My Dear CATS,
So many of you have written since both the teams bowed out of the TGDC competition, that I feel compelled to share your words of support, protest and encouragement with all of you.
CAT Madhvi:
Hey Supreet,
Why don't we have our own somewhat similar version of the ('To be or not to be ') driving challenge? Cheers for the fabulous effort put in by you. You are honing ur skills for bigger challenges!
CAT DV Bhatia:
Supreet ji,
A bit dissapointed, but no regrets. You did your best and the rest was in the hands of God who was, perhaps acting through HIS organisers of the Event. In the process, you/we all learnt a lot. But hats off to you for handling the compaign so well. Reaching the TOP 100 is no mean an achievement. Insha-allah, agli baar to jeet hamari hi hogi.
Now :)
Best wishes,
Nirmal-Manish, Monica & DV Bhatia
(Your voters /votaries)
CAT DeepInder
I suspect the credibility of this TGDC competition. What was the criteria of selection in the next round???? You should seek for an explaination because looking at the top 100 profiles, our teams met the best of that!!! Its infact very disapponinting for us!!!! But no issues, we shouldnt worry on their biggest loss!!!! May be this competetion hasnt managed to catch up our standard......
Rajen: (fellow CAT's friend who voted for us)
The profiles of the other contestants which I had seen on the site were no match for the CAT's teams... but as they say Life is not always fair...
THANKS for making it all a worthwhile experience for CAT Ashish and CAT Gopika, CAT Paramjeet and myself.
CAT Supreet
(NB: I hope none of the CATS who wrote in would mind my publishing their emails here, given that I have not sought their permission beforehand.)
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Final bow of CATS from the TGDC
meow CATS,
This is to inform you that now your second and last ray of hope to take the flag of CATS further in the competition has also extinguished. Team comprising of CAT Paramjeet and CAT Supreet has not been selected for the TOP 12 round. A bit disappointing since given the rest of the profiles we feel we had the right mix of profile, passion and experience for this contest.
However, even reaching the TOP 100 would not have been possible without the ferver support and ofcourse the votes of ALL OF YOU CATS. The voting round threw so many surprises at us. CAT Jyotika was an absolute surprise package of the voting round. This bubbly girl had been with us only once and she was pleading, praying, and bullying people to vote for us. CAT DeepInder could not get enough support from Fortis Hospital for his beloved CATS. Another surprise was the resilience of CAT Hemant with his social networking. CAT Sandeep was willing to bend a few rules but fortunately stopped short for both the teams. Each one of you have been amazing, CAT Chat chatted his son to vote for us, CAT Madhvi too chipped in even though she has had grave reservations about the authenticity of this contest from day 1. CAT Arti not only voted but kept on sending best wishes along with votes from her friends.
CATS, I know I am not acknowledging each one of you; the passion with which you all have followed this contest with both of your teams but I hereby give a standing ovation to each one of you, for every vote that you cast and confirmed, for every friend/family/colleague you got to vote for us.
THANK YOU,
CAT Supreet
This is to inform you that now your second and last ray of hope to take the flag of CATS further in the competition has also extinguished. Team comprising of CAT Paramjeet and CAT Supreet has not been selected for the TOP 12 round. A bit disappointing since given the rest of the profiles we feel we had the right mix of profile, passion and experience for this contest.
However, even reaching the TOP 100 would not have been possible without the ferver support and ofcourse the votes of ALL OF YOU CATS. The voting round threw so many surprises at us. CAT Jyotika was an absolute surprise package of the voting round. This bubbly girl had been with us only once and she was pleading, praying, and bullying people to vote for us. CAT DeepInder could not get enough support from Fortis Hospital for his beloved CATS. Another surprise was the resilience of CAT Hemant with his social networking. CAT Sandeep was willing to bend a few rules but fortunately stopped short for both the teams. Each one of you have been amazing, CAT Chat chatted his son to vote for us, CAT Madhvi too chipped in even though she has had grave reservations about the authenticity of this contest from day 1. CAT Arti not only voted but kept on sending best wishes along with votes from her friends.
CATS, I know I am not acknowledging each one of you; the passion with which you all have followed this contest with both of your teams but I hereby give a standing ovation to each one of you, for every vote that you cast and confirmed, for every friend/family/colleague you got to vote for us.
THANK YOU,
CAT Supreet
TGDC - TOP 100 announced
My Dear CATS,
I am late in reporting on the blog but the results of The Great Driving Challenge are out, for which all of you had been fervously voting for the following two teams of your CATS:
a) CAT Paramjeet and CAT Supreet
b) CAT Ashish A and CAT Gopika
Team A has gone reached the Top 100. Very disappointingly for all of us though, our Team B could not make it, despite a combined effort and having a good selection of photos and huge number of votes. Both Paramjeet and I would sorely miss having our witty CAT Ashish A and charming 'bheegi billi' CAT Gopika on this journey.
As the competition is still tough to reach the top 25, then 9 and finally top 3 in the final round, we will continue to need your full support AGAIN. We have submitted the paper documents which have been verified as well by the Team TGDC.
I expect TOP 9 to be announced tomorrow so remain glued to your screens. If we do make it to the TOP 9, then once again all the CATS would need to pool all the efforts in for your CATS Team to enable them to reach the Final 3. More on this later.
I would like to THANK all my CATS for your unquestionable support to both the teams in ensuring that we make thorough to the next round.
I would also like to take this opportunity and THANK ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA who supported us by highlighting our application and other applicants from Chandigarh in this competition.
MEOW :)
CAT Supreet
I am late in reporting on the blog but the results of The Great Driving Challenge are out, for which all of you had been fervously voting for the following two teams of your CATS:
a) CAT Paramjeet and CAT Supreet
b) CAT Ashish A and CAT Gopika
Team A has gone reached the Top 100. Very disappointingly for all of us though, our Team B could not make it, despite a combined effort and having a good selection of photos and huge number of votes. Both Paramjeet and I would sorely miss having our witty CAT Ashish A and charming 'bheegi billi' CAT Gopika on this journey.
As the competition is still tough to reach the top 25, then 9 and finally top 3 in the final round, we will continue to need your full support AGAIN. We have submitted the paper documents which have been verified as well by the Team TGDC.
I expect TOP 9 to be announced tomorrow so remain glued to your screens. If we do make it to the TOP 9, then once again all the CATS would need to pool all the efforts in for your CATS Team to enable them to reach the Final 3. More on this later.
I would like to THANK all my CATS for your unquestionable support to both the teams in ensuring that we make thorough to the next round.
I would also like to take this opportunity and THANK ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA who supported us by highlighting our application and other applicants from Chandigarh in this competition.
MEOW :)
CAT Supreet
TGDC - Paramjeet and Supreet's Travel Plan
Route:
Mumbai – 443 – Ajanta Caves – 126 – Ellora Caves – 12 – Deogiri Fort – 16 – Aurangabad – 267 – Nanded – 306 – Hyderabad – 213 – Kurnool – 358 – Bangalore – 143 – Mysore – 170 – Chikmagalur – 209 – Jog Falls – 224 – MarGao – 90 – SindhuDurg – 416 – Ratnagiri – 357 – Mumbai
Day 1
Mumbai – Ajanta (443 Kms)
Average driving time 8 hrs
Passing through cities of Igatpuri, Nashik and Malegaon to reach Ajanta Village, we plan to stop at Sula Vineyards 8kms suthwest of Nashik en route for a wine tasting/sniffing session.
Day 2
Ajanta Caves – 126 – Ellora Cave – 12 Deogiri Fort – 16 – Aurangabad (154 Kms)
Average driving time 3 hrs
The plan is to visit the Daultabad Fort after exploring the Ajanta and Ellora Caves. We will stay at Aurangabad for the night.
Mumbai – 443 – Ajanta Caves – 126 – Ellora Caves – 12 – Deogiri Fort – 16 – Aurangabad – 267 – Nanded – 306 – Hyderabad – 213 – Kurnool – 358 – Bangalore – 143 – Mysore – 170 – Chikmagalur – 209 – Jog Falls – 224 – MarGao – 90 – SindhuDurg – 416 – Ratnagiri – 357 – Mumbai
Day 1
Mumbai – Ajanta (443 Kms)
Average driving time 8 hrs
Passing through cities of Igatpuri, Nashik and Malegaon to reach Ajanta Village, we plan to stop at Sula Vineyards 8kms suthwest of Nashik en route for a wine tasting/sniffing session.
Day 2
Ajanta Caves – 126 – Ellora Cave – 12 Deogiri Fort – 16 – Aurangabad (154 Kms)
Average driving time 3 hrs
The plan is to visit the Daultabad Fort after exploring the Ajanta and Ellora Caves. We will stay at Aurangabad for the night.
Day 3
Aurangabad – 267 – Nanded – 306 – Hyderabad (573 Kms)
Average driving time 10 hrs
Preferably an early start for a brief stop at Nanded to visit Shri Hazur Sahib en route to Hyderabad.
Day 4
Hyderabad
Local driving only
A full day of site seeing. We plan to visit Charminar, Golconda Fort, Shahi Tombs, Salar Jung Musuem, Birla Temple and look for authentic biryanis while we are in city known for its amazing Awadhi Cuisine.
Day 5
Hyderabad – 213 – Kurnool – 358 – Bangalore (571 Kms)
Average driving time 9 hours
Preferably an early start to a long day with a break at Kurnool to visit the Kurnool Fort. Plan to reach Bangalore in time to enjoy some night life in the city of pubs.
Day 6
Bangalore – 143 – Mysore – 170 – Chikamagalur ( 313 Kms)
Average driving time 10 hrs
Start from Bangalore for Chikamagalur via Mysore with a break at Mysore to visit famous Mysore Palace.
Day 7
Chikamagalur – 209 – Jog Falls – 224 – Margao ( 433 Kms)
Average Driving time 12 hrs
An early start to towards Jogfalls traversing through magnificent western ghats to break at Jog falls, Asia’s highest waterfalls and then continue to break for night in MarGao, the famous area of south Goa known for its beaches.
Day 8
MarGao
Local driving only
Spend a day at leisure to visit beaches, St. Xavier’s church. Try the Goan cuisine at famous beachside shacks.
Day 9
Margao – 90 – SindhuDurg – 416 – Ratnagiri (506 Kms)
Average driving time 15 hrs
Drive through Panaji, stopping on the way to visit Agoda Fort and then take a break at Sindhu Durg Fort. We will continue to Ratnagiri from there for the night halt.
Day 10
Ratnagiri – 357- Mumbai (357 Kms)
Average driving time 8 hrs
Plan to drive along the coast line back to Mumbai via Alibaug.
Total Travelling Distance in 10 days - 3350 Kms
You can view our Travel route map here > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=116701581614433805057.00046ed28f304cd89af43
APPEAL for VOTES...
My Dear CATS,
We came across a motoring competition, 'The Great Driving Challenge' on the net whereby you are required to chalk out a route of your choice, which must cover 3000kms in 10 days. The process is that the applications are open till 17th July. Then the organisers will select 100 applications, which will be trimmed further to 25, scaled down to 9 and then finally only 3 will be offered to drive through their dream route.
Since us Leh CATS were getting really nostalgic this month, this turned out to be an opportunity not to be missed. Hence, CAT Paramjeet has applied with me as his partner and CAT Ashish A has applied, hopefully with CAT Gopika as his partner.
However, we can not do this without you CATS.
We need your active help and support. We need your valuable votes to keep us moving up the ladder and have the opportunity to be in the final 3.
May I request you all to spare 5mins of your time to VOTE FOR US. Just follow the simple steps as mentioned below to register your vote for us.
1. Click on the link http://www.greatdrivingchallenge.com/application/paramjeet
2. Click on the red tab saying VOTE FOR US towards the top of the page
3. On this page, you will be asked to fill in your name, email address followed by the little verification box.
4. Now your page would say, that your vote has been accepted and you should check your Inbox or Spam folder to ensure your vote gets counted for us.
5. Now check your email Inbox to see if you have received an email from TGDC Team gdadmin@greatdrivingchallenge.com. If yes, then open it and confirm your vote by clicking on the link (such as this - http://www.greatdrivingchallenge.com//votes-thankyou?vid=1247157124328126) that is indicated.
Would you mind asking your friends, family, extended family, social network to support us.
PLEASE VOTE to help your fellow CATS.
CAT Supreet
NB: We are waiting for CAT Ashish A and Gopika's application to be accepted. I would request you to vote for them also as soon as its accepted.
We came across a motoring competition, 'The Great Driving Challenge' on the net whereby you are required to chalk out a route of your choice, which must cover 3000kms in 10 days. The process is that the applications are open till 17th July. Then the organisers will select 100 applications, which will be trimmed further to 25, scaled down to 9 and then finally only 3 will be offered to drive through their dream route.
Since us Leh CATS were getting really nostalgic this month, this turned out to be an opportunity not to be missed. Hence, CAT Paramjeet has applied with me as his partner and CAT Ashish A has applied, hopefully with CAT Gopika as his partner.
However, we can not do this without you CATS.
We need your active help and support. We need your valuable votes to keep us moving up the ladder and have the opportunity to be in the final 3.
May I request you all to spare 5mins of your time to VOTE FOR US. Just follow the simple steps as mentioned below to register your vote for us.
1. Click on the link http://www.greatdrivingchallenge.com/application/paramjeet
2. Click on the red tab saying VOTE FOR US towards the top of the page
3. On this page, you will be asked to fill in your name, email address followed by the little verification box.
4. Now your page would say, that your vote has been accepted and you should check your Inbox or Spam folder to ensure your vote gets counted for us.
5. Now check your email Inbox to see if you have received an email from TGDC Team gdadmin@greatdrivingchallenge.com. If yes, then open it and confirm your vote by clicking on the link (such as this - http://www.greatdrivingchallenge.com//votes-thankyou?vid=1247157124328126) that is indicated.
Would you mind asking your friends, family, extended family, social network to support us.
PLEASE VOTE to help your fellow CATS.
CAT Supreet
NB: We are waiting for CAT Ashish A and Gopika's application to be accepted. I would request you to vote for them also as soon as its accepted.
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