One of my language sites named JumpG is like an island forlorn that members visited only once in a while. As a senior member and one of those who refused to leave, seeing hope in the future development of the site, I took part in encouraging the members to stay on. Nevertheless, there are times you would also like to leave.

You ask a question and it is answered after two months – if ever. You make a comment and it gets no rejoinder. A German named Ami, in fact, had invited me to his more populated language place, mentioning the grave-like silence of JumpG. Although I had registered with his group, I still remained faithful to JumpG. My friend also stayed on and became my teacher for German – although our teaching-learning was quite slow, if there was something of that to speak of - given our work pressures.

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