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.

Aachis chettinad cuisine, Indira Nagar, Bangalore

Today we had at Aachis Chettinadu Cuisine, Indira Nagar, Bangalore. This restaurant is situated right on the Indira nagar double road. Got to know about this restaurant from Zomato.

The ambiance was decent. The cost was little higher. The service was good but can be improved a little. Since the restaurant is right on the road, there is no place for parking our car ourselves near the restaurant. But the restaurant provides valet parking. 

First we had Sweet corn veg soup and Chicken lollypop. Sweet corn veg soup was good and we liked it. Same with the chicken lollypop.

Then we had Kerala parotta, Kottu parotta and Mushroom pepper masala for main course. Kerala parotta was not that good. Also it didn't stand anywhere near to the actual kerala parotta. Kottu parotta was ok. Mushroom pepper masala was good which helped us to take Kerala parotta and Kottu parotta.

We paid Rs. 632 for two persons.