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My big green magical box from BaoBae

April 6, 2013 By: Mehroocomment

This morning while I was busy making breakfast in the kitchen, our security phone started to buzz. “Delivery for you,” we were told. “Did you order anything?” asked my husband. “No” I replied quite surprised at the early morning call. The courier man arrived with a decent size carton and the addressee was me! That’s when I realised where the parcel could have come from. Now I was all excited!

A few weeks ago I had received a facebook message from an online shopping portal called BaoBae congratulating me on being selected as a ‘MMM’ and informed me that I would be receiving a gift hamper soon. While I was pleasantly surprised, I wasn’t sure whether this was just another marketing gimmick and while I do tend to put myself on a pedestal at times, being given the title of a MMM – ”Mighty Marvellous Mama” while quite elevating and at the same time unnerving, I wasn’t sure if I deserved it. So I contacted this lady who had sent me the message and we planned to meet up for coffee. There I learned more about the wonderful work that their small team was doing and the great plans that they had in mind. It is so delightful to meet people who are passionate about their work and so inspiring too.

I called out to my kids saying that something special has arrived for them. Normally it’s only on weekends when they have a go at their gadgets – PS3, Ipad all come alive then and nothing, no sound in the world can distract them from racing their car or shooting the pig, nothing except the sweet sound of the word “Gift!” They both came racing to me, and my husband watching over the proceedings, we started the unveiling process. First the carton was opened which revealed a pretty green coloured box sitting inside.
With a lot of excitement we opened the box, and we saw a brown colour dainty bag, it’s fastened ribbon holding all the surprises inside.

The dinosaur soft toy cum melody maker

Slowly we started picking them out one by one, I did the job myself despite the small, eager arms wanting to pull and grab at everything. It was difficult to figure out which items were suitable for whom when suddenly my younger son’s attention was grabbed by a colourful dinosaur that he pulled out and claimed him as his own. Later we figured out that it was a musical toy to soothe a baby, I know how invaluable that could be for a new mother and I fell in love with its sweet melody.

I opened the other items, one by one, a hand cream, some spa products, an apron. While I was secretly pleased with my gifts, my elder son was starting to look worried by now. There were some t-shirts and a pair of shorts but none his size. Then suddenly he exclaimed “That could be my swim bag!”

A multi-purpose light-weight bag
Relieved I continued opening the other stuff. What I liked best was the surprise element about this box wherein the recipient has to individually open each beautifully wrapped item which adds to his / her excitement, not to mention the sweet fragrance that permeates through the box. Among other things, we found a sticker book, a t-shirt with Albert Einstein in a unique pose both of which were lapped up by my elder son. Finally everything opened I took a few photographs.

A big thank you to everyone at BaoBae. Like the meaning of the word BaoBae, I loved my ‘treasure’, specially the personalised card that you made for me. Wish you all the very best for your launch and thereafter.
The ‘magical’ box now lies in my living room with the three of us taking turns in going and taking a peek every now and then. 

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  1. Vishal Rathod says

    April 8, 2013 at 8:47 am

    One more nice stuff from your side

    enjoyed

    Travel India

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  2. Arti says

    April 8, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    WOW! So now, Mehroo has another feather in her cap! The magic box is really sweet and that attached personalized letter — the perfect cherry on the cake. Very well deserved title, here's a salute to all the Mama's of the world. Congratulations! 🙂

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  3. Faiyaz Engineer says

    April 9, 2013 at 3:09 am

    How come the biggest baby got nothing? I bet Kaiwan must have sulked all day for not getting his share while you tried to pacify him 🙂

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  4. Mehernaaz says

    April 10, 2013 at 3:26 am

    Mehroo this post is so cute and I can feel your excitement and I registered for this event as well. Will come with Lulu 🙂 See you there but … see you on Friday first 🙂

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  5. Mehroo Turel says

    April 10, 2013 at 3:40 am

    Thanks Arti, yes it does feel so nice when someone appreciates all your effort and this one was perfect icing on the cake!

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  6. Mehroo Turel says

    April 10, 2013 at 3:40 am

    Hi Vishal, Thank you!

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  7. Mehroo Turel says

    April 10, 2013 at 3:41 am

    I wish I had a camera to click his pout when we were all getting excited about our gifts! But then our smiles are his gift…right?

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  8. Mehroo Turel says

    April 10, 2013 at 3:43 am

    Hi Mehernaaz, you bet! I was so excited I did not let anyone touch the box till I finished my work and was ready to open it without any interruptions…having said that thre are still some tiny bits packed inside that I haven't unravelled….too much excitement for this week….saving it for a rainy day! Yes see u Fri and Sat!

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  9. Mawgan says

    April 11, 2013 at 6:25 am

    Looks like such a fabulous box of gifts! I admire your restraint at saving some of them for a rainy day – I could never do that!

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  10. Mehroo Turel says

    April 11, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    Hi Mawgan, thank you for your comment. Another reason why it is very easy to restrain is that I am in the midst of a crazy-busy week. What with the start of school after a 2-week long holiday and back to the pick-ups, drops and after-school activities. Besides I have a big birthday party coming up – a combined one for my boys, so I am on an all-alert for that!

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  11. Ranveer vishal says

    April 14, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Hi Mehroo
    That's what is called a surprise day that surely made your life even more beautiful. I am happy to see your blog and glad that you were a model. I would like to ask how difficult it is to be far away from the glam world and stay from the arc lights and blitz. It would be interesting to write about the modelling days.
    Cheers
    Vishal
    vishal-newkidontheblock.blogspot.com
    http://www.vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com

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  12. Alka Narula says

    April 19, 2013 at 6:43 am

    i could feel the excitement you went through while going through the post ;;; Am glad to have discovered your blog and we have almost all the things in common except that I stay in India and am a single mother :))

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