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The Fund Raising Program at our Club Rotary Madras South The fund raising event at the Rotary club is an annual event . Each Rotary club raises money to do as many community projects as they can. So, Fund raising project is a key event in a Rotary Club's calendar. This year the event was special . We had our lady Rotary member Asha Marina, who is the Club's Fund Raising Director spearhead the whole effort and what a good job she did, can be figured out easily as you read this post. The Rotary Madras South ( I am a member of this club ) board agreed that the event to raise funds would be a Picnic Car rally. Key things that had to be done were : 1. Get a reputable organisation to conduct the rally. The Madras Motor Sports Club was approached to conduct the rally and they agreed. 2. Lining up sponsors was the next big thing. Ford in India agreed to be the Gold sponsor . LIC and Inno Geo city were other affiliate sponsors. For Ford , to partner with Rotary, it connected very well

Week end work --Saturday - List of things to do -- Get them done and …. ? Had plenty of things to do on Saturday. Had to get to three banks -- two of them nationalised and one private bank . Got to complete few open items with all three of them. You might ask - "So what ? The fact was that certain things whenever we attempted to complete on the previous occasions with the same banks, were pushed back , rejected , person not available etc… So , to me it was great to do what we were able to do. Then the day went on great lines .. Had a afternoon quick Nap , Went to the latest craze mall , got a parking slot as I entered ( what luck ) , completed shopping in spite of the mad crowds. Did a mini walk in the evening , Had dinner with my in laws who were visiting us ( very sensitive and had to get this right ) and watched my favourite team play well and beat their rivals 5 -0 in football ( ManU beat Birmingham City ) , watched the sports quiz, dialled in and answered a good question and

The Onions impact Over the week end , I went to a Veggie food chain of restaurants for a evening snack . I like Sambar Vadai and Onion Rava Dosa. Both orders were taken . The surprise came in the delivery of the first item and in refusing delivery of the second item. The Sambar vadai came minus the nice sprinkling of grated onion dressed up on the Vadai . As the first item was delivered , the non availability of any food item where Onion had a major content was expressed. I realised with the spiralling prices, hoteliers have taken a easy route. Just avoid serving them . I can understand , with the prices fluctuating , they may not be able to price their stuff as well .. So much for what Onions can do !! The Onion jokes had a field day at the Humour club first meeting of the year as well. Some changes in the way the Humour club is functioning.. There were lot of decorations at the entrance , stage, backdrop etc., to make it colourful... and to the audience , a new lucky dip ( thr

Happy New year Wishes The Best Break I had from work It was one of those good , just long enough breaks that I had. Although I was wired all the time , I was under no pressure to respond , call etc., and this was probably due to the fact , that most of the world was closed down at the this time and hence it was the best time to be away from work. It also showed how global our dependencies are and the need to plan your vacation to suit global needs. But the balance has to happen to match local needs through the year as well and that is going to be a huge challenge. For the moment ,enjoyed the 10 day break from coming to office ( including two week ends ) I did travel out and also spend equal time at home just doing nothing. And just doing nothing was not at all easy but to be honest , I did try not to do anything. The travel out was fantastic. I covered close to around 1400 Kms .Went to Coorg . Used the Chennai - Bangalore - Mysore - Coorg road . It was a pleasant surprise to see the co