Movies, Seven masterpieces of the Greatest Director

Sorry about the late post, still you could enjoy the movies

Seven masterpieces of the Greatest Director Ever – Ingmar Bergman, now
Showing Free on 35 mm print

Venue: South India Film Chamber of Commerce Auditorium, Nr. US
consulate, Mahatma Gandhi Salai, Thousand Lights.

Schedule:

22nd August Wild Strawberries 9:30 PM
23rd August Summer Interlude 9:30 PM
24th August Through A Glass Darkly 9:30 PM
25th August Winter Light 9:30 PM
26th August The Silence 9:30 PM
27th August Summer With Monika 9:30 PM
28th August The Devil’s Eye 9:30 PM

Passes:
Collect passes an hour before screening at the venue or call +91 9967970320

Seating: First come first bases

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City Chennai, for some lighter side of life

My Grocery store at villivakkam, funny

The second line should have contained this word “parcel”. This sakthi store is at villivakkam, Annachi is a very friendly guy, but cannot help you with delivery, only parcel.

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Road repair, school children parents in trouble

Chinmaya Vidyalaya, P&T colony junction, traffic jam

Chinmaya Vidyalaya, P&T colony junction, traffic jam

This event is near belly area of AnnaNagar, this morning 8:30 AM, Chinmaya Vidyala school and P&T quarters, One side of the road has been completely dug till the end of the road to facilitate cables. And there is huge traffic Jam happens right at this junction.

The request is to complete a portion of work, at least near this junction ASAP so that children and parents do not have be late to school and work.

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Velachery platform crowded

Click on the Photos for a larger version. Enjoy the slice of velachery, chennai taken at different periods of time. So I keep varying about the subject. So kindly bear with me.

Topic 1:

From Vijaynagar bus stand to Velachery Railway station you will be amused to see the number of shops propping up on a day today basis, after the railway station started to function.

Where is the platform?
Remembering to story of hoarding in Chennai, which added some distractions and vivid colors, Currently helping us to get some cool breeze. I am wondering what happened to the people who were involved in that business. After many years of livelihood a simple rule just took away their work.

I wish the same shouldn’t happen to the vendors of velachery. Either follow rules so that they are not affected after years.

By the way, I Wonder these shop keepers pay the tax and if they did, does it reach the right authorities of the Government or Chennai Corporation. End of the day, people complain about IT professionals and the salaried people who pay the tax, for all the rise in price etc etc. Have we ever worried about the tax payers.

Topic 2:

People can’t control and take a leak here, near Sutherland technologies pavement. You need to have blocked nose to walk on this area of pavement. There is no public toilet around in this huge stretch.

Parking right under the no parking zone is actually fun.

Topic 3:

Irony is about these Auto Drivers who park the autos on the pavement or sometimes they even ride on the opposite side of the road, they will even give you a jolt by honking  and even give you a bewildered look while they pass by.

And some times you will find the lawman very much following the rules.

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How to find elections nearby

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You must be hearing people screaming over the microphone on most parts of the Chennai city, the Chennai corporation is helping people to get patta, water connection, complain about street light not working etc etc.

Now chennai corporation is making life simple for all Chennai people.

And I thought all the above should be happening at ease, with out even the above Chennai corporation pamphlet distribution at every corner of the street.

So why this distribution of pamphlets all of sudden and that too in the 5th year. Is there any elections coming around

God Save Chennai
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Steps showing pointers – Chennai subway

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The above image is at a famous hospital in Chennai. All places are well marked for people on how to interact with the space.

It happens that if you use any of the subways in Chennai, especially the one to reach Chennai Central, people move randomly irrespective of a separator with iron tubes which doesn’t seemed to give the right solution.

The marking should communicate to people on which side they should step. On busy days at peak traffic this should be an ideal solution

What say?

know, Howto – about A/C servicing

Well buying an A/C is simple, it is about some thing like buying an Elephant, and worrying about maintaining it.

Here are few things about our A/C servicing guys in Chennai during AMC – Annual Maintanance Contract usually happens to be free for the 1st year when you buy an A/C. You need to renew the AMC periodically before it gets expired. It is good as the A/C compressor are costly to be replaced.

What covers in an AMC?
It varies from vendor to vendor. The common ones are listed below

1. 4 free regular check up of A/C and cleaning of the same.
2. Compressor gas filling comes under warranty, so filling charges are free
3. taking them to their service centers are usually free with in so many KMS radius, usually free if you have large number of A/C s under AMC.

Some offer more packages to attract customers, by bringing the compressor under warranty if the A/C are new, so replacement is free.

How to service the A/C the usual method?
The below points are going to referred for the Window A/C unit

1. Outside panel and controls to be wiped with mild detergent
2. Air filters to be washed with mild detergent and water
3. Hot coils the one at the back side of the A/C unit to be cleaned using mild detergent and brush to remove mud particles
4. Cool coils the one just behind the Air filter to be cleaned using mild detergent and brush to remove dust particles
5. water hose outlet to be cleaned, and the water outlet pipes to be cleaned with detergent, to remove of dust particles which have been duly collected over a period of time.
6. The last ones to check, is for the stabilizer to have the wires intact and to have proper conductivity. Usually these wires get in bad shape due to low voltage supply, when a surge of power is draw by these stabilizer to feed the A/C unit.

There are little variation as far as the split A/C is concerned. The outside unit has to be properly cleaned, which usually doesn’t happen as some one in your family needs to supervise the entire operations.

What is that they are supposed to offer during that 1 year?
4 free regular checkup and cleaning of the A/C machine. Yeah for name sake to get their charge sheet signed. Except for the Air filter, nothing else gets cleaned up. If you ask them they will insist, this is more than enough.

What happens when you don’t get the required output from the A/C?
They start cleaning the coils, NOW

My personal experience:
I have a 1 ton Window A/C unit of the make LG 6 yrs old and 2 ton split A/C of the make carrier 1 yr old

I would rate the LG better in terms of servicing they did some decent job, where as the Carrier guys where just behind the money. They would pour a bucket of water on the outside unit which was at the roof top and just cleaning the Air filters of the inside unit of the Split A/C.

Heard from my friends that Samsung is also good in terms of servicing.

The only problem I currently face with my 1 ton LG window A/C is for the loud noise.

Would be glad to hear some constructive comments and suggestions. If you need more info please let me know. If possible I will respond to the comments and suggestions.

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Chennai Traffic Police barricade, problem to Motorist

The above photo is the one on the Shathi Colony, AnnaNagar, after a left turn takes you to the main road which leads to Koyambedu Main road.

I have seen this chennai traffic police barricade for months, the on going traffic leads to safety of people who take the left turn, some time bikes skid on the road as the road become a bottle neck.

A kind request to chennai Corporation to fix the above place.

North East Trade Expo

Venue: Valluvar Kottam
Till 3rd March 2008

If you like the bright colored ribbons and flowers, this could be the right place.
If you would like to see some more photos of the trade expo, here is the link http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29404&l=90d69&id=711946575

Beware of Ticket collectors – Chennai MRTS

I had been a mute witness to this incident as I myself was shocked to see what these ticket collectors were up to. This happened few days before.

Things I noticed

1. Ticket collectors boarded the train at Mylapore station
2. Ticket collector not wearing uniform, and not even the badge. (I have seen one friendly ticket collector at Velachery Railway station in white uniform with the badge containing the name.)
3. Harsh language towards commuters, looks at everyone as a suspect. Truly, this ticket collector behaved like a super cop.

The ticket collector asked for the ticket with all the passengers, I showed him my concession pass. While my co passenger said “Pass” when he showed to the ticket collector, the concession pass was already expired.

And two other Big adult looking school children were asked for the same. Guess there were doing the +2 in some school. One with the school uniform showed the pass and the other friend didn’t have anything in hand.

It was time for the one with the school uniform to get down at the station, Our friendly ticket collector said, well how could let you friend alone. If you leave him now, he will be in jail. Poor kid, just for the bad friendship he had to tag along and be part of this wild party.

Our super cop ask all the ticket less guys to pay the fine of 1000 and odd Rupees or end up in jail kind of story.

The “concession pass” guy had enough of embarrassments

Now comes the best or heights of invasion in to privacy.
So our super cop asks the school kids for the fine amount. The ticket less traveled school guy had empty pockets and now our ticket collector ask the school uniform kid to depart with all the money he has. He ask him to pull out the wallet and asks him to open and show the same to him and the other ticket collector and he tells the kid to open the secret channel of the wallet to depart with the reserve money.

I was like shocked to see and all other commuters were all in the same state. Didn’t know what to do?

I have one silly question, if any one can answer it will be great
How much is the maximum fine which can be levied, if I did a ticket less travel?
Now I have been setting reminders on my mobile for three long days to get the concession tickets. Well there can be genuine cases that people could forget to renew their passes. I just want to avoid that embarrassments.

I can understand the way ticket collectors talk to embarrass the ticket less traveler, so as not to repeat this offense. But asking to depart with their money, was too much.

BTW (by the way) does anyone know how to apply for request to the Railway board to increase the number of trains between Beach and Avadi. I have been getting tired of looking in to the watch all the time so as not to miss the beach train or the Avadi train.