let me join the club of cheesyness; my mother once gave me this advice; a man should become a loving husband that will cherish his wife forever, she then looked at my father and said..don't be like him! and we all burst into laughing such a relationship is priceless, Somali women are priceless

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: Gabadha kaliya ee ugu horreeysay ee noqota Duuliye wa naxay when i saw this pic thanks alot bro

Marcas your presence and it's reaction has perfectly demonstrated to me why a person should always keep his/her identity safe and hidden from the Internet,(the name & the shades make sense) basically anything that goes on in the internet should stay on the internet, i would hate to see you getting your name slandered for your contribution on this forum(good or bad - irrelevant). I think some of us need to learn to differentiate between marc's serious posts and when he just feels like clowning and being sarcastic.

posted April 25, 2002 11:10 I swear to god i remember that day, it was a thursday and our class went to Six Flags Holland

Youtube: Excellent documentary from 1991 that exposes how Japan uses predatory trade practices to eliminate U.S. competition and stifle new U.S. competition. This explains how Japan closes its home market to outside competition so that it can compete in the U.S. market from a sanctuary. It also covers Japan's use of lobbyists to represent their interests over that of U.S. workers and entrepreneurs. Even though the documentary was originally broadcast in 1991, it is still relevant today since the U.S. trade deficit with Japan is much worse. Since this video aired 17 years ago, the annual trade deficit with Japan has almost doubled to over $7 billion/month ($88 billion for all of 2006).

A town-hall meeting organized by the Somali Students association at the International Islamic University in KL, Malaysia on February the 2nd 2008. The Chairman and the director of CRD (Somalia) were invited to engage the Somali Students attending Malaysian universities. Over 7 hours in depth town-hall meeting whose main focus was to brief the students on the current situation in Somali and to facilitate an in depth discussion regarding the role of the students in rebuilding the Somali nation. Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle, Director of the CRD, presented a comprehensive analysis of the current socio-economic realities of Somalia, its internal and external dimensions, the foundations of the dynamics that lead to the current unacceptable situation of the country. Using facts and figures compiled by CRD researchers and the contribution of the UN agencies, Universities and other independent analysts. Jabril managed to deliver a detailed background that inform many of the findings in his presentation. This presentation grabbed the students’ attention and it has generated a lengthy discussion that challenged the thinking of many of the students. Over the 1000 Somali student are currently enrolled in universities across Malaysia, while another 2000 students are now attending collogues and polytechnic schools. “We hardly get such fresh in-depth analysis from Somali intellectuals” said Abdirahman Muudeey, President of Somali Student Association. Unlike Somali students in other parts of the world, the rates of those student returning to Somalia is quite high. “Over 78% graduates return to Somalia after earning degrees, of course, where security permits, if Somalia is to recover, these students are the key players of that future” Said a community elder. CRD Chairman, Mohamed Ibrahim covered the role of education in achieving peaceful resolution to the Somali conflict and achieving a fast-tracked sustainable economic development. The discussions focused on the source of the Somali conflict which was identified as a fight over a limited resources, lack of education, and negative external influences. The issue of the tribal alliances was seen as a symptom rather than a cause of the Somali problem, and a useful tool for external elements to ‘divide and rule’. The students were very focused on the real problems facing all Somalis and there was a genuine feeling that the future leaders of Somalia, the students were very much aware and prepared to the challenges lying ahead. Malaysia is one of the few countries where Somalia passport and Somali people in general, still enjoy overwhelming support. “The hospitality given to us, through scholarships, financial support and welcoming environment, has deeply contributed to the success of Somali student here in Malaysia.” Said Yasir Mohamed Baffa, he added “given the current mess in our country, failure is not an option” The town-hall meeting emphasized the need to focus what unites us (Somalis) which is more important than what divides us. A Somali lecturer at Monash University campus in Kuala Lumbar, Hassan Durman presented a very stimulating paper on the Malaysian education system and what we (Somalis) we can learn from this progressive nation. Professor Abdiaziz M, an architecture and lecturer at one of the Malaysian universities gave the students a historical perspective of the current problems in Somalia. ‘I have never seen so many students paying so much attention to this subject, i.e. the rebuilding of the home country’…’this is the first time I have seen students coming back to a lengthy serious town-meeting after not one but two breaks’. It was very apparent to all that students were eager to continue the discussion after 11 pm” this was indicative how CRD’s engagement has had a positive impact on the student. This is not first time that CRD engaged with Somalis in the Diaspora , Similar meetings were held in Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, Africa and Gulf region. Many of the students were very grateful that they were given an opportunity to hear the latest development from home, watch a CRD produced research documentary films and suggestion on how they can participate and contribute to the reconstruction of the country. Abdirahman Muudeey, the president of Somali Students Association in Malaysia thanked the contribution of the CRD leadership and remarked that “this was the first time that Somali students at the IUM were given such a comprehensive briefing, but more importantly were told frank appraisal of the challenges waiting for them” Many of the students felt agitated, intellectually challenged and moved which was precisely one of the objectives of the town hall meeting. Source

Shabeel Nagood is that the Somali equivalent of 'Casanova' or that other dude Don Juan?. May the author rest in peace!

Good topic Isseh, if you look at the history of every East Asian mega-corporation you will notice they have their origins in complete different sectors from the ones they are well known for today. Samsung is one of the largest conglemerates in East Asia and it too started as a small insignificant store in Korea selling sugar, it then proceeded to enter the insurance-business and years later as the brand became bigger and wealthier it entered the electronics world(which is the sector the brand today is famous for). The South Korean government carefully nurtured the steady rise of this company by giving it funds which enabled Samsung to enter the construction world(Today Samsung is also the largest Shipbuilding company in the world and has real estate projects all over Asia and UAE) and now Samsung is a significant pillar of the South Korean Economy I think this Korean succes story could be turned into a Somali succes story. There have been several Somali companies that have flourished after the collapse of central governance, telecommunication,money transfer and Airline companies being the most prominent. It's difficult to estimate what they are worth but since Somali money-transfering is a billion dollar bussiness i estimate the bigger ones to be worth between 50-100 million$ and the smaller ones 10 million$, same with the other sectors. If these companies emulate the East Asian companies by investing in different sectors they could be hitting gold and soon Dahabshiil electronics or Netco-Daryeel heavy construction could be a reality. A future Somali government should leave the private sector as it is today(of course with taxation for public projects) protect the positive changes in the economy and not impose restrictions as it's predecessor did. They should provide security which today is the main obstacle for an atomic Somali economic boom. One area the transparent government(Insha-allah) has to intervene in is the rescource-sector by nationalizing the future Oil&Gas-industry and prevent a Chad-scenario by establishing Somali drill-exploration companies which will exclude the foreign middlemen. The large diaspora has also enabled Somali traders to export their products to new markets in every continent, if as i said before the prominent companies start investing in other sectors like electronics(as in making their own kind of mobiles like Nokia) or the car industry(like Nigeria and Sudan) these new brands could become popular with other Africans and middle Easterners. Example: today most of the electronic hardware in East Africa comes from Somali traders this would not change if Somali electronic companies began supplying their own products Basically my point is Somali companies need to become household names in Africa by expanding into different non traditional sectors and since Somali entrepreneurs allready have a foothold in most of these economies the foundation is there. These ventures if succesfull will also enable the companies to withstand any possible strangulation by the future government since their fate is tied with our economy hence the government can not replay the same mistakes as the old government as this will have a devastating effect on their popularity among the masses and unlike the old government which was dealing with small traders, the future one will be dealing with Tycoons. Peace!.

That's how i see her, and it's in a complimentary way not sinister, the avatar,the hot-or-not/hairstyle topics, it makes sense when you think about it, but it was never derogatorial, hope you are aware of this modesty, anyways i'm out.

i will come up with something else, at the moment there is nothing i can do. Cheers

lol 'we'? nothing sinister about my reply actually that part of her post was unexplained, hence my theory for it's inclusion. I don't know where this sudden need to bodyguard( or ridicule one's own people) is coming from but i find it disturbing.

I found this part funny.. Originally posted by Modesty: "In fact, I observed many of them to be wearing hijab, or have beards." That's a big no no to our Fashion Queen you probably felt like reporting them all on the basis of 'Fashion of mass obsolete'

if i'm the bees knee's then your the cat's pajama's

hmm.. 1.2.3

Interesting.

lol you guys don't get his joke? that's not the type of colorist i was looking for. ps Northerner are you serious?

? EDIT: found one,peace!

lol,sorry

Then i must be too hot :cool: peace

Your cryptic Sister Sheh, i went back and forth - reread my post and your post a few times and still i'm lost. who's multi-tasking?

i registered, checked my inbox for the activation code, only to find out i made a typo in my email-adress and now it's send to an imaginary e-mail adress. this is a hidden sign.

She must have been amazed by his reaction which in a way is comical yet pathetic(especially if children are involved) i wish her well, but it's not like he married the sister for her 'hair' only and it will grow back eventually so he is over reacting. Personally i would have done something bizzare aswell like use that stuff Old Somali men use on their beards to make it red/orange only now on my Hair. Any wife will be bothered by the fact their holding hands in the mall with a guy who's hair resemble that clown IT therefore discussing such things with eachother would prevent situation's like these

Originally posted by Faarax-Brawn: You guys have not seen anything yet. Caano,if you are shocked by those names,look at this list(I got forwarded thru a Kenyan site)of Kenyan Names. There is a tribe called LUOS who live on the banks of Lake Victoria,with "out of this world" names. Here is a Sample. Ps.Some names are kenyan item names. ENJOY viagra otieno upstairs anyango website opondi big pun swara odipo bunsen burner obiero fbi japuonjo were. hotmail auko weinerschnitzel otieko disk drive odongo pole vault opala pilsner ice omollo dr.livingstone ouma daniel arap moi okech consistent auma wesley substone ondego state house okumu situation odera wall unit aketch nyama thomas. (nyama choma) 1-800-onyango nyayo odundo okwach bootylicious omweri mercideses rear apondi speaker phone aketch computer packages adoyo at&t akinyi jeep cherockee ogolla alqaeda adoyo pathfinder ogolla constitution ochouth hallucination akinyi stupendous olooo windows 95 atieno millenium bug! otieno larry king live otieno linux owiti partition oduor haxor onyango firewall omondi ftp ochola windows xp donde mentally challenged opiyo k.i.e book 2 onyango litmus paper aketch bill gates ocholla....hes real ,lives in pango! otieno mama mia action "jackshon" okello state-of-the-art ochieng silicon valley ouma atkinson dot com (atkinson.com)awinja monica lewinsky apiyo y2k owuok homeland security onge I can't stop laughing hahaha my stomach hurts....Hey windows Xp come here boy.. loooooooooooool ohhhh man i'm dying here...My name is Larry King Live otieno meet my brother Millenium Bug Otieno...woahahaha i can't breath,i can't breath..

at least those came with a warning and without the code. I'm just saying keep other members in mind before you post such images