Allwyn's Blog- The Journey

I am neither a book critic nor a book reviewer so this blog post is not a book review... This is purely an interesting incident that happened recently. I always have the intention to buy books but ironically many books remain in my table drawers waiting for its turn to be read, which may not happen in my lifetime.  If the book cover is changed in the second edition there is a fair chance that I would buy the same book again. To remind me of the books I commissioned a bookshelf in my living room. The colorful books neatly arranged in the book shelf reminds me of the valuable money spent to buy the books urging me to read. The huge collection of books arranged neatly in the roof high bookshelf of a luxurious mansion’s living rooms all belong to this kind(meant to be bought not to be read). I buy only one book at a time but  they buy books in bulk. The result is the same for all the books in my home and those in the  mansions. They are not even opened ...

Its titled mute story as all communication are cut off in airplane mode.. Yes My co-passenger Mr.Apple is in airplane mode and me too... This is about a usual flight journey. It brings back my memories of my first flight from Lucknow to Delhi in the year 2001. It was a very short flight, one day before 9/11 so there were no security checks.. All you need is flight ticket to walk into the luxury of    hospitality. Unfortunately it didn’t last long for me. Three tier security was introduced before my second flight. Coming back to my first flight, the flight was only an hour long flight. Those days only Indian Airlines is India’s one and only domestic carrier. Food was served from Taj kitchen even in short flights which was my first experience dining at 20,000feet. Now a days food is not served at 20,000 feet its sold there. Even in those days, everyone mind their own business and keep themselves in airplane mode, I mean muted. Newspapers were distributed which keeps e...

With morning coffee in my hands, I stand in the portico gasping  the fresh air which was so  refreshing in the morning. It  was a regular day, but I decided to bunk the office after a very long time. Bunking is a special feeling, (btw: bunking is disappearing from work without any information) we would have bunked the classes, but bunking the office is the industry's latest trend. It was a quiet day, as I turn the Newspaper, sipping second coffee of the day, it was really meant to be a relaxed day and the plan was to Eat, sleep, repeat until it becomes boring. How many of you have bunked the office recently? If you haven't tried yet don't waste time bunk your work today and who have already tried, try again. Coming back to the lead concept... I was having second coffee of the day when a very loud horn got my attention. It was a school bus, then a second, a third, fourth sometimes a school bus, sometimes auto rickshaws pic...

Chennai is one of the metropolitan cities in India and capital of the state of Tamilnadu.. Majority of youngsters in Tamilnadu dream of living in chennai as it not only a metro city but also city of opportunities. With moderate cost of living it's a heaven for job seekers. Chennai hosts Tamil film industry(Kollywood), has many tourist attraction and businees opportunities, which brings in lots and lots of floating population towards Chennai. There is a famous saying " Chennai gives livelihood for all those who come to Chennai( வந்தாரை வாழவைக்கும் சென்னை)" Like every other graduate I also had big dream of going to Chennai and become a software engineer. It's not only about becoming a software engineer, it's about becoming a software engineer and live in Chennai. In the year 2000 me and my friend's D.Karthikeyan, A.karthikeyan, Uma maheswaran and Abdul malik moved to chennai. We stayed in bachelor mansion right in middle of Ra...

          I went to Caldwell higher secondary school in Tuticorin.. It's a boy's school established  by Rev. Caldwell in 1893. The buildings were pretty old but the school was filled with freshness. Most of the benches and desk have frames of cast iron with a foldable desk, which has a grove for ink pots. The school has a chapel and a big assembly area. Its has really big playground, which is bigger than a football field, and also has separate  basketball & volley ball grounds. In this modern age most of the schools are smaller than our school's playground... Shrinking world and we play all games only in smartphones...        Everyday morning there used to be an assembly where prayer's are conducted. Special guest used to come now and then and give motivational speeches. When special guest come to our school assembly, homework defaulters were very happy as first...

I have posted many Facebook status updates and posts depending on my mood, occasions, what I watch in TV, happening around me and many more. Its quiet interesting to look back and pick the edits. The selection are favorites of my own. So here we go the.... Top seven of my edits 1.One of my all time favorite and I am flying still..... 2 . Truly inspiring and brave Malala Yousafzai              4. Extracts from the book of Jeremy Clarkson             3. On my son- Allan's 2nd B'day party.  Allan and Ramesh don't have clue that I have clicked.                              5. That last over by Ben Stokes and awesome sixer's by Braithwaite. England almost sealed the   victory in the 19th over..... But the West Indies too...