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I generally avoid hiring a maid and like to automate the daily chores to the maximum possible extent. The biggest investment in this direction was the washing machine. This was purchased with the marriage gift money given by my Aunt Suchitra (Mom's elder sister). After reading several reviews and comparing the different models of washing machines, we finally decided to go for Whirlpool ABM551 5.5 Kg front load fully automatic washing machine. Some of the things we considered before purchasing this are:

About two months back, Veena (my wife) and I moved to a new house. I've been thinking about blogging on this since then but just couldn't take the time out. Anyway, here is my experience so far on moving out of my parents' home.

On April 12, 2010 at around 14:20, my maternal grandmother, Thirumala Devi, aged 75, succumbed to a heart attack. Her health had deteriorated considerably during her last few days and she had been bed-ridden for almost a month. May her soul rest in peace.

With my wife, Veena, not getting a transfer immediately after marriage, I moved to Chennai for a couple of months. My stay in Chennai was at TGN Guest House. I'd like to mention a few words about my stay there so that this article will serve as a review for TGN Guest House as well.

To all my blog readers and lovers, I am now leaving to Nellore for one of the most important occasions of my life - My marriage with Veena. The marriage is on 21st October, 2009 morning. This marks the end of my bachelor life :( and the beginning of my marital life :).

Today happens to be Dussehra. I was seriously working on something when my aunt called me and told me that I had gift from my grandfather. I didn't understand what she had meant as my grandfather had passed away in February. I thought that she meant my grandmother would be giving me the gift and it was supposed to be from both of them.

About two years back my friend and IIIT classmate Swetha told me that she would like to gift me something. I told her that I'd let her know when I really need something. That is because then everytime I look at the gift I'll get reminded of her :). And now after two years, I finally asked her to gift me the linksys router WRT-610N. And all I can say is that it is an awesome gift. The Linksys WRT-610N is a high-end home router. In India it costs about Rs.10,500. It works out to be about 30% cheaper when purchased in US.

My website is not just a passion. It is a means for me to connect in a very indirect way with people from all over the world. It is about sharing with the world the knowledge I have. It is an interface through which I share my thoughts and what's happening in my life. Below are some of the mails which I got as a feedback which only reinforce the purpose of my site. And therefore encouraged by mails like these, I have added the Guestbook module to my website. Feel free to sign the guestbook if you like the website.

Dear Rahul,

I thought of giving my friends and distant relatives a surprise by posting a blog entry that I'm going to get married soon. But I delayed this for so long that now probably everyone who knows me is informed of my marriage :). And for those who still don't know this, here is the official announcement. I'm no longer single and ready to mingle (oops ... did I just break someone's heart? :p). I am committed to Veena, a very sweet natured and cute looking girl. She is actually the sister of a very close buddy of mine, Vamsidhar. Our story is not very uncommon. We were initially good friends.

Today I complete one year of working at Synovel. Synovel Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a company which works in the collaboration domain and is a strong propagator of open source. After about a year-and-a-half of work, we have finally released the initial version of the Synovel Collaboration Server (on May 17, 2009). It feels great to see a product on which you have worked from scratch for a considerable time to be deployed and use in some company :). The other products of Synovel include a Desktop Email Client (know as Spicebird) and a Web client (still in development).