First Bloggers’ Meet and Special Day
Actually this is a part of my Summer Vacation series but as it needed a special mention I didn’t title the post as Part 2.
7th June 2009 :- Arrived in Pune and after a lot of hotel search, checked into one. It had wonderful surroundings..peaceful and green. And the hotel rooms were good too.
Sudarshan or Suda’s blog was one of the first few blogs I started reading when I made my debut in blogosphere. He was also one of the persons who motivated me to move to WordPress from Blogger. In fact I had moved to WordPress on this very day one year ago. Over this past year Suda and I have become close friends. It was essential for my survival that I meet him if I was ever in Pune. So on 7th evening I had my first ever blogger’s meet at KFC at Gold Adlabs multiplex in Kalyani Nagar Pune.
It didn’t feel like I was meeting a stranger. Suda made the sweet gesture of greeting me with my favorite flower ( I don’t know its name..the one with long stem and petals) and that too of pink color. 
The moment he laid eyes on my camera, he started fiddling with it. I found him to be shy and not that much talkative as he is on phone. And he said I sounded better on phone. Grrrr 
Overall a nice bloggers meet. After all he got a chance of meeting a world famous blogger!:D This is me and Suda.
Now for the special day part.
Today is my Birthday 
Go on and wish me!! I love getting birthday wishes and presents too
This is me over the years :-
First of all, happy birthday Reema
! I think its really cool to have met a blogger in person after interacting online previously.
I noticed also that you have well over 100,000hits on your site, WOW! How did you achieve that feat? Please let me know the secret…apart from just good ol’ hardwork…
Warm Rgds,
Welcome to my blog. thanks! the hits is all about good stuff in blog and networking with other bloggers. keep visiting!
Happy Birthday Reema! May all your dreams come true!
thank u dear!
Happy b’day to you Reema…
god bless you 
and thats seems to be really cool to meet a blogger by person we know through online..
nice 
thanks! it was real cool. Looking forward to meet more bloggers
happy birthday
nice to see you and suda!
thanks!!
Happy Birthday!!
thank u!
Many many happy returns. I have met two fellow bloggers and it feels great !
thanks!
Many many happy returns of the day. May the day hold promise & fulfilment for a wonderful future ahead!
Kavi
welcome here. thanks!
Happy Birthday!! Hope you have a great day and year ahead!
thanks!
Wish you veeeery Happy Birthday
And cool! for the first blogger meet. I have experienced that quite a many times people are more talkative in virtual world than in real life. But I defy every logic I talk as much in person as in virtual world
thankooo! Would love to meet u if I m ever in Mumbai!
Happy B’day Reeema !!! ..
Hv a wonderful day today !! .. Hv a blast !!
So what’s the special plan today ??
thanks!! nothing special. In fact I have to go to college today
happy birthday
thanks
A very happy birthday to you!
Wish you the best in life, today and always… Don’t forget my chocolate cake, okies!! 
thanks! chocolate cake pakka!
Hey Happy Birthday!!
welcome to my blog. thanks!
Happy birthday!
thank u v much!
Very very happy returns of the Day, Reema! Have a blast!
You look fabulous. That’s a very pretty color.
Aww thankoo thankoo
Happy Birthday!!
thank you!
Hey… many many happy returns of the day…
Have a blast..
And remember, next time you come to Pune, you’re coming to Bombay and meeting another blogger
Take care n God bless..!!!
thanks! I will surely meet you if I am in Mumbai.
Happy Birthday!!!
Its great to see the bloggers come out of blogosphere and meet each other in real world.
thanks!
Happy Birthday dudy!!
You think I am not talkative?? I bet you to find someone who agrees with you
And you used to look cute in childhood…..
And I think I should write a post describing why exactly I was not that talkative that day, shouldn’t I?
thanks! well u were kinda quiet
thanks! used to? Huh! Oh write your version. lets see!
BTW you know I hate pink color but for you I somehow managed to hold that pink flower in my hand for some time…… and I was so worried that someone will see me with that thing in hand and damn!! But luckily no one I know was around and I hid it well behind me. I am sure I can hide a small elephant behind me and no one will spot it
arre!pehle ye toh batao which flower was it?
)
I am thinking of long stem, petals pink flowers…(Reema that covers ALL the flowers in the galaxy!
oh-kay that was an exaggeration but still
Cheers to your friendship!
now lemme comment more
hide an elephant behind you?
seriously!are you crazy?
Suda you look perfectly fine to me
honest
see?no leg pulling
Ohhh how sweet of you (for not pulling my leg/hand/ear/nose/hair etc)
@Indyeah u knowits my favorite flower but no seller has been able to tell me the correct name till now.
thanks!
@Suda Of course u can! cuz a bigger elephant can hide a smaller one behind it!
Happy Birthday!
thank u!
Heyyy, you met a fellow blogger at last !!! congrats !!!
Wish you the happiest bday ever !!!! I called you, you didnt pick and I then smsed u. Hope you got it !
Hope to meet u soon! thanks! yes I missed your call but I got your sms.
Happy B’day again.
And blogger meets are fun, you should stop being shy & do it more often!
thanks! Oh i m not shy..i just live very far from everyone.
Oh well, there must be some bloggers in your city, you can do blogger meets with them. If you don’t know any bloggers in your city then let me know which city you are in & maybe I can find some for ya!
Oh, these are cute pictures.
Happy Birthday Reema and glad you had a nice bloggers meet.
thankoo
Happy Birthday !!!((((hugs))))
alle look at that! a golu molu cutie pie Reema
is that Aunty?
and the one in school uniform reminds me of me
you look like an achcha bachcha and so was I
its great to read that you met a blog friend
seriously!:)
I mean look at the relationships and affection that one has for virtual friends na?
(((hugs)))
May all your dreams come true
love
((hugs))Birthday girl!
I will grow old and stooped waiting to check your replies
Benn busy dear as college has started and answer sheets valuation too. thanks!! Yes that is my mom. Really? people tell me naughtiness shone in my eyes though I was a good student. Hope to meet u soon too! ((hugs))
arre I was kidding!
take all the time you want..who better than me to know Teacher sis?
Except of course that I teach lil ones as compared to the bigger kiddies that you teach
naughtiness shined in your eyes?
this calls for a closeup pic Ji
((hugs)))
Cute collage.
You such a girlie girl with pink being your favorite.
I like the header here.
Your Holiday post is lovely.. waiting for the rest of thr story.
Hope you had a wonderful Budday celebrations.
thanks! Oh red is my favorite! its just that i happen to have a lot of pink dresses!
thanks! next coming soon.
Happy Birthday Reems! I wished you on Facebook but I don’t know if you noticed. And wow, your first bloggers meet! That sounds like fun. It can be very very awkward!
thanks! I rarely access Facebook but yes I got notification. thanks! yes it can be awkward if we meet people we havent talked to much!
Belated birthday wishes! Blogger meets are great! Have experience of two so far
thanks! that is the advantage of staying in a big city.
Slightly belated happy birthday to you! I went to an Indiblogger meet in Bangalore but only one blogger – Su who I knew before hand was there! And that made me wonder – how many bloggers we don’t know!! But most of them were tech bloggers and the meet was held in the microsoft campus – no wonder!
Destination Infinity
thanks! i think its better to just organize one yourself among the ones u know rather than attend such meets!
Happpppyyyy Belated Birthdayy here…as I wished you on your birthday on FB
Hope you had a blast!!
thank you!! yes I had a wonderful day. I am not regular on FB.
“The obsession for being wished and get presents on birthdays most primarily comes from an intense fear of the fact that his or her existence might not matter to anybody else.
So at least on that one particular day if an X number of people greet, it will make you feel like a star at least for that day and then you can wait like a nobody for another year to go by, to become a star for yet another one day.”
RGV said that and it is TRUE.. I realized… hope you and others realized it too.
each to his own.
Belated birthday wishes, Reema. Hope you had a wonderful day!
thank u! yes I did!
It was an opinion of RGV which I found quite true and shared it with you,family and some other friends. There was no need for you to take it in a different angle. If you wish you can delete the comment but I stand by what he had to say and what I had to say.
well as u say u have been blatant since u were 10 yrs old, I guess u wont understand why your comment was hurtful and not that true as u r supposing it to be. so lets just leave it. I dont delete comments.
Happy Birthday Reema
As I recalled, I did wished you on your birthday via Twitter 
So, this is the picture that Suda was insisting about! I thought it was posted on Facebook. It’s nice to have bloggers meeting and finally meet friends up close. I have so many of your post marked “unread” and this post is truly calling me to blog on my trip across the world a few months ago. That’s coming soon!
thanks! would love to read about your trip. Post soon!
happy bday
and yea, finally you met a blogger
okay, anyone planning a meetup in bangalore ?
Bangalore meet ups happen all the time!! U didnt attend ever?