i'm out y'all....... work beckons..........the weekend has gone so quick. two days off and its back to the same old BS.......

THIS IS BETTER........

watching Universal TV...... there's a cad-cad doctor in the ''hot-seat'' caawa and he's responding to the medical issues of the callers...... its funny walahi. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Haatu;948685 wrote: Alpha, you've already coined the pseudo-intellectual term, now what do you call these culturally-aware progressive western-types we have here? certainly, for many, being born with a silver spoon in their mouths, is NOT enough. similarly, the over-saturation of university education, in this day and age, has allowed many such individuals to forge forward, without regards to set conventions, by ''accessing'' and ''consuming cultural products'', which was previously beyond their reach. they MUST demonstrate their superior ways by ''consuming cultural products'' and brandish this is in our faces.''cultural consumption'' is very important for them and indeed allows them to create ''an exclusive enclave of the cultured'', that pays homage to their acquired tastes...... but, that, they do this, in such aggressive ways, leaves much to the imagination..... i think the term that best describes their behaviour is......neo-intelligentsia-cultured classes here's something i've written about such people...... Alpha Blondy;913924 wrote: the term 'world music' is a ridiculous term and a seemingly easy mistake of classification that is often made. naming an entire works of arts and subsuming it under a broad term like 'world music' is a great insult to the culture, traditions and heritage of the people of the global south. the 'world music' genre is, I think an attempt to encapsulate music from various places around the world and as though everything is directly contra-distinct to western music - music from more 'traditional sources’ and particularly those from the lesser nodes of global networked society is 'othered', and collectively grouped together.... despite their apparent diversity and the richness they offer. surely, ‘world music’, is place-specific and unique to its places of origin? ‘world music’ musicians have been commodified as objects of desire that puts western audiences within touching distance of exotic far-flung places, how voyeuristic! similarly, it caters to the 'cultured' nouveau riche-gentrified-intelligentsia classes , who have proliferated in the last 15 to 20 years. this vicious contraction of sorts restricts plurality and choice and evidently show us how the patronising foggy 'tokenism' of the west has reduced the cultural value of these works of art. furthermore, the paternalism of the overarching white cultural superstructure seeks to provide a controlled pedestal to these ‘smaller’ and ‘seldom heard voices’ to western audiences but also severely promotes and indeed propagates the mainstream western music industry's manufactured BS to far flung corners of the world. in nigeria and kenyan and across the continent, ethnic works of arts are being replaced by MTV induced BS of the type we're constantly inundated with by the mediums of music in today's 21st century social network age. i suppose, the superior western production, marketing and distribution system, will always eclipse ‘world music’ and 'world music' musician's meagre streams of opportunities but the sad reality is; the western cultural imperialist superstructure will continue to dominate music of the world by its already devastating cultural hegemony regime, and indeed will continue to subsume other cultures under this 'globalisation façade'. it appears the farther a countries is from western centres of cultural gravity, the more it’s been 'ethnicised' for consumption. music must always be considered in terms of place of origin and no matter how 'cultured' one might be, one must understand there will always be barriers of entry into other cultures. westerners seek to have insights into other cultures through the arts and by listening to the world music of that particular country. and yet conscious cultural critics like myself appreciate and wholly understand; it doesn't make you more familiar with the said culture, it just means you like listening to the music of that country and nothing else.

Safferz;948651 wrote: Aaway oba? I'm listening to my favourite Swedish artist right now, and sitting on my Ikea couch that came in seven boxes :mad: OMG..... i haven't heard this song in ages....maybe in almost 4 years. i use to play it all the time......

^ fair enough.

^ but what about those of who are caught in the middle.......amidst all this qabyalad and hatred?

^ seems like he didn't take his own advice, ma istidhi?

^ i liked you better when you were apolitical......

watching SLNTV...... the france based Somaliland diaspora has given $3,500.00 USD to uruka samakaal to help towards the construction of a hospital in Gabiley. EXCELLENT p.s - the guddomiye of uruka samakaal counted the money on TV....LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Haatu;948618 wrote: Safferz, you know Alpha heard me speak Somali once and he laughed at it. The poor sod had never heard a sijui speak before Abti, no nephew of mine will be judged on the way he speaks. for all i care, you could speak sijui and i won't blink an eye....

Safferz;948623 wrote: lol I'm neither pro-SL nor anti-SL, Alpha. I'm not someone who is interested in erasing what exists and what will continue to exist as an autonomous state, but I believe there's also space for ambivalence about its political agenda (secession)... ee sidaa ula soco what NONSENSE..... you're very clearly anti-SL. don't insult my intelligence but saying your neutral. becos, you're NOT. :mad: anyways, i don't care what you think and it means nothing to me....! but for our long-term cordial relations, don't insult SL by saying you get driven around in green plated GT vehicles. that's offensive. :mad:

Alpha Blondy;948592 wrote: 2nd half just started. the FA Cup has lost its glory, ma istidhi? Wigan have just lifted the cup......... but i don't even care.

Safferz;948616 wrote: I speak the mumbo jumbo gibberish too though, with a healthy amount of waqooyi-isms.... but truth be told the language I speak is "af shimbir" not af Soomaali ^ i did the whole anti-SL mashruuc....... a while back. but go east or west....home is best ee sida uula soco........ and its not impressing anyone, least of all, Al, that you project this notion that you're off a fair and reasonable mind......... because you're NOT a run-of-the-mills zealot..... chafed under the yoke of their parent's bondage... Alpha Blondy;916678 wrote: i've been reminiscing about my previous life in the UK and how i literally dreamt of going home to SL. now, had you said to me 3 years ago, i'd be living my current life....i would have laughed at your face and tell you to get real walahi. now that i've been in SL for almost 3 years, my inner sirens have made themselves heard once more, and i feel like i've come to the end of the road here and i dream of elsewhere. its been a life changing experience and i'm still loving it... and can't get enough ruunti LOL. but the sirens are never wrong and their commands haven't failed me so far......! i wonder where my next journey will take me? i don't know but i do need to make some serious decisions in the next couple of months. its a weird feeling, you know. i'm thinking of contacting the Foreign Minister of Somalia, Mrs. Fowsia Haji Adam, who i once dated and thus cultivated a close personal relationship of the highest calibre. but i'm caught between a rock and a hard place, you see..... i don't want to work towards the rebirth of Somalia since i'm still firmly committed to the Somaliland cause. but why can't i work towards both goals without compromising the other one. more importantly than the political landscapes of Somaliland/Somalia? i need to think about my own personal development and career laakin...... i know Fowzia will give a high ranking position to Alpha but i'll see how things change here marka hore. the other option is to make a new life in America. i cannot go back to the UK. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL p.s - discard the above. i will NEVER join ''Somalia''. its a hell-hole that's inevitably doomed to fail. its futile wasting my energy on these ''efforts''. anyways Mrs Fowzia and her opportunistic-greedy-type are sell-outs and just like those little flies, attracted by the gleaming allure of the light, they, too, will in the end be left to rue their terrible mistake. and just like jirdeh hussien was told by the pasting by xamari, as he finished the final touches to his construction in mogadishu in the early 1980s, they too, will be told the same thing....... ''do you have wheels for this construction...so you can take it back to the Waqooyiga'' (SL). :p LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Al.

Safferz;948606 wrote: lol well my parents are waqooyi so that's the only Somali I know waar bal tan eega?

Haatu;948604 wrote: Safferz, do you have a thick waqooyi accent like Alpha? the mumbo-jumbo gibberish i speak........ is a result of spending over 90% of my life outside of these lands. it's got better now, since coming home. :cool:

SomaliPhilosopher;948603 wrote: I am seriously about to leave this site....I am tired of dealing with people like you. ....then your Somalinimo was shaky all along, ma istidhi? .......and especially so, if it gives way to someone else's opinion. how do you think SL'ers feel with the terrible put-downs and constantly tirades of abusive hate we endure. man-up... SPooow, inaar. waa iga taalo.

A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation. Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents' sordid and abusive relationship. When he reaches Alaska he finds he has been insufficiently prepared for the hardships to come. Despite making it through the winter his plan is ill-judged and prepares to return home in spring, only to find the stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable raging torrent and that he is trapped. With no means of sustaining himself adequately he takes to eating berries and fauna, that he identifies using a book. Unfortunately, he awakes one morning to find that the berries he consumed the night before were in fact poisonous, and causes him to starve in his so sought after isolation. Throughout his epic journey the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the eventual and tragic realization that "Happiness is only real when shared". 9/10.

Alpha Blondy;948575 wrote: Man City vs Wigan LIVE 2nd half just started. the FA Cup has lost its glory, ma istidhi?

my favourite pics from my time in Somaliland. somewhere in the miyi near Hargeisa. Berbera Jig-jiga Maydh Darsalaam - 100km North-West of Hargeisa Lowyacado Cali Xayd Las Qoray Sacadadiin Islands

official Sunday night feel song.

Man City vs Wigan LIVE

^ wa `alaykumu s-salāmu wa rahmatu l-lāhi wa barakātuh, ya biraadar. my learned biraadar, can you please tell us what other cultural practices are fitnah, shirk and kufr? waa bila towfiq.... Abu Alfa Al Blondee. do you know Sheikh Mohamed Al-Malki from Medina. he's my friend, you know.

^ its stilling rain here. its so beautiful here, these days. my friend was telling me that it's now the mating season for the reer miyi. are you coming to SL? you might want to do before the rains end, you know.

^ salams Maaddeey, sixir is fitnah, somaha?