Samjaama, everything is written, just relax.

How many threads have you ruined with your self-opiniated bile? Eat this lol:

Elite South Korean University Rattled by suicides DAEJEON, South Korea — It has been a sad and gruesome semester at South Korea’s most prestigious university, and with final exams beginning Monday the school is still reeling from the recent suicides of four students and a popular professor. Academic pressures can be ferocious at the university, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, known as Kaist, and anxious school psychologists have expanded their counseling services since the suicides. The school president also rescinded a controversial policy that humiliated many students by charging them extra tuition if their grades dipped. After the last of the student deaths, on April 7, the Kaist student council issued an impassioned statement that said “a purple gust of wind” had blown through campus. “Day after day we are cornered into an unrelenting competition that smothers and suffocates us,” the council said. “We couldn’t even spare 30 minutes for our troubled classmates because of all our homework. “We no longer have the ability to laugh freely.” Young people in South Korea are a chronically unhappy group. A recent survey found them to be — for the third year in a row — the unhappiest subset among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Education Ministry in Seoul said 146 students committed suicide last year, including 53 in junior high and 3 in elementary school. Psychologists at the university said very few students had sought counseling in recent days because of the time crunch brought on by finals. Ironically, during this period of maximum stress, therapists were handling only a handful of cases, mostly for anxiety. “Remember that the students here are still very young and they haven’t had much experience with unpredictable situations,” said Kim Mi-hee, a staff psychologist at the campus counseling center, who estimated that about 10 percent of Kaist students had come to the center for help. “To deal with problems they tend to lock into rumination mode. “But they’re so smart and so bright, they actually cope with stress pretty well. They have great capabilities of insight, so once they do get treatment, it can go pretty fast.” But there is still no full-time psychiatrist on call, and Kaist professors receive no training on how to spot overstressed or depressed students. Even the entryway to the counseling suite can feel somewhat less than welcoming. Recent visitors found the front door partially blocked by a dead tree in a broken ceramic planter. South Korea as a whole ranks first among O.E.C.D. nations in suicide and is routinely among the leaders in developed nations. Subway stations in Seoul have barriers to prevent people from jumping in front of arriving trains, and eight bridges in the capital have installed closed-circuit suicide-watch cameras. Suicides of singers, models, beloved actors, athletes, millionaire heiresses and other prominent figures have become almost routine in South Korea. A former president, Roh Moo-hyun, threw himself off a cliff in 2009 after losing face with his countrymen. But the suicides of the four Kaist undergraduates — three jumped to their deaths and a 19-year-old freshman overdosed on pills — have stunned the nation in a profound and poignant way. (The professor, a biologist who was reportedly being audited for the misuse of research funds, hanged himself on April 10.) The competition for a place in a leading university begins in middle school for most South Korean students. More than 80 percent of Korean young people go to college, and parents here spend more money per child on extra classes and outside tutoring — including military-style “cram schools” — than any other country in the O.E.C.D. The pressure builds to a single day in November, when a national college entrance exam is held. Some mothers pray at churches or temples throughout the day as their children take the test, which is given only once a year and lasts nine hours. The South Korean Air Force even adjusts its flight schedule so as not to disturb the test takers. The ultimate goal for most students is acceptance at one of the so-called SKY schools — Seoul National, Korea or Yonsei universities. In South Korea’s status-conscious society, a degree from a SKY school is nearly a guarantee of a big career and lifelong prosperity. Pedigree is everything. But Kaist is different. The university pays no regard to the national exam and instead recruits almost all of its students from among the elite seniors at special science-oriented high schools. Kaist admits only about 1,000 freshmen each year. A personal interview, high school grades and recommendations from principals count the most. Kaist students are academically gifted, to be sure, but they are also seen as the future leaders of Korea’s vaunted technology-driven economy. In a sense, once they gain entrance to Kaist, the students become national treasures. As a result, many feel a huge (and sometimes crushing) burden to live up to the country’s expectations. The statement by the Kaist student leaders even referred to Kaist students as “the future luminaries of Korea’s sciences.” The pressures can become too much for some students, especially those who have always been academic superstars but suddenly find themselves struggling to excel against much stiffer competition. “They’ve always been No. 1 in high school, but once they get to Kaist maybe they’re No. 40, or No. 400, and they realize they can’t possibly keep up,” said Oh Kyung-ja, a Harvard-trained professor of clinical psychology at Yonsei University. “The competition can be cruel.” Suh Nam-pyo, a renowned mechanical engineer who taught for many years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became president of Kaist in 2006. He soon instituted a series of changes aimed at modeling Kaist after M.I.T. and other world-class science and research universities. He mandated, for example, that all courses would be taught in English. That move led to campus-wide consternation because not all students and faculty members were fully fluent in English. Mr. Suh also engineered a system that required students to pay extra tuition for each hundredth of a point that their grade point average fell below 3.0 (based on a 4.3-point system). All students pay a token fee each semester, Kaist administrators said, but otherwise their tuition is free, financed by government scholarships. Under the so-called punitive tuition program, a bad semester could cost a student’s family thousands of dollars. The program, which was applauded at first, has since led to deep humiliation and anxiety among many students. Those who struggled and lost their full rides suddenly saw themselves as losers. Some critics, calling it ruthless, even blamed the program for the recent suicides. Mr. Suh, faced with withering criticism, recently ended most parts of the tuition plan, and the school announced that some courses would now be taught in English and Korean. - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/asia/23southkorea.html?pagewanted=all

Elevator camera shows South Korean teen before suicide jump . REPORTING FROM SEOUL — The video footage is chilling. An apartment surveillance camera shows a uniform-clad 17-year-old old high school girl only moments before she committed suicide in the city of Daejeon this month. The tape shows the girl examining her image in the elevator mirror before pushing the button for the 14th floor, where she jumped to her death. Authorities say the girl, an only daughter, had suffered bullying at school and her death has raised a cry for new laws against the cruel practice. South Korea has one of the world's highest rates of teen suicide. Last year, 146 students ages 6 to 18 took their own lives. Nearly 71% of deaths among teenagers were attributed to suicide. “Our daughter committed suicide because she was an outcast and did not get any help even from her teacher,” the girl’s family said in an Internet posting, calling for students and the teacher to be punished severely. The victim’s 24-year-old cousin also filed a posting under the title, “Do you know anything about the suicide of a high school girl in Daejeon?” “She suffered from bullying and others considered her an outcast since September. She asked for help, but the teacher” was indifferent, the posting said. The surveillance camera tape taken before the girl’s death has been made public on his blog. It shows the girl, her hair long and straight, wearing a backpack, leave the elevator on the second floor, where she lives with her family. Moments later, the footage shows her re-entering the elevator and after staring at herself in the mirror, she presses the button for the 14th floor. The South Korean press reported Friday that authorities at the school have denied that the teacher ignored the girl’s pleas. They said the teacher advised the student to talk with her classmates. “The best answer is to talk and solve it with them. Then, they made an appointment to meet the teacher the next day since the teacher in charge said she felt ill,” said a school official. They added that they have begun an investigation into the incident. In this high-pressure East Asian nation, residents are taking their lives at a rate that is three times higher than two decades ago. The rise has given South Korea the highest suicide rate among the 34 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The nation's rate of self-inflicted deaths is sizably higher than those of other nations in the organization, according to 2009 statistics, the most recent available. In South Korea, 15,413 took their lives that year, or 28.4 for every 100,000 residents. That was higher than Japan's 19.4 and twice the average rate of other OECD nations. To make matters worse, experts here estimate that the suicides represent only 10% of the attempted suicides. - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/12/south-kora-teen-suicide-rates-footage-shows-high-school-girl-in-elevator-just-before-jump-from-build.html /

Somalis are more business-minded than the Angolans, and during their own civil-war there was little to no development, while Somalis have rebuild entire cities and established various successful companies engaging in technology, construction and transport. Therefore Somalis have what it takes to excell and make a historic leap into prosperity, if they give reconciliation and peace a chance.

Whose fault is this? Look at pre-civil war Somalia, you heard none of these type of stories, and the Somali diaspora was one of the smallest in the world, despite plenty of countries with more opportunities and wealth, people chose to stay in their birth-country. These people have been killed by the incompetent leaders across Somalia, and their filthy militia-men dubbed national and regional armies disrupting their way of life, and livelyhoods. They might not have shot them directly with live ammo, but the result is the same. It makes you angry, but then you look at the politics section and it all makes sense.

The only time a Somali husband can get away with beating his wife is if the latter has no male relatives, in-fact even in conflict - after the collapse or corruption of the superstructure that is the State - the only time a woman faces abuse is when the male relatives have been overpowered or obliterated. If they are still very much alive and a power to be reckoned with the backlash that comes with abuse is usually a great enough deterrent for would-be-beaters/abusers.

Throw misygonists, tribalists and bigots in a single pan, mix them up and the result is this topic.

^Lol, I'm happy in the realm of love sxb, so I have no interest in Blue, as charming and compatible she might be. I was trying to kick-start something within you, but instead you came back with another post complimenting your seven pages strong homage to Steve Carrel's character in "Crazy, Stubid, Love". Blue is a Cosmosexual lady, maybe its time you became a Metrosexual brother.

Carafaat;779076 wrote: Look how Chimera is bragging about being loyal and his 9 star approval rate. Even after being flooded with compliments by Juxa and Blue, he even adds more compliments to himself! And not even saying thanks or showing modesty. I would atleast downplayed any compliments, and say, maya abaayo ani wiil iska caadiya ayaan ahay, kolay dabeecado aan wanaagsanneen macaa waan leyahay, waa iska caadi, or something. LOL - Carafaat, I'm a brag-artist and I love compliments, and when I stay silent more compliments follow, because I know how the human mind works, and can shape people perception to my advantage. You're attempting to psycho-analyse me but fail. Here, let me help you built a better profile of me; my choice of fragrance is Givenchy, my choice in women is Somali, my four favorite genres in film are Thriller - Action - Comedy - Fantasy, I'm a gym-rat and I love to eat a slice of classic New York cheese cake every friday evening --------- unfortunately sxb you just wasted precious time analysing and building a profile of a brother (wishing you well) instead of analysing what Bluelicious likes to do in life, or what her interests are. If you truly like her then there should be a certain fire within you; a sense of wishing to conquer her(for lack of a better word), because you consider a simple glance of hers worth more than any treasure known to man and acquiring her hand more prestigious than inheriting any kingdom on this vast planet. You should have a passion to be better than the man that is currently on her mind, as long as she is not wearing his ring, there is an open window. Where is your sense of competition sxb? Instead of emotionally blackmailing her into liking you, or throwing guys like me under the train, rise to the challenge. Nobody gets anything in this world for free.

Osman Ali Aato!

You should have posted it Narniah, without saying it was you. People on youtube can still steal your video, rename it and distribute it under a different name. A common tactic to combat theft is a big watermarked logo with your name or your "show's name" attached to the bottom (or any corner) of your video for its entire duration.

Somalina, this is the most promising panorama I have seen of Mogadishu in a long while, it shows you the resilience of this 1000 year old city!: I can't wait for the road to be repaved, the garbage to be cleared, and a serious construction boom of highrise buildings to take place. The thought of packing a backpack and booking a trip with Turkish Airlines to Mogadishu somewhere in 2013/14 and walk on that specific road at sunset is truly dreamgasm. Somalina;775973 wrote: Excellent! Reinvention is the key to our renaissance.

Juxa;778941 wrote: Chimera back off.........your fantasticness is getting in the way of this love story. That was not my intention. In the cyberworld I'm still married to Ibtisam, and I'm a loyal man.

Alles gaat z'n gangetje, alhamdulilah.

Jacaylbaro;778524 wrote: Naaah ,,, There I would think of something else That something else you wouldn't think of ON THE BED? LOL

Hallo Juxa, alles goed?

This video really disgusted me! The history and ruins of Berbera has been humiliated with the most hilarious tag; 'Turkiga dhisay!' Epic face-palm. A thousand year old city that traded through the ages with the Tang Dynasty of China, and the Abbassid & Ummayad Caliphates of the Near East has seen its proud history twisted by a temporary occupation that lasted less than 10 years. 1000 years vs 10 years, unbelievable! I have seen similar cultural misappropriation with old towns like Saylac, its disgusting.

Jacaylbaro, that's not where you read a book (or anything for that matter), here is:

The most important thing is that she actually likes you, even if its a little bit, otherwise you're a nuisance. Imagine a 200 lb woman with acne and rotten teeth chatting you up, would you enjoy that? That's basically what you are to her if she dislikes you around her, it doesn't matter that you're a reasonably good looking brother. Therefore, if you even have an inkling of a feeling that she perceives you in that light, do a tactical retreat. If she doesn't, which is the vibe I'm getting from my Dutch sister towards you, then you should prove yourself through your actions. Pick-up lines are fake as hell.

Walaal that's not how you shukaansi a qalanjo, especially one raised in Holland!

Inspiring project! The last entry was in August, are you still in Las Anod, Ibti? Reassure us.

She is cute.

kingofkings;778002 wrote: well, Puntland is a state recognized by US, EU, and UN and, as result, has the power to use its resources without central government. we know this is true because it is happening now. no need for dowlad dhexe. Puntland is a state recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. Don't get niggardly with mother Somalia you ungrateful little b@stard lol, who established the majority of major roads in modern day Puntland? Mama Somalia! Who build the current port in Bosaso? Mama Somalia! Repent walaal, and show respect to our hooyo!

Nice one, I placed a scene there instead of the embassy, of which I couldn't find a single architectural description.