Before the Meeting
Grande première a l’ile Maurice, les Bloggeurs se rencontrent au restaurant Mc Donald à Port Louis pour mieux faire connaissance et pour faire une mise à jour du nombre de bloggeurs sur la toile Mauricienne. Yashvin, et Morina, initiateurs du projet “ Mauritian Bloggers Meeeting” étaient tous deux présents tout comme de nombreux fans du blog-o-sphere Mauricien. ( I would love to see that on the front page of a paper 
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(Translation: A first in Mauritius, the Island’s bloggers meet at Mc Donald’s in Port-Louis, to get to know each other, and to make an update on the number of bloggers on the Mauritian web. Yashvin and Morina, the ones behind the “Mauritian Bloggers Meeeting” project, were both present, as were numerous fans of the Mauritian Blog-o-sphere. )
Since a few days now, Yashvin and Morina have been sending invites to all the Mauritian Blog Community and being bloggers, bbZuSh, Sayuka and myself were all interested to go to the meeting to finally meet all these virtual friends. I’m sure by now, we must all be online to blog the meeting.. but rather than being one of the many who are going to do so, I would like to count you our (bbZuSh, Sayuka and me) adventure before coming to meet our fellow friends today.
Ever since the invitation was sent, and time confirmed, bbZuSh and Sayuka had decided to meet directly in Port Louis at 11.30 today. And initially I would have met them at 14.00 as i was supposed to go to class. No need to say how happy I was when yesterday afternoon, my lecturer called me to inform me that he had something urgent to do and that there will be no class today! ‘Hooray!’ I can meet Sayuka and bbZuSh earlier!
We all met around 11.30 in the food court at Shoprite and started talking talking talking talking talking talking, laughing laughing laughing laughing laughing laughing. But after some 30 minutes, the hunger took over and we decided to go to the parking. Wrong way to go since we already were in a foodcourt, but Sayuka and bbZuSh totally refused to eat there (which weren’t in our plans of course) since they are regulars there. Well, of course, we could not leave quietly for that would not be our style. bbZuSh and Sayuka had a little… catfight… because bbZuSh was adamant that it was raining too much (a few droplets of harmless rain) and would not get to the car… Sayuka had to remove her umbrella (or rather, was forced to) and cover bbZuSh for the few metres they had to walk.
On the way, we were all talking about the coming meeting and what we would eat at Caudan. I, then decided to show bbZuSh a garden in Port Louis! (It would seem she had never seen one there) So, we passed through Robert Edward Hart Garden (Les salines) and bbZuSh was constantly asking who Robert Edward Hart was! and here went the EVS lesson! He was a POET, bbZuSh! He stayed at Souillac and had a house made of LIMESTONE ! called La NEF which is today a museum! I then saw an Audi ! A magnificent white A4 :$ an shouted Audi… and someone ( I won’t mention her name.. the creator of this blog… shhh… ) heard “ Nu fine Perdi “ (We are lost) LOL ! and the hysteria started all over again… We definitely were not lost! And bbZuSh was actually saying that the garden looked like a lake ! LOL! It rained a lot the past few days.. and there was water everywhere! It was kinda a bit… flooded! LOL!
We then got down at Caudan.. and we all complained about the heat of Port Louis… ( as usual) and I was so happy to see the ships at the docks… but bbZuSh and Sayuka were not too interested in that.. it was something normal to them. “Ships are… ships…” they said. Off to the foodcourt where we took seat and started talking again (we never are tired of talking) and after that went to buy the famous Benny B Boulettes!!! They are soooo delicious !bbZuSh and Sayuka took chili with it, but I’m not a too big fan of hot stuffs ! bbZuSh then bought Grapetiser for us and Melon Iced Tea for Sayuka. After our meal and during the talking, there was a woman eyeing, most probably wanting to take over our table… 
but unluckily for her, and luckily for us we had not ‘completed’ our drinks so she had to choose another place
We then went for a stroll at Caudan Phase 2 and were admiring the windows of the expensive boutiques and found many interesting things! I saw a magnificent lava lamp! but it was a bit expensive… Rs 4000… I do not have that kind of budget ! We continued our “shopping” and went to the first floor. There actually are some quite nice boutiques over there. I was quite amazed that our small caudan has gone high tech.
Time for the meeting… We walked towards the Harbour Front Building to Mc Donald. No need to say we were all very shy to go in and kept delaying the… task…! LOL! So Zush gave me her phone and asked me to call Yashvin. But then, after gathering our courage, and after telling her that a bowl was not actually a bowl… we all got in Mc Donalds where all the bloggers had taken a few tables and ……
The bloggers’ meeting was great by Morinn
Blogger meeting from 14-3-09 by Stefan
First Bloggers’ Meeeting 2009, Promising! by Yashvin
Mauritian Bloggers Meeting… by Dakshinee
This was the Zush stupidity exclusive
You have to admit though, my rain predictions are true
And a girl can forget who Robert Edward Hart was a freaking POET :p
The “We are lost” thing came out of nowhere… I heard “Di”… I put unknown place and “Di” together, I… panicked
Ships are ships, however big or… big they are.
A bowl is a bowl… This is my conclusion
The meeting was fun though
bbZuSh said this on March 14, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I love this post! It’s because it gives us an insight of what happened before you guys actually came to the meeting. It’s really interesting and funny to know the pre-meeting “inside stories”. That’s a really original one.
I’m really tempted to write something similar about what happened before I finally got to the meeting.
morinn said this on March 14, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Mauritian Bloggers Meeting: Behind the Scenes
bbZuSh said this on March 14, 2009 at 9:53 pm
@ Nus, Your predictions were stupid! You harassed and assaulted me for the freaking umbrella ’cause the little Missy was afraid her hair-do would fall apart! XD
Your memory is wayyyyy toooooo selective, nussie dear
and once again it was proven your deductions are not really good 
One point i agree, ships are ships, hon’ XD
A bowl may not be a bowl, depending on the individual’s perception and use of the utensil
All in all, was a fun day! Had lotsa good laugh with Sis and my sweetie! Was good to meet us three, after so long!
The Bloggers meeting was fun, though a first for me in such a situation as the one at the meeting! Lotsa of peeps i did not know! Got me worried for some time ( I’m a self-proclaimed misanthrope! xD) but soon loosened up and had fun!
sayuka said this on March 14, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Well… I didn’t want my hair to turn springy
And I paid for it this time xD
My deductions might not be good, but the predictions were
I’m the future Geographer, you should listen to me =P
A bowl is a bowl… I insist on this fact, for a bowl cannot be anything other than a freaking bowl
It was worth it
bbZuSh said this on March 14, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Nice post.
I like the way the story is told. Very creative. It ends just before the meeting… Brilliant!
Jevin said this on March 14, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Stingy! You’re the future Geographer, sure, but not the future meteorologist, right?
I’m the ex-socio and Literature student, so a bowl is definitely not a freaking bowl!
Yeah Definitely worth it!
@ Jevin, thankies ^^
sayuka said this on March 14, 2009 at 10:04 pm
@ Jevin
Credits go to Parwez, of course ^.^
Thanks
@ Sayuka
Fu Fu Fu… A bowl by any other name would be a bowl…
I’m gonna study climate as well xD It’s part of my module
bbZuSh said this on March 14, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Did you just use Shakespeare’s “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” for your poetic comm on the bowl, by any chance?
Ohhh, yeah i forgot! Euhhh, well, all I can say, All hail the future lab rat!
And yeah, Parwez, really great job on the post
sayuka said this on March 14, 2009 at 10:14 pm
[...] Nussaibah “Before the meeting“ [...]
First Bloggers’ Meeeting 2009, Promising! | Yashvin, pages of my life said this on March 14, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Does appear to be a wonderful meeting and a great way of meeting up with fellow bloggers
Alas the distance for me – is too great
– glad you all had such a wonderful time |:)
philosophyofmind said this on March 14, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Thanks so much Sayuka and bbzush for this marvelous day i spent with you today! and thanks for the compliments , tho it was done with your help gals
@ bbzush : a bowl is a bowl and a bowl is used to store food or to eat food, a decorative object is not a bowl ! LOL
@ Sayuka: thanks for thee encouragement ! and i did nt knw abt the ‘assault ‘ for the umbrella !!! LOL !
@ bbzush & Sayuka: A ship is a ship which we so not see everyday !! and it is such a marvelous piece of technology !! LOL i knw am trying to defend the impossible here ! david against 2 goliaths ! LOL ! love you both kan mem
@ morinn: fer tantion ena copyright lor la
hihi ! 25 rupee par alphabet 
just kidding ! we would love to hear what hap b4 u came too !!
@ Jevin: Thanks
And a big thanks for bbzush and sayuka as well for helping me to do the posting
with their edits 
! and hope to get some more posts in the near future, as rightly said, we do not blog enough !! this sick country must move on! and i believe that we (bloggers) can move things ! If just because of a facebook profile the government closes down the internet of the whole country, imagine what will happen if it gets 500 posts against its favour in the near future ! especially that the general elections are here by next year !
Cheers
boomparwez said this on March 15, 2009 at 12:08 am
bbzush mo pa konE kisana??? zot pann presentE
$3|v3n said this on March 15, 2009 at 1:32 am
LOL…wii moisi mo pa conne bbzush :s
Daks said this on March 15, 2009 at 7:38 am
@ Peter
We definitely had a nice time
@ Selven and Daks
Meuh si, zot kner. C nussaibah :p
Eta Selven, m ti assiz a coter toi <_<
bbZuSh said this on March 15, 2009 at 7:46 am
Nice post indeed…You had a great adventure before actually coming for the meeting …
Keep it up
Chaya said this on March 15, 2009 at 8:40 am
I would have certainly wrote my part about “after the meeting” but unfortunately I was tired after 3hrs of work, and I went home directly, instead of taking some drinks in Caudan
Anyway, I finished the night with a few smirnoffs while writing my blog article!
yashvin said this on March 15, 2009 at 8:43 am
@ Chaya
Thanks xD It was indeed an adventure,,, without bloodshed, fortunately
@ Yashvin
Aww =) I’m sure you had fun
bbZuSh said this on March 15, 2009 at 11:06 am
ennn wai, mo konn nussaibah!
b to ti bizin dir moi to apel bbZush osi!
$3|v3n said this on March 15, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Haha :p B tone kner aster xD
bbZuSh said this on March 15, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Spreading the word!
Earth Hour is coming and do your part!
Join – http://earthhour.org.my/
Do more! Join the movement!
More at
http://shirohana.blogspot.com/2009/03/earth-hour.html
shiro said this on March 17, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Hi …Thanks for adding my Blog in your Blog list, Good luck see u soon..
Ritesh said this on April 10, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Hei Dear Nus
I cannot get to your new page site.
For some reason it keeps telling that it is a ‘page error’
- i do wonder why?
Keep so grand and safe. Rii
riihele said this on April 28, 2009 at 8:32 pm