Hey don’t go away…. the tittle seems strange haan? Its most lovely…
What happens when u get showered with a little “White Rain” and then get dusted by Pixie Dust… blessed in Dusty Rain 😀
If you have still not guessed what this post is all about, I met two lovely ladies from the blogsphere recently… the lovely Iya and the kiddie Pixie… man what a blast I had…
Crafty has requested to fill her specially designed FAQ for these meetings 😀 😀 and how can I say no my darling crafty… so here it is
some common questions
Are you comfortable meeting up with blog friends who you know only virtually?
Oh yes I have met many of them, but it also depends on who they are… If I have interacted with them enough and I think I have wavelength match then why not? I remember the first blogger I met were Chandu and Abha, I must admit that I was a little apprehensive in my mind that how will it go when I was driving to the venue but when we met we rocked
Meeting with Iya
Date: Aug 26, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: CCD, ORR
How was it, meeting for the first time?
Super…frankly it didnt feel like the first time at all, I felt I am meeting my long last friend… the way we hugged, the way we dashed right into conversation, chit chat… jeez it almost felt like being a college girl again 😀
How does she look?
Now this I knew before na… seen her snaps and she seen mine 😀 but she looked even gorgeous then she looked in the snaps and NO U DONT NEED TO LOSE ANY WEIGHT:P
What did you guys talk about?
Just about everything under the sun… crushes, parties, drinking, sisters, husbands, shopping and food and ya ofcourse blogging 😀
Were there any embarrassments or awkward silences?
Naaah whats that
How was farewell?
He he this is the funny part… we started chatting and kept going on and on on… we forgot to order till the server reminded and once that was done we started again and then suddenly Iya chanced to have glanced her watch and it was 2 hours since we around 8 pm… gosh!!! We hurriedly paid the bill thinking we should be going and went on… and guess what? Stood on the road and chated for 10 mins again 😀 and the whole way while driving back I was thinking about the meeting… how sweet it was…
Was this meeting like you expected it to be?
Oh yes without fail and much more, we have even planned a drinking get together at home with the men something all four of us are guaranteed to enjoy 😀
How would you sum up this rendezvous?
A beginning of the new chapter in the friendship book
Read her account of the meeting here and dear sorry I am reaaaaly late in blogging about this.
Meeting with Pixie
Date: Sep 5, 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Forum Mall
How was it, meeting for the first time?
Technically this was not the first time I had met her… I had met her sometime back when we organized a surprise baby shower for Banglore-Mom, I was not reading her then and neither was she reading me…We met said hello to each other, came back frantically started searching for each other’s blog 😀
This time around it was totally different… no posts are missed (ok ok may be I did some :() , the comment sections are spammed and when I met her in a place full of people (actually it was a mela in Forum… who says there is recession????) it was a good feeling
How does she look?
Hey I told u had met her before 😀
What did you guys talk about?
Ok again Just about everything under the sun… the gold nail polish… the inlaws, babies :D, blog-samaj, food etc etc etc… The common thing that we discussed in both the meetings… guess guess.. Anon vs name blogging he he 😀
Were there any embarrassments or awkward silences?
Not at all… I guess when we interact with bloggers so much then we already know a lot about them so silences naah
How was farewell?
quick… SIL had to pick me up as we were supposed to be off to a family dinner… so when she called that she is almost there… we quickly grabbed our bags… hugs were exchanged and by’s said… and barely 2 mins had passed when I got a sms from here saying that how sweet it was and we should do this often… just what I was thinking 😀
Was this meeting like you expected it to be?
Yes yes and yes, may be a little shorter than I thought it would be but fun a lot of fun
How would you sum up this rendezvous?
A lovely conversation which would surely take the friendship to the next level.. Pixie not out with ur version I am dying to read it…
Girls… I had fun meeting u guys… hugs!!!
Coming Up Next : totally inspired by Pixie herself… coming up next… Back to Roots… some pics from the trip we did to N’s village
Current Track on Mind : Yeh Raatein Yeh Mausam
Winnie the Poohi said:
You know what.. I guess even we have met.. I never connected it until I saw xh ask you about that lalbagh meet on twitter.. I had come once… and if I am not wrong.. even you were there at that time..
I was the one who got “lost” and found you guys half the way.. wonder if you remember.. or if you were really there.. [ I may be mistaken]
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes We have met too… that walk was fun isnt it?
umsreflections said:
I’ve been wanting to read your blogs for quite some time, now, but never found time – OOPS ! not a fair excuse – Anyway, being the first timer, was thrilled to read that you met two fellow bloggers. Its super fun to meet with the virtual reality, right ??
The moment I read Forum Mall – I was reminded of my recent visit to Blore and how we all spent the whole day there, shopping till the legs ached…WOW – Super duper place.
Now, I shld go and meet with this Swaram – its high time I did it.
monikamanchanda said:
Welcome here umsreflections… I am equally guilty too so dont apologize please
he he ya it is a super place no doubt and yes u shld go and meet her, I am sure she will be lots of fun
Pixie said:
wow Monu!! 🙂
Awesome recollection…. it was so much fun na?!
And yea, time was a bit short and we need to do it more often!
Do I have to do it with this questionnaire?
Crafty? Do I need to follow the same questionnaire?
monikamanchanda said:
no no pixie I have done it with the ques u do it w/o that 😀
want to hear it like that
he he
yes I want to do it again sooonb
hugs
Swaram said:
Nw, am nt sure whether to say Wow and look 😀 or something like this
U gals r hvng soooooooo much fun 😛
Che y did we even leave Blr n come here 😉 😉 Ok ok, I ws able to meet some cool bloggers from here too – so Ek lo ek muft muft muft 😛
That ws a gr8 account Monu .. n I agree … I hv spoken to so many of them n the phone n it just does nt feel like we hvn’t met even the first time arnd 😀 Its become a routine nw to speak over phone 😉
Glad u hd such a gr8 time 🙂 Waiting to read Pixu’s account nw 😀
What fun it wud b when the three of us meet na 8)
Tara said:
did u guys take pic? like crafty 😉
now u cant cheat moniks.. we want pics of both the meetings 😛
Pixie said:
Gosh! Tara! totally forgot to take pics and I had my camera with me!!
monikamanchanda said:
LOL wasnt it fun Pixie he he and u know I realized that I didnt take pics both the times when I was doing this post
sigh
monikamanchanda said:
he he Tara ser we forgot… I had my camera too but there was soo much to talk pics didnt come to mind at all 🙂
Pixie said:
Monu! you had your camera with you as well?!! 😀
****hugs****
we so forgot na?!! 😀
There wasn’t enough time to finish talking! 😉
hitchwriter said:
tell us something new…
girls forgetting everything in chit chatting…
bah…
sraikh said:
Its funny. How although you have never met someone, there is just this instanteous clicking of frienship!
Love the Q&A format!
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes I agree I guess its because we have shared so much of us on the blogs anyways…
u know sometime when I think I remember the times when we used to make pen friends… I think meeting them would have been the same isnt it?
Nimmy said:
🙂 The happiness in your words tells me that Iya is indeed your healtfelt friend…
I hope to meet you one day..Insha Allah..
monikamanchanda said:
Yes nimmy insha allah we will
there are soo many bloggers I wish to meet
Reema said:
I have met just one blogger till now. It was fun. Hope to meet more soon.
Neha said:
Guess what, Hitchy n I met up yesterday 🙂 😀
Solilo said:
Yep! he mentioned about you guys meeting for dinner. How was it? What did you guys eat? Was he only eating or did he talk too? Ha..ha..ha..
monikamanchanda said:
excellent ques Sols…. knowing hitchy I would not be surprised if he would have only eaten…
hitchwriter said:
what rubbish….
Neha please explain….
ek to she is busy with her paegeant… and I serving this ban by my wife….
allows all of you to keep saying waht you want behind my back… huh
Neha Kapoor said:
Oye! nahi nahi bechaare ko tang mat karo!! He was damn sweet! But i had more fun meeting Hetal 😀 😆
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes he told
Passionate Goof said:
So much fun the meetings must have been Mon! Lucky girl, meeting up with so many people. I doubt if I would be cool enough to do this though. I am totally awkward at such places…and so damn self conscious. You are having fun!!
monikamanchanda said:
Really Goofy I am telling u, it would not happen…
u better come to india now I so want to meet u
Trish said:
aww sounds like soooooooooo much fun!!I love blogger meets too..:D
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes trish i do… i love them
Mohan said:
Nice idea to have such bloggers meets once in a while. Nice write up with a predetermined set of FAQ’s… nice articulation 🙂
monikamanchanda said:
thanks mohan
Solilo said:
As I wrote on Iya’s. Hi-fi to girl friends! I am so glad to hear that you and Pixer met. Read on her blog too. Iya’s I already read. It is fun to find friends esp. girls as most women tend to be so busy in their personal life that we start losing touch with our old friends only to realize one fine day that all we are left with is family. Family is important so are friends and good girl friends are always essential to keep us sane. 😀
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes I agree good girl friends are very very imp for sanity
Pixie said:
seriously Soli!
I totally agree with what you say!
Did I mention, how much fun we had?!! 😀
I have so many things to say and write and I have so much work and I have a huge writer’s block as well. 😦
Hmmph!
monikamanchanda said:
writer’s block sigh what is that but then I dont write I scribble 😀 😀
Meira said:
Hmppf. Nobody meets up with me.
monikamanchanda said:
awww sweety when i come to delhi I am for sure meeting u…100%
if all goes well will be there soon enough
Pixie said:
Meira, we will meet ok?! 😀
monikamanchanda said:
Pixie I demand my post where is it???
Pixie said:
Monu… work! Writer’s block!
i’m suffering here… 😦
monikamanchanda said:
aiyooo hugs
Swaram said:
Come to Hyd na Meira !
Poppy said:
I like the questionnaire 🙂 So you guys finally “met” up really huh?
You know, not all meets pan out very well, sometimes it takes a little while to really hit it off, but mostly it’s great!
monikamanchanda said:
I know what u mean… everytime I am to meet a blogger thats what I keep thinking will it be ok , will it be not 😀
poppy we shld meet again in leisure not one of those hurried 30 mins meet
richajn said:
hrrmpff!
sigh. to think i was so close by.. and so longing to go out this weekend – wat with HD travelling and all. I shudda pinged.
monikamanchanda said:
awww
we shld meet dear… lets plan something soon
Abha said:
🙂
Poppy the wise one has said it right!
thankfully none of them are really uncomfy! and yes, its awesome meeting blog friends and see the lines between virtual and real blur and eventually disappear and you end up being just friends! 🙂
when are you meeting me again?! hrrmmppff! :p
cheers!
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes I agree Poppy indeed is the wise one…
and ya we should meet… how abt this weekend… let me mail ya
Indian Homemaker said:
The questionnaire is a brilliant idea 🙂 Loved reading about it.. reminded me of the time Crafty wrote about her meeting with Hitchie 🙂
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes this questionnaire is from there only IHM
Prats said:
Meeting blog & tweetbuddies is always fun. Yesterday only we had a small dosa camp with some of my twitter buddies…It was awesome fun.
monikamanchanda said:
I saw ur snap on twitter
myamusingmind said:
I am so angry now ..you were supposed to meet me loooooooooong back
monikamanchanda said:
naa dont get angry my dear…. we have now fixed up the meeting na 😀
hitchwriter said:
Thank god you two didnt end up in some bar… !!
CCD was way better an option… lol… !!!!
monikamanchanda said:
gosh u mean guy….
PS: i had to go to a family dinner else may be we would have gone to one 😉
Iya said:
Hugs hugs hugs!!! i was waiting for this post!!! and so sorry to be so late, i was on a small break, no phone no laptop..
loved what u have written. And thanks for showering all those compliments.
you looked vibrant and charming, just as i had thought..
It was a lovely evening and yes we have to meet again and very soon 🙂
Mamma Mia! Me a Mamma?!? said:
Oh wow! Sounds fabulous!
And girl, I must say, I love your tatse in music!
monika said:
Lovely. I wanna met u too