Oh, how I’d have loved to meet all the Sajhaites San mentioned and then some more, although I met a few. Many Sajha gatherings are talked about on discussions here from time to time; wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a Sajha gathering at ANA’s annual convention? If Sajha sounded so much exclusive, with many other Nepali Web Sites out there, why not approach the ANA to host a gathering or forum of “Internet in Nepali Community (s)” – although meeting of Ex St. Xavieriens and Mariens sound so exclusive also but that hasn’t stopped the organizers from hosting it annually. Many comments have been posted on Sajha, positively and otherwise, about the recently held ANA 2006 – in New York or New Jersey? But they’ve been scattered in so many different threads, if anyone wants to read the full personal ‘reports’, one will have to go through the maze of lost threads. So, why not let this [Sticky Topic] hang around here for a while longer and invite people to post their experiences, complaints, suggestions, comments etc. After all, we, who frequent here are of Sajha also and the topic “Sajha in the ANA” most certainly represent us all. I am a New Yorker and I got lost three times. Twice going to and once leaving the convention site. So, was the location. But again, my excuse? I am not a Newarker. For reasons best known to the organizers, and I’m sure for many good reasons, Sheraton by Liberty International Airport in Newark, was chosen. In New York, when we think of Newark or for that matter, Jersey City, Hoboken etc, all in the state of New Jersey, just across the Hudson River, we don’t really think of them as belonging way out there. But again, not venturing to those neighborhoods frequently, as would be with the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens or Staten Island (all boroughs of City of New York, including Manhattan), not knowing your way around is the same. What matters are that many got to the Sheraton, attended the convention, and fun was had. To many, for valid or otherwise, who complain about the Convention, San put it quite well above in his metaphor of “expecting to be handed 'a good time' in a platter”, to which a song by Pankaj Udhas came to my mind – ‘Tumko Peena Na Aye To Mei Kya Karun?’ For the next ANA convention to be held in L.A. plan ahead. Make good use of your time. When you feel like there’s nothing going on for you in the convention, go with your friends, friends you came with and friends from other cities, new and old, to places like Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood Walk of Fame etc. etc. etc. You can make the trip a fun for yourself. (Please do not take this as a preaching etc… just a suggestion). All I’m saying is find a way to have fun – after all you have spent all that money and time to get there. And to the young officials of NYNYC, the organizers of ANA 2006, who says somewhere that they are not only “soccer and basketball”, you proved to all what all of you are made of. For a job well done, thank you and congratulations. Your peers, who are in many, many pictures San had taken, should all be proud of you guys and from your example, rest assured that when they are presented with the opportunity to take upon a Herculean task such as this, they are ready and able to accomplish it with flying colors as you have.