November 2005
4 posts
Onsite-offshore model in the Call taxi industry
I was travelling by a call taxi today and was hearing an exchange between the call coordinator sitting in the taxi office and a cab driver on location (not the the one that I was on). It went like this (original conversation was in Tamil): Call coordinator (female): Number 14, go to 67/3 Burkit Road, Venkat Narayana Rd Call coordinator (female) repeats the address again Call coordinator (female):...
The Idly Shop
After hearing much about it and seeing the crowds there, I decided to check out Murugan Idly Shop. I have seen the one in Usman Road, T.Nagar packed with people till 10.15 PM in the night. So, I was happy to see another branch open in Triplicane, diagonally opposite to Rathna Cafe. This place is at walking distance to my grand parents’ place, which I visit every weekend. I went in around...
Monopoly
I have been busy playing Monopoly on the Pocket PC and have been finding it hard to get away from it. I had been playing the real board game regularly a few weeks ago with my cousins and was glad to find its electronic version. This is an American version with all places American, making me miss Trafalgar Square and MayFair from the Brit version. As with most board games that have gone electronic,...
Eid day
Eid was celebrated yesterday (Friday, November 4th 2005) after the customary sighting of the moon on the previous evening. This marked the end of a month full of restraint and prayers, in which we Muslims believe that the Holy Qur’an was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh). After the special congregational prayers and exchanging of pleasantries, I slept for about 4 hours as there...