Apophis;907638 wrote: Maybe get a smaller house? Will feel less empty? Your friend - Apophis the pragmatist. what are you talking about Apo? LOL stop smoking whatever it is you're smoking sxb! i had very good day today. it was better than yesterday. LOL i want to organise a peace rally in Hargeisa but i worry some would-be-suicide-bomber would ruin proceedings. i was all up for organising the rally but my lack of local insider knowledge was exposed by the potential of anti-peace elements using the opportunity to cause public disorder and serious harm. reer somaliland are very unique in their cynical ways and rightly so, i should add, about lofty 1st-world mashruuc's like peace rallies and other such public awareness campaigns. i'll do further research but i still reckon the idea is solid. public consciousness is important. people power! yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! LOL

great song with a super message!

Apophis;907996 wrote: Surely the passport thing is negated since you will living in Hargeisa? lol@apo, do you honestly think i'll spend the rest of my life here? naaaaaah mate. i'm going back but i don't know when. i love it out here, though.

i know mrs Blondy is out there somewhere but i bet she won't be anything i'd imagined. she'll probably be ugly, financially shrewd, wiser, lack spontaneity and everything else i'm not LOL. i know a chick like that but she's local and i don't want to conned into sham-passport-lovey-dovey-BS. naaaaaaaah. single 4 life! LOL

cano geel, what might be useful is to device a category of sorts that will determine a city's overall importance to politics, economics etc and then rank them accordingly. these are my own ratings based on the following criteria: 1. political characteristics 2. economic characteristics 3. cultural characters 4. infrastructural characters Alpha cities - Hargeisa and Mogadishu Beta cities - berbera, bosaso, burao, garowe, galkacyo, kismayo, baidoa, las anod Gamma cities - boroma, erigabo, jowhar, merca, beledweyne, abudwaq and maybe buhoodle

chubacka;907956 wrote: It's better to be single than in a bad/boring/uninspiring relationship and feeling stuck. being single is cool during summers but during those cold winter months, i prefer boring relationships to being single and sinead o'connor on repeat dee. damn its almost a year since my last relationship. i've have had a few dates here and there but nothing to cough out the dreaded 'i love you, too'.....LOL relationships are a mashruuc for women....don't you think so Chubacky the Wacky?

in answering your query as to why i never sol via mobile lol......i hate mobiles esp touch screens and the small qwerty hypersensitive keyboards. lol how do you sol aaliya? lol

Apophis;907945 wrote: seriously?? That was from your uni room?? No wonder you're depressed. That room is too damn clean to have seen any fun lool from my family house. i use to live at home, you see. LOL WTF@depressed.... in case you're referring to last night's slip of the keyboard. i made that up. LOL

Xaaji Xunjuf;907951 wrote: Adeer waxa lacag looma hayo, meesha ma Somaliland baad mooday LOL@XX, of course its NOT Somaliland but our southern neighbouring country needs our maskax. all this will be built by Somaliland construction companies. 14,000 new jobs created. and these people do have money esp beesha unuka weyne.

Xaaji Xunjuf;907948 wrote: Why not change the capital to Garowe than the Unukas will be happy the puntians will be happy problem solved. why not construction a new city? abuja (nigera), astana (kazakhstan) naypyidaw (myanmar known in the west as burma) are ALL new.

chubacka;907943 wrote: I remember reading Biff and Chip books and really enjoying them around 6/7. Later on though from 11+ reading become much more interesting for me and I remember loving the Goosebumbs (say cheese and die was my favourite book ever) then Point Horror series. Also found S.E. Hinton and her amazing books beginning with The Outsiders as a spotty teenager. OMG@biff and chip books chubacky the wacky we're probably the same age. LOL

Xaaji Xunjuf;907851 wrote: Mogadisho is the capital of Somalia but it also belongs to beesha Unuka weyne. and to think the UNDP was thinking of returning properties to former settlers. ridicolous! LOL

Odey;907752 wrote: This is a Valid question that needs a great deal of soul searching especially by the Communities that make up the majority in Mogadishu. Ideally as the capital city of Somalia ,anyone, provided he/she is a Somali citizen has a right to be elected as the Mayor of Mogadishu. Sadly though the issues that our country went through the past 20 years and the ignorance that has taken hold means that such an endeavor may not be possible today. Change MUST take place, however real change can only come from within. I believe a good education via all the Mediums such as TV, Radio etc where debates are held in which this point is made clear to the locals and their responsibilities as hosts to the Nation is drummed into them will in my view create such an atmosphere. Educating them is the key. We have to roll back the tide of Ignorance. I guess the same could be said for the rest of the country. People everywhere should be educated on the right of a citizen to live, work anywhere in the country with his/her rights protected. This is not a short term plan. i agree. the system they have in south africa is good example worthy of emulating. 3 different cities with each serving a particular function. eg. 1. X1 - executive and internal security agencies 2. X2 - legislative 3. X3 - judicial function - islamic courts - xeer laws and the guurti could be housed there permanent so they don't cause tribal issues for the rest of us! 4. X4 - cultural city - construction of a new iconic modern city that serves a symbolic function. X4 with its literary fairs, film festivals, jazz bars, museums, technology parks would be home to a new elite that could catapult Somalis back into the international arena. 5. X5 - industrial city - etc 6. X5 - Free Zone Area city - etc 7. X100 - Energy city - like Houston of the US. there's a purpose for all so WHY get upset over your city being neglected. damn you Somalis. sparsity of cities would ensure NO single clan controls ALL, once in POWER. this would also encourage diversity of people and the development of the periphery. everything being concentrated within the core and its metropolitan area is NOT conducive to maintaining long term stability. a policy of demographic control (not culling people), distribution and social groups could provide long term stability and prosperity.

coofe, do you think the trend of somali books for children will catch on in the diaspora? i've got loads and selling them is an option ma istidhi?

Abwaan;907772 wrote: I dont SOL via mobile phone . LOL@Abwaan, i can see this catching on. how do you SOL? i SOL on laptop and never SOL via mobile phone. LOL

the islamic empire wasn't the greatest but certainly up there as one of the greats. its often said the islamic empire used the 'soft power' of trade and mantra to spread the islamic faith into new frontiers but i'm convinced more forceful means were used to quell resistance. this is absent from the literature and i reckon there is more scope for developing this area. history has shown where there is conquest, there is also resistance.

i think it was Aladdin and one of his adventures but the first proper book i read was called mercedes ice. i didn't get into reading until 18ish. i love biographies of dictators and political leaders. whilst in uni i developed a taste for reading abstract theories and stuff lol. my old bookshelf. they've probably burnt it by now LOL

interesting. what would you rather be?

thanks for sharing. inspirational story. i dreaded becoming those email obsessed freaks but find myself using it almost all the time.

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we'd use the services of atheists too but what benefit do we accrue from these people? NOTHING!

the french were probably advised by a yaakhi Djiboutian guy who was chewing khat the night before. silly french. they did this without hindrance last time and thought they could do it again. typical french. pure arrogance and little regard for the sovereignty of Somalia has meant a sad end to their plans to carry out the operation, unscathed. they are unlikely to repeat this act of aggression again. sad about the lost of life. let's all mourn the dead by joining hands and showing unity. a sad day for all somali irrespective of political leanings. i'm quite sure the somali government consented to this operation. our people deemed irrelevant, our land raped in the most vicious ways, our people disunited and small-minded. woe to Somalis, woe to Somalia!

no idea. don't be so cynical. every little helps sxb.

Chimera;907358 wrote: I want to travel across the entire country and see the rich heritage of Somalia: South Destinations: Merka and Barawa - Many old mosques, palaces and shrines - The old sections of the cities have houses four or five storeys high - Stone Towers Destination: Warsheikh - Historic mosques and shrines - Pillar tombs - City walls - Ruined houses Destination: Gondershe - Old citadel - many historic mosques and shrines Destination: Luuq - Old city - ruins of historic mosques and tombs Destination: Bardera - Old citadel Destination: Mogadishu - 13th century Arba Rucun mosque - Fakr Ad din Mosque - Jamia University - Almnara Tower - City walls - Shingani - Hamar jajab - old lighthouses - etc Northeast Destination: Taleex -Fortresses of Taleex -Shrines of Sayyid's mother and father Destination: Bosaso -Old palaces of the Alula dynasty -Several Forts -Historic mosques and shrines -Old port Destination: Las Khorey - Palaces of the Gerads - Several fortresses - Old port Destination: Qandala - Old stone city - several palaces and forts Destination: Hafun - ruins of Ancient Opone - ancient harbour - 18th century forts Destination: Hobyo - Many 19th century ruins such as forts and palaces - Ajjuuraan Palace with seven arches. There are also several other important sites and places such as Bargaal, Botiala and Bandar Beyla with lots of historic heritage. Northwest : Destination: Berbera -Old stone city of Biya Guure - a few miles east of Berbera(again ask a local Berberawi to show you the way) -Ancient Dubar fortress Destination: Hargeisa -There should be an old giant Fortress in the city(i think its best if you asked a local Hargeisawi knowlegdeable of the area where the precise location of that large fortress is and he/she might show you even more historical sites which are still unexplored) -Laas Geel rock painting Cave complex Destination: Amud and Abasa -Two large stone cities(you can see some ancient ruins of Amud if you type ''Amud,Somalia'' in google images) (^ both of those cities are situated in the Borama area which is close to Hargeisa) Destination: Saylac - Sa'ad ad Din Island and the medieval ruins and shrines - Old City walls - Ruins of the old quarter of the city - Qiblatain Mosque and others (Saylac is in the Awdal province and close by Borama) Destination: Bulhar -Ancient Port city with lots of historical relics (close to Saylac) Destination: Heis -Ancient city with lots of relics (close to Berbera) Destination: Mait -Ancient city with many ruins (next to Heis) Destination: Erigavo - Ancient Stone city of Maduna in Eel Afweyn which is close to Erigavo(type in Maduna, Somalia in google images and you will see some interesting remains of that city) - Dervish Fortresses in Erigavo ETC.... i have to give it to you adams! you've really surpassed your usual utopian views this time. CLAP CLAP CLAP even the voyeur Lonely Planet guide is better than this pathetic mistake-ridden tour guide, if even that, you've written? you ought to be ashamed of yourself. in one of those classic Frank Gardner moments, the BBC's correspondent, of overpronouncing local places in their local dialects, you CLEARLY demonstrated with the above, that you've no idea of what you're talking about. sxb, respect yourself and the good reputation you've built up through the years.

Chief Aqil Christopher 'the Epic Trekker'' Stanfield, a wholly different traditional tribal elder.