Bliss

Indiblogger successfully conducted its 1st kingfisher blogger meet in 2010 last Sunday. There were about 100 bloggers and we also had people coming from Kingfisher as well. Thanks a lot for Kingfisher for being the king of good times and enhancing the experience. And also thank you Kyra for the venue and the hospitality. Right from checking the place out a day before to thalping thulping screw it… drinking a few left over beers after the meet, Kyra was really kind and gave us a great hospitality. The meet started with the video of the Hitler’s parody and then the usual 30 secs of fame. Then live and let comment got every one off their ass and we had created some chart papers for people to comment on.

Next session was open discussion and this was the kick ass part of the blogger meet. For the first time in all the blogger meets, people actually debated to make a point that they all are blogging for passion and money only comes next. Now this i when you say that the Indian blogosphere is evolving and getting more mature. Getting on par with rest of the leading blogging countries like US and UK. there were a few IPL videos as well showed as we had to conclude the blogger meet exactly at 6.00 due to next program was about to begin in the next 1 hour.

Post the meet, the Inditeam went upstairs and downed a few KF beers and did a quick roundup on how the day had unfolded. And we have to say that we can do this a million times and still never get bored of it. And that i only because of the ever evolving community and its support.

You can find the pics and stuff in flickr and few other blogs by now.

One again, thanks a lot KF, Kyra and most of all all the bloggers for making it a grand success again!

First of all, wish you all a very happy and a damn rich new year!

This is followup on my previous post. I’m back and in action after the Nagarcoil vacation. I know this is coming a bit late considering the fact that I was back for Christmas itself ;-p

However, it was a great trip and you can read a lot about it here at Anwin’s blog. As far as me moving to Chennai, its happening this weekend and I’m yet to watch Avatar. But that ok, weekend is nearing already.

Keep watching splitsilla 3 on MTV at 7 pm on saturdays and repeats everyday to watch the indiblogger logo on TV! We are the official blog partner for them. So thats enough followup for now. I’ll see you again later this week with my final post from bangalore.

OK, I really wanted to write something as I haven’t posted in a long while. So I have decided to write about a few different things that I’m looking forward to do this month.. in no particular order.

1) Looking forward for the beach house party at Nagarcoil. Except for Anoop I believe the entire gang is gonna be available for a blast! (More on this later)

2) To watch Avatar in 3D. Couldn’t get tickets for today so hopefully after I come back from my very short vacation, I’ll watch it.

3) Prepare to clear my house at Bangalore and shift my base to Chennai - keeping in mind it has to be no longer than necessary (More on this later).

4) Watch Indiblogger logo advertised first time on TV! (More on this later)

5) Last but not least, bid goodbye to this year 2009 and pray that this year never comes back.

So these are things that I’ll be doing this December. Will get back with elaborate details on this as and when it happens. For now, I have satisfied my thought to post something on my blog.

Cheers!

Yesterday I attended another Art of chilling party by fosters in Bangalore. It was at UB city! We went there at about 2:00 pm and had a great time till I left. There were just few people when we went in, but by 3:00 the floor was full.

It was a terrace party with a small pool. Unlike other fosters party, I couldn’t find many people get in the pool, but the terrace was packed and great people around. They had the beer flowing and the barbecue was good as well. I have attended another fosters party before and I thought it had better food than what I had yesterday. My friends who had attended the previous one at Lalit Ashok told me that the food there was the best.

As always, there was unlimited fosters handed over by  pretty babes and some hot barbecue kept coming. One of the highlights was the view from the 12th floor of UB city was quite good. The music was better that the previous parties too. It wasn’t too fast or too slow. I’m sure the girls loved it. It seemed a little crowded but that’s only because the place was quite small.

Overall, the party really kicked ass and I’m sure Fosters will create a cult following for the way they are socializing.  We felt right at home.

Last week, I had to visit  ICICI bank in CMH road. I parked my bike beside the bank, where everyone parks by the way, and go to the ATM inside. 2 Minutes later, I come out and my bike is missing. A Chat guy next to the Road tells me that my bike was just towed.

Well that wasn’t the worst part. Why did I go to ICICI back and come back just after 2 minutes? Well, turns out I had forgotten to take my wallet when I started. Damn it.  I took an Auto and went back home took my wallet and all the bike papers and went to the police station. The wrong police station. Apparently right side of  the ICICI bank falls under Jeevan bheema nagar station and not Indira Nagar. Damn divisions.

The  I take the same auto and go the the other police station and see my bike chained there to a tree! Yea. I go inside and tell a cop that I need to get my bike back. Saw my license and asked for 300 bucks. Made a sad face and gave him that with out arguing. Thinking that the ordeal is over and I can finally go to the bank and finish what I actually left home for, it started raining cats and dogs for another half hour. waiting there inside the station I make a call to Anoop and talk to him about something. And purposefully added a point that I have not received salary since last July, when the cop was standing right next to me. The stopped later and we came out to get my bike. He unchained my bike and gave back 100 bucks. Yea, the cop  gave back 100 bucks and didn’t ask me for any other papers (which I’m glad, because I do not have FC for my bike and its also TN registration). Now that’s a consolation for a day like that.

So that my friends, is how you get the money back from a cop.

Last Sunday Fosters had organized the Art of chilling party once again in Bangalore and it rocked. It was at the Mercure Homestead Residence, Koramangala. It was a pool side party and the weather was just right for the barbecue as well. The indiblogger team attended the party as well. Anwin, Nafisa and I were present at the party by 1:00. Naveen reached the party before us. Anoop and Diana as well joined us a little later (They had to dodge a wedding bullet ;-)).

 Lots and lots of Beer, babes and barbecue. The 3 Bs I always wanted together. It was a great party and the afternoon was not bad at all. the weather was great and barbecue was decent. The DJs were doing a great job and kept the crowd entertained.  We were just lazing around for a while and I completely lost count of how many beers I had that evening. and I was suppose to travel to Chennai the same night.

The important thing is, Fosters knows how to party and I love their concept of the Art of Chilling.

At around 5:30 the party was over and we left the place. Came back to Anwin’s place and sat there for a while. Then I had to catch the bus to chennai.

PS: Having some technical difficulty in adding images. Will add that ASAP. You can go to Anwin’s or Anoop’s blog for pics till then.

Yea, you heard it right. Last week, Anoop and I were working on few things and suddenly my neighbour calls be to tell me there’s a snake in the parking lot. We rush to see it and it was…. wait for it…. Indian Cobra! A spectacled cobra - a new born, probably a week old. It was probably 40 cms long. I used a long stick and put the guy in a translucent bucket. Anoop stood next to with a lid for the bucket. There… We did it… We caught a snake at least once in my life. Well, its not a grown snake.. but still.

Take a look at the picture below. We called Anwin and he came along with his camera and we got a few pictures. Man… he was beautiful. He was a tiny little fellow. We called “People for animal” and got Mr. Prem Koshy take the snake away to a safe place next morning. He same with a jar in hand and took that beautiful creature away. If at all I could feed him mice and frogs consistently, I might not have let him go!

But in the mean time, we had a great time with the snake. I couldn’t capture all the beautiful things he did in the camera, but I saw him show his spectacle with all its beauty… over and over again! I’m sure there are a few more hatchlings around and I’m looking for them.  If I see any more, will tell you another story.

As usual Indiblogger heavy metal blogger meet was a success. As you guys might already know Kingfisher sponsored the event and we all had a great crowd for the meet. We all had unlimited beer too. There were about 70 bloggers in the meet. Although a some of them really couldn’t stay long, it was nice to see that they made the effort to be a part of the meet. Thanks a lot guys. You rocked!

For the all the guys who were present for the meet, thanks a lot for coming and making it a success. Bloggers started coming in from about 4:30 and the event went on till about 7:00 PM.

We also conducted a quiz on Iron Maiden for all the bloggers who won a free mug of beer for every correct answer.

Once again, Indiblogger is organizing a meet on 28th February at Microsoft office. Check out the details here.

That meet is nothing like the one we had in stones. Its at Microsoft Office at EGL.  Come over and I’m sure we’ll have a great time meeting fellow bloggers from all around the country.

Bangalore IndiBlogger meet 2009

28/02/2009 at 15:00

I saw an ad for karate Knockout tournament on 17th and 18th this month in Koramangala indoor stadium. Anyone up for it? Its just 100 bucks.