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| Tropical | Posted
on 04-Jul-03 10:25 PM
Ladies & Gentlemen, I am bringing you an update on the ana convention that is happening in Denver, Colorado. As you know, it is happening in Marriott Hotel at DTC (Denver). Yesterday was the first day of the convention, rather should I say evening? Because the event started from the evening, though the organizers have been working on the arrangements since some time. Today many people participated in the forums and poem festival during the day and enjoyed the talent show in the evening - extending into the night. I must coment that it does take a huge deal to organize such a series of events and I appreciate the commitment of those Nepali individuals who contributed for the success of the events that have finished and that are still to come during the next few days. The Poem festival was well.........guess ../.......... Yes boring! I did enjoy what a couple of guys had to say but their enthusiasm carried them too far, I think! But overall the event was ok. The Cultural Program was quite good to say the least. It was interesting to see the young...very young ones that were able to sprout their talents in an environment that isn't too conductive - I would think. But surpassing my expectation, they did very good. The maithili dance by a young girl (kid) was the winner and she deserved it too. Though she got some tough competition. It was surprising that not too many young boys (kids) could be see on the stage. May be this has to do with mothers staying at home and dads going to work, which is also common among the Nepali diaspora. I Didn't appreciate the loud banging that was called music by a group of guys from Denver. May be, I'm not just into it! I was hoping to spot some sajha hotpots at the convention but couldn't locate anybody beside puru subedi (at the poem festival). And You never know whom you may meet. I got together with a couple of guys whom I hadn't seen for a while. Let's see what the next two days bring. |
| Poonte | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 05:51 AM
Sports update too, please! :) |
| mussolini | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 09:26 AM
Is the convention full of pretentious Nepalese teens who like to dress up like Britney Spears? |
| jules | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 02:40 PM
haha!!! mossolini, that was funny!!!! hehehe....hehe!!! ;) Jules |
| ShaddY_CLowN | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 02:45 PM
Hey.. Maybe next convention we guys from Boston shud start a boy band and beat those wanna be Britney Spears.. whaddya say? we can have some fat dude for a manager too.. lol jai nepaL |
| Mussolini | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 03:46 PM
Sure we can start up a boy band. The formula to create one is quite easy. There will be 4 memeber: - The flamboyant homosexual who keeps refusing he's gay - The dumb one who tries to act smart in interviews - The youngest one with a girlfriend and 4 kids - And the alcoholic who likes beating his wife I'll take the alcoholic wife beater. We need to fill 3 more slots. |
| GurL_Interrupted | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 04:15 PM
Comeon! stop being meany-heads! U guys keep dreaming 'bout forming ur boy band...us gurLs have one already! We going to sweep the crowd off their feet! Le'ts see, who's better! ;=D! And btw, that was the reason we didn't show up for ANA coz we've been learning the lyrics, tunes, moves (Ooooh!) :=D!, grooves, style......Practicing to sweep the crowd's heart & feet off the floor in next ANA ;-)! Bring it on Boys! let's see, who does it best! Us or U! We are: Spice GurLs DC Dreams Lady marmalades ;-) & Sh.....! (Rest at the battle field!) ;-)! Signing off in Peace ;-), Spokesperson 4 GurLBand! :-) Yeahhhh!! All the way GurLBand *Woooooooooooooooooo* ;-)! :-)!  |
| khimu | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 05:01 PM
And I'll take the youngest one with a girlfriend and 4 kids I'll be dancing with G-I and song will be soundtrack of "Dirty dance" peace of mind khimu |
| ShaddY_CLowN | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 05:53 PM
Hey... I don't mind being the drunk.. but i ain never lettin hands on my wife.. musolini.. |
| GurL_Interrupted | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 06:12 PM
Wooooooo!! Bring it on Khimu! Yeah, sure I will dance w/ u to any song DJ will be playing, AS LONG AS it's a groovy-funky tune! Betterr RESPECT ur fren here & come w/ a clean MIND & clean ATTITUDE when u be coming for the parteh!! :=D! Get it? Or else I ain't dancing w/ u ;=D! :=D! Any Dj's in the house? Let's have a parteeeh! WoooooHoooooooo!! Partna, Jules, Bhunte & the rest of the crew, who didnot make it to the ANA...where u guys at? Come down for the parteh! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :-)! |
| Mussolini | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 06:26 PM
Gurl_Interrupted, timi khub sundari chau re ho? Timro photo herau na, hunna? And Clown, I'm the drunk wifebeater. You can be the flamboyant homosexual. |
| GurL_Interrupted | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 06:48 PM
Yup Mussolini, You heard it right ;=D! You can look at my boutifuL cute face dressed up like Britney Spears ;-) w/ my partna at http://sajha.com/sajha/html/images/users/yoUnGbLooDZ.jpg Ain't I a preety thang? I know, u are saying in ur mind 'damn!' What can I say? Damn! :-)! I also heard Hajurr khub Hansy hunuhnucha re ni? Hajurr ko photo herau na, hunna? p.s. No offence to Britney Spears :=D! Respect to her! |
| ShaddY_CLowN | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 06:48 PM
i'll make my own NIRVANA band.. |
| mussolini | Posted
on 05-Jul-03 08:01 PM
The only way you get to see my picture is if you post yours. And I've been told I'm quite the looker. You're missing out. Your call, gurl. |
| yoUnGbLooDZ | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 08:11 AM
partna.. dheri din bhayo hajur ko chatar patar sunnu payeko thiyena.. WELCOME BACK TO SAJHA.. ani partna.. m up fo that partey of urs.. i ll be joining ya.. just lemme know.. when n where.. ... n yo khimu.. ur still on waited list to dance with partna ;=).. hahaha yb |
| yoUnGbLooDZ | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 08:12 AM
mussolini >>>>>>> tyo band ma ajha euta memeber miss bha cha.. sidha sojho.. gaule basuri baujaune - n i ll take that ONE yb |
| goredai | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 09:28 AM
I really want to know how Navin Bhattarai, kunti, mamata etc did on stage. Can you please update on cultural show. |
| Tropical | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 09:32 AM
Booring! Last night's performance in the so-called comedy and cultural program was Booring. It was worse than the amature cultural program just a day earlier. And yes, it was rowdy too. It was just offensive. Do you like Sudamsu and his type? If yes, you might have appreciated it. As for me Nabin K. Bhatterai and Mamta Dip Bim were the only two whose performance was worth the money. Maha's second one (Prahasan!) was good. As for the rest, they may as well have decended from hell to torture us (and with our money too :-(. The program was loooong. When will the organizers learn not to have a 6 hour program at one go. Honestly why do these organizers expect us to endure torture after torture at these kinds of programs? Limit 3 reached the limit of harashment by again banging away at our ear drums (again after their bad performance at the cultural program) a day earlier. I had to leave the helish scene after limit 3's limited attempt at music the second round!! The announcer's had risen from ash to make our evening as unenjoyable as possible. They seemed exhausted and yet succeded in their attempt to withdraw our digestive juices from our stomach after a good meal at the party, earlier in the evening. Will I ever sit through another one of that show? Nop. |
| Tropical | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 09:47 AM
Mr. Gore, Each artist sang more than 4,5 songs. It would have been appropriate if Kunti sang just her 'mathi mathi sailun ge ma' number. That number was good but she had already bored us by singing the rest of her songs. The show started more than 20 minutes late and people without tickets were entering the hall like it was their dad's backyard. There wasn't enough seats (it appreared!) and almost a hundred or so people were standing at the back. The amature performance was cheaper yet much superior than this one. adieu! |
| savedisk | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 09:59 AM
Where can i get sports update.... ? Does anybody has any clue.... |
| Tropical | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 10:30 AM
kasai lai ke ko dhanda, ........khana ko dhanda ok Men's volleyboall - Denver :-) Women's basketball - LA |
| savedisk | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 11:35 AM
how did the soccer go, during the tournment, who became first and second and so on.. |
| starshot | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 12:33 PM
DC won soccer Denver won Volleyball LA won girl's basketball Dallas won guy's basketball |
| Shefali | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 04:09 PM
Well ana was fun La girl Team won wohhoooooooooooooo.anyways culdn't get into the concert coz i lost my ticket and was not able to get in.stupid Ass ppl!!Later had to pay again and get in. and gosh one thing i don't get bout nepali guys they drink so much and they get into fight and next day when we tell dem what happened they give us lame excuse saying i was drunk sorry didn't know. ani hoina jhagada garyo thik cha ani feri angrezi ma bessari mukh chadnu parne kina sabailai sunaune garne.Damn loved Ramkrishna dhakal.tara feri uhi nepali keta/ketiharule dhakaal bhanera chichyaye .Ke gare hola. Over all i had fun got to meet so many sajhaite.Damn hated when i had to come back.Heard next yr convention will be in Phoenix!!! Shadyyyy met ur boston ko thugs haru hahahaahah |
| jaya_nepal | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 06:29 PM
For latest update on ANA convention, visit www.nepalipost.com. After reading the updates, I think I made a good decision not going to Colorado. We Nepali meet once a year, get drunk, beat some people and go to jail. How pathetic..?? It is known few Nepali players beat a referee in Denver, cops had to provide special security at the ground, even few Nepali were taken into custody by the Denver cops. One group also tried to held demonstrations against singer Nabin Bhattarai. It is very common in gatherings in Nepal but the same after coming all the way to USA..?? Cant we change our behaviour. It was really shamefull reading the updates. Shame on we Nepali people. |
| GP | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 07:55 PM
I join Jaya_Nepal, to denounce the bad behavior shown by fellow citizens of Nepal in Denver. If this convention was supposed to improve the relation between nepalis, how come ANA organizer fail to avoid such incidents. The games played there seems to carry too much weight on personl dignity of the peoples from particular region, rather than taking it easily it as a social gathering. I think that the organizer so sort out the tipping point perons and solve the problem. It seems the organizer did not have enough "real honest" volunteers. GP |
| katmandude | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 08:17 PM
Shefali, No wonder I could not shake off the feeling that I'd seen you somewhere. It was on here. Damn...tube light bhaeecha! Yea you are right...sadly...looks like booze and brawl seem to be one of the trademarks of all the ANA conventions! Tara ke garne timiharu jasto ramri ramri ketiharu aaepachi ketaharulai showoff garnu parena ta? :D (sorry, not trying to defend anything) and yea whats up Baltimore/Boulder soccer team's a**... Sportmanship 101 anyone? k'dude |
| suva chintak | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 08:32 PM
People, It is kind of a cultural thing you know. Convention is the wrong word for the ANA jamboree, I think a lot of Nepali, especially the youths take it as a 'mela' or 'hatiya' that we had back home. Such occasions are a forum for a lot of nach gaan, khan-pin, jaand-raksi and the inevitable display of male aggression and violence. We have to understand that similar aggression and sexual access exists among the chimps, our close ape cousions. In that tribe, the tough guy gets most of the gals, and the way you prove you are big shit is by beating the shit out of the competition in a public spectacle. Believe it or not, some of the Gorkhey boys, when their adolescent minds are under the influence of the good cheer, still think they will score with the girls with this kind of rowdy displays. The females of the Gorkhey tribe, having moved out of the jungle eons before their males, would rather be entertained and attracted by a nice poem, a piece of painting, a song, or just some sweet nothing! So, the ANA officials might take into considerations the social-psychology of the average Nepali adolescent when they organize the next mela in Arizona. In order to reduce the rising level of violence and aggression, perhaps they need to dedicate one session to peaceful dating rituals. Two cents from my Human Evolution 101. |
| acharya | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 08:35 PM
Where can I see a video of that kid dancing to the maithili song? |
| yOuNgBlOoDz | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 08:40 PM
"would rather be entertained and attracted by a nice poem, a piece of painting, a song, or just some sweet nothing! shuba-chintak jyiu.. kura ta mitho garnu bho hajur le.. tara tyo.. upachar chahi.. uuumm decade agadi ko.. ho ;;;;; aajkal ko hamro gorkhey maiya haru lai.. poem ko thau ma.. good lookin face.. a piece of painting ko thau mah.. thulo jiu jyan. (ani sayad aru kunai anga pani).. a song ko thau mah.. (money/fame).. ra just sum sweet noting ko thau ma.. tini sabai kura mileko.. thito.. yb |
| Shefali | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 09:16 PM
Ana was fun i ain't complaning bout it but fel like it culd have been much better.Stupid ppl throwing dollars at hari banksha and madan krishna while dey were performing.Comeon those ppl r awsome respect them. Hoina bar mai drink sakkine gari katti jaad khana parne hola.Gosh it was my first convention and i loved it.got to meet my frens and made new frens.It was all good but the sadest part was saying goodbye....Ughhh !!! Gosh miss that lobby and bar area....ughhh saw lotsaa cute guys.... can't wait for next yr's convention!!mwazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Shef |
| hyaterica | Posted
on 06-Jul-03 11:03 PM
so one of the players actually tried to beat up the cops?? damn this is unbelieveable!! I hope he learned some lesson..well.. too bad, the hard way! How he wishes that everything worked here like in Nepal..! |
| Poonte | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 06:59 AM
Yesso ramro khabar ni paam na! I am sure there were hundreds, if not thousands, of Nepalis gathered at the convention, out of which, only a handful of thugs must have gotten drunk out of control, beat up some other Nepali, or beat up a cop and got locked up! I know we must not hide our contradictions--we must reveal them, talk about them, and try to think/dicuss hard about possible improvements. However, if we submerge all the good things that might have happened at the convention under a few things that might have gone berserk, we will never learn to appreciate the beauty of having such conventions. Let us not stereotype the entire Nepali community to the misbehavior of a handful of hooligans. I mean, someone must have made an excellent presentation at one of the forums, performed marvelously at the show(s), and/or, at the least, people must have had a terrific time catching up with old friends and meeting new people. Let's hear them! |
| loverboy | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 07:52 AM
ANA was a blast. I saw an angel. I am sure glad I went. |
| chyante | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:04 AM
Highlights of ANA, Denver? Hmmmmmmmmmm..!! Personally, Numafung and Art exhibition. Everything else was "thumbs down". As for the show on saturday, A BIG FLOP. Dohori by MAHA was the worst ever sattire piece they ever came up with. (whats up with all those guys throwing dollor bills at stage, HINT HINT: its not a mujra or a strip joint) Second skit by MAHA "London Airport", didn't they come up with that few years back? Track singing is not my cuppa tea. Its not worth paying $$ to listen to singers on tracks. I would have loved it if they had one band and one individual singer performing rather than bunch of singers singing on tracks. ( Buyer Beware, if you plan to attend their show in your city) It was sad to learn that only about 120 people (out of approx 2000 registered??)paid to watch the movie Numafung and not a single art piece was bought. I wish I had few spare dollors to buy one. However, I do intend to buy one once I become financially stable (hope soon). Forums and Poetry: Sorry folks, I couldn't attend. (wasn't interested + schedule conflict) Sports: Refs beating. I don't think that is accurate. I didn't see anyone hitting a ref the whole time I was at the soccer venue (plus, someone would have been in jail if that was the case, no such news). The team in concern and the ref had issues after the ref called off the match. Phoenix, AZ, 2004: Who would want to be in Phoenix in July? Not me. |
| no kidding | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:14 AM
NO Kidding! Who the hell wants to be in Phoenix, AZ in JULY? Indeed!!! Dumb dumb choice. I also agree what shuva chintak had to say about this so-called "convention." Let's have another in NY. What do you say guys and dolls?? |
| no kidding | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:17 AM
Who the hell wants to be in Phoenix,AZ in JUly? Dumb dumb dumb choice!!! Let's have next one in NY. What do you say guys and dolls? OH YEAH, I also agree with suva chintak about this so-called "convention". Do away with that "convention" suffix. Will you ANA? |
| help_desk_3 | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:37 AM
where is the next ANA? |
| no kidding | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:44 AM
Dum dum it is Phoenix, AZ. Didn't you read the unofficial update? |
| help_desk_3 | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:48 AM
well.. couldnt believe that it would be in AZ durin the hot summer of july... so was just checkin'.. by the way.. its not dum.. its dumb.. wait.. so who is dumber? hehe |
| no kidding | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 11:54 AM
Mercy me! So it is Dum with an b?? Thank you for correctin' me. heh heh :) |
| help_desk_3 | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 12:08 PM
hey man.. i was kiddin' around! |
| no kidding | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 12:08 PM
NO way man! |
| Shefali | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 04:19 PM
They shuld have next convention in Los angeles ..... |
| Rekha | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 06:15 PM
Shefu Gurl I totally agree with you. I had MAD fun no matter what people say. It was so nice seeing you, Proud, Baller, Donny, San dai, Anish, Rusty and all the Boston Gangz. I do miss the lobby and the Bar and remember the guy in the marron shirt???? PRAK _ _ _ ko kura gareko kya Shefu I know who you are talking about when you said "nepali guys they drink so much and they get into fight and next day when we tell dem what happened they give us lame excuse saying i was drunk sorry didn't know. ani hoina jhagada garyo thik cha ani feri angrezi ma bessari mukh chadnu parne kina sabailai sunaune garne." No Offence to anyone but I did enjoy the cultural program, especially the first day. I didn't say for the whole thing on second night but all the performers were great and they did their best. All the ogranizer and volunteer worked very hard. I know coz I'm one of the volunteer. Organizing a CONCENTION with thousands and thousands of nepali is such a tough job and I think I speak for all the organizer and volunteer when I say we did our best. The amature dancer was great. Agelia Pradhan was great and she did deserve to win but the others were not bad either. WARI JAMUNA PARI JAMUNA was great, that was one of my favorite one. I think many people enjoyed the show and part of the convention. Of course drinking goes on and on everywhere nepalis people meet but it all for fun. I don't think anyone had intention to get arrested and and get messed up. San dai I had blast hanging out with you and the Boston Gangz, Oh yeah San dai I totally forgot to take pictures so can you send it to me through e-mail. You were taking your camer everywhere so you must have bunch of pictures. Anyway over all ANA was great and I enjoyed it a lot. I got to be with people I love the most and I got to hang out with all my friend and all the people from sajha. Thanks to who noticed me and came and talked to me. Lets see how the next ANA goes......... P.S Shefu I do agree with you when you said the hardest part was saying goodbye, you have no idea what I went through yesterday. Sorry gurl I missed you and couldn't say good bye. STONEFREE I missed you too. Looked everywhere but didn't see you around. . . . . . . . . . . . |
| alvin | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 08:55 PM
Interesting comments... I attended the convention for the first time and I had a blast. I guess it all depends on with what frame of mind and expectations you attended it with. It was really nice to see so many Nepalis from so many different walks of life and places together at a place. Games were fun. Hope nothing bad came out of the so called brawl. I definitely agree cops shouldn't have been called. I am sure it wasn't sth that couldn't have been handled. The talent show, movie, cultural show .. all were fun. It was also refreshing to see so many pretty nepali gals at one place.. |
| Shefali | Posted
on 07-Jul-03 10:41 PM
Rekha and hidden gosh i am missing u guys so much although i didn't get to spend time wid rezma but still i missed u.hidden u r the sweetest person i have ever met in my life gurl.And hahah rekha and hidden i enjoyed talking bout PRA_ _ _ _....seriously gurl if i ever see him alone i wuld do exactly what i said hahaha I enjoyed talking wid baller,san da and Hira too.hira i thought u will be mean person but u turned out to be the sweetest person.Glad i met u guys.And rezma ughh loved ur mom's selroti.And yeha hidden thanx for that french fries i really nedded it at that time gurl and rezma thanx for sharing it wid me hahahaha.And Rezma i was holding that beer for soembody else hehehee:p San da hahaha u were awsome .Found u more nice hey make me mod now hahahahah:p baller ummmm what shuld i say bout u...u r cool dude nice talking wid u sweetie.first ma chinna garho bhayo but still we got to meet hai? hey rezma i met stone free many times .i guess he was looking for u too gurl... Damn Ana was fun so many nepalese ppl felt like i was home....tyo keta haru le jiskauda ankha tarne and that flirting ughh brings back the memories.yaha ta kaslai jiskauna fursaad. Rezma i know i was not able to meet u on last day but i met hidden ughh and she made me cry almost and i did cry hidden missed ya so much sweetie ..... Well miss dat lobby and dat bar area.i am glad i went there and hope to attend every Ana . take care ya all and Misss ya so much guys love ya rezma hidden,baller ,hira and san Da mwahzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Shef |
| heaven | Posted
on 08-Jul-03 05:21 AM
Hmmm.....as for me, though I was hardly present at the cultural program the very first day and on the second day apart from watching Nabin Bhattarai perform, I didn't watch the show much(because like many other youngsters..I was in the lobby cum bar---though I dont drink;)) chillin' with my frens........I nevertheless enjoyed the "convention". I really enjoyed watching basketball and soccer though BOSTON >:( didn't make it to the finals. Well..as for meeting the people from sajha..I didn't get to meet a lot (only 3-4 in fact which included angel, rezma and shefali) and ofcourse few did notice me and asked me if I was "chari"... Overall...I did have a blast!!!! heaven a.k.a Charisma;) |
| xxintriguexx | Posted
on 08-Jul-03 01:51 PM
loverboy who was the angel that you saw....coz i sure did see an angel as well.......I hope its not the same......hehe.........All the best......... Intrigue |
| xxintriguexx | Posted
on 08-Jul-03 01:58 PM
Hi!Rekha, it sure was nice meeting you as well.....I met so many people from boston that i didn't know at all even though i am from boston...........ANA was a blast and i am already looking for tickets to get back to colorado.......The mountains and all......It was so much like home........My home in the states............. |
| Rekha | Posted
on 09-Jul-03 06:07 PM
xxintriguexx Dude I had so much fun hanging out with you and rest of the Boston Gangz. Sajha Booth ma basera guitar bajayera geet gako ma thank u, it was nice. I hope you can make it back to Colorado sometime soon so we can hang out. Neha and I both miss you very much and not just you the whole gangz. We keep talking about you. Anyway thank's for the great time and hope to hear from you soon. Luv Ya |