TheAnand

Category: Life And Living It

  • BlogCamp Rocks Kerala

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    It was an amazing day last Saturday, the 16th of August 2008. People from diverse backgrounds, when I say diverse, It goes everyone from a school student, a farmer, a cartoonist, a researcher and even a food lover! The day started off at Allapuzha with bloggers coming together at about 9. Though we had a…

  • Trivandrum to Cochin on Rajdhani Express

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    I finally travelled the ultimate luxury of trains in India! I have been travelling in trains for quite a long time as I was in the hostel at Rani Public School which is about 6 hrs on train from Cochin. Last month I got this really great chance to travel from Trivandrum to Cochin on…

  • Don’t bother adding me as your friend!

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    This was what I found on a orkut profile: “Don’t bother adding me as a friend, I do not add strangers as friends. ” Then I thought, I would scrap him on orkut, but then it said only friends can scrap! Hell, then why even have accounts on all these “social” networks!?!?! I understand you…

  • HCL Customer Service

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    A reproduced conversation I had with a HCL Laptop Customer Care lady on phone today. Check out how the Indian MNC performs in terms of customer service! Lady: Hello, I am lady calling from HCL Laptops from Delhi, Can I speak to Anand Subramanian? Me: Speaking. Lady: This is with regard to a query you…

  • Six Surefire Tips for Success and Money Online/Offline

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    You never get rich working for someone else. A typical day jobbers’ life goes something like this Wake Up Go to Work Pay Bills GOTO Step 1 A very few do save a lot of money only to spend it in an emergency. So a lot of people, particularly youngsters want to make money online…

  • Which Harry Potter Character Are You?

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    Tickle is a great fun way to waste some quality and get to know yourself better! I am the one himself! I could always related myself to Harry at certain points in his “life” too. This just confirms it! So which Potter Character are you? Which Harry Potter Character Are You? My Result: Harry Potter…

  • Rediff Web Business Still a Joke.

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    On 29th March, the refund of my Rediff Scam money was completed. A 30+ Days refund period?? Last week, I got a call from Ms. Minal Joshi who was talking about me enrolling as a Business associate with Rediff and selling their products. I think I did enroll for their program without my knowledge, thanks…

  • My Friend who had his brain at the wrong place…

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    Bad news. I usually don’t post bad news on my blog since I always thought happiness is the key to a long life, and its not in my best interest to let my readers, especially the RSS readers to die quick 🙂 . On the more “serious” kinda note, last week a school batch mate…

  • Blog Camp in Kerala

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    BlogCamps are fun! Not that I have been to any. Judging from how the recent barcamp went, it seems that BlogCamp will be hell lot of fun! The concept of barcamps, meetups and unconferences are slowly catching pace in Kerala judging the crowd at the past 3 barcamps and junior barcamps. Funnily enough, my spell…

  • FACT: TheAnand is not planing a Suicide.

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    OWN UP! WHO DID THIS? Besides other things, suicide is illegal but once the crime is committed, the “criminal” cannot be punished! But no, I am not planning a suicide. Whoever searching for that bit of information will have to be disappointed for the moment. 😀 Seriously, who is it anyways? Own up now. You…