malistar2012;867063 wrote: viva viva mr president , we are with you viva indeed! God Bless Sheikh Sharif Mr President

''the keys of a parliamentarian have been lost. could the parliamentarian please return them to the rightful parliamentarian, if they've seen them. Thanks. '' - announcer WTF is this! ! this is so disorganised walahi. i'm a ashamed that more planning didnt go into this historic day.

Mooge;866528 wrote: mogadishu is buzzing with the news that mahiga mahunga is the happiest man alive tonight. he married a Somali woman. look at her! she has that classic diaspora NGO worker look. the close proximity between her and mahiga suggests she's fairly low in the ranks - perhaps she was hoping to land a promotion after sleeping with mahiga and bearing him an african child.

Nin-Yaaban;866779 wrote: I think it was right before he broke up with Rihanna. IoooI waar, these american guys (somalia's script and ninyabaan) never get the creme of the crop. i've seen those american somali girls and they are 'butters', not to mention violent. waar, what y'all are denying me what i owed only shows your deep insecurities and lack of confidence. this little swedish-somali mongrel was calling me for months after i ended our relationship.

her father is from mudug state. i know this because i use to date her.

sheikh sharif.

look, chucks, i know ur probably getting desperate but don't worry becos we did make that pact in 07 during our time together in uni lol. i'm marry you so don't worry.

excellent!

^ i'm good friends with Yusuf Shaciir. as a commentator, programmes like tixmaal were perfect for cultural critics like him.

Woke up in the morning in a temple Kinda lucky on my feet for it was central So I walk across the village Saw a group of kids pillage And I thought to myself I might be ment to You see Pilgrims in the town All seem to hold a frown Say all they wanna be is diggy down You know Speck thought he'd ask But figured it's just a mask This guy's on something else that's profound I'm not the stool or the fool or the leader here to rule Not the lover or the fighter who came here to duel But I thought I looked into, but I walked into So I can understand all the rules, cool? Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Who's ever watched the world that's my motto Don't ever wanna play the head honcho dig but huh If you try to push I won't beat around the bush Straight up you're getting dissed on the pronto. Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that If I could, I'd solve the problems of the world that exist If I could always chill, I would without resist If you weren't so litteral, brother you might get it Pack my bags, tambourines, and jeans so don't sweat it Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet. As the journey continues I gain current instincts I feel I know what they must be thinking, for instance When they speak in riddles I'm left with the question But won't stop arguments to kill attention They all got a sixth sense to be one another So pilgrims seek refuge undercover Where it's fly like birds to live a lot is absurd Try telling that to this kid named Unver Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that I met him on tour a week on for twenty four He was born in the village, but left in ninety four Now he's still got probs he doesn't know how to solve I said, "Unver, I've been there before" In the light of understanding I forgot it Sometimes the boat shakes when you rock it I told him we are like family, a part of humanity Don't overdo, and don't toss it. Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that He dug and moved on with his life 'Cause he digs it gets real dark at night Don't want a collar that's blue or a reflection of you Just wants us to get his plight Myself I'd like the years just to take me away It might leave a part of this world in dismay But the village calls the pilgriming negroes After all I'm just one needle in the hay Now what I'm speaking in is symbolics But you can call it what you want to call it See all that I do is throw words, and I hope that you caught it Only got one arrow but I aim for two targets Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that You can be that, you can be that

Chimera;865643 wrote: I.saaq Airlines has two of those dreamliners on order and D.arod Airways is about to purchase an Airbus A380, while H.awiya Aerospace is competing with the Emirates for the Indian Ocean routes, excellent alternatives to the previous national carrier, one of the heavyweights of Africa, god bless qabiil and all the backwardness that comes with it! how simplistic of you adams, there are more qabils in the somali speaking world.

*Ibtisam;865626 wrote: The world is bigger than we somalis and liteature is kept alive and promoted by the world masses- The Somalis can and sometimes do honor him (more like weye xijiyaanand drag him about the country) but never the less, it is a tribute to his art and contribution to global liteature (not just Somalis). Also this award means= money and prestige for Hadrawi- why do I care who is honoring his contribution, so long as it is being honored- soon as Somalis have an award which holds liteature to the same level, otherwise this one is good enough and well deserved, yes, of course. hadrawi's work is seminal and indeed groundbreaking. his work is expansive and has covered every aspect of somali society. his work can only be understood in its original context and appreciated by somalis laakin. thus his work is place and subject specific. of course, it should be translated and made available to other communities. in their attempts to grapple with his work, they may understand us better since in recent times somalis have been portrayed as a single entity when the somali experience is multi-faceted and diverse as any people and country. perhaps, its actually positive that hadrawi is being recognised for his contributions to somali culture and society by the awarding panel of this coveted prize. but we must be able to ask ourselves, what their reasons for awarding the prize are and what coverage and depth of insights they have into somali society? otherwise they run the risk of creating foggy tokenism and awarding empty accolades. we must also be careful to avoid our culture being sliced opened, dissected within and the findings subjected to criticism, appraisal and discussed openly under an ethno-centric culturally biased worldview and methodology. there are preconditions to understanding all cultures and those whose aim it is to create open forums of discussions must be able to understand the nature of work presented before them without bias and prejudice or supposed inside knowledge based on the views of white relativist and apologists, whose chronic paternalism has in the past not only completely alienated black artists and cultural pioneers but neutered and emasculated black cultural critics and experts. conscious cultural critics like myself value grass-roots, organically inspired cultural products, products that are grounded in real life experiences and not some pre-judged culturally distant stereotype informed by the overarching white cultural superstructure. this ‘white cultural superstructure’ not only hijacks black cultural figures for their own ends but confers internationally recognised awards to them.

lol@inaadeero aarafat, kulaha 'so quite' this is isnt about me but you.

lol@5, if i purchased one those bikes do you think i may have chance with you?

that bike looks good.

i'm sorry but we somalis already appreciate his majesty and his wonderful contributions to our culture. we do not need a white organisation which caricatures and denigrates our cultural hertiage as below theirs, (why else would they use the term development loosely there as though their culture has already reached completion) and then have the audacity to confer politically correct awards to our artists and cultural pioneers. we are the ones who will recognise this and do not need to put hadraawi on a pedestal and deifying him, thank you very much.

Alpha Blondy;864764 wrote: inaadeero, i've been waiting for an opportunity to, but i would like to give a 'real' and 'informed' opinion on your personality, views, conduct, mannerism and overall persona to counteract your views. personality i would give you a score of 6/10. this is becos i found your personality to be a little inconsistent. it was all ups and downs and i had a real difficulty in trying to mirror your mood swings. i felt obliged to take your around the city but really didnt want to. i didnt like spending all my afternoons showing you the latest developments over the city. my frustrated was further compounded by your attempts to question my driving skills and thus 'instruct' my driving in my landcruiser amazon 2008 version. opinions your opinions were a little crude and uninformed...most of the time. i found the tone of your voice to be slightly aggressive. you rudely interrupted people on several occasion, i dealt with this by being silent. you displayed traits of narcissism - and i felt these traits are very different from your online persona. i didnt like the fact you spoke about the same things again and again - somali politics. i was a little disappointed in this becos it reveled you had no depth and knowledge outside of politics. i will write more.....very soon. one theme which echoed throughout arafat's musings through and through was; my knowledge is more superior than almost everyone with the exception of one. he loosely through around words which have no relevance to this land or somalis. i felt this was an attempt to hide his lack of 'real' and 'practical' experiences. arafat thought he was living in a utopia and that his experience in the yurbota dhexe could be applied here without question. of course, i didnt just sit there and absorb this nonsense like everyone else. i made some solid points which arafat felt was an attempt to undermine him. he, on several occasions asked if i could 'expand' on these points. i did this quite thoroughly, i thought! arafat mentioned on more than one occasion his travels stories/experiences and i thought this was deliberately done to elavate his standing in the group. being conscious of these power dynamic games he was playing with the group, most of whom were home grown individuals and impressed by the basking in the glory of his ability to travel unrestricted, i didnt attempt to ruin these tirades. i was rather disappointed in this but tolerated it nonetheless. arafat didnt like the fact i was formally from the UK and have since denounced the WEST, becos reer Holland are threatened by the fact we're more advanced than them. he was very quick to hush whenever i mentioned anything which may seem slightly more interesting or expansive. this was becos his 'DIASPORA' status was threatened. i also though the fact that he didnt speak dutch very strange. arafat was very friendly and had a wide network of friends unbeknownst to me. i felt this was impressive. most of his friends were off high calibre and i have since consolidated my friendships with them very firmly. all in all, arafat was a good guy and i have no doubt we'll meet again. i didnt learning anything useful or interesting from him unlike other SOLers like AT, IBZ and NORF but i do think that due to time limits and his overall short stay in Somaliland, i may have not had good time to assess him probably.

good evening akhyarta SOL, i don't appreciate people speculating on how much longer i have left in somaliland. the truth of the matter is that i've been here for 2.5 years and will be here until 2014 when the recession cames to an end.

Alpha: young lady you look very scatty in that dress, go and cover your self, you don't want people to think your father raised you bad? daughter : old man, you are pathetic, you have no right to tell me what to do! do you want to take you to the old peoples home? Alpha: oh, oh (followed by serious coughing), God, i know i wasnt there for you but i'm your father and you need to listen to me please, be a good daughter and go change into something more modest. daughter : i'm warning you walahi, i'll take you to Red House if you interfere with my issues once more. i was forgivng last night after you kicked out my boyfriend. Alpha: i know, i know, i'm sorry i kicked out darren but he was smoking crack cocaine in the house, you know i have bad lungs? daughter : what!!! so what if he smokes crack cocaine in the house, i live here and can do whatever i want, do you understand? Alpha: this is my house! daughter: What!!! thats it! i'm withdrawing your medicines once again? i told you before i will take them away from you.

Jacaylbaro;864976 wrote: Everyday is a weekend for Alpha ?? ,,,, why i'm not surprised whats that supposed to mean JB? you talk with such authority on these matters.

i've personally died 6 times and have been reincarnated each time lol. RIP to all the fallen soliders

Juxa;864955 wrote: look how kind he is to you? Ngonge dont return to UK unless you have seen and had shaah with young Alpha... salaams everyone. another day but closer to friday:) lol@juxa, as you can see NG has been very bad to me as off late. i mean what can i do? he's been unfair in his treatment of me? there is no weekend for me this week as everyday is the weekend lol. life is so beautiful here and to think i thought of leaving here.

inaadeero, i've been waiting for an opportunity to, but i would like to give a 'real' and 'informed' opinion on your personality, views, conduct, mannerism and overall persona to counteract your views. personality i would give you a score of 6/10. this is becos i found your personality to be a little inconsistent. it was all ups and downs and i had a real difficulty in trying to mirror your mood swings. i felt obliged to take your around the city but really didnt want to. i didnt like spending all my afternoons showing you the latest developments over the city. my frustrated was further compounded by your attempts to question my driving skills and thus 'instruct' my driving in my landcruiser amazon 2008 version. opinions your opinions were a little crude and uninformed...most of the time. i found the tone of your voice to be slightly aggressive. you rudely interrupted people on several occasion, i dealt with this by being silent. you displayed traits of narcissism - and i felt these traits are very different from your online persona. i didnt like the fact you spoke about the same things again and again - somali politics. i was a little disappointed in this becos it reveled you had no depth and knowledge outside of politics. i will write more.....very soon.

look, as much as i hate the diaspora, their money is a form of FDI. this is excellent becos we're not under any conditions or at whim of the neo-colonial or 'aid vultures' players like INGOs and their local counterparts NGOs who tell us how the 'money' is to spent with their newly inventive terms like 'aid effectiveness' and 'sustainable development'. we should be responsible for our development and how that development is defined or ought to be. the diaspora label has in recent years become a 'bad' word evoking fear, suspicions and negative connotations, but in all fairness, their money has added to the progresses all around us. they bring expertise, process 'knowledge capital' and mostly important purchasing power in the form of dollars lol. having said that, there should be a strict regulations and limitations on diaspora activities as the system is prone to abuse. the resultant nepotism and other serious ailments may have serious consequences in the long for our collective will.

NGONGE;864702 wrote: ^^ No, I am not. Maybe next year though. (Read slowly, saaxib). my mandate runs out in 2014 here. so i'll be sure to host you the next time you're here. i'm sorry i let you down last time bro.