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ARVIND, Krithika, Aditi, and Arjun left Chennai on Saturday, the 9th May by 11-45 AM flight to Singapore. Singapore is 2 1/2 hours ahead of IST and the flight duration is 3 h 50 m. TSG and Mami also went with them. They returned to Chennai on Friday, the 15th May 12 noon. The trip was quite nice and Arjun and Aditi enjoyed. Rajappa 7:05 PM 15-05-2015

We two went to Ooty and Coimbatore from Apr 27th to May 2nd for SATISH marriage with APARNAH SREE. We left by the 07:15 AM Shatabdi express from Chennai. Sowmya also came with us. We took an OLA cab to the station. The train reached CBE by 2-15 PM and we took another OLA cab to வெள்ளைக்கிணறு பிரிவு where Gopalan came and took us in car to his home. After rest etc, we all went for a walk. Sowmya took the dog Buddy for the walk. We slept in Gopalan's house. 28-04-2015 Tuesday : Arun, Gayathri, and Sriram arrived in CBE ? Gopalan's house by 7 AM. After bath and breakfast we all left by bus for Ooty by bus. Reached Ooty at 2 PM, after 3 1/2 hours' travel. Reached the KSTDC hotel. Ashok and Neeraja came to that hotel from Mysore at 3 PM. In the evening we all went to the Botanical Gardens and walked for a long time. Coming out of it by 5:30 PM we had coffee and started searching for the Delhi Group. After a long walk we could locate them and had a talk. Tomorrow Vijaya ...

Arvind left for USA on 18 April 2015 and returned on 02 May 2015. 6:45 PM 4 May 2015

After losing my Lumia 535 earlier on 4th Feb 2015 , I waited for 2 months and then, on 17-04-2015 I purchased my next phone - Microsoft Lumia 640 - from flipkart for Rs 11,999.00. It is also a 5" phone. Corning Gorilla Glass 3. 1.2 GHz Qual Comm Windows 8.1 update Dual SIM, 3G 1 GB Ram 8 GB internal 1280 x 720 291 pp WiFi, EDGE, GPRS 2500 mAh battery 8 MP rear camera 0.9 MP front camera Bright Orange. rajappa 18-04-2015

Our Mumbai - Delhi Visits #1. MUMBAI (Thane, Malad) Vijaya and I left Chennai at 11.55 midday on Thursday, 19th March for Thane by Mumbai Express. We traveled by 3 AC. Traveled the entire day and night and reached Thane the next day (20th March) by 12.45 midday. Vishnu had come to the station to receive us. We drove to Regency Towers and had lunch. Savithri and Vasanth reached by 2 PM. 21-03-2015 At Sudhakar flat. 1st day rites of the Annual. Sithakumbam. At 3 PM we two went to Krishnaraj house and then to Nirupama house where Kamakshi is staying for the day. Kamakshi and Krishnaraj are leaving Mumbai permanently for settling in Bangalore by this April end. 22-03-2015 2nd day rites. Sugavanam came by flight from Chennai. Vijaya cooked. 23-03-2015 VARUSHAPTIKAM of Sundaresan. Vijaya cooked. 24-03-2015 Grekkiam. Went off well. Lunch from caterers. We two left Thane at 5 PM along with Sugavanam whose flight was at 7.30. After dropping him, Sudhakar took us to Malad...

Vasu and Rajalakshmi came to our house from Hyderabad on 3rd Feb 2015. After a visit to temples around Kumbakonam (Navagruga koils) they came to Chennai on 8th Feb. Vasu suggested we go to Kanchipuram; we gladly agreed and we two with them left house at 7AM on Monday the 9th Feb for Kanchipuram. We took Arun's car. First we stopped at Vedal where a museum is opened apart from the huge Shiva statue. After this, we proceeded to Kanchi, and had our breakfast at Sri Rama's Cafe. Then to Sri Kamakshi Amman Koil, Kumarakottam Koil, Sri Ekambareswarar Koil. Then at 12 noon we went to Sri Sankara Mutt. Sri Sankarachariyar was to give darshan by 1PM, so we waited. We had the darshan of Sankarachariyar and then left for Lunch at Sri Rama's Cafe. After lunch we went to Vijaya's friend Kalpana's house at East Raja Veedhi. We rested there for an hour chatting with Mr. Nithyanandam and Mrs. Kalpana. Very sociable persons. Then at 4-15PM we went to Orirukkai where a beauti...

I had a Samsung mobile phone model GT-5330 but when Microsoft announced that they are bringing out a Microsoft phone I waited for its launch and purchased it on 13th December 2014. Microsoft Lumia 535, Rs. 9200.00. A 5" phone. I liked it very much. Unfortunately, on 4th Feb 2015, I LOST it while boarding the train at Secunderabad station. The phone was with me for hardly 50 days !! A true loss. Rajappa 06-2-2015