This past week, my family and i visited Vedanthangal. It is one of the oldest water bird sanctuaries in the country. It is a one and half hour journey from Chennai.
It is a good spot to witness some amazing birds!
Here are some snaps i took at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, this past week.
The pictures are an attempt to capture the placid, pure, foggy atmosphere that Kodai has at this time of the year.
Skies were beautiful both at dawn and at dusk, and clouds beautifully glazed the peaks as temperatures dropped down.
As we approach 2013, we at TAFE are already making plans!
“My New Year Resolution is..”
Sleek, slim, black and smooth. Introducing the recently launched Sony Xperia Miro, from the latest range of Sony Smartphones.
The phone is primarily black in colour, with optional bottom panel colour changes, as seen in the picture.
Equipped with the latest Android operating system – Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4, this smartphone provides a good, smooth flowing user interface. Also, the Google Play Store enables the user to downlaod the coolest free apps around. Ah, thank god for Android. 🙂
Priced at about Rs.13,000, the Miro is a very good mid-segment smartphone. In terms of music, it is powered with the Sony Walkman player. For visuals, the 3.5 inch TFT display is more than decent.
Another good feature i can point out is the power saver option, which when chosen, switches off additional functions in order to prevent the battery from draining.
Coming to the camera, the Miro has a decent 5 megapixel camera that has a better performance outdoors than indoors. The video sensor is pretty decent for recording too. And another cool feature is the front camera, which enables easy video chat for skype and gtalk, etc. provided your service provider gives you decent mobile internet coverage.
Overall, the Xperia Miro is definitely worth its money, and serves, well, atleast my purpose! 🙂
Employees got into their sport mode as the TAFE Badminton Tournament unrolled itself in August 2012. The event was divided into two groups, namely AB and C, which had doubles teams. Apart from this, Singles matches were also held.
Participants reached the final stage of the tournament in November and final fixtures came to a close yesterday, on December 6, 2012.
Group AB winners were Sivapriyan(SAP MDCC) and Mahenderaj (Executive Secretary) bagging the first place. The runner-up team comprised of Vallavan(IT) and Sivakumar (Payroll).
Group C’s first prize winners were Sanjay Santosh (Corporate Relations) and Gugan (IT), while Rajesh and Kamalakannan both from IT claimed the runners up spot.
Sivapriyan from MDCC also bagged the First Place in the Singles tournament, while Mahenderaj won the runners-up prize.
Prizes were given away by Mr. S Ramakrishnan – CITO.
More pictures to follow!
TAFE Admin Staff Member by week…… Karate Trainer/Referee by weekend………
Yes, P.Chandrasekar recently shared the other side of his story to TAFECAFE after he got recognised as a Continental Referee by the World Union Karade-Do Federation Referee Council, in New Delhi, on November 25, 2012.
Chandan, as he is affectionately called, started his romance with karate way back, when he was just ten years old. TAFECAFE caught up with him for an interview. Check it out!
Mr. P K Aggarwal, Vice President – Corporate Quality, TAFE, was conferred the “Leadership Award For Contribution to Quality” by the World Quality Congress in an award function held on November 20, 2012 in Mumbai, at The Taj Lands End Hotel.
The award recognizes the best of the best for excellence in the following: quality management, leadership. business process improvement and benchmarking of quality practices.
The trophy and citation was handed over to Mr.Aggarwal by Acn. Shan Ruprai JM, President – Asia Pacific Quality Organization, and another senior member of their board of World Quality Congress.
2012 has been quite a mixed year in terms of movies. Personally, these are my top ten flicks for the year: