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Our Adventures in Amethyst !!!

Amethyst – Wild Garden Café - is situated in the heart of Chennai – in Royapettah. A walk through the entrance of the café and you feel you have entered a highly dense forest. Walk for about a minute and you would notice the café nestled right in the middle of the green nest. The café has about 2 seating areas – 1 outside and the other one inside. The one outside is again split into 2 parts – one within the café premises and the other one amongst the bushes. One look at the café and you would never regret visiting this green nest. It is surrounded by different types of plants. Walk around the café and you will realize it is filled with waterbodies too. You will also come across kennels and catteries for dogs, puppies and cats that are grown there. On the 1 st floor of the café is nestled a highly premium boutique – Amrapali. On the ground floor, there is a flower shop apart from the café, a dessert corner and another small corner stored with books – you can buy these if inter...
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My Ideal Job

My Ideal Job An ideal job for many is the next level. It’s a never ending quest for continuous up gradation in all spheres. There is always more to achieve. An ideal job, for many, is their ultimate ambition. Not penultimate, but ultimate. Hardly does life take one according to his or her plans. In fact, sixty years or more of life would have been quite dull and monotonous if it were to be predictable. That whimsical and unpredictable nature of life, often forces one to keep altering his so called ‘ideal job.’ Nevertheless, all my thoughts are valid only at the time being. That is the disclaimer that I make, and I hold my right to change my thoughts on my ‘ideal job’ at my whim or at least at the next time I start day dreaming. I believe that an individual’s ideal job is one which he would like to do without thinking of it as one’s his fate. He should have a hunger for that job. He should take up that job himself without accepting what his destiny offers him. An ...
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College Campus

Like everyone, even my college life is a special chapter of my life. Its been 2 yrs since I passed out of my college - passed out in April 21st 2007 - but the memories are still fresh. Like most of the 12th std. students, I did not know why I was opting for Engineering. But I did and chose Electronics and Communication - ECE in short. The first week of my college life was really bitter with not many friends and feeling lonely. There was a point of time, when I also wanted to go back to my hometown and do Engg from a college near my home. But that was not possible. Well, I did my Engg. from Amrita School of Engg., Ettimadai (near Coimbatore). Its a well known college. After a few weeks I got settled and got adjusted to the place. In this blog, I would like to talk about the campus from where I passed out. The campus was simply superb. One of the best campuses in India I must say. Especially the long road from the AIMS canteen till the entrance with those yellow flowers covering half of...
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