Should the cheque have both the names?

“Saar, why have you sent 2 names? Should I have the cheque in the name of Venkatesh or Sankararaman? These people say that they cannot issue a cheque for Venkatesh AND Sankararaman”, said our technician on the other end of the phone. Sounds straight out of Suppandi comic strip, but we seem to be encountering this more often now. There is a recent spurt of requests from small businesses who want our services. Many of these people issue cheques and it’s a tough thing to get the name written without mistakes on these cheques and then it’s a perfect comedy of errors. With names like Venkatesh Sankararaman or Vaidyanathan Ramachandran, what do you expect? There are never enough of those boxes to fill them in many application forms :) No wonder Russell Peters take a dig on them (no offence meant to long namers), gives us something to laugh about :)

Last week both electrical and plumbing service picked up, though it was not as hectic. We had a few of this “full-day” work and hence, it was slightly easy on travel :) So, we decided to do a review of ICE Mega Consumer Products expo 2010, at YMCA grounds (near Express Avenue Mall). Neatly segmented exhibition setup, starting with the biggies in consumer electrical goods, meandering towards furniture, garments, kitchen equipment, interior decoration, health and wellness and finally FOOD court :) The consumer electronics segment was not very well represented. The only notable brands were IFB, LG and Samsung with a limited product preview. Videocon displayed its new inverter products, which were competitively priced, but not sure about the quality. Tower fans were new at this exhibition. Powerful fans and a decent alternative to table fans but a little pricey at ~Rs. 2500. There was a neat foldable shoe rack product. It solves the problem of cluttered footwear in our homes in a neat and compact way. Furniture section was well stocked. There was an interesting banner which read “Italian design, Chinese price”  The health care section displayed new products in the area of diabetic care. Of course, the kitchen section, with those fancy cutters and tortilla/roti makers made their presence. Well, to summarize, the exhibition was worth it and priced rightly at Rs. 45 for entry fee.

And finally, can’t stop without mentioning Inception. Man, this Chistopher Nolan guy seems to have figured it all for now :) People are raving about it. Its’ right up there on our to-do list!! And it looks like “3 Idiots” is also on TV this weekend.

Hope you guy have your fun-filled weekend all planned out. Have a great one !
Thanks,
Fix-All team