Train timings and Bus timings from Madurai to Chennai

For the last couple of months I was traveling between Channai and Madurai often. I thought of sharing my experience about our Train and bus timings.

  1. Train No: 2635
    Train Name : Vaigai Express
    Departure Time:  12:25 – Chennai
    Arrival Time: 20.15 – Madurai
    Runs on – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  2. Train No: 2637
    Train Name : Pandian Express
    Departure Time:  21:45 Chennai
    Arrival Time: 06.30 Madurai
    Runs on – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  3. Bus journey will take at least 10 hours from Madurai ti Chennai.

Are you returning from abroad?

வெளிநாட்டிலிருந்து திரும்புவாரா  நீங்கள்?

I took this pic when one of friend retuning to India from Kualalumpur, Malaysia(வெளிநாடு , மலேசியா, கோலாலும்பூர்).

Some of thing that my area people will by while returning to India fron abroad

Some of thing that my area people will by while returning to India fron abroad

I went to Malaysia as Senior Web Designer in 2003. That was my maiden journey(முதல் பிரயாணம்) to abroad. After one month of initial work I came back to India. That time I didn’t purchased much. I just got the salary and left Malaysia in a hurry. When the second time I came back to India from Chennai I bought few thing like dresses, sweets, medicines, toys, body-spray, …etc,. One of our family friend came to receive me in Chennai airport.
I thought of traveling in evening by train but I got a call from my house that I will have to leave Chennai immediately (Later I came to realize that my wife had few relatives over in Chennai).  So I took a government bus to go to Madurai along with my family friend. From Madurai I took a bus to Ramanathapuram.

Next day afternoon we reached Ramanathapuram(இராமநாதபுரம்), and my parents and my brother were excited to see me. After a while my family friend (15 year old boy I hope) said he has to make a move. So I opened my luggage and took a t-shirt, few sweets, pens and a body-spray . I thanked him for his accompany from Chennai to Ramanathapuram. He went to his native after a few minutes. I dropped him in the Railway station.

Ramanathapuram Luggage Opening Rules

When I returned to home my mum was in great angry on me, because I broke the RLOR (Ramanathapuram Luggage Opening Rules).  Latter I realized why my mum was angry on me. In my city, if any one come from abroad, all the friends and relatives will visit that guy to chit-chat with him about his trip, work over there. Most of the peoples main motive will be the uy will be giving them small gift (this is personal opinion). Especially it’s our duty to invite our close relatives and we will have open our luggage in front of them it seam.

Let’s consider my neighborhood friend last trip to Singapore(சிங்கப்பூர்). He gave me a two sets of best pens. So before opening my luggage (after I returned from any country) I have to call my neighbor.  I started collecting the full rules and regulations in the near by small towns and villages. The data gave a amazing trend and valuable information.

Let us consider our South Indian Marriage(தென் இந்திய திருமணம்) or any other function. In the day, after the lunch (Once the function got over) a guy or two will be sitting out side the function hall with a note book. Friends and relatives will give gifts as object/things or money. They will written their Name, Address, Relationship and the amount.  For example if I attended a friends marriage and gave a 1000 Rs. as gift,they will make a note of it in their notebook. Later, in my family if we are have any function, regardless of we are inviting that guy or not he will have to come and gift that 1000 rs or more. If he gifted more than I will have consider that extra money the next function which would happen in his house in future.

Lessons learned:

What I learned from this second trip to Malaysia, I always have two luggage boxes. One box will contain the things according to my wish ad the other box contains this like sweets, dresses, powder, body-spray … refer the above picture.

The funniest part is, you might have bought things by have a friend and relatives list in your mind and what to buy for them. But if they came there asked a specific thing which was allocated by you for a different person then you will have re-arrange the gifts for the other people.

Dial to sell your waste papers – Madippakam, Chennai.

Few days back I saw a pile of news papers were placed in portico. I asked my wife to do these kinds of works on weekends, so that I could help her. But she was seriously arranging the old news papers and magazines. I went inside the house to took bath. After a few minutes I came out and dressed up to go to office. While taking my bike out I noticed that news papers were not there.

I asked my wife, what happened to the news papers? She said that Mr.Rajan (waste paper mart owner) came and collected the news papers and magazines. If we gave a call to him he will come to our home and collect the waste papers (His number is 94442 15168). His shop address is Rajan Waste Paper Mart, no363, sabhari salai, karthikeyapuram, madipakkam, Chennai – 600091.

I though this is a good way to sell your waste papers if you are not able to move out from your house (especially rainy seasons).

We will have to advise our kids (school kids) to

  • practice their home-works in white board / slates instead of rough notes.
  • teach them about global warming.
  • to make a note book how many trees being cut.
  • how difficult to grow a paper tree or any other tree (It  takes years to grow)
  • guide them to use both sides of the page.

Daily we can hear the  sound of the waste paper buyer on the roadside. Most of these guys will cheat us by using their physical balance. The balance will obey to them in every way. If he puts two kg paper for one kg, the paper will be one kg. We have to bargain to him. He will also tell that he will give extra 50 paise than the shop.But he will weigh 12kg paper as 7kgs.Then what is the use of giving extra 50 paise? So better go the waste paper buying shop rather than putting the paper to an unknown wala…

Rajan Waste Paper Mart,
No:636, Sabari Salai, Karthikeyapuram,
Madippakkam, Chennai – 600091.

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சில நாட்களுக்கு வீட்டின் முன் அறையில் பழைய செய்தித்தாள்கள் அடுக்கி வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. பொதுவாக இந்த மாதிரியான வேலைகளை வார விடுமுறை நாட்களில் செய்யுமாறு எனது மனைவியிடம் கூறுவேன். ஆனால் அன்று காலையிலேயே பழைய செய்தித் தாள்களையும், புத்தகங்களையும் அடுக்கிக்கொண்டிருந்தாள்.

நான் அலுவலகம் செல்ல வேண்டி இருந்ததால், குளிக்கச் சென்றுவிட்டேன். செரித்து நேரம் கழித்து உடை மாற்றியபின் பைக்கினை வெளியே எடுக்கும் போதுதான் செய்தித்தாள்கள் காணவில்லை என்பதை கவனித்தேன்.
செய்தித்தாள் எங்கே போயிற்று என்று மனைவியிடம் கேட்டேன். அதற்க்கு அவள், ராஜன் வேஸ்ட்  பேப்பர் மார்ட் என்று ஒரு கடை இருப்பதாகவும், போன்(phone) செய்தால்  வீட்டிற்கே வந்து பழைய தாள்களை வங்கிச்செல்லுவார்கள் என்றும் சொன்னால். ஆகையால் சென்னை மடிப்பாக்கம், கார்த்திகேயாபுரம் பகுதி மக்கள் இந்த கடைக்குப் போன் செய்து பயன் அடையுங்கள்.

  • போன்(phone) செய்தால் போதும் வீட்டிற்கே வந்து வாங்கப்படும்.
  • அணைடதுக்க்  கதை புத்தகங்களும் வாடகைக்குக் கிடைக்கும்.

நாம் பள்ளி செல்லும் குழந்தைகளுக்கு சொல்ல வேண்டிய   அறிவுரைகள்:

  • வீட்டுப்பாடங்களை முடிந்தவரை   சிலேட்டில் / வெண்பலகையில் எழுதவைக்கலாம்
  • உலகம் வெப்பமயமாதல் பற்றியும் அதின் தீமைகள் பற்றியும்
  • ஒரு நோட்டுப் புஸ்தகம் செய்ய எத்தனை மரங்கள் தேவைப்படுகின்றன
  • ஒரு மரம் வளர்ந்து பெரிதவதற்கு எதனை ஆண்டுகள் பிடிக்கும்
  • நோட்டுப் புஸ்தகத்தின் இரண்டு பக்கங்களையும் உபயோகிக்கவும்

தினமும் காலை வேளைகளில் நாம் பழைய தாள்கள் சேகரிப்பவரின் குரலைக் கேக்கலாம். பெரும்பான்மையான வேளைகளில் இவர்கள் தங்களது தராசினை   கையாளும் திறமையினால் நம்மை ஏமாற்றி விடுவார்கள். அவர்கள் தராசு அவர்கள் சொன்னபடியெல்லாம் கேட்கும். கடைகளைவிட கிலோவிற்கு ஐம்பது பைசா அதிகம் தருவதாக சொல்லுவார்கள். அனால் அவர்கள் ஏழு கிலோ என அளவிட்ட அதே தாள்கள் கடையில் அளவிட்டபோது 12 கிலோ இருந்தது. அத்துடன் இவர்களிடம் பேரம் பேசுவது மிகவும் கடினமான காரியம். ஆகவே சிரமம் பாராது பழைய தாள்கள் வாங்கும் கடைகளில் நேரடியாக சென்று விற்பது மிகவும் நல்லதாகும். டிஜிட்டல் தராசில் நிருப்பதால் பிழை ஏற்படும் வாய்ப்பு மிகவும் குறைவு.

ராஜன் வேஸ்ட்  பேப்பர் மார்ட்,
எண் 363, சபரி சாலை,
கர்திகேயாபுரம், மடிப்பாக்கம்,
சென்னை – 600091

A Vijayakanth Fan In Madipakkam Area – Chicken Shop

Actor Vijayakanth - DMDK leader photo in the weighing machine

Actor Vijayakanth - DMDK leader photo in the weighing machine

Actor Vijayakanth - DMDK leader photo in the weighing machine

Actor Vijayakanth - DMDK leader photo in the weighing machine

I took this photo last Sunday near Madipakkam bus-stand, Chennai.

I met my M.C.A. classmates in Chennai – Part 2

Continuation … of part one

I met some of my M.C.A. classmates in Chennai after ten years. We were the second batch of  M.C.A. in J.J. College of arts and Science, Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu state in  India (சக மாணவர்கள், புதுக்கோட்டை, ஜெ ஜெ கல்லூரி).

J.J. College of Arts and  Science - M.C.A. Friends

J.J. College of Arts and Science - M.C.A. Friends

  1. Manikandan | மணிகண்டன் (Dooman): He is our dialogue king. He speaks less but powerful jokes and concept. Married to a teacher and now a obedient student 🙂 Now Mani is in Chennai.
  2. Ramanakumar | ராமனக்குமார் (Rootan): Kungfu master and for a pack of panparak he broke his legs once. In Vadivelu style lighta he speaks too much. Now Ramana is in Swiss.
  3. Mugunthan | முகுந்தன்: Mugu is a moderate silent killer. He is like Dindigul Leoni or Solomon Papaiah. He always make sure that no two friends will have a misunderstanding. Now he is Chennai with his wife.
  4. Raman | ராமன்(Raman Machan): He is the hub for our J.J. College of Art and Science M.C.A. team LAN and WAN. If we need anyone our friends details we will be calling Raman. Now he is Chennai with his wife.