A TweetUp this Sunday

Posted on by Parul Thakur

What happens when you meet, while you tweet? 

A TweetUp. 

I had a good answer to give this Monday morning when I was asked, how was my weekend.

Sunday was made exciting and fun when Jeroz sent out a mail last week asking if Bangalore folks would be interested to meet and tweet while taking a ride on the newly opened east-west Metro corridor. 

For reasons unknown, I said yes. Happens to me many times but this time, I was not sure which bug had bitten me. A bunch of strangers meeting at metro station, preferably in blue and then taking the metro while we were to tweet was something that I had never attempted before.  

Good for me, my friend from work, MS joined and I had company. Well, at least one anxiety of not knowing anyone was dealt with. We started our ride from Indiranagar metro station and were to meet the rest of the gang at the Baiyappanhalli metro station. MS and I were on time, clicked a couple of pictures and waited for (wo)men in blue to join. 

Slowly, the momentum picked up and rest what they say is history. I had the funniest afternoon with some good people in a long time. You can trust me on that cos I was standing throughout and my phone did most of the talking. See, I’m not complaining!

Here’s my day in tweets – 

Kicking if off –

In God we trust, for everything else we need data –

Things people do –

A selfie to wrap –

And that’s my word –

No, I’m not forgetting about the metro ride. Thirty minutes flew by and imagine the distance we covered from east of Bangalore to the west. If you are in that stretch, however crowded it may be, a metro is better than sulking in traffic. The stations are well maintained and manned, the instructions are clear, and the staff is helpful. 

Bangalore’s metro is not a joy ride anymore but much more than that. Try it out and you will know that for yourself.

20 thoughts on “A TweetUp this Sunday”

  1. It seems that you had fun. I suppose this was a great way to encourage more use of public transport. Frankly Mumbai’s trains scare me now. I could do it while in college but the last time I took a bus I was actually pick pocketed ! I’d rather walk or take a cab than be shoved and pushed around .

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  2. Love the idea, great way to encourage people to adapt to public transport for the crowd which causes lot of congestion. Looks like you enjoyed your trip and I thought you get along well with strangers!!!

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  3. Now, that seems like a fun way to travel! Plus you had a totally unique fun Sunday outing! I think Metro is a boon, only with population like that in Mumbai, it seems insignificant!

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  5. This seems quite exciting! I’d assumed everyone knew each other when I saw the tweets, but apparently not. All you did was meet and tweet? Haha, sounds crazy, but fun. Maybe some day I’ll get to do the same :D.

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  8. Loving the pictures and the tweets. Metro has been a major part of my commute in the past, and I love the freedom and convenience that follows me in the metro 🙂

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  14. Must be a fun experience for all of you. The idea sounds unique. We’ll think whether we can arrange something like this in Kolkata… 🙂

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