Delhi Bloggers Meet - Version Two

After the shady details of the meet, here's more stuff dished up for you guys.

On 15th I spoke to Maddy and confirmed that the meet was happening on 16th. We talked about how we will recognize each other. Thankfully neither decided to bring a 'red rose in the hand'. Just a lost expression on face would suffice us to recognize each other.

On the day of the meet, I was the first to reach the venue. I went and sat down near a music store looking at people wondering if someone is an O3 blogger. One guy in blue t-shirt walked past me quite a few times, looking for someone. I thought maybe he's a fellow blogger. But it was false alarm. And its never a good idea to stare at men especially if you are a girl sitting alone.

I called up Maddy, who told me that Shady had reached and was parking his car. I told Maddy what I was wearing and so Shady was able to spot me. Meanwhile I thought maybe I should have got some kind of a placard saying 'O3 Blogger'. On second thoughts, it would have got some unwanted attention. Shady recognized me and made me talk to Maddy and so I knew it was the right guy :) First round of introductions happened and while we were talking, his phone rang.

We saw a guy in brown shirt a few meters in front of us, talking on the phone and searching for people. As Shady asked him to raise his hand, we knew it was Abyb. As he joined us, the second round of introductions happened.

As all three of us were talking, Shady's phone rang again. This time it was Maddy. She joined and the third round of introductions happened.

We proceeded to go and sit inside Buzz.

Obviously no one could believe how old was I and I told them I had identification to prove my age and they all said this to me- This is Delhi, yahan nakli identification bhi banti hai :) Oh and Abyb actually thought I was 'elderly'. Now this is one statement I would have gladly recorded because no one in my entire life has called me anything more than a teenager.

After the usual chit chat, Taira joined us and the next round of introductions happened. Now the seating arrangement was such – Maddy, next to her was Abyb and next to him was Taira. On the opposite side, I was sitting in the corner, Shady next to me and a khali seat (where Kamesh eventually sat).

Taira asked me if I would like to have some cocktail and proceeded to tell me names of some interesting ones but I decided to stick to my Shirley Temple mocktail while Maddy proceeded to tell about the toothpaste cocktail which she had created once with secret ingredients (which even the expert mixologists/top intelligence agency/scientists in the world will not be able to replicate).

As Kamesh joined us, the final round of introductions happened. Phew! Next time we should have some kind of stickers on our foreheads so it’s easy to recognize people.

We ordered some food and everyone passed it to me first. Maybe everyone thought I could magically grow (?) if I was fed well.

As Taira began her tirade against men with Maddy joining in, I wonder what was going though Abyb’s head, sitting in the middle of man-eaters :D The man with body parts from different states (Kamesh) was quiet and Shady- well he could only nod in agreement.

I spoke a little but observed a lot (wink). Someone suggested I should sit in the middle and Shady offered to swap places with me which I refused. I didn’t want them to look like bodyguards sitting on my either side.

Abyb did mention about a shady place called national cinema hall behind the national stadium. Hearing about someplace shady our Shady Man’s ears perked up. And he told us somethings about his shady past in college daysJ As SBH messaged him, we all decided to break the party. I was imparted some gyan by the people that I should definitely visit Goa (without folks in tow and with friends in tow).

Dividing the bill was a very difficult task and Kamesh took up the challenge to divide it between us while Shady started to sweat – don’t know if it was the complex calculation or the phone call to his better half :P

After insisting that I could go alone, I was dropped by a fellow blogger.

Here's hoping the next meets happens soon!!!

P.S: I have left out some details because they are already there at Shady’s post and I didn’t want this to be repetitive

Originally posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:05 PM