Today's pictorial blog: These following hoteelo were opened in the last six months or so. All are owned by Soomaalis and are located side by side from one another, only a block or so between them. Our 'own' hotel in Islii, Nomad Palace Hotel. Xataa geelka logo u ah. SOL should sue. It is also Islii's own '5-Star' hotel, costing betwen $50-70 per night. Grand Royal Hotel. Madiina Mall. A restaurant, a hotel, shopping centre and upcoming hospital/clinic that is yet to open. Islii's own Barclays. Islii has more than a dozen different banks. All reputable major banks of East Africa have a major branch in Islii. Kilimanjaro. Islii's favourite modern maqaayad, congregated by Reer Galbeedka Soomaalis. It is also Islii's most expensive maqaayad, and always busy. It is in this restaurant that I met a Reer Koronto guy. He was like intee ka timid, New York? London? Maya, Toronto ku iri. Qosol asagii. So am I kulahaa. And on the top of that, he lived at the very street I lived at and we never met in Toronto. He was going to Xamar, geesi iga dheh.

Malika, waa runtaa, great restaurants ku yaalo. I took top Soomaali restaurant in Islii's picture today. I will post it in a moment. Soomaalida maqaayadahooda Kenyaatiga ka shaqeeyo downtown ugu imaado during lunch time. Waa very inexpensive and yet delicious, non-Soomaalis long ago realized that.

Showqi, waa kugu salaamaa, brother. Reer Kanada si uu qadariyaa maadaama niman uu qadarin jiray oo dalkeena usoo halgamay ku duugan carada Kanada -- marxuumadaas oo kala ah Cabdullaahi Maajoor (xildhibaan in '60s) iyo Max'ed Cawaale Liibaan (halyeygii alifay calankeena suuban). Ismahaan, hakuna matata. Saasa gaani, ariireey. Afkaan sagashameydii dhexdeeda inta aan joogay baran waayee ma haddaa baranaa. Nuunka, kaas iyo qaafkiisa iskama warhaayaan yaah. Ar Reer Islii iyo beentooda micnodarada ah. Soomaalina, abaayadiis, waxaa sheegtay wey jiraan and they are in rare cases. Wax gaajo u dhimanaayo oo Soomaali ah maleh horta. Gabdhaha yar yar aad sheegtay wey jiraan, laakiin waa rare, very rare oo waalidkoodana la socdo laakiin gabdhaha ayee soo diraan maadaama dadka ka naxaayaan than dad waa weyn. And again waa few people in rare places. Waxee badanaa istaagaan iridaha laga galo hoteelada qaaliga ah. I used to see few of them the last time aan inta joogay maadaama hoteelo mar mar seexan jiray (don't ask me why ). Again, saas uma badno waana dhif dhif lagu arkaa, badanaana fiidkii lagu arkaa hoteeladaas qaarkood hortooda. Hooyooyinkoodana la socdo oo gaajo weyn ma wada heyso. I guess your aunt hoteelaadaas mid kamid ah ee ku degtay. Dadka tuugsada wey jiraan, inkastoo, Rabi mahadiis, aynan badneen. Badanaa dumar u badan oo dhif dhif ah, siiba dumar jiro haayo ama dhaawac soo gaaray. Dadka tuugsiga ku badan waa Kenyaatiga, and not Soomaalis. Kenyaati jilbaabo iyo qamiisyo isku soo taagay, maqlay Soomaalida deeqsi ah oo jilbaab, indhashareer iyo qamiis hadda u gishatiin Muslimiin idin moodo wax ku heleysiin. Ciyaal 'jokoro' (street boys/ciyaal suuq) noqday mar jiri jiray oo Soomaali ah laakiin taas Rabi mahadiis Soomaali isku xilqaantay oo jidadka ka aruuriye oo meel ku xanaaneeye, nolol maalmeedkoodana siiye. Marka 'jokoro' Soomaali ciyaal ah maba lagu arkaayo inta sanadahaan dambe. About community iyo midnimo, Soomaali meel walba ee joogto ee kala wadaagaan. Koley waa iska garan kartaa. Kuwa ganacsiga ku midoobay jiro, oo ganacsata waa weyn wada leh, kuwaas wax aan ka ahayn wax Soomaali kale u doodaayo waa yaryihiin. Meesha ugu soo sokeeyso Soomaali u doodeyso waa safaaradda Soomaaliya ee dalkaan. Chimera, mahadsanid, brother. That password waaba iska ilooway. Were you still using it? Waaw. Wyre, aniga lee yaabanaa adiga iyo Nuunka ileen wax ila aragteen. Dadkaan inta joogo waxaasaa ka daacad ah, caadi ayba la tahay.

Today's blog: Lies, damning lies and Islii. One fact a person who visits and is not famliar with Islii would immediately realize in his/her stay from the get-go is lies. The pathological lies. The lie doesn't have to be important, dadka wey u barteen. Minor, nothing, major, unimportant lie -- dadkiina lying and liars u wada eg. An example is, you would call a person and without even asking where he is at, he would tell you he is at Mombasa or somewhere while at the same time uu Islii ku rafanaayo. He didn't need to tell you that, especially since you didn't even ask him meeshuu joogo on that time. Since a pathological liar forgets the more he lies, he forgets telling you this lie and unaware of his lie, he might even visit you at home ileen isma ogee. Haddaa ku qabatidna ku leeyahay, hadda, hadda soo galay, another damning lie. Masoo buubay. Wax loo baahneen been laga wada sheegaa. I guess it is another side of buufis.

Showqi, brother seytuun iyo canuuni midkoodba kuma arkin Nayroobi dhan, iskaba dhaaf Islii. Qaro, cambo iyo caananaas lee tuban meel walba, mar marna tufaax iyo canab arkee. Mar dhif ayaa raqeey arkay. Valenteenah (carabka iga qaloocdayba trying to pronounce magacaaga ), no, I didn't migrate. Other reasons u joogaa, abaayadiis and yes, waa noqonaa. Soomaalina, maqaayado aad u cunto macaan ku yaalo inta, qaarkood very modernised, oo pizza iyo sandwich kala nooc ka heleysaa. All owned by, of course, Soomaalida. They have names like Kilimanjaro, Milano, Andalus to name a few. Dharka inta laga xirtana maba la sheegi karo, koley hal bahal ayaa aad ugu muuqdo beryahaan -- bahalkaas oo ah, of course, indhashareerka. Dad kala jaan ah wada xirto ama siyaabo kala duwan u xirto. Kooxba si u xirataa, but the main groups are: Kuwa u xirto indhashareerka waji qaris, oo dadka ugu sheekeeye inay dhoofeen ama inay ka dhuuntaan rabo. Kuwa suuqleey ah oo banaanka miisas la fadhiyo oo busta iyo qoraxda ka xiranaayo. Kuwa hoteelada booqdo oo dadka iska qariyo waxee yihiin maadaama meesha waxa ka dhacaayo la ogyahee. Kuwa wajigooda see daawooyin ugu wadeen qorax wajigooda ka ilaalinaayo, maalintii markee baxaan indhashareer isku taago Kuwa tuugsado wajigooda qarsado. Iyo of course, kuwa u dambeeyo oo wadaadnimo u xirto, a la Barbaarta-style. Adi kuwee ku jirtaa taloow? And your comment of 'wuu aroosay.' All I can say is :D Malika, meeshaan yaaba kabo usoo qaadan karo. I know it very well, oo each time aan imaado three pairs of sandals jilicsan keensadaa. Kabo maba lagu gishan karo, haddaa gishatidna ciyoow kaa dhamaanaayo. Will you come visit to Islii again? Bob, xaa sheegoysaa, wewe. Afkaas maba la i tuso. Saak, saas miyaa? Ma hubtaa? :D Libaax, aabo aad u fiicanyahay, mahad alle. In fact sawirkaan aan ka qaaday in Diseembar ku tusinaa. He is still kicking and well, Eebba mahadiis.

Lixkarooneey, yep, this year is my tenth anniversary. SOL is one of the best sites out there for me. And I am not exaggerating. Che, Mr. Refulooshanari, kacdoonada ka socdo Carabada adaa ka dambeysay la yiree xaaka jiro.

Haye, haye, haye, ma bilowday jacburiskaaga. Kooweey koow.

Ahahaha, bas, bas, bas. Tuujka eberaa ka dhignee waaka qaleyneynaa. Haye, xaaji, waa inoo mar kale, widaaygiis.

Ila dheel

Lixkaroon waligey ma arkin qof iskugu wacay ama la dhaho ee maxaa horta ugu wacan. Shan lee ma u badan. Faadumo Qaasin heesteeda ayaaba dhaanto iyadaa 'kun qof iiga roonoow' ku heesi jirtee.

Intuu baraf socdo uma socdi dhulkaas. Allaheey ka alla. Haye, goormaa inta joogtay adi? Nofeembar dhexdeed maa joogtay inta?

Soo jaf jaf oo soo hur hurguf kaas. Ottawa baraf ku dilaayo yaa ogaada maskiinka. Aah, I hadn't seen baraf quite sometime. Maxaa ka neefsaday, by the time aan noqdo it will be three years of winter's non-baraf for me.

I was just looking around the new SOL and that stat above caught my eye. Whoa, I didn't know SOL was this exclusive.

Ciiddii Carafada imid. In fact, waqtiga Ciidda salaada Heathrow airport diyaarad fadhiso ku jiray oo ciryaamo la kici weysay. Iskeen adiga iyo Tuujka. Intuu joogaa hadda? Yurub?

Aaah, jecliyaa jabkooda, ar jecliyaa. Soo aruuriya, oo god ku wada rida qabqable walba kii ahaan jiray. Still inay immunity leeyihiin ismoodeen, kuwaas qabiilnimo ugu daniinaayana yaa u sheego qabiil qabiil waa laga gudbay, jaahilnimo wey dhamaatay.

Nice. Ugaandha ha u qaataan ama Burundi. God Labaatanjiroow camal Ugaandha ku yaalana haku ridaan, waligiisna kasoo noqon. Jecliyaa jabka qabqable.

'Dual' approaches ma'ahee waa hypocritical approaches. You can almost taste the animated words of Hillary Clinton when she talks about banaanbaxyada yar yar ka socdo Iiraan, but kuwa Baxreena? They are even more scared than kuwii Masar ka socday maadaama Baxreen Shiica (read: Iiraan, Iiraan) qabsada ka cabsanaayaan Obama's maamul awalba xishmad yar u haaye laakiin waxaan waa too much.

nuune;695603 wrote: 14 Babababa, waa weynaatee, igaarkeey. Ki salaamay, widaay.

Salaams and helloing from Islii. To those who need basic instruction and not that familiar about what is famously called 'city within a city' of Nayroobi, then this blog is not for you. To others, all welcome. I have been here in the last three months, and Islii never stops surprising me, especially the wild ride of booming and never-ending property wars. It is ridiculous. Too ridiculous. The price a small piece of land costs in Islii, especially on prime locations, is too, too, too ridiculous. Just in the past month, an empty non-prime land about a boos and half that used to be dugsi costed, it has been said, 600 million Kenyan shillings. I can't convert it to US dollars now, but you can do the math online. I will explore this topic mar kale, for now qeyr iyo wanaag idiin dhaafay. And enjoy those pictures I just took on today. The building on the left is Emirates Shopping Mall located on the 9th Street and a neighbouring building. Its upper floors consist a fully equipped rented residential flats that cost $650 per month. Yep. Should you and your family wish to 'vacation' Islii for a month or two, this building is for you since you wouldn't even need a spoon to buy.

at 'duty free' shop. Bababa, garoonka Aaden Cadde waa duulay oo looma gali karo.

Ama this:

caydarus;692173 wrote: sxb amison skilling our brothers and sisters in mogadisho.........lol... Killing our 'brothers and sisters' iyo LOL intee isku raacaan. Bisinka. Walaahi waala yaabay, damiirkii ayaaba dadka qaarkood kasii tagooyo, mise ameeba waalasho yar tahay.

Rabi ha u raxmado, walaaloow. Samir iyo iimaan adiga iyo reerkaba. Aad iyo aad ugu xumahay, mar kale janadii Fardowso Eebbe haka waraabiyo -- aamiin, aamiin.

More like 'Calaacal on Farmaajo.' Farmaajo jid toosan ayuu ku socdaa, waaba la dhacay ficilada ay dowladiisa ku dhaqmeyso so far.