Back in action after inaction!

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Back in action. Summer trips, release schedules occupying my calendar completely and hence wasn't blogging for a while! Kids enjoyed their vacation thoroughly with trips to Tirupathi (for my birthday), Chennai (for a marriage), Coimbatore (staying with Grand parents), visit to Black Thunder (water theme park near Mettupalayam), Isha Yoga center, Kovai Kutralam etc.

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Building My Duplex House - Part One - Commencing Work...

Folks, Finally the good news is here to announce. I have started construction of my dream house in Bangalore. It all started early this year (2008)! I visited my daughter's friend Janani on a weekend and shared her father's experience in building their duplex house in a 30x40 sqft plot. I liked the house especially the sun-light passing staircase. That's when I decided to go for my own house. Luckily I bought a 30x40 plot near Electronic City - Singasandra village in the year 2003 for a throw-away price (now). After 4+ years the value of the land in those areas have skyrocketted - almost 7 times. Then I got in touch with my architect - referred by Janani's father - in M arch 2008. Went through couple of round of discussions on the plan, saw some basic samples and then confirmed his services in April 2008 by paying a decent advance. (The cost the architect's charge is based on the building costs - but I negotiated for a fixed cost as the actual costs will vary...

[My NH Travelogue: Trip to Madurai, Kutralam, Tenkasi, Papanasam falls, Srivilliputhur]

A view from my Dashboard… {Own driving: Bangalore – Hosur – Krishnagiri – Dharmapuri – Salem – Namakkal – Musiri – Kulithalai – Trichy} [ Hired Vehicle: Trichy – Madurai – Krishnapuram – Kutralam] 5:40 am: Started from Jayanagar, Bangalore (after visiting Ganesha temple @ RV Road) NH-7 feels like hot-knife-on-butter! Except for a small stretch of bad road-yet to be done to NH levels - between Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri. Zooming past Electronic city, Hosur, Krishnagiri we reached Dharmapuri ( 133 Kms ) at 8:15 am . Filled the petrol-tank (few Rupees cheaper than Bangalore...dude) and decided to fill our stomach with delicious Idly, Dosa, Vada and stopped at my favourite spot "Sri Saravana Bhavan Hotel" near main junction, Dharmapuri. 9:05 am: Drove via Salem ( 196 kms - 10:20 am ) reached Namakkal ( 246 kms ) at 11:20 am Visited the temples of Hanuman and Narasimha swamy... ( The cave sculptures were engraved by GUNSILA Adhiyan Kula, King during 7th Century) More... 12:20 ...

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