The Aftermath of AIPGM-08 in Bangalore 24/25th May (Sponsored by Hewlett Packard)

[nikhilkulk]

Originally Posted by alagati

As in all snaps Ive seen till now, lime-light has been hogged by the oldies...n the newbies are hardly visible..!!!!

Request you to not make too many one-liner posts.. Please collate your thoughts and then make a single post.

And anyway I think this is taking the newbie-oldie thing too far.. Are you implying that the oldies pushed newbies aside or got into their way when the pics were being clicked? I haven't seen all the pics so cant comment much. But from the pics that i have seen I haven't seen a pattern as you are claiming it to be.. And anyway isn't it natural that we generally click more pics of people we know rather than the people we have just met?

Anyway the main purpose of the post was to request you to stop spamming and not make too many one-liner posts...

Hope you get the point

~Nihkil

[ani_svnit]

Am probably one of the last people to post on this thread bout their experience but I'll keep the post terse.

After not sleeping on the bus to bangalore, I had my 2nd consecutive near night-out at satanica's place with adityacoool, MK and sumitrocks.

Interacted briefly with some puys on the bus pavan, arun, mirchi.kris, gantis, richa, swarnali, piddi, etc and got to know the faces behind the names of many of the oldies

As many people have pointed out newbies did felt left out, something should have been done to ease them to know the others . Tanveer Sir gave a very nice gyaan session during lunch (the formation of BBLT ). Also chatted with sid_dharth, someone I was looking to meet. Played some TT and cricket when exhaustion overcame me at the time I should have been interacting The performance by tati, apurv and richa was awesome

The 2nd day I had to leave for bangalore city for some work but the trip to the city was rocking. We were a group of 6 ppl including rajat_nda, oxymoron, veenu, saneesh and ranjan. Talking to rajat about NDA and IIM-A was inspiring. Oxymoron in his usual fundoo self is a true gentleman in every sense of the word

The return journey has been described in various degrees of detail here and it was great fun Chatted up with harshadk on the way back to pune without catching a wink of sleep All in all a good experience but with some effort it can be made better for the future.

@diablo maaf kar dena bhai for the sleeping fiasco

@nikker chic jackal both the doubles matches were awesome (with the second one deucing 4-5 times), lets try that sometime in Pune too

[nikhilkulk]

For me PG meets are always about people and only people

All other things are secondary and thats why I won't even make a mention of the frog on the wall and the lizard on the bed

So coming right to the people i managed to have a interaction with in the meet

Category - I - People I met for the first time in the real world

1. BUGS BUNNY - Had a long standing wish to meet this guy. One of the funniest and coolest people I have known online. Was a pleasure meeting him and knowing that his guy is as fun to be with off line as he is online. Has made a smooth transition from a software laborer to a management laborer and works on Sundays for Monday deliverables Tried to extend my courtesy by offering him to show the way to his cottage and eventually we all ended up stranded in the middle of nowhere

2. HarshaRocks - This guy had the look of a worried man written all over his face and managed things perfectly. I have already told him that I am looking forward to his daughter's wedding- I am sure it is going to be a awesomely managed event. Jokes apart an awesome guy and must say hes got a very good eye for things

3. amrutesh666 - A mysterious face, big eyes and a serene calm look is what defines this guy. He claims he can stay awake for 48 hours easily and i do believe him when i see him at 4 in the morning looking as fresh he was at 4 in the afternoon. Doesn't talk much but joins in the fun

4. monsterkartik - He was up there somewhere didn't interact much

5. macora - Nice cool chap. Expert at playing Seven cards

6. andy_jaan: This was one of the guys I am glad I met amazing guy with a very good sense of humor.. A very friendly chap. for a moment I couldn't believe that this is the guy I had arguments with at times

7. richa12 - Beautiful voice.. Loved the song. Plays good TT.. Couldn't talk much.. a fellow Sagi

8. swarnali - amazing TT skills. the placement of the ball on the table was just superb. Always had a smile on her face. Again couldn't talk much with her too

8. chop suey - My 'ghar' mate at the resort. Had great fun with him in the bus, plane, airport, room, etc etc

9. Delhi gang - adityacoool, sumitrocks, diablorulez - Not much interaction. All seemed a little subdued. Just glad that adi's wish was finally fulfilled though

Some more people left.. but that in next post...

[chop suey]

i think m a little too late to post any more stories from AIPGM cause i guess all that was to be said (that i know of) has been already covered

of all the things that happened during those 2 odd days; the flight back from Bangalore will a time to cherish for a long time to come...everything about it had PAGALGUY written all over it

after landing at the new bangaluru airport at around 6 we had a brief farewell chat with the delhi junta who had to push for their 7:30 flight...the 24 strong mumbai junta had a long wait ahead before our supposedly 9:30 flight (it got delayed by n hour)...n the insanity began

all (except me, nik n grondi ) were wearing the pagalguy tee along with most of us also wearing our trademark gandhi topi...no sooner we entered the airport campus we were turning a lot of heads...the first incident was some lady asking one of us as to why were we wearing a gandhi topi...then there was another one asking if we were from a 'natak company'...i guess a lot of ppl asked us that...after getting our boarding passes we hit the first floor for the baggage check in...on the way we meet a bschool grad who seemed to know about pagalyguy n just wanted to know what the hell were we all doing in Bangalore ...no sooner had we educated the gentlemen on our trip we had a lady police officer stopping us n asking why was 'Certified Pagal' written on curtz's shirt...n we all had a hearty laugh..

finally we all checked in without any such further incidents to report...no sooner were we through with the baggage check in grondi seemed to have found some friend...he began giving the (poor) fellow gyan about the new pagalguy AIPGM tee ...we left the fellow at grondi’s mercy n decided to find a place to rest our a$$...about 20 mins later we see that grondi had found himself a new audience a gal dressed in white salwar was were keenly listening to grondi’s gyan about pagalguy ...after about 15 mins or so grondi seems to be done with the poor lady...but then there was more to follow for the poor gal after about 15 mins or so we show grondi n the gal sitting in one corner with grondi’s giving her some more gyan the fellows from the Indigo ground crew (we flew Indigo by the way) were also not spared...the fight as i had already mentioned was delayed and ground crew had to face grondi’s wrath

As half of the gang was busy playing cards and the other half desperately trying to find a place to chillout, profootball too had found himself an audience pata nahi kya baat chalu tha but both of them looked damn serious

n then at around 10:30 or so we boarded the flight...n the nightmare began for the Indigo flight crew firstly there was a fight for all the window seats with yours truly successfully managing to steal hareshmandani's window seat after all of us settled down; the infamous fight with the ladies on seats 22E and 22F began i guess it all began with the ladies complaining about all the noise that we were making...i was sitting 4 rows behind so couldn’t makeout much of what was happening in the front... but could see there was some discussion between the ladies, the airhostess n gnr after rohit requested us to reduce our decibel levels we all settled down still giggling from our seats...n then rang the ladies phone n rohit n nikker gave back in a way the ladies would remember for a long time to come ...the dialogs have already been quoted by mahip in his post here

considering all the ogling at the airhostesses and all the giggling and all the decibel levels and all the comments that were passed i dont think Indigo would ever let any of us board their flights again oh ya...not to forget the turbulence that we experienced as the fight gained altitude after taking off from Bangalore...n the wrong announcement by the co-pilot followed by the comments by the air hostesses (again covered in mahip’s post)...all n all a great 6 odd hours

had a great time meeting everyone at Bangalore...kiddos to all the effort put in by all the ppl working behind the scenes for making this grand event successful

the 'five golden balls' band rocked and so did the PG song... PG ROCKS!!!! PG RULES!!!


hats off to grondi, deep and rohit who worked so hard to make this journey for mumbai-pune junta so memorable can never forget jackal bhai for all the entertainment he provided amazing attitude man

[learninshweta]

Dear Diary -- my most awesome experiences during my first AIPGM

1. meeting all puys while waiting for 'just the ten mins away bus'
2. trying to console khushboo that the pune-mum volvo wont fall-off due to it's infrastructure
3. immediately getting to the pune-bangy awesome volvo - cribbin ' m hungry ' even after havin loads of theplas, pakoras etc. brought by pooja n neetu
4. jumping around in the bus, tryin to make up my mind - whether to play dumb-charades or play cards - chose cards finally :lookroun:
5. enjoyin the round of snatchin alu-bhujia
6. hidin aerated drinks under the curtain with vinu, pankaj n ankit - ankit, you are an awesome singer
7. gettin up early mornin while all asleep n enjoyin the awesome scenic-views of karnataka, sitting next to the driver
8. enjoyin another round of jhappu, judgment and teen-patti - lesson learnt, never sit next to chicane and nikhil when playin cards
9. waiting for the 'warm welcome' by already reached puys, at the resort
10. clickin khushboo n ankur while they pillow-fight
11. trying my hands on cricket :cool1:
12. trying my hands on TT :cool1:
13. trying my hands on basket-ball :cool1:
14. trying my hands on snooker :cool1:
15. head-bangin in the awesome rock=show - here's to apurv, richa, tati, vineet n grond
16. enjoying '5th time' the double-meanin skit by gnrs
17. listenin to gantis
18. suggestin everybody that we should sit by the pool n cribbin about the cold there
19. enjoyin the miserable state of grond when he's about to be thrown into the chilly water of the pool
20. eating a BIG HEARTY breakfast
21. promotin playing cards at the airport again
22. promotin playin cards in the plane again
23. listenin to anki
24. getting clicked over n over again
25. and last but not at all the least, getting inspired by every single puy for the beauty of their hearts.......way to gooooooooooooo

[alagati]

FYI&A

The Haldiram bhujjia packets must still be in one of the corners of DB2..!!!

Request a bangy puy to make a trip and get it back...lots of memories and sentiments attached with the packet..!!

God bless haldiram, n that was the 1st time I have seen a 1kg bhujjia packet...!!!

Cheers,
Varun

[deep_agrawal]

Never been to something like this

An account - From A Pune puy point of view

We started off on a low note with the news that Mumbai was which was supposed to leave at 6.00 PM left at 8.00 We had the Pune bus owner bombarding us with questions like:

Kab aayenge log aapke?
Hum logon ko wahan se wapis bhi aana hai!!!

And the likes. But after some negotiation and jugaad, we managed to convince the guy and started off on the journey to the AIPGM with 10 puys in the bus of 30 During the same time, somebody remembered that he was supposed to stock alcohol, else someone would kill him We then moved towards the Mumbai puys whom we had asked to get down on the highway. While the Mumbai puys were boarding the bus, Ankit and Pankaj were trying to put the banner onto the bus. But there was no support provided . In the meanwhile, somebody had (by crook ) put one of the banners on the other side of the bus. We then boarded the bus and it started moving finally towards Bangalore

Then began the chit-chat sessions among puys, drinking sessions for some people (which did not stop after that for a long time ) - started by Jackal spilling beer in the bus . All this time, i was involved in some accounting business And some puys seems to be more interested in the banner falling off the bus rather than enjoying themselves We had a request coming in every 5 mins to stop the bus . It was almost 12 AM and everybody was writhing with hunger. (Alright, this is an exaggerated overstatement ). Finally, the driver obliged us by stopping at a certain place for dinner The dinner we had there was, at best, edible . The pics all of you see at the hotel are forced smiles Then we had some photo sessions.

Again our caravan started towards its journey. We now settled nice and easily into the sleeper seats. Some people began to watch Ocean's Eleven which was duly shut down by gnrs .
Then gnrs proceeded to present the now controversial skit of his Tati was in a great mood for songs. We sang some of the best songs together in chorus. There were some more entertaining items from gnrs like a dance Apurv was busy with his laptop most of the time Finally we went into the night singing, cracking jokes and having great fun. The next morning in the bus was more of looking out of the bus for the scenery, gyan by Mahip and grond, Card playing session in which i was the champion 2 times We played dumb charades too in which we were given mainly English movies to perform . Anyway, we trudged along till we reached the place we had a loo break for 5 mins. We reached here at around 1.30 PM and voila... Mr. Jackal comes out with the toothbrush in his hand as the bus is about to leave . We finally reached the resort after the long and bumpy last stretch of the bus journey. The journey was great great fun

Will post the next phase of the meet soon