Suldaanka;989861 wrote: Group G: Germany , Portugal , Ghana, USA. group of death, maha?

Haatu;989787 wrote: Pissed off. I can't believe I've become so disillusioned with Somalis I can't actually wait for their balkanization. Bloody i-selectors starting this mess. Balaayo idinla goosatay :mad: you can't change the world. change your world. wa iga talo.

Nin-Yaaban;989736 wrote: Wanaagsan oo Wacan Alpha. greetings of the highest regards to you, too.

Safferz;989805 wrote: Well excuse me for being born in qurbaha and having never lived back home, you can't rub your fluency in my face :mad: I'm working on it though... but all things considered, I'm pleased with my level of Somali, and the fact I know more languages than you do fluency? naga daa, dee. i've convinced folks that i'm a dhaqan celis eh.

Safferz;989793 wrote: This one is my favourite, Alpha... reminds me of Addis. Hope to one day understand more than just the gist of songs like this, Amharic is a rich language just like ours. understand afkaaga hooyo first. :p

guleed_ali;989791 wrote: The article is poorly written. How are you going to compare C.E.O's from large corporations to some police officer in MN or some sister who work at a bank in Kenya. Sure they're hardworking individuals and I take nothing away from them. But that's like saying look at us we're not just warlords and khat chewing pirates but we work for a living too. I'd suggest they profile the heads of major corporations, NGO's, educational institutions etc. to show how much influence we have around the world. far too many tokenist Somalis, these days.

Haatu;989748 wrote: Alpha, give this a try abti if you haven't already: just saw the trailer. doesn't seems very interesting. didn't understand what plot? what is it about?

Haatu;989788 wrote: Since you actually work with these people, can you please tell us what their work ethic is like adoo serious ah? Thanks. working with these folks is fine maadaamooy yiheen dad khiyaale ah. i've come to accept their deficiencies. but for the most part, working with them, is a headache. the Somali has an enormous potential if he/she weren't so aggrandising, individually as well as collectively. the Somali is hardworking but this is prone to change, depending on how she/he feels. they appear to demonstrate a willingness to strive lakinse this is hampered by their hastiness, arrogance and pride. indeed they are enterprising folks lakinse whatever ability the Somali possess is largely anomalous. the Somali needs to hone his/her skills, so they could replicate it time and again. also there's no deference nor a hierarchical structures in their culture, which is problematic. balse, their achelis heel still remains, and is predicated on what i call ''xaasid-xaasid psychology''. through eexaad, shakii and unilateral decision making tendencies, they are will continue to lag behind. cala kul xaal.........it's organised chaos. everything functions, albeit vicariously. lakinse with more structures in place to correct these structural qaloocs, the Somali will overcome. is that serious for you, abti?

Cadale;989749 wrote: My mashruuc is going allrite y'alll great stuff. halka ka si wad, inaar.

Somalis are doing ok. much still left to achieve. working at 53% capacity, i reckon.

Khayr;989770 wrote: I wanted to teach Japenese one time but they said that a black man as a Japenese teacher was a hard sell. What a load of bs....I know -right? oh yeah? :cool:

feeling Amharic too in the Horn, this African caweeys. Saffz, are you familiar with the Amharic genre of Tizita? it's nostalgia music. i'm told Ethiopians, beneath their tough exterior, are sentimental beings. ma ruunba? awesome tune.

Safferz;989739 wrote: lool yes Ethiopians and Eritreans are quite nationalist, but Habesha is Habesha so I don't understand why it's offensive when they're still a shared ethnic/cultural group . I get mistaken for Ethiopian on an almost daily basis but I don't get mad this is the same for Somalilanders and Somalians?

friday wanaagsan y'all.

Apophis;989727 wrote: I've changed my view of this man. He is weak and a politically amateur. I no longer believe he will deliver anything significant to the county. A waste of opportunity. who is this? Adan Duale?

He was truly an African hero and leader – a man of indefatigable determination, steely courage, indomitable spirit and unbending will. He endured great hardships and personal sacrifices to bring freedom to his people. Yet, he had a heart big enough to forgive and reconcile. He indeed will rest in peace. The contrast between Mandela and the others is like night and day. Mandela served only one term; they serve 10, 20, 30 and even 40 years in office. And then groom their wives, sons, cats, dogs and even goats to succeed them. The presidency is their family property. Mandela died peacefully in his own country. The others die violently – Khaddafi, shot in between the eyes; Abacha poisoned; Samuel Doe, an ear cut off; Mainassara, blown into bits, etc. Many died in exile or foreign hospitals. Mandela never had a Swiss bank account or a mansion in foreign capital. Most of the others have looted their treasuries clean to build huge fortunes and mansions abroad. Since 1970, over $1 trillion has been removed from Africa in illicit financial flows. Mandela never arrested a critic or anyone who disagreed with him. Many of the others label critics as “terrorists,” “saboteurs,” “counter-revolutionaries,” “colonial stooges,” etc. to be liquidated. One can even be jailed for saying that the president is not well. Mandela could sit down and reconcile with his tormentors and enemies. Most of the others have a heart as cold as ice. Their idea of reconciliation is confrontation with a bazooka, multiple grenade launchers and heavy-duty firepower, ready for battle. Had Africa had just 10 Mandelas after independence in the 1960s, the history of post colonial Africa would have been vastly different. At least, the failed and collapsed states – Somalia, Liberia, Libya, Rwanda, etc. – would have been saved. The problem today is, we can’t remove many of them without destroying our countries. Yet, they are the very same despicable varmints who will troop to Mandela’s funeral and weep uncontrollably. Some coconut tears. Evidently, Mandela’s work is unfinished. Oppression is oppression irrespective of the skin color or race of the oppressor. Africa is still not free. She needs a second liberation from the black neo-colonialists, Swiss bank socialists, Jaguar Marxists, quack revolutionaries, military coconuts, crocodile liberators, briefcase bandits and and and (add yours). George Ayittey

Safferz;989641 wrote: Can we come up with something less pathetic to tell our children than we met on an internet forum? Maybe rewrite our first dates to something more respectable than qat, shisha and YouTube vids at your house too. i don't know what to say. i'm lost for words.''our children''? Maury Povich is still alive, somaha? :cool:

Safferz;989635 wrote: Wrong, my mom is a modern feminista who proposed to my dad when they were both university students in Lebanon how wonderfully romantic.

Safferz;989631 wrote: I interviewed him once, and it's amazing how sharp and lucid his mind still is at his age. He also personally knew my great, great, great grandfather, which was hilarious to me (I'm guessing when he was young, he may have seen him in old age) Abdi Warabe = Silsilada Guba veteran Saffz = a descendant of the marriage treaties, following the Silsilada Guba war.

Wadani;989629 wrote: Haaji Cabdi Waraabe is the main pillar of peace in the northern Somali regions. This man has led a pious and peaceful life, and even forgave the killer of his own father after being sent by his clan with a rifle and a group of youth to get revenge. He not only forgave him but is now married to that mans daughter. He said in an interview the he never missed a prayer and has never committed zina in his entire 100 some odd years on this earth. He was also a proponent of education during the colonial era and was even sentenced to death at one point by the Sand-dweller Suldaan of the time who was a bitter enemy of the British, and who believed they would use these schools to prosetyize Somali children. Also, he has never taken part in clan wars or any camel raids, and said the only battles he's taken part in were defensive and to reclaim looted camels. Odaygu waa cajaaib wallahi. exactly. which is why he's irrelevant in this social media 21st century.

Safferz;989623 wrote: Leave Abdi Warabe alone :mad: or what?

Haatu;989598 wrote: I've seen the courses they offer and I would love to study there but a degree in Somali won't feed a family gender studies here and i'm still surviving.

Apophis;989619 wrote: I agree. In fact I found him meek and unworthy of adoration, which is mostly by whites. Ironic ain't it? They call Mugabe, the one who kicked out the parasites, a "dictator" but praise the one who legitimised their choke hold on South Africa. don't let the whites take him away from us. he's still significant despite their tokenist conferments.

Wadani;989618 wrote: As for Mandela, the man was 95...how can anyone be sad by his passing. He's done his work here on this earth and led a long long life. such hypocracy. sand-dweller supremo Abdi Warabe is alleged to be on the wrong side of a century lakinse he's a complete failure. :cool:;)

a Martin to my Malcolms but a sad loss. he was iconic. he was a hero. sad day. RIP.