at SOL members' each inside sources. Well, my close sources say, too, hadduu soo toosay sariirta kasoo kacay. P.S. -- This just in -- sadex xabo oo canjeero uu ka tuuray for quraac, canjeero Xabashi, that is.

Waa runtiis Amiin Caamir. Dadkaas saas inay u fikiraan waaba ka suurowdaa.

Somalis in Minneapolis aren't the largest Somali population in the world outside of Somalia. I could be wrong but that title goes to Nairobi. Amuu ula jeeday Mareykanka bas. Soomaalida xaga degan xataa uma maleeyi inay yihiin Soomaalida ugu badan degan dalalka Galbeedka. London iyo Toronto Soomaalida degan ka badan.

Saadi Cali Warsame yaaka xanaajiye, si ayee politically u kacsantahay dhawaantaan. Yaa isku taabtaabtay xaajiyadaan.

'Be afraid' uu qoray the poster. Maxaa laga cabsanaa meesha yaalo, ani koley wax laga cabsado ma arki ka ahayn some colourful, heavy garments. NNC, inta uu a keenay.

at 'isku tuur.' Allaheey ka alla, mayooy. Tuujka, heesaha Kuusoow hal hees lee si fiican u xasuustaa, taas oo ah: Muna walaaleey Magan kuu roon Moora dadoow mana kiin galoow Mana kiin hadoow Maangaabana... Maxaa ku keentay Kuusoow Kunterwaaroow's songs now? Eebbe ha u naxariisto marxuumka.

Of course, sister, waa three bedroom apartment at xaafadda Islii waliba. The rent is $400 a month. You can get that same amount and price for estate house consisting five bedrooms and three washrooms in the suburbans of Nayroobi, laakiin Soomaalida ma rabto, Islii wada rabaan iyo other high-valued estates like South B/C. Yes, some families spend a lot more than that. My sister, her husband and her eight children live in the suburbans of Nayroobi. They spend something close to $3,000 a month. Her husband is a senior executive at the UN's Soomaaliya office in Nayroobi oo nasiib ayee leeyihiin oo iyaga ismasaruufo. Of course a huge junk of it goes to school fees for their children. They got tired paying expensive rents, now they bought a nice house. Marka waa saas.

Inyoow, ma galaayi Mudug. Mudug gal kulahaa. Haddaa diido inaa galana maxaa dhacaayo? Nice hees, especially in the end.

Meeqo boqor kulahaa. Waraa aniga laba boqor bas ayaa kuu xasuustaa Soomaalida soo martay, magacyadoodana waa caan, waxeena kala ahaayeen: Bucur Baceyr iyo Geedi Shaamboow. Wax labadaas ka baxdan ma jiraan.

I don't know about other parts of Kenya, but it sure is expensive to live in Nayroobi. Let me just tell you this: My parents live there and they consist a father, a hooyo, wiil aabo la joogo and another gabar cuntada u kariso. Only four of them in most of the time, if you take out the visiting family members and siblings from diaspora throughout the year. We send to them $700-$800 a month in basics. And it is not even enough sometimes. The family sometimes spends $1,000 a month. Waa yaabeysaa ku dhahay. Those families who couldn't afford moved away from Nayroobi, to towns and cities like Mombaasa, Nakuuru and Thika.

To him, it already doesn't exist in his mind. It is just his personal bank, using its natural resources sida uu u jecelyahay. Afrikan heads of state badan saas u fikiro. Some Soomaalis to do this day blame Siyaad Barre politically, but Siyaad Barre was never like any of those African dictators. He never accumulated anything personal; he kept his ego in check.

Dadkaan ayaa la leeyahay hala maamulo oo dowlad ha helaan. Kii imaadaba mucaarad ku ah. Waa gartoona, in their cushy living rooms of the Galbeedaka ayee always dacaayad bilaash ah ka wadaan, dhib iyo culeysna kuma heyso malaayiinta Soomaaliyeed qaxooti ku ah, kuna rafaadsan dalka gudahiisa iyo dibadiisaba, una baahan dal ay si nabad ah ugu noolaadaan oo ay xor u yihiin, the same nabad iyo xor kuwa iga koreeyo enjoy daily in their adopted countries with their ever grinning " ". Horaa loo yiri calool dheregsan calool baahan kama naxdo. How fitting. Dad waxba ka qasneen waaye, waa gartoona again inay iska dhoolacaddeeyaan had iyo jeer.

Originally posted by NinaNC: quote:For instance, Swaziland's King Mswati III is the beneficiary of two funds created by his father in trust for the Swazi nation. During his reign he has absolute discretion over use of the income, which has allowed him to build palaces for each of his 13 wives and send them on worldwide shopping sprees. Yeah enjoy yourself while your kingdom has the highest HIV infection rate in the world (26.1% of all adults) and also the lowest life expectancy. Go shopping while 69% of your people live below the poverty line CIA- The World Fact Book I won't even get into the 13 wives knowing how women are treated in Swaziland. Axmaq fooqal axmaq. Iska dhaaf ha iska baashaalee nooh.

Who will be the groom and bride? 'Get married' uuba meesha noogu soo dhajiye.

Daa'uud, waxaan iska dhaafee, Reer UK and their tabloids, iiga waran Holland. How was the mood in Netherlands in the past couple days? Robben was robbed a penalty miyaa, is that what the Dutch believe?

Well said Sh. Cumar Faaruuq. Glad to see some sane, reasonable wadaads out there still.

Libaax would disagree, LoL. He would bring many of his poor excuses and accuse Muller of not doing anything, but being an iska orod orod player. Well done to Muller again. I am glad he won both prizes.

I can't believe a sane Soomaali person in this year of 2010, in this month of Luulyo, would defend kuwaas la baxay Barbaarta. Only online perhaps. Wax la difaaco iyo wax la amaano iyo kuwaas kala dheer. Dad completely kasoo horjeedo dhaqankeena suuban, kasoo horjeeda, lana dagaalamaayo calankeena jiro. Dad maalmaha xoriyadeena aan maqli karin, naceyb iyo waxee u haayaan midkoodba la ogeyn. Kii laba erey ku dhaha aynan jecleen qoorta ka goynaayo, justified or not, completely ruling in fear. Kuwaas Soomaali ma'ahee wax kale ii sheega. To me, Soomaali ma ila aha. Kuwii kuwaas qeyr iyo wax kale ka sugaayana, amaanaayana, difaacaayana, both offline and online, I don't think inay yihiin dad fiyoow.

The man (actually creature) of the tournament is this octopus. Fantastically done, Mr. Paulo. Eight out of eight prediction, that is more than luck.

I hope in Soomaali lagu eedeyn, Soomaali waxba galabsana laga aargudan. Kuwii aan ogaa and knowing them, in no time they will claim credit for this, even haddeenan sameynin. Waa ogahay kuwaas. Soomaalida dalkaas degan lee ayee life harder ugu dhigi doonaan.

PS: The game Referee was one trigger-happy chap. [big Grin] He has completely ruined the game for both teams. I am convinced English newspapers will not grace him with kind words come tomorrow. The English referee, Howard Webb, is very, very well-known in the Premiership and Champions League games, for his happy-to-give cards, so he is not new to the English tabloids.

NNC, wiilkaaga biladaha kuu qaatee, feeri habi tahay yaah maanta. Awguuriyo hee. Well done Mr. Muller Madaale, as I call him. ________________ Muller claims two coveted crowns To 'muller' is a well-understood verb in colloquial German, if a shade out of date. Some 36 years after Gerd Muller last graced the global footballing stage at the 1974 FIFA World Cup™, the term is set for an explosive comeback in the German-speaking world, thanks to Gerd’s namesake Thomas. Following his outstanding performance in South Africa, the 20-year-old has been named Hyundai Best Young Player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup by FIFA’s Technical Study Group (TSG), while his five goals and three assists saw him also claim the coveted adidas Golden Shoe. "Thomas Muller’s rapid rise through the senior football ranks has been nothing short of remarkable. A fringe player with Bayern Munich just two seasons ago, and with a first international cap coming only in March of this year, the 20-year-old striker has captured the imagination of fans everywhere with his pulsating approach play and vital goals,” the TSG said last Friday at the announcement of a three-strong shortlist for the prestigious award. Muller’s bustling display in Germany’s 3-2 win over Uruguay in Saturday’s third-place play-off, where he opened the scoring with his fifth goal of the tournament, ultimately saw the Bayern youngster edge out fellow candidates Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) and Andre Ayew (Ghana) for the award. Muller is the third German player to receive the accolade after Franz Beckenbauer (1966) and Lukas Podolski (2006). Muller's adidas Golden Shoe claim sees the youngster follow in the footsteps of a host of goalscoring royalty including Gary Lineker, Ronaldo and Mirolsav Klose. Muller finished on five goals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but claimed the top scorer accolade thanks to three assists, leaving him ahead of Spain marksman David Villa and Dutch hitman Wesley Sneijder, both of whom finished on five goals but with only one assist apiece. “We had a genuinely good season at Bayern Munich, and it was also a good one for me personally, because I finished with a lot of goals and assists,” Muller told FIFA.com. “That gave me plenty of confidence, but once I was selected for the senior national team, I was suddenly in new territory again. It's a tremendous feeling when the tournament that rounds off a season goes so well.” That attitude reflects Muller’s extraordinary maturity for a player who only burst onto the scene a year ago. This season, Muller has helped Bayern to a German league and cup double, and appeared in the UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan. The 1.86m striker played a total of 66 matches for club and country in 2009-10. "Looking back, it’s been an extraordinary development path, which nobody could have foreseen – myself included. Normally you’d say a Champions League final would be the absolute highlight of your season, but then you go to a World Cup and take yet another step forward. It's unbelievable. Back in May, when I left Bayern and joined up with the national squad, I had a good feeling from the off. I sensed every player was utterly determined to do well at the World Cup." The Bavarian-born player’s record at his maiden FIFA World Cup rates as truly impressive: in six appearances, he has scored five goals and provided three assists. Furthermore, his goals have come from precisely five shots on target in South Africa, the definition of clinical finishing. Muller is not only the solitary 20-year-old to hit the target at the 2010 tournament, but also the second-youngest player of all time to net five times at a FIFA World Cup finals. That record belongs to the 17 years and 249 day-old Pele at Sweden 1958. FIFA.com users twice voted Muller their Budweiser Man of the Match (against England and Uruguay). The player was suspended for Germany’s 1-0 defeat to Spain in the semi-finals after receiving two yellow cards in previous matches. During the tournament, numerous greats of the game queued up to heap praise on the rising star. "The lad has everything. He’s quick, he shoots with both feet, he’s good in the air, and he makes terrific runs down the channels. He’s a quick thinker, he reads the game well, and he has that precious nose for goal,” Gerd ‘Der Bomber’ Muller told FIFA.com when quizzed about his heir apparent. The Best Young Player award has often proved the precursor to an illustrious career in senior football. Pele was the first recipient of the award in 1958, and winners since then have included Enzo Scifo (1986) and Michael Owen (1998). Events in South Africa bode well for Thomas Muller’s future prospects and potential for achievement within the game. But as always, only time will tell, and the next step is up to him alone. FIFA

Originally posted by NinaNC: What is Sandulikooda mean? lol Let the Americans enjoy their moment! is it too much to ask? the answer is no! I too lived in WIndsor and had to suffer the American influence! Sandulis aan ka waday. Is it even the correct spelling? Ma hubi. Sandulis means wax sanka lagaa gil giliyo. I guess adiga green card ka heysata Mareykanka. Ma anaa ku garan. I too should get mine, I guess. Waaba iska ilooway, waa hore ahayd. Since green card iga yaalo xaga, should I celebrate now?

Why some do dislike Forlaan? He is cool, nin dabeecad wanaagsana waa u egyahay oo degan. Not bad. Jacfar, Jarmalka dhaqankooda iska ah inay final or semi-final reach gareyaan and if they can't win the big thing, surely they can have the third place. It is a must nooh. Maanta iyagoo iswaalin ayee raayeen oo ciyaalkii dhan wada ciyaaraaye.