Planning the bloggers’ meeting for the 14th March 2009
As Morinn announced a few hours ago, the bloggers meeting has been finalised.
Date : 14th march 2009
Time : 14hrs
Venue : Mac Donald, Port Louis(anyway, there is only one in Mauritius, lol)
Choosing the venue
Together with Morinn and Jevin, we started to find a suitable place for this meeting.
Not that easy first of all since we wanted to make something nice for the first one, but later we realised that we had some constraints;
- According to the first list, we are expecting 20 bloggers.
So, finding a resto for around 20 persons in about 1 week was a big tough. - From the initial list, we did not have the exact number of confirmed bloggers, hence we had to look for a place which can accomodate all of us, a few to a large number.
- We opted for Port Louis, since we believed it was the most accessible for all of us.
ya, we know, gonna be hot in the capital. - Since many of the bloggers are students (College and Uni), we had a tight budget for the meeting.
Thus, we can’t afford looking for big restaurants. - We made a list of a few restaurants where we enquired about the price and possibility to hold our meeting there since we thought of reserving some tables of a restaurant to be sure that we won’t be kicked out.
lol, another opportunity for me to meet my brother
Choosing the time.
As most of us seemed to be ok with a meeting in the afternoon, we decided to schedule it for 14hrs.
Why not a lunch?
Some of you may ask yourself, why don’t we meet up for a lunch?
Again, the answer is : The unconfirmed number of bloggers attending the meeting.
Also, handling about 20 persons in a first meeting will be a bit chaos since a few of us have never shown ourselves in public.
For a first meeting, a rounder, chips and some coke would be more appropriate, no need to learn how to hold spoon and fork in 5 days time
lol, joking haha!
To sum up, we had to take into consideration that many of the bloggers would perhaps have a limited budget since they are students.
Also, the list not being final, we could not reserve a nice restaurant since we would have been required to pay some advance fees, which we did not have yet.
You want to attend the meeting?
For this first meeting, our aim is mainly to know our blogger friends.
So, if you are a blogger, check out Morinn’s post and the facebook event page.
Dont worry, once the bloggers’ know each other, we will come up very soon with other more interesting events 
We hosted the event on facebook as it is much easier to maintain a confirmed list of people, updates etc…
Keep visiting for updated news and hope to see all the bloggers there!
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McDo? No way…
Nice one Yashvin
Guess…I’ll be there…I added my RSVP as maybe attending
That’s very well explained! Yes choosing the location was quite tricky, some restaurants were good, but too remotely situated. And among all these McDo is really advantageous.
By the way, nice pic with Mr. McDo, hihi!!
I’ll probably come, but I won’t eat. I already have a lunch plan with friends at KFC at noon. (which has actually been scheduled Yesterday morning lol. Too bad I didn’t know about this before)
Great initiative BTW!!
@ Carrot :
We did not have any other resto to hold this meeting, but we are still open for any suggestions.
Mac Do was chosen for the reasons I mentioned above.
Please do suggest…
Venue can be changed if most of us agree too.
We would all like to see you there!
Former bloggers? Invited?
Outsider si welcome?
Shopryte so foodcourt si pa mal, variety of food. McDo menu restricted! Et tout bus pass par St Jean aster!
@ Yash :
Of course, former bloggers too!
Just join our facebook event page and a mail to Morinn if possible. Thanks.
@ Bob :
Again, we thought of that, but shoprite is a bit too noisy, especially in the food court.
As for the outside part of the food court, if we are really 20, then, I guess a conversation among the bloggers sitting on the surrounding tables would be :
“kouma to appeller toi?”
“moi? yashvin”
“pas toi ta, lot la”
lol, kidding of course, we will be using morse codes with our mobile phones
coming….;)
McDo is cool
M kner kt li truver xD *yay yay* Me coming 
Wait… did you say 20… *scared* 
My status is too maybe attending too. Not sure yet. Shall confirm. Good initiativ.
Mo dacord pou ale Mcdo…surtou if almost all bloggers are students..for a first meeting it’s the best place…hope to see you all zer
daks faire maniere vini la …lol
COUNT ME IN
Though McDo is not my fav..but I do understand how difficult it must have been to setup a meeting and finding a suitable place…
I thought we’d be meeting at caudan…parking facility…for those with cars etc…anyway…am coming by bus
and my husband will join afterwards…(he is not a blogger but I’d love him to meet people who have the same hobby/interest as me…)
Morinn has my mob num, so just let me know dac? (Don’t expect a msg baxk coz I still have no credit on my mobile…pfff…)
Nice one Yashvin, if I’am in Port Louis, mo vine fr n letour
I think the best solution for those coming by car would be to park at caudan and to walk to McDo. *sniff* lol
By the way, I’m really looking forward to this day.
Will enfin meet blogging friends!
@yashvin
I’m veg.
@ Carrot : Oh!
The first truth about carrotmadman6 is out
Hmm, we can try to find a solution to this so as everybody is happy, isnt this possible?
2 dalpourri deva?
btw, now I have understood the origin of ur name.
lol!
wai am ok 4 dholl puri deva! that’s why i thought we’d be doing it at foodcourt caudan..but u r right…20 persons will create havoc..on top of that the security at caudan is always chasing groups of young people away…(i still consider myself young..hihihi!) i experienced that once and mind u we were not doing anything wrong
@yashvin
I probably won’t be able to come coz my lecture starts at 13:00…
Thanks for the dalpourri, but I don’t eat fast-food anymore (haven’t had anything since a year & half!)
On the best initiative ever
in blogging world
@ carrotmadman6
:P
hey you can have the veggie meal at mc donald?
between i know a truth about him, he is from megatronics course,
year 2….right?
i think i know you
Cool. If daks is coming, I’ll be coming with her koz we have lecture in the morning.
my problemo: another lecture at 14:15. will have to leave early.
anyway cool initiative…has been a while not been to McDo!
i’l be coming! No problemo!
@Daks
Yes, you’re right but unfortunately, the person you know isn’t me…
ROFL!! Vegggie meal at McDo!!!
I wonder how it tastes…
Pizza hut pas ti pou korek???
@ Pramod : For us its fine, all depends on the number of persons coming.
I dont think we can have big tables at Pizza Hut, but if we are a small group, then sure, we will consider other options
Thnks for suggesting!
The problem with pizza hut is that the tables are really seperated, and that makes it impossible for a group of 15 people, for example, to communicate well. :S
@ Morinn, Pramod & Others:
If we are quite a small group, we can move to Pizza Hut of Happy World.
I think the tables can be grouped together, nice na?
So, the venue can change later, we will see together, ok dear bloggers?
I will be there..expect me to be late as usual.Kidding.
So how I know! !
Yashvin, Varsha, Jevin, Morinn, Saajid. I mean..People who I know how they look. Others’….Hope there are no aliens..xD
Cough.. Add pramod to that list of people I know.xD
@yashvin]
I prefer Pizza Hut of Happy World to McDo, I’m much more familiar with it
@carrotmadman6
Wow, you revealed some info about you, that’s *amazing*!!!
@Tushal
All I know is that the alien wears glasses bought at Mathieu Opticiens xD
HI to all bloggers friends,
Very good response to this meeting, very nice!!
@ Yashvin,…if u want, u can come with me in my car, i
live in the same road, I can pick u, just call me OK
Good luck to all…bye ” Ritesh “
@ Ritesh : Thanks for your proposal, but I will be probably leave house early in the morning itself
Samedi sa, apres tout
btw, mo enkor in office la, pas encore manze narien depi midi :S
@ curiousEngine
:D
hey yepp…we can go to mc donald together lol…
will be nice
i’ll confirm it wid you tomorrow
@Yashvin….OK then I will meet at Mcdo!!Today is holiday, call me when u r at home in the afternoon…ok
Rgs..Ritesh
To ti pé dir ki ti éna moinse ki 150 bloguer moris, tension ene groupe terroris anti-bloguer fer ene latak dans macdo, pou al gagne enkor moins bloguer. To bizin met dan to preparasion: free gas mask + bulletproof suit TVR!!!!
lol @ sachin. mais c’est vrai, capav ena bane organisation ki pou rode elimine nous
nu bizin deguiser mo dir! 
@ Morinn, Sachin : I would say that we have not come to a stage yet where organisations/companies would want to wipe us from the surface of the web
But hope the time does not come…
@carrot – and everyone else
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plzz do come all even if u wont eat anything
hahaha..
Just want to see what bloggers ressemble in a resto !! lolz hahaha
lolz.. +that would be funny to see everyone trying to recognise each other !! lolzz.. hahahahha ..
trooo top sa
Hello to all bloggers….
2morrow, 14hrs, Mac Donald, blogger’s meeting….
Do you still remember?
We will probably be on the first floor, so look for some guys/girls who are talking about wordpress, blogspot and shooting loads of pics to blog in the evening
See you there!
Bofff… I won’t be able to come. Got a test tomorrow afternoon.
mo p vini!!
mo enkor uni la. pou sorti round 1h30 parla. see you all there!! 
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