Desi get-togethers – II
Loading ...“Are you, Desigirl?”
“Um, yes..”
“Oooh, I thought as much. I read your blog frequently!” *camera flash*
“Oh look, it is that blogger, Desigirl. I read your blog..” *more camera flash*
“So do I…” *you get the pic*
“… me too!”
(Really? How come my blog stats don’t reflect this massive fanbase?)
Anyways, this isn’t my major fantasy come to life. It was what happened to me this Saturday. Ok, ok, so I exaggerated a bit (give me a break, I am a blogger after all!) but it was heady when someone actually came up to me and asked me if I was the blogger who masquerades under a strange name. Well, as it was a group I had found thanks to couple of fellow bloggers, I shouldn’t be too surprised but can you blame me for my surprise / shock ? After all, I am not one of those A-list bloggers we keep hearing about. Heck, I can list my five readers in a flash.
And now, it seems like I have a multitude reading my blog.
So I query again, what the hell are you doing Blog Stats? Why aren’t they registering? Is this a conspiracy you hatched with AdSense?
S and I generally steer clear of desi groups and get-togethers. Regular readers of my blog (yes, you five) know my feelings regarding such do’s. But when I learnt that about a 100+ of them were going to gather under one roof, I was more than a bit intrigued. When further enquiries suggested most of them might even be from the same neck of the woods as me, it was the work of a moment to send a ‘yeah, count me in’ e-mail to the mahanubhavs who were organising the shindig.
Further e-mails detailing party events mixed tamarind in my tummy. Parties with themes of ‘Voluntary participation is mandatory’ scare the jeebies out of me. After a major part of my teen years spent making an ass of myself on stage, I have a healthy aversion to giving a repeat performance in front of random folk. ‘Don’t worry, it is a group thing’ was NOT the words that put balm on my soul. Still, I was desperate to give an airing to one of my newly acquired saris, if only to justify its presence.
So, off to H Hempstead we went. The adulation started off almost straightaway.
“Are you so-and-so?” queried the lady at the front desk.
“Can we have little P on the stage please?” shouted another over the PA system.
Boy have we arrived or what?!
Apart from random niggles like an unpalatable lunch (par for the course where HSB, London is concerned!) and a failure to win the Snacks competition (match fixing, sez I!), much fun was had by all. Though we hardly had time to do any major networking, S and I managed to make friends with a lovely family, meet the better half of a long-lost mate from the hometown and in S’s case, corner the only other golt bloke in the whole gathering. Not a bad result, I say.
Maybe the next time the party bandwagon can roll into our corner of Essex. Maybe THEN my kesari will win!
blame it on rss feeds – now you know your sixth reader – but I rarely visit the blog (or others) since reading thru feeds is so easy – it is no fun, i agree but so convenient. and hey, i shd have asked for you when i was in London – how did I miss?!
Wow! You are famous!
Charu,
Well, what can I say? Humility behooves me to not advertise my presence!! (Not!) Where you in London recently then? Oh I would have love to have had a chinwag with you. LOVED your pix. Well done on getting them published, btw.
(ps: feeds don’t register with blogstats do they? right!)
Rohini,
What can I say? May be not on the same level as some popular mummy bloggers I know *koff koff* but am getting there…. *wink*
Hello DG,
Nice to meet you and your husband in the party. Sorry we could not talk much and I could not introduce my family since they were scattered doing their bits and pieces for the party as well. Nice write up! As I told you, you have a nice way of writing. Keep up your journalistic work. I shall mail you about the school which I mentioned.
Awesome DG! And in my books you surpass the supposed A List. And yeah whats its like to be a net celeb?
Also I think technorati shows how many people read your blog via the feed. I have 7 pple who read via the feed. Others who regularly come do it via stumble, digg or Desicritics but rarely do they leave any comments.
4 judges , 4 category scoring….enaathu match fixing aaaa…..ithukku thaan veetukku varama address kekareengala
))
Glad that you enjoyed and couldn’t believe when you got on the stage for a round.
Balaji,
Likewise. Will check out your blog for sure.
Dee,
Well, maybe you are the teensiest bit biased?
Renga,
heee heee heee! coffee tharennu thangamani vera yedhavadhu kuduthu pazhi vaangitaanganna? Royal mail vaazhga!
PS: Renga – 4 judges alright, yes but it wasn’t as if the identity of the cooks were hidden, was it?
so..??
and by the way forgot to mention there were couple of ppl really enquiring me after the party about you
)
“Did Desigirl come to the party?”
so…? it wasn’t really objective, was it?
Cant understand why you say so. The judges do not know the particpants. So how does it make a difference? Infact even for argument sake if you blame that the first prize was biassed (by the fact that I know one of the judges)…the second and third were attending the party for the first time and the judges had no clue on them. So how does it make a difference?
The first thing I said when I knew abt mrs 1st prize was to eliminate her- But that would that not be discrimation against that entry for the sake that I am one of the organiser ( even though I dont have any input to the judgement and Mrs had no part in the organising)
Fixing is a easy claim but I am sure there will someone howling on that even if this comes Essex way
hi DG…enjoyed a lot reading your blogs..infact taking the inspiration from from you I have started one myself
..hope I dont end up making a fool of myslef 
keep up the good work!!!
Hi Dharshana,
Welcome to the mad world of blogging. Inspiration, eh? Let’s hope your employer doesn’t come after me for taking you away from her!!!!
Happy blogging!!
Ahem, I’ve been right here, just lurking out of sight for a bit
long story, i’ll tell you sometime.
Girl, you so famous! Can’t think of anyone who deserves it more. And try Spotplex. Aspi tells me it’s a lot more reliable than any other stats app out there.
http://www.spotplex.com/
awww Dee and I searched high and low, I tell ya. Whatever made you disappear?
Am not famous, Ams. Long story here too. We will have to get tog and swap the stories.
Aspi says eh? Will check it out. Dee pointed me towards Stumble down whatchamacallit.
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