My thoughts: July 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Esha preparing Modak during Ganesh Festival in 2010

Esha dances during Ganesh Festival in 2010

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Today is My Birthday!

The cake was prepared by Kalpana! And we also had Sangeetha visit us at 12 in the nite.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Finally Solution for Samsung Galaxy GT i9003 Android mobile phone problem of going automatically in Flight Mode

Is your smartphone going automatically in flight mode?

I bought a new Samsung Galaxy GT i9003 smartphone in July 2011. I started facing problems with the phone going into Airplane mode and locking up automatically. When I go into the settings and try to turn airplane mode off, it won't allow it. Then when I hold the power button down, it tells me that airplane mode is off. Trying to change the settings also does not work. Initially, I thought this problem is happening when I have no cell service, but it doesn't correct itself when I get cell service again. Later I felt that it randomly goes into flight mode. I have to reboot the phone to get it out of airplane mode and use the phone. I read a lot of the posts about the Samsung and other Android phones having this same issue. One post said to turn off the Wi-Fi so I did, but it did not work. Another post said to stop using GPS and uninstall applications using GPS. I tried that but again it did not work.

I escalated the issue to Samsung Service Center but no one seemed to have a clue about the resolution. The Samsung service could not isolate if this was a software/OS problem or Hardware Mobile problem.

This issue of my Samsung mobile phone going automatically into flight mode continued for almost a month. This behaviour had made my mobile phone useless. Every time I reboot or somehow get the mobile back to normal, it would again go back to Flight mode within minutes or sometimes within a few hours.

I tried all the below as suggested by other people facing this problem and as suggested by Service Center Support.

1. Restart the phone

2. Removing all the GPS application

3. Switching off the wifi connectivity

4. Restoring factory settings

5. Software update (by Samsung Service Center)

6. Motherboard Replace (by Samsung Service Center)

Finally, the last option worked.

Now, I believe replacing the motherboard has done the trick.

It has been few days since my mobile has not gone into flight mode. I am still observing it.

However, the service center replaced the motherboard on the mobile and now I am observing it. So far the mobile is working perfectly for the past few days.

Today on 8th Aug 2011, it has been more than 2 weeks and I have not yet faced the issue of phone going automatically to fligh/airplane mode.
Yippee!!! So now I believe that the solution of replacing the motherboard has worked for me!!!

Please do let me know if this solution worked for you'll OR Please let me know if some other solution exists!

कल्पनाच्या कविता - भाग 2

माझ्या मनाच आणि डोक्याच
नेहमीचच भांडण आहे
मनाच वागण मला आवडत
तर डोक्याच अगदीच बिनडोक आहे !

कल्पनाच्या कविता - भाग 1

कोवळया उन्हात मी बसले असताना
वारा स्वताशिच हसत होता
एकट्यानेच असे हसत असताना कुणी पाहिल तर हसेल
म्हणून मध्येच शांत होत होता !

Monday, July 18, 2011

Ganga Aarti at Varanasi from a Boat is really a beautiful experience

Best Magical Morning of My Life!

The Sunrise from River Ganga at around 6:25 am (End of Feb 2011) was one of the most magical moments of my life.

Me and my Mom started really early from our hotel so that we could visit the Kashi Temple and then enjoy magical sunrise which I had read about on web.

(Please excuse my mobile ringing towards the end of the video)

Estimated and Actual Cost of building a New House in Maharashtra? What is the per sq feet construction cost? Building a small beautiful bungalow

This blog is for people who want to build their dream house. I am sure information on this blog will help all readers looking for information on building new house/bungalow.

I have started building a new house from Jul-2-2011 in my native place and want to share my experience so that people building new house are well equiped.
The ground floor of my house is 1BHK and the first floor may have 2 more rooms. The house will also have a terrace, balcony and verandah.
Method:I consulted an architect for a house plan.The contract for building the house was then given to a contractor. The labour charge is fixed per sq feet and the material cost would be borne my me.

Plan:
I will soon post the plan for the house since only the ground floor 1BHK plan is finalized till now and we are yet to finalize the plan for 1st floor. We are being helped for the plan by the son of my Dad's friend.
i) Ground Floor Plan:Shortly coming
ii) 1st Storey Plan:Shortly coming

Cost :
I Plan to track my estimated cost versus actual cost so that readers are well aware of the financial aspect of house building.It was a nightmare to find the per sq. feet cost of construction. There is no standard figure available and rightly so. The construction cost ranges for around Rs 800 per Sq Feet to Rs 1,200 per Sq Feet.My estimate is around Rs. 720 per Sq Feet. I am not sure if I have missed out anything. The current prices for Steel, cement, dabar, sand etc and the quantity required to build my house was estimated. We will soon find how correct is my estimate :)

Another nice way to calculate the construction cost of the house is by using the below calculator.
http://www.acchelp.in/cost-calculators.aspThe above site has an estimate of Rs. 688 per sq feet as the construction cost of a new medium quality house in Raigad, Maharashtra.

i) Estimate Vs Actual Cost

Coming Soon

Actual Photo of Site: