A Short Story of NKOTB

SinghBHP · 30th April 2010, 19:59

Once upon a time in an underground parking of one of the MNCs where I work I saw a car with this sticker in yellow with words in black "got bhp ?" on it. I was very attracted to this peculiar question , I went near it and to my surprise it was my friend's Swift and on that sticker I saw a web url for Team-bhp. I went to my seat and asked my friend about it , he said it is "some" Automotive forum with information related to cars on it. But that answer would not decrease my interest in it , somehow that line "got bhp ?" has attracted me enough to look for teambhp on web.

I opened that url for the first time about 2years back and to this day I am hooked to it. There is hardly a day passed in my life when I do not open this website and read stuff on it. After around 1.5 years of reading this website I thought of applying for a membership in it. In past six months I tried 4 times but i failed , it was rejected 4 times. Writing Why Teambhp ? was getting harder than writing an SOP for a foreign University. Somewhere during this time 2 of my friends got theirs approved in second attempt. That produced enough BHPs in my belly to apply for the 5th time. Finally, on the evening of 29th April after a wait and efforts of 6 months, 4 attempts I got a mail from Teambhp for acceptance of my membership in the 5th attempt. It was a 'battle won' for me.
Hats off to moderators of this forum for maintaining such High standards which kept me coming back to this website even after rejections.This is an awesome forum for petrolheads like me and I will make sure that I contribute to its growth.

About the Author - Name is Harpreet Singh (SinghBHP on Team-bhp) , born in Gwalior, brought up in Agra ,Living in Delhi, working in Noida ,married to a girl from New Delhi. I Own Maruti Swift-Lxi and guys believe me I love it like my child. I know every member of Team-bhp loves his machine in the same way. Actually it was after I saw the passions and desires of BHPIANS that I realised that your car/bike should be taken care of like your child , thanks Team for this. I am 29 , going on 30 and I adore SUVs and dream to Own a BMW-X5 one day.

My Hobbies are Reading, Watching movies and cooking. Yes,I love cooking and am as passionate about cooking as cars.

aargee · 30th April 2010, 22:45

Hearty Welcome Buddy

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Originally Posted by SinghBHP

My Hobbies are Reading, Watching movies and cooking. Yes,I love cooking and am as passionate about cooking as cars.

If you're passionate about cooking, then you'll like this thread

Rehaan · 1st May 2010, 16:45

Great intro SinghBHP. Welcome aboard!

I guess you have the answer to the question the sticker asked.

cya around,
R

SinghBHP · 3rd May 2010, 22:07

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Originally Posted by Rehaan

Great intro SinghBHP. Welcome aboard!

I guess you have the answer to the question the sticker asked.

cya around,
R

Thanks Rehan for the complients .
And YES I have the answer now , 5 attempts to apply for Team-BHP has prepared me enough to answer many more questions

woman.on.top · 4th May 2010, 11:57

Hi SinghBHP, cool intro. I'm new in here too. Good to see someone who loves both cooking and cars. Ditto! All the best. See you around!

bbkp · 4th May 2010, 15:05

Hi

Welcome to T-BHP and hope you have a great time over here. Congratulations on getting it approved the 5th time.

jigbarai · 4th May 2010, 15:19

Nice handle

Welcome ! See you around on the forums.

TheBeastFieast · 4th May 2010, 20:52

Congrats, at last you got that, I am already a fan of your writing and cooking, lets see what you hold in automobiles.

SinghBHP · 4th May 2010, 23:35

Thanks for the wishes "TheBeastFieast" , will try my best to "Treat" you in automobiles as I do in my cooking.

amitw79 · 6th May 2010, 11:17

Welcome to the forum Singh Saab.

I can well imagine the joy of reading the mail that your membership has been approved

Happy BHP-ing !!!

shreehari · 6th May 2010, 13:55

Nice Introduction.Welcome to Team Bhp

vjabraham · 6th May 2010, 14:58

Well like you mentioned that you were 5th time lucky, same was the case with me. The only difference being I tried 5 times within a period of 45 days. That was how desperate I was to be on this forum. Sometimes the effort I was putting in to write 'Why T-BHP ?' got me thinking whether it was actually worth it. But I am clear in my head now!

Anyway nice to have you on board SinghBHP and by the way, nice intro!

narendra.vw · 6th May 2010, 22:51

Welcome to the community. "approved 5th time".well It also happened to me , better with me was it happened only thrice. Never once I regretted it. Happy to know your passion because my passion is eating & late night driving. buy the way very nice introduction.

khoj · 7th May 2010, 03:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by SinghBHP

About the Author - Name is Harpreet Singh (SinghBHP on Team-bhp) , born in Gwalior, brought up in Agra ,Living in Delhi, working in Noida ,married to a girl from New Delhi. I Own Maruti Swift-Lxi and guys believe me I love it like my child. I know every member of Team-bhp loves his machine in the same way. Actually it was after I saw the passions and desires of BHPIANS that I realised that your car/bike should be taken care of like your child , thanks Team for this. I am 29 , going on 30 and I adore SUVs and dream to Own a BMW-X5 one day.

My Hobbies are Reading, Watching movies and cooking. Yes,I love cooking and am as passionate about cooking as cars.

Welcome aboard Harpreet!

Given your passion for cooking you are my latest next best friend. When are you having us over for the initiation party. BTW if you have not guessed already one of my passions is eating good food and most of the people whom I know who cook love to cook for me

mallumowgli · 7th May 2010, 18:03

Khoj, + 1 to that. Its always good to have a good cook around

Welcome aboard SinghBHP and have a good revving and cooking time here. Looking forward to "cookalogues" from your side hehe

30th April 2010, 19:59	#1
SinghBHP BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 131 Thanked: 123 Times	A Short Story of NKOTB Once upon a time in an underground parking of one of the MNCs where I work I saw a car with this sticker in yellow with words in black "got bhp ?" on it. I was very attracted to this peculiar question , I went near it and to my surprise it was my friend's Swift and on that sticker I saw a web url for Team-bhp. I went to my seat and asked my friend about it , he said it is "some" Automotive forum with information related to cars on it. But that answer would not decrease my interest in it , somehow that line "got bhp ?" has attracted me enough to look for teambhp on web. I opened that url for the first time about 2years back and to this day I am hooked to it. There is hardly a day passed in my life when I do not open this website and read stuff on it. After around 1.5 years of reading this website I thought of applying for a membership in it. In past six months I tried 4 times but i failed , it was rejected 4 times. Writing Why Teambhp ? was getting harder than writing an SOP for a foreign University. Somewhere during this time 2 of my friends got theirs approved in second attempt. That produced enough BHPs in my belly to apply for the 5th time. Finally, on the evening of 29th April after a wait and efforts of 6 months, 4 attempts I got a mail from Teambhp for acceptance of my membership in the 5th attempt. It was a 'battle won' for me. Hats off to moderators of this forum for maintaining such High standards which kept me coming back to this website even after rejections.This is an awesome forum for petrolheads like me and I will make sure that I contribute to its growth. About the Author - Name is Harpreet Singh (SinghBHP on Team-bhp) , born in Gwalior, brought up in Agra ,Living in Delhi, working in Noida ,married to a girl from New Delhi. I Own Maruti Swift-Lxi and guys believe me I love it like my child. I know every member of Team-bhp loves his machine in the same way. Actually it was after I saw the passions and desires of BHPIANS that I realised that your car/bike should be taken care of like your child , thanks Team for this. I am 29 , going on 30 and I adore SUVs and dream to Own a BMW-X5 one day. My Hobbies are Reading, Watching movies and cooking. Yes,I love cooking and am as passionate about cooking as cars.
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1st May 2010, 16:45	#3
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,192 Thanked: 36,132 Times	Great intro SinghBHP. Welcome aboard! I guess you have the answer to the question the sticker asked. cya around, R
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4th May 2010, 11:57	#5
woman.on.top Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6 Thanked: 0 Times	Hi SinghBHP, cool intro. I'm new in here too. Good to see someone who loves both cooking and cars. Ditto! All the best. See you around!
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4th May 2010, 15:05	#6
bbkp BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Mumbai Posts: 88 Thanked: 9 Times	Hi Welcome to T-BHP and hope you have a great time over here. Congratulations on getting it approved the 5th time.
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4th May 2010, 15:19	#7
jigbarai BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 560 Thanked: 39 Times	Nice handle Welcome ! See you around on the forums.
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4th May 2010, 20:52	#8
TheBeastFieast BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Faridabad Posts: 306 Thanked: 19 Times	Congrats, at last you got that, I am already a fan of your writing and cooking, lets see what you hold in automobiles.
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4th May 2010, 23:35	#9
SinghBHP BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 131 Thanked: 123 Times	Thanks for the wishes "TheBeastFieast" , will try my best to "Treat" you in automobiles as I do in my cooking.
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6th May 2010, 11:17	#10
amitw79 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 123 Thanked: 116 Times	Welcome to the forum Singh Saab. I can well imagine the joy of reading the mail that your membership has been approved Happy BHP-ing !!!
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6th May 2010, 13:55	#11
shreehari BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 104 Thanked: 191 Times	Nice Introduction.Welcome to Team Bhp
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6th May 2010, 14:58	#12
vjabraham BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kochi Posts: 66 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	Well like you mentioned that you were 5th time lucky, same was the case with me. The only difference being I tried 5 times within a period of 45 days. That was how desperate I was to be on this forum. Sometimes the effort I was putting in to write 'Why T-BHP ?' got me thinking whether it was actually worth it. But I am clear in my head now! Anyway nice to have you on board SinghBHP and by the way, nice intro!
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6th May 2010, 22:51	#13
narendra.vw BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bangaloru Posts: 293 Thanked: 425 Times	Welcome to the community. "approved 5th time".well It also happened to me , better with me was it happened only thrice. Never once I regretted it. Happy to know your passion because my passion is eating & late night driving. buy the way very nice introduction.
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7th May 2010, 18:03	#15
mallumowgli Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Palakkad/Coimbatore Posts: 1,229 Thanked: 1,105 Times	Khoj, + 1 to that. Its always good to have a good cook around Welcome aboard SinghBHP and have a good revving and cooking time here. Looking forward to "cookalogues" from your side hehe
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