Simple tips for a HAPPY LIFE

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Simple hints - rather imperative for a happy life

# Never be Late
# Don't Cheat
# Live Simple
# Expect Little
# Work More
# Smile Always
# Help Others
# Love All

My Visit to Ampa Sky-Walk Chennai

Today visited Ampa SkyWalk in Chennai for the first time. Had a great experience. (However did not do any shopping :-) ). Being a chennaitie, it's a bit late to visit the mall as it was opened to public by Sep'09. What is more worse was, it requires just a 5 minutes drive from my home and till now haven't had a chance to barge in :-)
Final stages of construction is still ongoing and the gold crown will have its diamond ring when PVR cinemas start rolling its multiplexes from the Top floor.

With 625000 sq.ft of space, it can easily boast of being one of the biggest malls in south india. Westside has taken a huge space in three floors with decent collections. Many other retailers like Titan watches,Adidas, Reebok, Pepe, Levi's have already setup shops. The single most thing which attracted me was the spacious foodies that have setup shops on the penultimate floor to the top. (beneath the proposed floor for PVR cinemas). There was a deluge of options covering variety of outlets which includes Hot Chips, Mr&Mrs Idly, Sizzlers, Thattukada etc. However the big guys McDonald and KFC had setup shops in the ground floor looking towards the PH road. As usual, had a McMeal which is my favorite.

The much hyped Sky-Walk is still under construction. But couldn't understand what the hype is all about. To me it just looks like a pathway connecting one block to the other. I assume it should have a glass flooring to give the walkers a Sky-Walking(?) experience. Hope it lives upto the expectation.

The parking facilities are pretty good and well organised with plenty of space and minimum chaos. However the Parking fee of Rs.10 (Two-wheeler) for two hour slot can be increased to 3 hours, especially considering the commencement of PVR multiplex. Visitors who may come here to watch movies in PVR have to shell out Rs.20 for Parking :-(. On travelling front, the comforting thing personally for me is that this mall is hardly 5 minutes drive from my home. So can hang around with my friends more often and forget about the logistics that we used to plan while visiting Spencer's Plaza/Citi center earlier.
Looking forward to watching a movie in PVR.
Overall it was a very good experience and i should say the Ampa-Skywalk mall has lived up to my expectation.

Last but not Least : Many more malls(Super/Duper/Hyper and what so ever) may decorate the skyline of chennai. Still my heart will always have a special place for the Old-Horse standing in Mount Road by name Spencer-Plaza.