Originally posted by *BOB: Nuune...Inter will skin you alive...I guarantee you this...Liverpool never faced tougher opponents than Inter...forget about Barca...last year with better strikers you could've thrashed them but Inter? they have the toughest defense in Europe and oh yeah they are the only UNBEATEN team in European top league. Inter to go through. Barca to beat Celtic. Chelsea over Olympiakos. Man Utd over Lyon. Real Madrid over Roma. Fenerbahce over Seville. Porto over Schalke. Arsenal over Milan. 5 out of 8...isn't bad yeah? I hugely understimated Roma and they've proven me wrong as they out played Real... Teams from the same league usually meet in the semis and not before that...will there be a change in the rule this year that 4 English teams made it to the Quarterfianls? anybody got news or heard anything on this subject please let me know. Thanks in Advance. Salam Aleikum W.W Peace, Love & Unity. Peace, Love & Unity.

Salam Aleikum W.W Northerner, Liverpool had the lady luck smiling shamelessly at them and Inter didn't...full stop. Inter had three great chances before Liverpool got their one and only chance up until that moment and if you're honest you'll agree that before the red card Liverpool were always on the back foot and Inter were all over them so don't become like a certain Mourinho kicking his opponents when they are down...that's not what Football stands for...you got the better of Inter...fair enough and Congrats but don't say they are Over-rated or they're Primadonnas...the whole world knows that Ibrahimovic is a world class player and Cruz is usually a good finisher...far better finisher than certain Kuyt and Crouch and if you watch Serie A you'd have noticed it but like I said Inter didn't get the break they desperately needed and in the Champions League you need to get the rub of the green to stand any chance...for example a deflected shot going in...another hitting the post and going in...the referees making two huge mistakes in both legs...you know where I'm going with this? PS. it was nice of Inter hardcore fans to applaud for Liverpool fans...I thought that was beautiful...Northerner learn from Inter fans and give respect where it's due. Salam Aleikum W.W Peace, Love & Unity.

I still maintain that Inter Will go through...the ref had a bad game and he made the biggest mistake of the night by giving away two qucik yellow cards...fair enough Torres dived but the referee should've known better by at least giving Matrix a warning instead of brandishing a yellow card...besides he was booking Inter players everytime they made a tackle while Muskateer or is it Mascherano was tackling players from behind "bloody belgian" and Inter desperately unlucky to lose Cordoba as well...after that you got two fluke goals...one deflection and one with the aid of the goal post...I saw countless times a shot like Gerrard's being blocked but luckily for him it went through...so it was FLUKE. to be honest as much as Liverpool ran around like a headless chickens...they didn't create any good chances which shows how good Inter were with 10 men...do you think Liverpool would've lasted that long with 10 men? don't even bother answering that because in the second leg Liverpool will go one man down and let's see if they can last 15 minutes without conceding a goal. Remember the scoreline the last time Liverpool visited Inter at San Siro? 3-0 yep...hehehe. Peace, Love & Unity.

You mean Somali men? PS. Lily...All is well abaayo and I wish you the same Insha Allah. Peace, Love & Unity.

I'm still waiting to be adopted by a celebrity in my remote village in the heart of Africa...I'm 47 years old male...4.9 ft and 380lb...complexion: navy blue...eyes: blood red...hair: none...Oye Celeb Where Are Thou? PS. The African Warlords especially those in Uganda will be mad when they read this article...to them adoption means lack of Child Soldiers... Peace, Love & Unity.

Hi Lily...How are you my dearest sister? long time laguma arag... Peace, Love & Unity.

Originally posted by AAliyah416: Speaking abt Kismaayo. Many of my family members moved from LA to kismaayo in 1960s. So am sure I have many relatives living down there. And, I heard Kismaayo is sooo beautiful, so I will check it out. From Los Angeles to Kismaayo heh? Mukulaal Qaboow you hear that? You will never hear people emigrating from Vietnam to Xamar let alone Hoolwadaag...marka qofyahay Xaafad makuugu dhicin ee iska badal... Aaliyah...You need a Visa to go to Kismaayo and we wont issue one for you unless you pay $100,000 deposit...the reason why the fee is so high is because once people come to Kismaayo they never want to leave and go back to wherever that is they came from marka sorry walaashiis we can't take chances anymore...nothing personal and I hope you understand that. PS. Laas Caanood is the Somali version of Los Angeles...(at least with in the hopes and dreams of the people from that town) Peace, Love & Unity.

Originally posted by Kool_Kat: BOB, horta reer Xamar faan haku sheegin!!! HABA KU SHEEGIN!!! Idinkaa sidii weed camal inaa u duuduubateen, aa afka iyo sanka iyo indhaha ka keenteen...Faan yaa nigu gaaro...Laakiin I must give it to you guys, si ilbax nimo aad u faantaan... Hadeeba reer Xamar faanin cid kale oo faanto maba jirto...mararka qaarkiis reer Mudug aa idinka yaabo. Typical reer Xamar maa iigu wacday? Kuuma quuro, but it is a must: Hal dhabaaxo iga hoo horta - DHAAAAAAAASH!!! Sorry waa iga soo fakatay, couldn't hold it back! Xamar hadaa ku dhalatay...reer Xamar aa tahay sooma aha? Adigoo Bilcaan ah maa aniga dharbaaxo igu dhufanee? :mad: Teeda kale walahi ani waxaan niiga dambeeyaa saa isu jeceshihiin...A friend of mine just moved to Canada, qofkii daba socdo aa aragtid 'reer Kismaayo isla eheen' 'wiilkaan/gabadhaan reer Kismaayo waaye'...War naga leexi anaga Kismaayo sanka hanaga galin aan ku iri, magacyadooda will be fine, not meeshee ka yimaadeen...Wah... Waxaas caadi waaye wax nagu cusub ma ahan...I'm sorry I can't explain it to you...it's just Kismaayo thing...you wouldn't understand unless you were born and bred there..lol usheeg waxaa kusoo salaamaayey will reer Calanleey ah dheh . PS. Reer HoolWadaag maa tahay? ...kuwo meeshaan waxaa joogo xaafadaas ka imaaday oo reer baadiyeyaal ah, xittaa sida Mobile phone loogu hadlo mala yaqaano nooh.... Peace, Love & Unity.

Salam Aleikum W.W My Brother Baashi...waan ku salaamay...nice to have you back...I was beginning to feel lonely without you...but they don't understand that since its a Sikyaamo thing...nice topic indeed. Peace, Love & Unity.

Originally posted by Kool_Kat: ^Maansho labadaan bari dhagaha xoogaa idheeraadeen...Ar amaan dameer isku badalooyaa? Mukulaal Qaboow...Marka hore Salam Aleikum W.W...marka xigana ogoow horta ani muggoo waa kuu digay taas ogoow hadhoow maxaa iigu sheegi weesay hai dhihin. Boboow saa u socotay maa saas keentay? Waa yaabee reer Kismaayo maatahay? horta ma ogtahay in reer Kismaayo ee yihiin dadka ugu reer magaalsan Soomaalida hadana loogu dacaayad badanyahay? Soomaali maryooleey oo dhan waxee aaminsanyihiin inee sixirooleyaal ee yihiin and I met a guy once who disliked dhallinyarada reer Kismaayaha ah marka maalin ayaan fursad uhelay inaan weeydiiyo wuxuu ku nacay...widaaygeey waaba iiga digay oo xittaa wuxuu igula dardaarmay inaan iska ilaaliyo sababtoo ah sixirooleyaal waaye kulahaa...I asked him to elaborate on it more...(You gonna love this)...wuxuu iiga sheekeeyeyinuu gabar la socon joray...marka waxaa dhacday in gabartii uu wiil reer Kismaayo ah ka qaaday but macallinkaan wuxuu ku adkeestay in sixir looga qaaday oo wuxuuba ku leeyahay si kaloo qofta looga qaadi karey maba jirto....Reer Xamar iyo faan jaceyljooda. Am I reer Kismaayo? see camal adiga Mukulaasha? you would've known by now if I was either from Xamar or Mudug...How?...you ask...Well...horta mida koowaad dadka ka imaado labadaan gobol waxee ubadanyihiin qabiiliisteyaal, mida labaad il adeeg iyo murun iyagaa keenay...yaa is faanshay aan reer xamar iyo reer mudug eheen? by the way I did tell ciyaal Hodankaas inaan Kismaayo Caddeey ka imaaday and qof sixrayna ma jiree it's just that reer Kista have a way with the ladies thanks largely to the saliida Qubada oo aan qaarna cabno qaarna korka iska marino... you should've seen the embarrassment on his face but I told him not to worry as I wouldn't hold it against him. Ani mugoo waligey bakeeri biyo maka kaban Kismaayo iyo agagaaraheeda Waxa kaa maqanba inee intaas tahay ma ogtahay horta? balse dhalinyarada gurigeena joogeen aa kawada yimaadeen Gurigiina Utange muu ahaa? Maxee ahaayeen kuwa guriga iska joogay? lol Been speaking this afjini thingy since I was 7yrs old or may be even younger... Typical reer Xamar iga dheh... ...You and Miskiin Macruuf and many more I have seen here waxaa ogaataan in la idinku cabay...waxaa ku hadleesaan waa second class Af Jinni oo jeebkiina ah...kan Kismaayo Indhaha Uroon looga hadlo iyo kaa wadataan shaqo iskuma laha...waxee kala yihiin maalin iyo habeen...Jiq ee idinku tahay...hehehe . is ceejiya sakiin laqa fuusto dhagax ka buuxana ka daba geeya.... PS. Nuunaha iyo Aabeheed ma kuu fiicnoo.Ciao. Peace, Love & Unity.

Salam Aleikum W.W I'm not going to even pretend that I know the connection or is that a special bond that only exists between a mother and a daughter because I have not the slightest of idea what is it but I know there must be a certain bond that exists between the two...how do I know it? Well...when my late mom was sick she was surrounded by three of her boys including me and each one of us had a role to play...mine was to give her a foot massage since I was the youngest and rub vicks on her back ets while the eldest's role was to foot her hospital bill and the middle guy was to make sure she got everything she needed including long hours of phone calls to my Aabo and keep him and the rest of the family upto date... One day she told my two brothers to go back to their families in Holland and US respectively and asked my eldest sister who was in UAE with her husband and kids to come immediately and couple of days after she arrived mom passed away... it took me years and years to figure out why she chose her daughter over her two 'boys' and thanks to her today I understand that there is a special bond between a Hooyo and her daughter and I'm not surprised one bit by Malika's story and it brought sweet memories back and for that I thank her for sharing this beautiful story with all us. Peace, Love & Unity.

Originally posted by Kool_Kat: Xamaa ka laqday dahii faniji lagu dahlo? Geeshaaba dawdaayee...Foqkii faniji qayaano, foq Loosaami qayaano lee yaawe, saat go'oow liiwoow...Na'aga tancaroshabaqa naga faadhee...Haw! Afka Sixirooleyaasha aa ku hadlee miyaa? Waxaan maqlay hadaadan Reer Kismaayo eheen oo afkoodaas aa ku hadashid waxaa noqonee dameer dhaga dheer leh oo qeylo badan...sababtoo ah af kaas ee ku hadlaan markee wax sixraayaan marka Hayeey.... :eek: Peace, Love & Unity.

I can Speak and Write better Somali than all of you put together hehe...who cares who is more fluent in bloody English when I can compose a poem in my own mother tongue...hehe...Maseerkuna Waa Xaraam taas ogaada hehe Peace, Love & Unity.

Monkey Business: A white guy with a monkey goes to a park to relax...a black guy with a batch of bananas also goes to the same park to do the same thing...after a while the black guy wants to go to the toilet and asks for the white dude to look after his bananas and he accepts. on his way back, he finds all his bananas eaten up and when he asks the white guy to explain, the white guy says to him "Don't look at me mate, it's your brother who did that" and the black guy quitely sits down. After some time the white guy wants to go to the toilet and asks the black dude to look after his monkey. When the white guy comes back he finds his monkey dead, furious, he asks the black guy what happened to his monkey and the black dude calmly replies "Don't involve yourself in this, it's family affair and you must stay out of it". Peace, Love & Unity.

Salam Aleikum W.W Forget about Babel...brush aside that man-tower Crouch...spare a thought for Ronaldo...the most gifted footballer since Maradona...He must be the unluckiest footballer in the history of the game when it comes to injuries... I was watching him LIVE when he first tore his ligament and I was again there LIVE when he did it again against Lazio 6 minutes into his come back and dare I say I was there last night when he ruptured a tendon in his right knee during AC Milan's 1-1 draw with Livorno and as a football fan you can't help but feel sorry for him... We're all left to wonder how many more trophies he would've won had he been little bit lucky with the injuries over the years and I for one...believe he wouldn't have been as desperate as he is today to win the only medal missing from his already full cabinet...he doesn't have the Champions league medal yet and whos to say a fit Ronaldo couldn't win the Scudetto or Champions Legue for Inter almost single handedly few years back when he was still Numero Uno in the whole world after all they didn't call him Il Fenomino for no reason and as a fan of his former team Inter I watched him destroy so-called toughest defenders in the world almost week in and week out and who can forget that night in Paris in the Uefa Cup final against Lazio where he won the cup for Inter even if he scored the third and the last goal but what a goal it was. Peace, Love & Unity.

You just want to drive Northerner mad...

Egyptian players are known to be religious and in 1996 when South Africa hosted the African Cup of Nations they played while they were all fasting including Hani Ramzy who is a Christian and their dutch coach Rudi Croll but pity they got knocked out in the quarters by the mice eating Zambians..lol Salam Aleikum W.W Peace, Love & Unity.

Northerner...Babel is played out of position by Benitez and he would've scored far more goals than Kuyt only if Benitez let the boy play in the attack instead of the wing. These days there are not many true wingers who can put in a telling cross...Giggs was never good at crossing and so is Ronaldo...the last genuine crosser of the ball was...dare I say Beckham. Peace, Love & Unity.

Maybe Liverpool should buy a playmaker like Mohammed Abu Treka...What do you think? Peace, Love & Unity.

Salam Aleikum W.W My Brother Northerner...Yeah I agree 5 points lead in February is massive plus and I don't think we will throw it away...I hope so anyway. PS. What was Babel doing at the Emirates last night? I heard a rumour but I believe it's just that...a R-U-M-O-U-R. Salam Aleikum W.W Peace, Love & Unity.

Emmanuel Shehi Adebayor...a Togolese with Nigerian parents...What has Wenger done to him that Benitez couldn't do to Crouch? What has Wenger given him that Mourinho couldn't give to Shevchenko?...I tell you what he he's given him...it's called SELF-Belief and Confidence which both Benitez and Mourinho know nothing of. PS. I'm not taking a dig at Liverpool and Chelsea...Honestly...it's just that I think Benitez is destroying Crouch and Babel (Babel was at the Emirates last night wathching the game while sitting next to his mate Robin Van Persie) same way Mourinho destroyed a goal scorer supreme in Sheva and Grant just continues where he left off... Peace, Love & Unity.

is Zizou laughing at Northerner...I wonder! Peace, Love & Unity.

I AM SOMALI. I salute the soil that the mighty warriors call home I owe my being to the mountains of miracle and hills the trees and the seas that always guide my conscience the land of milk and honey where I was born & bred the fragrance of nature has been kind to my ancient kind I draw of the shackles of bondage with great custom ceased the opportunity to discover how unique I truly am here in the hallowed corridor of my imaginary castle I stand a man that loves his being to the last breath for I am SOMALI many may label my self-discovery journey a myth watery fluid memories fill up my dignity's cracks a shifted space on this new found place that shape my Somali face ancient scholars shaped my rich Somali words informed hands and enlightened minds immortalize my phrases my unique Somali foot prints echo of deep knowledge the heavens open up and the sky showers us with wisdom the old order soon learned they had to unlearn the ways of the past my body may have drifted far away from my beloved motherland but its memories is forever imprinted in my Somali heart and mind I swear in the sky that shelters the land of my forefathers I swear on my brave-hearted and ancient Somali ancestry i swear on every drop of Somali blood that runs through my veins Somalia shall forever remain my beloved kingdom I call home and I, the best Somali that I know I am destined to be for I know that none dare challenge me when I say..I AM SOMALI. Peace, Love & Unity.

Drum Beats. My blank page crawls with a million hidden words full of mind soothing phrases and ancient sayings their existence lies in the vision of the storyteller like the earth became my mother and the sky my guardian water the essence of my being and fire my strong passion the ground trembled with the might of the word and dust awakened awake my spirit and rise up for its time to kiss the heavens destiny's drum beats I hear and so my soul shall sing and dance son of a warrior from the ancient land of sweet waters I was born among the hills and the valleys where kings stood the lakes and the rivers that run soul deep and made many weep I share the soil with the brave lions that roamed freely and the ever-changing seasons of my native land where a poet's journey is a pilgrimage of conscience passion for sharing knowledge beyond everyday existence though too young to recite my ancient poetic scriptures I fail not to take pride in these sermons I entice my soul with my hands become slippery and my fingers crooked dried and bloodied words seep through my pulse chest hurts for I speak from this mighty Somali heart I clutch on to my pen that shall immortalize these words. Peace, Love & Unity.

Where Truth Lies. To lead a life without a pain we all dreamt for a peaceful night-sleep you secretly wished pity,we born into a world we watch saints sin where sinners tell you how to lead a sacred life on this earth souls are sold for a material gain lust became a new game we all play along love? got money mate? go get any girl you wish listen to these tales the southern star tells heard about a pretty young virgin with a b@stard baby father without a wonderful wife at home to love brother turned into the woman his sister envies girls stopped being pretty and staying ladies selling their temples to the highest bidder abused and used all in the name of the love misused men holding them aloft like a trophy for their cabinet girls, bury your pride and a hefty price thou shall pay pardon the sorrowful song I play and the pain I preach Ignore the gory pictures I draw and the secrets I teach place your bet and forever remain in painful misery drinking from the wells of regret till your head turns grey betray your womanhood and parents? better die young waste your breath on speaking ill of my every being keep on Admiring the devil you shamelessly worship (Material) talk loud for no one bothers to listen to your sorry melodies unleash your anger and sadness by blaming it on your foes laugh now before you weep under the stars in your lonesome lick your wounds for you're your destiny's dog. Peace, Love & Unity.