The Day!
I woke up at 6:00AM! I know a woke up a bit late but I could get ready in 20mins and started to my pickup point. I was clueless for a while and then I saw two girls chatting. I somehow felt I should ask them if I was at the correct place so I just did and to my surprise, they were Anamika and Ruhie of Anamika Writes and Sweet Life blogs respectively. We hit it off instantly and had a good talk till we boarded the bus. We sat together and had fun while traveling. I have a bit of motion sickness so I slept most of the time.
After sometime, the captain of our road ship Mr.Ranjit started a introduction session which turned out to be funny and we did know about each other. The names,their blogs etc. We were given snacks as breakfast and I still remember Pratishta of Breakfast Projekt remarked that it isn't a healthy breakfast because our breakfast consisted everything yummy :D Chocolates,Bourbon Biscuits,Chocolate Cake,Juice which everyone love! There was a quick break where we got down to have some tea.
The Destination:
We reached Lake House,Tata Motors located in Pune in 3+ hours from Mumbai. The location was such a beauty. I have never been to a place like this before. The lake, the trees, the conference hall,most beautiful line up of the brand new Tata Nano Cars that too in my favorite color..Sangria Red.
Start Off:
We were given breakfast and then asked to assemble in the conference hall where we were greeted by some gifts.Did I just hear Goodies?? Already? Yes! we were given a selfie stick and a powerbank. I know and was already told that we would be needing more energy but our phones needed more :D
Sachin Singh,the designer of Nano Genx ,Tata Motors gave us a quick introduction on the new version of Tata Nano. The Car is designed based on few pointers, DesigNext, DriveNext & ConnectNext.
Few things totally hit me hard.
1. Advanced Technology
The car has come up with the power steering easy shift(AMT),the compact hatch,the Sports Mode and the best part, there is no CLUTCH!
2. The look of the car
It is totally chic and stylish. The bumper makes me smile. They have come up with two new colors, Sangria Red and Persian Rose. I thought I liked Persian Rose when I saw it on the slideshow but I looooved Sangria Red when I got to see it in real. The tiny
3. The space and size!
I had an assumption that the nano is a bit tiny and it isn't spacious. But to my surprise, I am petite and I had too much leg space before me and my team mate, Aziz is tall and he was at the driving seat. He said he had the comfort driving with proper leg space which is totally a positive. The Nano has open-able boot where we can stuff in our luggage while travelling/shopping(I am referring to us,the girls :P)
It comes with a fuel tank capacity of 24L which makes it less bothering when you are on a long drive.
**Enough of Theory**
We had a good session in a very professional and classy way by Sachin and then we 24 were divided into groups of 3 and 4 persons in each group. I was put into Team C along with Aziz and Kiran. Mr.Amol from Tata Motors was our 4th team member. He was more like our God Father :D He was super cool and fun to hang around with.
The journey began and we were given tasks by the readers/people on twitter and we managed to complete few tasks. The interesting one was, I was asked to apply eyeliner on the go which I did. Thus proving the drive is buttery smooth. *Impressed*
The other tasks consisted of, posing under a tree, posing with the coffee mugs, asked to share a drink of same kind, no smoking ad,getting a thing which matched to our car,Aziz was asked to pose with the car like a couple,Kiran was asked to react for the loud music and many more. Super fun it was. We only concentrated on having fun rather than winning :D
The Lunch:
Once we are done with the tasks, we were taken to Mezza9 Lounge for lunch. The lounge was exclusively booked for us. The food was yummy,we had a chitchat session and were asked to drive back to the Lake House.
The Demo:
Back at the Lake House, we had a track in the shape of infinity symbol and was created to show the capability of the new Genx Nano.Thanks to ePAS! The car just proved its awesomeness.
The Evening:
By this time,we were a bit tired and the hot summer took a toll on our energy levels. We now want to sit and and do nothing.Literally! That's when we noticed that the backyard of the Lake House, the view is breath taking. The lawn is being filled by chairs and Djembe while we enjoyed the view and clicking the pictures!
Snacks were made available for us and the cutest looking social media icons on Cupcakes. The best was Mr.Varun Venkit was there to entertain with his drums. As we sipped our coffee, he played for us different genres of music and then we were asked to settle in the drum roll and what happened next was EPIC!
That's the END to a fabulous day. Wait Wait Wait..before the end of the day we were given the goodies..The super cool Indiblogger and Tata Motors Tshirts,A wrist watch, A super cute toy car Nano,A pendrive in the shape of tatanano :D This was like a perfect Surprise :)
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After so much fun and memories we headed back to Mumbai and as usual, I fell sick and slept for a while. But enjoyed the drive till I was awake. I made friends and I am no more called an introvert :D
Thanks +IndiBlogger +TATA MOTORS India for the awesome event and I can not thank you guys enough for making my visit to Mumbai more memorable and fun :)
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Flag Off at the Lake House,Pune
My Team-Kiran,Aziz and Me(L-R)
Our welcome drinks at Mezza9 Lounge
The SuperWomen-Kiran,Anamika,Magali,Divsi,Ruhie,Me,Archana,Neha(L-R)
Posing like the Queens
The Infinity Shaped Track
Varun Venkit :D Loved your show
Ever Beautiful - Lake House,Tata Motors,Pune
Blurry yet my favorite pic
The Social Media Cupcakes
A glimpse of Taal INC's Varun Venkit's Show! I have only posted very few pictures here but you can check my instagram feed for more pics..Follow me here https://instagram.com/appu1014/ or appu1014
