Sigaram Thodu Salim, You can do it!

Recently, caught four movies on theatres - Jigarthanda, Anjaan, Salim and Sigaram Thodu.

Only with Anjaan, I was very uncomfortable on my seat. There were two reasons - first the seat I selected had a fault in it and second the movie itself. Actually Anjaan was forced on me by my boss (boss?? not office!!). 

Other movies are watchable in theatres. For me, Salim is the one who stood out. Salim is thoroughly engaging till the end (it was a 10:15PM show). Given the option of watching one more time, I would choose Salim among the three. Other two movies are one-timers.

Life is a Race - My Take

Life is definitely a race. A race not on who runs first but a race on who runs till the end.

NSC from post office, Chennai

I had bought a NSC (National Savings Certificate) 6 years ago which got matured by this year February.

To encash the certificate, I went to the post office (Ashok nagar, Chennai) where I had bought the certificate. By providing the photocopy of my own identity, I got the cash for the matured amount.

To encash the matured NSC, one had to

• Go to the post office where the certificate is bought. Timing:  Mon-Fri 10:00AM to 02:30PM, Sat 10:00AM to 12:30PM.
• Produce the proof of identity. And provide the photocopy of it.
• Get the cash if the matured amount is less than Rs 20000 or the cheque for the amount greater than Rs 20000.

My New Machine - ASUS X550LD

Bought ASUS X550LD (XX082D) laptop - Core I7 (4th gen), 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GT 820M graphics card and 2GB VRAM. But with DOS. OS didn't matter a much as I am used to Ubuntu.

As on 17May2014, flipkart price was Rs. 55000. But I gave a try in SP Road, Bangalore. Got it for Rs. 54000. Got a ASUS laptop bag, INTEX wireless keyboard & mouse, and laptop keyboard protective film free along with the laptop.

Installed Ubuntu-14.04 LTS successfully. But the touchpad is not responding. Have to find a proper driver for that.