Che -Guevara;974775 wrote: Which one is Alpha? :D inaar, i'm post-qurbo joog ee sida uula soco.

waalahi you're right. they married a year later and had a litter of 7 babies in 11 years. :D:D i'm second youngest. i was born between 1984-1988. i don't actually know the exact year of my birth. it was in the dry season and the rains had just ceased. apparently in that year Bob Geldof visited Ethiopia, too. you see, my parents are considered illiterate by a western standard, maha? ani cunug ama oday baa ahay noo, that is, depending on the circumstance, may istiri aboowe? jiinka iska naar, inaar. clearly they've been lending a helping hand, maha?

nuune;974716 wrote: ^^ He was born in 1987. and you were born in 1989 , both of you were children when BIG events took place in the motherland, and today, both of you demonstrate lack of knowledge in today's Somali Politics, at least, due to big events taking place while you were sucking hooyo caanaheed! sxb, waa kuu sidee? sowdigan ciyaal naga dhigay. i was born in 1978.

Coofle;974664 wrote: @Alpha you can always stay young in your heart, but yaan lagaa dareemin , act mature , talk mature , the better you fake the more people believe your maturity , and God knows I mastered that art long term ago....in your own time, enjoy being childish, ((I am still a follower of an anime series that was from the late 90s, I wish it finishes so I stop hiding around when looking at it...loolzz..)) as I said maturity is all about acting and taking responsibility like a man ..... i don't usually do anything child-like, you know. in fact, people often think i'm much older than my actual age. i don't like, that i'm serious sort of person, well at least most of the times, but i do look back to my youth also as a time of seriousness. i'm the same as i was when i was 12 - serious, responsible and mature. cala kuli xaal, i'm the sort of person you can trust with money and who you'd ask to marry your daughter (happened 3 times already) . i like pretending to be a 'risk-taker', 'exotic', and 'dangerous' but it's all pretence, really, ma garatay? in japan, senior business managers and elites are resorting to new methods to release the anguish of being gagged by political correctness and the high standards of Japanese society. the constant need to conform to a rigid and indeed regimented standards of behaviour is driving people mad. the Japs are told how to behave, how to interact and how to express themselves because of the strict social etiquettes placed upon them. they go to Maid Clubs to live out their fantasies, desires and perversities. in these settings, they're able express themselves freely, apparently. they're also able to behave as they wish and as unruly as possible but of course, in a controlled environment . these clubs are attracting more and more members because societal pressures and conventions are increasingly alienating more and more people. in the UK and many Western countries, many are resorting to role-plays to get their kicks. i was watching the National Geographic the other day, and they were talking about 'Adult Babies'. these 'Adult Babies' behave like babies because of 'some emotional void'. it's quite sickening ruunti, inaar. they wear diaper, have all sorts of baby toys, baby paraphernalia, speak baby mumbo-jumbo and pretend they're babies, despite being grown adults. even worse, they have full-time carers who play along with and encourage their 'perversities and fantasies'. some of them, have full times jobs, but switch to 'baby mode' after finishing work. ;) waar, waa caajib dadkan. i was in shock walahi. ^^^^ :D Mooge, i think you're being slightly OTT, here. it's fine for a 25 to be child-like but a 49 year old Media Executive, who pretends to be a baby, is far more worrying and disgusting.

^ abti, naga daa ciyaarta. i swear you were born in the 1990s, maha? unless, of course, you're really 35 but lagu gu dibay 21 years.

^ in a southern rapper's voice: yo, this is your boy Alpha B and i'm sending shout outs to all the fellas and ladies. I'm a do my thing you can't stop that ... I think I've been stuck in the 'busy' period recently but shout outs to all the cantarbaqash'ers out there. p.s - Apo, i sent you a PM last night but you disabled your settings and it bounced back.

LOOL@Mooge, inaar, maa 30-kii baad fooda laga gashey? i'm in this group of people you speak off. sometimes, i feel young and sometimes old by comparison. by a western standard, i feel relatively young balse, the life expectancy here, in the nation's capital, is a mere 55 years and i've already lived half of that, ma garatay?

HARGEISA August 2013 Downtown Hargeisa

^ naga daa ciyaarta y'all. these are the cutest little cats ever. 1. 2. 3. 4. you almost want to eat them, maha?

nuune;974571 wrote: dee adaa cirka roob ku og, :D i love that maahmaah, inaar. excellent. 10/10. malaaha adna wax baad ku ogtahay Golden Rules, ma istidhi?

^^ apparently not. Lamu is now a county of it's own. it was formed on March 4th 2013. for a minute, i thought, you were talking about the same Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) aka The Lamu corridor that'll transport oil from South Sudan. good decision from Kibaki to exclude this strategic pipeline from going through the Somali NFD Region. who knows what they'll do? if ever there was an example, just see what UBBO did to the 100+ chinese workers a few years back. as for the fishing, yaa oog? for all we know it could be bantus they're fishing. reer NFD are vile.

fish farming? Haatu, Abti, since when did this poverty-stricken hell-hole have a coast? is uncle Ahmed 'Kibaki' Madoobe allowing access to Kismayo port? i have never heard the Queen's English vicariously abused like this. Af-Somaali maxaa u diiday? that Ifrah Ali, the radio presenter, would be good for a date or two, you know.

couple of HAGs posing as laan-gaab elhu naars. it's clearly obvious they're detached from reality. yaa u sheega in biyomaalku deeganyahay Merca. $4,000 for the event? pathetic! $200 for printing the tickets? WTF? these eurotrash and top-man style icons are clearly out of their comfort zone. why is Adam or Abdi having a go at the AU security officials. ileen he's more likely to blow himself up than the vagabonds of Heliwa district eh? the whole clip makes for an uncomfortable viewing and reeks of self-promotion. the sentimentalism of the narrator adds a voyeur edge to this mashruuc.

Mooge;974474 wrote: why isn't the White Cow clan united like the monkey clan? what is their beef with siilaanyo? isku xishood abti. you're a little doofar, maha? do you get a kick from qabyalada? sida waa laga ficanyahay.

Jacaylbaro;974422 wrote: HIBF were looking for some missing books this morning ... one of the security cameras caught a not-so-clear image of someone stealing some books but it is hard to identify if it is Alpha or someone else. I looked at the photos and i recognized his height & hair but to further clear about it we asked some experts to install new computer program that can clarify the photos. At least 2 people said they lost their receipts after they purchased so many books. One of them said the receipt was stolen while trying to have coffee in front of the book-hall ... Someone said he saw a person (a male) putting some books on the ground and taking pictures but was not sure where he headed after that. Police, CID and Intelligence were all informed ............ Alpha, you better run .... it is a friendly advise LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL@JB ok. i confess. but you're doing is purely inflammatory and unnecessary, ruunti. you're accusing me of theft. walahi i didnt steal these books, abti. i bought them, ma garatay? why are you saying these terrible things? this may have serious problems for our medium to long term cordial relations.

it maybe the only time the SMs meet. this is indeed a historic munaasabad. LANDER, as the official SOL correspondent for SM affairs. i wonder, if you'd be able to answer a couple of questions re this meeting. 1. are you able to share the official communique of the shir? 2. what, if any, habmaamus arrangements have been extended to beelaha kaale of SL? 3. will the government be allowed to part-take in an official 'observer' capacity? 4. how will this shir improve long standing internal issues of the SM tribes?

Tallaabo;974359 wrote: He borrowed the books for ten minutes, spread them on a carpet, and put a note on it ee sidaa ula soco:p you're pathetic.

nuune;974313 wrote: ^^ How do I know you didn't steal them, you do actually know that receipts can be photoshopped online, so I don't buy what you are saying there or screenshots. ee sida ula soco ibriiqyahow abti, i stole a few hearts, too, inaar. they were so many good looking qurbo chicks hanging around the HIBF. it's a shame i didn't attend much earlier. i actually found an excellent baraf-jibis/ice-breakers moments with these chicks, ma garatay? i managed to get a few numbers. one of them, i'm sure quite, I'll link soon. i've already text her but she didn't reply back. anyway, she was all over me, ma garatay? she insisted that i take her number, so why didn't she text back. sida waa laga ficanyahay, you know.

*Ibtisam;974325 wrote: Tonight is the closing event at Ambassador 7pm; I'll be on the panel with some Ministers and doctors discussing Sexual Violence in Somaliland: Causes, Consequences & Solutions . i see your attention seeking antics have reached new heights. can you please explain sexual violence, adigoo mudane. *Ibtisam;974325 wrote: Alpha only Hadraawii hardback translated poetry is $50 and there are none hardback copies for $10. All other books at HIBF are $10 or less as you well know. Stop catching breezy inaar! and you only spent $220, stop with all the noise $2000 ku laha! Interesting people living with "white yad yad ya" can actually have the audacity to say anything here! baccccca the lot of you. Nuune walahi many of the books were quoted as $50 to me. whether this had something to do with my slight out of town ciyaal qurbo looks or whether they were actually $50 i cannot confirm. but they were $50. LOOOOOOOOL@$220. please go back to east london and check your eyes for cataracts. i didnt say $2000 either. i spent less than $200.

Juxa;974305 wrote: Warheedhe it is money well spent. lets hope so, inaar.

Jacaylbaro;974292 wrote: I am opening a center where i can keep the "good for nothing" people so that they don't infect others ....... HIBF proved to be one of the success stories in the world ......... at least for now JBoooooow, inaar waxaad tahay laan-gaab elhu naar bila xishood ah, you know. abti, it's not my fault you're a laan-gaab ehlu naar and the books were ridiculously expensive. so much for the HIBF being successful, ma istidhi? these books ought to have been subsided and made available for the people to purchase. when i establish my library, the people will pay only $15 for registration fees and a further $5 for administration related costs and......... they'll access the library - even borrowing for a month but they'll be penalised for late returns . not to mention freely accessing (subject to circumstances) the services at Xikmad Maal Public Library and Community Resource Centre without the stiff-upper lipnimo and the disgusting elitism that the HIBF oozes. :mad:;)

Alpha Blondy;974240 wrote: i'm going there in like 6hrs, abti. i'll spend about $300 purchasing some of this year's books for my library project, inshallah. i'll post the pics ee sida uula soco. i went early this morning and purchased books for my library project, y'all. very expensive stuff walahi. some of the books were ridiculously priced ($50+), you know. again, the HIBF has failed on the accessibility front. sida waa laga ficanyahay, ruunti.

Tallaabo;974220 wrote: Alpha the cultural historian, the social activist, literary critic, travel writer, photographer, weather forecaster, public educator, cultural custodian, news analyst, stand up comedian, female hospitality specialist, all in all pseudo-intellectual, leave HIPF alone :mad: i'm going there in like 6hrs, abti. i'll spend about $300 purchasing some of this year's books for my library project, inshallah. i'll post the pics ee sida uula soco. kulaha female hospitality specialist ;) soo dhawoow markasta iyo meel kasta inabti.

*Ibtisam;974191 wrote: Alpha- of course if you knew anything about HIBF or attended any of the launches you would not be looking like a total id*iot now- Today alone 15 locally written books were launched and presented at HIBF and even if you read the program you will see each day there is a section on locally published books. Not to mention the 5day creative writing and photography course for regional readers club. So if you didnt know, siida ula soco iminkaba inaar That aside as most of the Somali authors on list including Shiekh Dalmar, Hadraawii, Hasan Ganey, Scii Jama, Sciid Salah and so on you cannot say diddle nothing about with regards to their Somali-ness or qurbo-joog you are out of luck here. So, perhaps you should stick to your cantrabaqash thread where you can spew your nonsense without bothering the rest of us normal people. FCO published their own photos too http://www.flickr.com/photos/77567524@N02/sets/72157635140416562/ a poignant story, if you will. as a conscious cultural critic, i've often been absorbed by listening to and engaging with a variety of people from different backgrounds. this, i feel, is very important, not least because it's an opportunity to learn but also a chance to exchange ideas and to avoid the same old mistake of wholly prescribing the same solutions to differing problems, akin to and informed by a rose-tinted view of a world...... singing the same tune to Kumbaya whilst having some mashmellows by the fire camp, you know. the story the year is 1998. Ethiopia has just embraced ethnic federalism and coming to terms with this fictitious mashruuc that'll eventually take the country down a slippery path towards strife and possibly even disintegration. somewhere in the deepest darkness of southern Ethiopia, near the Omo Valley, there are various tribes with various customs and traditions....there are the kara, the mursi, the hamar and the nyangatom. in those early days, the Tiray Govt. of Meles wasn't so much concerned with internal security and repression but rather looked outwardly, appeased NGOs and the foreign interests of the faraji. anyway, an american NGO thought itself smart to intervene itself with a local land dispute between the Omo Valley tribes, no doubt, because it's the right thing to do but also because these Omo Valley tribes are not capable of resolving internal issues themselves, maha? due to the American NGO's democratic crusade and sense of purpose, particularly its desire to communicate via the senses and to create a 'festive atmosphere''..... they hired many Amharic musical celebrities ( the minew shewa sort) from the capital and paid them handsomely for their troubles. i suppose, we can't really fault their ignorance here, maha? because after all, Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia, maha? they're all Ethiopians maha? those with something of the outsider and voyeur-like tendencies about their persons are NEVER likely to recognise difference and in turn respect diversity, maha? i'm afraid not. the proceedings started. the american NGO thought the Omo Valley tribes would 'react' to these melodious beats, maha? that the omo valley tribes were devoid of reason, customs and laws, maha? that the omo valley tribes were just another tribe in the dark continent, maha? cala kuli xaal, the omo valley tribes boycotted the event. during the first day, numbers were high and curiosity ripe. in the second day, there was a sense of the anti-climatic about the whole thing. during the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th day no-one bothered to turn up. the tribes, sensing outsider interferences, convened in their communal land, where the Omo River with its meandering yet greenish silhouetted landscape, reminiscent of Regent's Canal in East London, run its course blissfully wild and resolved their warring land dispute. ma garatay? warya Ibtisam don't get your nigis in a twist over my critique, dee. it's all true, maha? SL is a democracy ee sida uula soco. caay, colaad iyo waxii aflagaada ah waa laga wanaagsanyahay dhamaan. mida labaadan dhamaan waan jacelnahay wadankeena ,heesteena calanka iyo HIBF (without the Qurbo-Joogian Romanticist mindset spurred on by it’s white imperial masters) ee isku xishood inabti. waa kuu sidee?