Blazer Day -27th Aug 2009

Hmmm.... Stephen Ernest our Boss's idea of Blazer for Tech leadership came true on 27th Aug 2009.

John P Henry our client had come down and it was the season of Tech Film Festival - our contest for CCC's.

It was a coder-oi material blazer that we froze on and the tailor came to office to take measurements and it was a prompt delivery.

Blazer Day Album

It was a great feeling wearing the blazer - the day was so bright and colorful.

It was also Nisha's birthday.

The pictures are also a remembrance of the day that may repeat itself with a few new faces added or deleted.

ONAM 2009 -late entry

Well, this was pending for a long time along with a few others and today the 25th Dec 2009 I had plenty of time to work on my blog & hence this post.

Onam Pics

We had done decoration for diwali and Nisha was quite disappointed that we are not doing any decoration for Onam. My self and Ron joined hands with Nisha & Anish and celebrated Onam in the traditional best we could afford.

With only a few flowers purchased the rest of our decoration was done with the help of plants from ITPL (luckily no one was caught plucking flowers and leaves from ITPL property)

Every time WE do something different it only goes to prove Unity in Diversity :)

Shine in '09 WINNERS

After a long and strenuous struggle and should I also say slogging - BNG does it for the first time in AOL's history of winning an enterprise level competition.

The year 2009 witnessed some amazing performance from BNG and quarter three Shine in '09 was Won.
A lot of processes which we started back in Feb and Mar payed off with this victory.

Tech party was organized at Unwind Island off Sarjapur ring road on Nov 8th 2009. Ronald and Myself played MC's for the evening. It was a great fun filled evening with VP's and senior management present to reward the CCC's who had won laurels not only to themselves but also for the site.

Songs,Dance and prize distribution for Tech Film Festival (the internal contest) was followed by the inauguration of the new contest - TechAthlon-"The Amazing Race".

A fine dinner and a good get together for techies.Site remained closed from 1730-2230 Hrs.

This shall be a moment in my stay at AOL that cannot be forgotten.

A glimpse of the moment that was captured :)

NisargaDhama-Kodachadri

Kalyani NisargaDhama Pics

After much internal conversations Our group of cousins decided to head out to Kalyani NisargaDhama in Nittur.

Departure was on 30th Oct 2009 at 2230 Hrs.Arrival at the camp was without any pain with a few exceptions of humps and bumps of the bad roads after Shimoga. We were greeted with a warm smile from the staff who showed  us to the cottage.

Without wasting any time we finished our morning routine and were seated at the traditional dining table.Hot Kadubu (Idly made in a leaf) and chutney of onions was a feast indeed.

After breakfast we had our share of childhood fun with the swing and the see-saw.

Manjunath head of NisargaDhama-popularly known as Manjanna caught up with us and helped us plan the day ahead. He's definitely a person that you will like at the first meeting.

It was a wonderful jeep journey to Idlumane falls.Mind you it's only a jeep that can take you there and not any of your fancy cars. It's a small trek to the base of the falls. The falls is in seven steps and people who really want to enjoy the beauty that nature has to offer have to take the pain of walking through the falls - a fifteen minute trek. At the end of which I'm sure unconsciously your mouth shall be opened at the sight that awaits you. Idlumane falls has a height of about 70Ft and it's a bliss to stand at the foot of the falls for the shower of your life.

Idlumane Falls Pics

It was lunch time when we returned to the camp and though not an excellent menu it was good enough to fill our stomach. After a quick nap we headed to Kodachadri in a jeep. This is one trip that would be in your memory for long as it's nothing less than the costliest roller coaster ride that you can pay for.After we reach the peak it's a trek to Sri Shankaracharya peeta which is about twenty minutes. The view of mountains and valleys is just amazing and if you have enough time it's also a beautiful sunset point.

After returning to the camp we had a camp fire around which we played some songs and after dinner it was good night's sleep.

Next day morning it was boating time in Sharavathi back waters which we all enjoyed.From there we headed out to Kollur temple and after darshan on run to Bangalore.

It was a great trip in terms of the journey,the stay,the jeep trip,boating and most importantly very economic.