BSNL Pay Per Second plan – How to activate via SMS

The correct format for activating the pay per second plan in BSNL is as follows

first send a message MPPS to 53733

You will get a message to confirm it and then again send message

MPPSY to 53733

The option ACT 1S to 53733 wont work any more.

A new life

It has been a long time since I have blogged. Life is moving like a machine oriented nowadays.

Waking up at 7 AM. Have tea from shop and spent some time on internet. Get ready and be in office by 9 PM. Do all the official things over there and then come to room by 7 PM and again sit infront of the laptop for 1 hour. Its time for dinner. Comback and watch some movies and then sleep by 12.

The same story is repeating for the past 2 months. Need to change the life style a bit.

Heres the new list of events.

1. Wakeup by 6 AM.
2. Do a small exercise or go for walk/jogging.
3. Have Tea.
4. Spent time in readying the newspaper.
5. Get ready to go to office and bla bla bla in office.
6. Come back to room. Spent some time infront of the TV by watching channels like Cartoons, Sports and Nature.
7. Spent time in some activities like Music, Photography, Cooking, etc etc
8. Have dinner and take a bit relax once again.
8. Have a sound sleep. Good night.

In the week end, have some activities which are not related to your daily schedule. You will get a peace of mind.

This are the new things. Dont know very sure if this new things will be pratical.

Slowly have to reduce the usage of Facebook, Twitter and reduce the usage of internet.

Hoping for the best.

Burning Platform – a short story

A man was working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He woke up one night from a loud explosion, which suddenly set his entire oil platform on fire. In mere moments, he was surrounded by flames. Through the smoke and heat, he barely made his way out of the chaos to the platform’s edge. When he looked down over the edge, all he could see were the dark, cold, foreboding Atlantic waters.

As the fire approached him, the man had mere seconds to react. He could stand on the platform, and inevitably be consumed by the burning flames. Or, he could plunge 30 meters in to the freezing waters. The man was standing upon a “burning platform,” and he needed to make a choice.

He decided to jump. It was unexpected. In ordinary circumstances, the man would never consider plunging into icy waters. But these were not ordinary times – his platform was on fire. The man survived the fall and the waters. After he was rescued, he noted that a “burning platform” caused a radical change in his behaviour.

We are standing on a “burning platform,” and we must decide how we are going to change our behaviour.

Mundanthurai – Unrevealed heaven of South TamilNadu

We are planning to go to Mundanthurai this week end. A brief intro is required. I had been upto the manimuthar water falls but not after that. It is situated near southern tip of western ghats. Lots & lots of greenery – Tea plantation, where ever u go u can spot only one color that is green.

Height is 6000ft
Temperature Very chill
Road condition Poor

Date of journey : 15/01/2011 – 16/01/2011

Places to be covered : Manimutaru waterfalls – Manjolai – Kakachi – Nalu mukku – Kuthirai vetti – Upper Kothaiyar – Kuttiyar

Transportation : Chevrolet Tavera

Number of persons : 6

Permission: Prior permission from forest department is compulsory if you are traveling by private vehicles. (Forest office is located at Ambasamudram – 04634254574)

Transport available: Government busses are available from Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram & Papanasam. Frequency of them is very less. So its better to arrange a private vehicle.

Please check these links

http://pkgaran.blogspot.com/2010/08/travelogue-manjolai-and-kudiraivetti.html

http://sshinu.blogspot.com/2009/03/manjolai-kodayar-8-03-09-mr.html

Divorce

Divorce. This word is now becomming most used.

Divorce rates are on the rise through out the world. Especially in India, there is a steady growth. In 5-10 years from now we can see a High Court of Divorce in every state. Probably in every district.

Whats the reason behind all these in a common mans point of view.

I do not wish to show any survey reports. Im not here to blame any one. Im writing the facts.

There are couple of reasons behind this.

Ego Clash – If the husband & wife are employed there would be a ego clash. Naturally every husband needs his wife & children to depend on him. This is a husband nature. When the wife starts to earn money and do not depend on the husband anymore regarding the financial aids the smoke would start from there. This will make the husband to get tensed and the smoke will get into flames. Moreover, if there the wife is in a top position compared to the husband there will be a clash for sure.

Dowry – Dowry cases in the villages is on the rise. If the wife dosent bring dowry the family members will try to fuse the husband and inreturn he will screw up his wife to bring more dowry and there would be a issue. It wont end in a divorce but there would be a friction between the two for a short span of time.

Suspicious – If any one among them have a disease in this, it would generate a problem. There are lots and lots of cases regarding this. Husband having a eye on his wife through some spy cameras installed in his house when hes off to work. Wife having a eye on her husband when hes in work with her friends. This is not at all a need. Every husband and wife knows each other well and they should be united in love. But instead through this will end up in serious issues.

Harrasment – When men gets angry they do no know that they do. It will end up in physical harrasment. Any woman cannot tolerate the physical harrasment. They will move this issue to the police authorities and make the husband behind bars. Some times the physical harasment will bring in the death of the woman. Just to coverup this he may try to make some false stories and atlast one final day he will be behind the bars.

Test drive of TATA Aria

I had a privilege to test drive a TATA Aria. Its a top end variant. It is Pride.

The first thing which I noticed in this vehicle by appearance is, the design is inspired from many vehicles.

Front looks – similar to Manza
Side looks – similar to Innova & CRV
Rear looks – similar to Sumo Grande

The sales person had explained me all the features in this vehicle. It has got almost all of the features that a hardcore driver needs it.

Now comes my drive.

I turned the engine on. Since its a 2.2 Dicor engine, I could guess that the engine is silent than the Safari Dicor 2.2. The engine is further tuned by the JLR team who had done the final touches of this vehicle.

I had a 5 kms drive in it. The clutch is so smooth. The gear shift is like a feather touch. I had even tried it with my finger. When I started to drive in the second gear I could feel there is a bit lag in it. Dont know what is it. Asked the sales guy about it he said its fine. Now I crossed over a bumper, I could feel the suspension effect from the front as well as from the rear. Awesome. I could feel the suspension is better than the Safari. Even the suspension is better than the Innova. Breaking is perfect.

Now I tried with a complete round turn. I could not able to feel my body movement which is similar to that of Innova. In Safari I could feel it. I can able to free myself in the vehicle and drive it. Its a drivers paradise. The AC is also good not up the effect like the Indica V2. The 2nd & 3rd row AC can be controlled from the middle seat. It has a inbuilt GPS Navigator. There is a reverse assistence camera. Its good. The driving visibility is superb. The driving is also good. It has got the 17″ wheels with alloy. The beige interiors in it would be a perfect choice. I had a chance to sit in the middle seat and have a drive. Its fantastic.

Overall the test drive is really good.

TATA has learned a lot from its previous mistakes. Learn from your mistakes. Dont try to hide yourself from it. TATA is doing this. Kudos to them.

But I felt some thing has gone in this vehicle.
One is the price. Since its 17 lakh plus for the top end model, a common man thinks that hes not ready to spend this much amount for this vehicle.
Second is the looks. Since it has borrowed the looks from various vehicles we can able to find it. If TATA had gone for a fresh design it would be superb. Anyways looks dosent matters only performance do.
Third is the panel gaps. They should have taken some extra efforts to sort this issue as this comes in a premium brand.
Fourth is the interior plastic quality. Its actually far far better than the quality in safari & manza. Since this comes in a premium brand they should have put some good quality.
Fifth is the Entertainment. They should have put some quality speakers to experience the power of music.

Overall its a excellent vehicle from TATA.

A Car drive to Chennai

Driving is my passion. Going for long journey in car or bus or train is my favorite right from my childhood days. I remember during my 4th standard when i used to go to my Uncles house in Hosur during the summer holidays in bus i never used to sleep at night. I used to watch all the vehicles passing by.

I used to travel to chennai very often in car in the recent years. The travel would be in day. We will start at 6 AM in the morning and reach Chennai by 3-4 PM. I always used to think I should make a ride during night. But I got a chance to do a night ride in car on Nov 12.

I returned from office to home at 7 PM. Just spent 1 hour with my kid. Packed off things and started my 7 month old Indigo Manza. Since i knew all the places clearly i never had any confusion. My dad & myself are the lone travelers this time.

We started from home by 8 PM. Had to spent some time in Nagercoil town for purchasing some food items. We had to spent some more time in a Fuel Pump station to fill it up. And by 9:15 PM we are geared up for chennai.

Plugged in my 4 GB memory card in the Audio Player to play the old collection of songs by TMS, Sirkali, SPB, Janaki, Chitra, Jesudhas. I always love to hear to old songs during travel.

The road from Kanyakumari to Chennai is awesome. Initially after crossing I felt a bit that we should have travelled in day time. Its coz of a mild sleep. I had a hectic works in office and then immediately for another adventure. I was traveling in a average speed of 100-110 KMPH in Manza. Since there is a Mileage Indicator in Manza, I can able to know what mileage Im getting. So in this condition the reading says “19.3″. Its not bad. The AC was on and the speed was 100+.

We crossed many towns on the way. I used to overtake all vehicles on the way except two. One is a SRM Volvo and another one is a Parveen Travels Mercedes Benz Bus. They flew like a rocket. No signs of where it had gone. Anyways, my manza is just a 1400 CC car and it has no matching with them.

I was cruising at 100 KM speed. All of a sudden there was a sudden downpour of rain just before madurai. It was a heavy rain. I cant see anything in the front. So I had to slowdown the speed to 70 KMPH for nearly 20 kms. And then after crossing the Thirumangalam bypass the rains stopped.

In madurai there are lots of toll gates in the outer ring road. The road was good in the outer ring road. When i reached the last toll gate the time was 12 AM. oh my god, had traveled 250 KMS in 3 hours. Quite fast enough I think. My Dad was sleeping most of the time.

Drove the car in the Trichy road. The road was really awesome. We stopped for a small tea break by 1:30. I planned to take a short nap and my dad started to ride. He was bit slow. But anyways, it was ok. By 2:30 I woke up and then I made him to sleep and then I started to drive it. By that time we have crossed trichy. There were lots of toll booths in the highway. We had to buy a return ticket as we will be returning from chennai in the same day. Overtaking in the highways is so easy. Since its a one way we can overtake in the left or right. But rule says only in right. But the heavy laden lorries will be traveling most of the time in the right side and no one has the patience for them to go to the left. So we never mind it.

At one instance I was trying to overtake a speeding lorry from left. I was giving him a passing through light and all of a sudden he turned to his left. I immediately pulled to a extreme left and slowed down the car. The lorry driver also slowed down and he immediately turned to his right. Then i thought have to be careful from now on.

There was lots of places on the way and I don’t remember the time & place where I was passing though. All I remember is the drive and the songs. By 6 AM we were into the outer ring road in Chennai and by 6:30 we were in the destination at my sisters house.

Spent some time with her kids and planned to take some rest from 11 AM – 2 PM. Had a heavy lunch and then again we started to home by 3 PM.

There was a huge traffic in Porur. Seems like some over-bridge construction is going on. By 3:30 we were into the NH. Since we bought the return toll tickets, we just need to show them they let us pass. For another 1 hour untill we crossed the Ford Car Factory cant able to cross beyond the 80 KM speed mark. And then again back into action.

By 9 PM we were in Madurai. We planned to take a rest for 1 hour. We had a dinner in a highway restaurant. Food was excellent. Love to have it from there next time. My dad now started to drive the car for one hour and I planned to take some rest. He missed a road and instead he was going into Thirumangalam town. He was bit confused in the direction he was traveling. He woke me up. And then we got back to the right track. He rode for another 30 min and gave me to control over it by 10:45. There was very less number of vehicles in the Madurai – Kanyakumari road at night. So I was speeding in 110 KMPH. After crossing Tirunelveli, there was a loud sound horn from behind. I was going in the same track. And he was giving me more sound. I thought the highway police would have given it and I immediately turned the car to the left and slowed down a bit and to my shock a TATA NANO car passed by. oh my goodness, a 600 CC car overtook my 1400  CC car. After some time i over took it and by 1 AM we were in the Nagercoil town. Stopped by a road side shop to have a tea and then drove back to home by 1:45 we reached home.

It was a wonderful journey. By Almost to 28 hours we drove 1600 KMS.

The hero of the entire journey is my TATA INDIGO MANZA. I never felt any kind of tired. The riding comfort was excellent. In fact I spent months of time before zeroing down to this car. The average mileage that i got from it is 20.2 with full AC. We never switched off the AC.

Finally, one of my dream to drive at night is fulfilled.

Planning to take a drive from Chennai to Kanyakumari by mid of December and another return trip to Bangalore during the first of Feb 2011.