

Thendral Nagar

Gomathipuram

Madurai -20


To have a complete hitherto on me, use the following link

http://bingoarun.blogspot.com


If u wanna become a member in scope yahoo groups ,send a blank mail to vintagescope_subscribe@yahoogroups.com


Adios

My Favorite Picture

This is one of my best picture captured by me to till date .

It is real pleasure to watch sunrise all alone at marina beach in early morning.No matter how many times i will see it , it will never bores me .The same goes for sunset also .

FORD & SacSoft

Wasted these chance this week because of my negligence . Now have to pull myself and prepare well for the coming days.My first visit to SP Info city

Arun's Classic Mail's - 4

Dated : Sep 05,2008
Mail Subject :The Curse of Central Railway station
Occasion : When i lost my samsung mobile phone

Hi all

you are gonna reply this mail with some numbers .Just take a speculation
before proceeding further .

OK .let's go on .Last Friday was a chance for me to join the elite group
of people who lose their mobile twice [Ironically both happened on 29th of a
month and that too at central railway station ] The real pain of losing a
mobile is in getting back the no's that we stored for all these years . so
fellas do send me your contact number

My contact number will remain the same and it is likely to be activated on
Thursday morning [ Sept 4]

adios amigo

Arun's Classic Mail's - 3

Dated : June 24,2007
Mail Subject :Bingo - eureka - voila - yahoo
Occasion : When i got job at Accenture


Hi Amigos
Arun Today
[ Sharp mail for sharp people]

Welcome to arun today .Lets take a look at headlines this hour

Start Monday with good news - Arun Strikes - End of bad days - Got a big fish

Now news in details

wowh ! what a day it was[June 24] .It was my day ,hardly i could make any mistakes .After conveying the tidings to my parents , i broke down .I could hardly control my tears, i doesn't want to . It was as if flood gates opened . It's the moment i am going to cherish for rest of my life time . So the ? arises is what happened to me .Time for a short commercial break

Recall the commercial featuring gorgeous Trisha in Fanta Ad
Recall the commercial featuring gorgeous Trisha in Perk Ad

Welcome back . I have been notorious for not telling any thing clear and straight.I want to keep up my reputation and don't want to disappoint my huge fans .So here we go

Some clues

Tiger woods
Formula one - williams team
next stop to karappakam
High performance .Delivered

Still have no idea .Hope this query will guide u

select company name ,designation from Nasscom where ename =" Arun Prasad"

Andersen Consulting , Software Engineer

Wondering where is this company ? Well many people know it in the name of Accenture

Mail ur feedback to jap_in@yahoo.com

for news to have it in ur mobile type "News" and send it to 98844 04566

The next news bulletin will be with in sen night. carrying the title " The adventures of Arun @ Accenture begins"

Substitute my usual words for closing here

Arun's Classic Mail's - 2

Dated : Aug 09,2006
Mail Subject :A dream comes true
Occasion : When i got job at Scope International


Ladies and gentleman ,
I had it .
05.08.2006 .Wow ! What a day it was.It was one of those days I could hardly make a mistake.Apparently it was a pinnacle in my life time .Never been before I was excited like this .I just Couldn't find a word in lexicon [dictionary] to describe my feelings.I can clearly hear ur saying " Come on Arun stop ur all blahs blahs and hit the nail on the head.But I am notorious for not telling anything clear and straight .So i want to keep my reputation and don't want to disappoint my huge fans .Here we go ! .Being a mystery lover ,I want to sprinkle some flavor of suspense behind the joyous event in my life.

There are three ways to find the reason behind this mail

1} The most simplest and I prefer u to do is ,give a missed call to this no
98844 04566 [including isd]

2} visit my personal site

http://bingoarun.blogspot.com

is there any occasion better than this to proclaim my site to dear ones?

3} Wait for the sequel to this mail [ Mystery unveiled]


To be continued ..........

Awaiting for your missed calls.

End of part one

Adios

Arun's Classic Mail's - 1

Dated : Feb 28,2005
Mail Subject :The Retirement Day
Occasion : When my father retired from service at LIC



Take a peek at the subject line if u haven't done so. It's not the title for upcoming sequel of the film "Terminator" starring the Californian governor Arnold S---------r [9 out of 10 times I am going to get his spelling wrong so I better leave it to u ]. It's about my favorite hero forever !! My Dad.

Today will be his last day at the office.He began his career as a clerk in LIC some 35 years back and now he is leaving as a CRM [Customer relation manager] .Also he is signing out at the same place [ Sellur,Divisonal office ,Madurai]where he signed in during 1969.That's make it perfect completion .

Explain briefly about your first flight trip ?

Awesome.The aerial view of city at night - Scrumptious meal - Prepossessing air hostess all made my debut air travel a memorable one .Finally I overcame my "Fightophobia".I was so silly to miss out 2 previous chances to go on air because of my fear.


Bye.

HCL& Thirdware

Sept 05 - Went to vadapalani hcl to take up the interview .Really one of toughest interview .Even though they asked only core java it was very difficult to answer . It was mice experience .

Sept 06 - Went to Sabari convention center,T .nagar to attend interview for Thirdware system.Unfortunately they were recruiting guys who had real experience on Struts Project . Hence i left without attending . I just wind up the day by visiting Kamaraj memorial house which is situated just opposite to the venue.

வண்டலூர் Zoo

After more than a 2 decade i am visting this place .Really had to admit the i had the same enjoyment when i visited this same place as a kid . With passing of time a lot of good changes has taken place here . Now we can use battery car to tour around zoo which is really a large place to see .

I am going to publish some of old mails under the title as "Arun classic mails " in the coming days .

சிப்காட் IT Park

டுடே வாஸ் my first visit to Sipcot it park for excelocom Interview .Again so close yet i couldn't make it . Very much impressed with the interviewr .Must become like one in the future . If we don't answer for any ? , he will explain clearly until we understand .No wonder the interview for more than 1 hour .Really fascinated by this SIpcot IT Park .

திருமலா Trip

Aug 12
A unbelievable event happened in the world without any one noticing it .It was a day i went to thirumala for the first time.
None of my close friends would believe this as i am not that sort of person.But they don't how desperate i am to get a job .To get a job , i wanted to make sure that i leave no stone unturned.

We reached there by 11:10 pm and sign said that the door will be opened tmrw 9:30 pm .As tmrw is Krishna jeyanthi function the crowd is more than usual .But a miracle happened as they opened doors around 12:00 am itself.By around 2:00 am we had our darishnam.Really it was so amazing to see so people so see the beloved god at any cost . A trip to Tirupathi is never completed one without a ladu .I will never forget eating a whole ladu around 2:15 am inside the temple .

we concluded out trip to thirumala by visiting kala kasthi on the way to Chennai . We reached around 6:00 pm to our room .None of them could believe that we had a darishnam with a such a short duration.I had made by mind to visit tirumala once again after getting a job .Also the return journey from thirumala to tirupathi is breath taking one .Over all a wonderful experience

CTS

Aug 22 - Just wasted a wonderful opportunity to enter in to CTS . Really messed up the interview in spite of the helpful nature of the interviewer

Comics

Really after seeing fellow comics friends , i have decided to blog my comic experiencs in the coming days.I am lookinf forward to it . Hope this new month will bring the much needed happiness in my life

மோசமான நாட்கள்

வணக்கம்
Really going thru the bad phase in my life time . Facing problem in my life is not new in my life time . My life would be called as perfect example of what is called as Roller cooaster life .Ever since 1998 , there is been stuggle for things in my life .First of all it was for my ug degree . I couldn't join any of enginnering colleges inspite of scoring a very decent marks [1038] { Ofcourse i had a bad mark in entrance exam } .Then the struggle for getting in to arts college where my good marks in 12th exam stood as a barrier .Then some how i joined American college with great difficulty .At the end of ug life , the struggle to join pg course started . I attended some 8 college entrance exam for MCA entrance and could clear any of these .thanks to my family gene desire for maths . I have to satisfy myself with DLP program .

Once that completed , struggle for first job started .Jobs hunt at bangalore was not good enoght to get my first job .Only after 9 months only i recieved my first salary in my life thry ycs . I have to admit though the salary was very samll amount, those where golorious days in my life time . A 9 to 5 :30 work and daily visit to spencer plaza , will be good things to remember there .

Then for want of more money i joined scope during Sep 06 . Again life was so good here till April 2007 - then for nothing reason i threw away my job in searching for more and more money .Result i was again jobless for 2 months and attended some 20+ interviews at that time and finally luck was in my favour - got an offer at accenture .Life was back to his best . Though the salary that i got in Accenture is less when compared to Scope , i was enjoying more myself at Accenture till OCt, 2008

Finally the dec 24, 08 was my last day at accenture .Life turend upside down with a days .Life is never going to be same for me after this incident .Just i was thinking i have settled down in life and getting ready for next stage in my life , came the biggest blow and also i don't have the courage or age to face the problem now .

These 7 so far painful months , already changed my character ,took away all my good deeds,happiness etc and injected bad thoughts , jealous , haterness , frustation etc .i have stopped talking with all most all my Friends .

Really i don't how my future will be from now . It's like prolomng tunnel with no chance of seeing light. Just need a mirale to lift me out of this predicament .

Also i need some real good things to happen in my life to get over the frustation that i am going thru now .

I have to admit Comics is the only thing that kept me going thru this difficult times.The amount of money that is spent on buying comics is really big one that i will even hestited to pay during my job days . But that's is life and comics market never looked so good at India like this before .

It was such a solace for me after composing this post .

Hoping the Roller coaster will again go up in my life .that too very soon
அருண் பிரசாத்

Back with a bang

Well after a long break i am coming back.
lot of things have happened .
Now moved to accenture .
last month purchased a Dell Laptop[Nov 19] .
Hope i will update my blog frequently from nowonwards

Day of my life time

Got a job at Scope International

Walk in - walk out

That was what happend to me at L &T Infotech . They denied me take the test because I was just short of 2 years of Exp .

US Trip

Yesterday my sister in law and my nephew Naren left for US to join my brother there.It was atouching scene at athe airport .I never thoght there will be such a crowd at Airport.We will be missing them for atleast 2 years.My brother is in Connecticut,Hartford