Apophis;970881 wrote: Safferz, you sound like those middle-class 20somethings who spend 2 months in India only to return as “experts" in their host's culture/s and mannerisms. Cut it out, it's shallow. My comment had nothing to do with Africa in particular, I feel the same way about living in Boston so I felt I could explain it. It's a popular US city to visit, and I happen to live in one of the most tourist-y areas of the city, but a vacation is always a very different experience from actually living somewhere and getting used to the place. I spend a lot of time in my apartment on SOL when I could be out doing and seeing things, too. And I am a middle class 20something But not shallow in the least.

Cambuulo iyo bun;970875 wrote: Im starting to think your arguing for the sake of argument balse "If HAG giveth, then HAG can taketh away" - Book of Hagiticus [1:21] sidaa ulaa sooco!! :cool: :D But seriously though, the Shabelle rolls into the Jubba river big time, there's no argument about that dee.

Cambuulo iyo bun;970872 wrote: saffz lower shabelle (the region) is NOT part of the Jubba's. I didn't say that, I said Lower Shabelle is an administrative region that is *not* part of the Jubbas, however the lower part of the Shabelle river, physically speaking, *is*. Riwaayada naga daaf dee, I will not stand for this HAG erasure

Cambuulo iyo bun;970863 wrote: im talking bout this. Jubbooyinka consists of Jubadda Hoose and Jubbada dhexe, sida ulaa sooco aryaahee, xeyraankaa tahay maxaan dhahaa!! Administrative regions ("Lower Shabelle" is one) vs. actual physical features (the lower part of the Shabelle river, which geographically speaking IS in Jubaland) -- you're not in disagreement, you're just speaking of different things. Naga daa this HAG riwaayad :mad: ** the latter not the best map but it illustrates the administrative districts we're discussing, ee sida ula soco.

Apophis;970847 wrote: Come on. How long does it take to see “everything" in the one road town known as Hargeisa; I believe this explains the obsession with SOL. War ha cayin caasimadayda :mad::mad: :mad:

Apophis;970834 wrote: I don't understand why you spend nearly all your waking hours on SOL while living in Africa ya Blond. There's so much to see and do that this place becomes almost irrelevant. But maybe there's much more things available in Kenya than in your neck of the woods. Lool. Living in Africa permanently is going to make the place as banal and ordinary as anywhere else in the world, it's nothing like shorter term visits where you're constantly going out and exploring. I'm sure Alpha has seen everything in Hargeisa at this point, maybe it felt more like a vacation when he first moved there but I'm sure it's gotten old by now. Alpha Blondy;970833 wrote: inabti, sidaad uu oogtahay waa iska akhiraa mushahar, dee. i didn't have the money to pay for both meals. in hindsight, i was very glad when you insisted on paying, ma garatay? kulaaha..... ''there should be no expectations on your end for anything else'' . waad caytamaysa now, ma istidhi? anshaxa ha iga jabin. waad ogtahay i will accept nothing less eh. :p LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL :D ... ee sida ula soco

Alpha Blondy;970830 wrote: bal adna, ma istidhi? maxaad ka wada? Like all good satire, there's a lot of truth in it and I'm afraid I've encountered men who see paying for dinner as a gesture meriting repayment of another kind, which is why I felt it necessary to pay for our dinner. Should I take you up on your offer to join you for a chewing session at Alz', there should be no expectations on your end for anything else

I'm a grown woman dee, ee sida ula soco. PS I'm seeing her in Boston in December... I was DEVASTATED when I realized I'd be in Africa for the Toronto and Boston dates of the Mrs. Carter World Tour, THEN she added new dates. Praise Beysus :D

Alpha Blondy;970823 wrote: i opted for the mixed cocktail injera (vegetarian) and Saffz had the tibs, despite voicing my concerns that Ethiopian hilib is often raw. i offered to pay but she insisted on settling the bill. i didn't resist. ardent feminists like Saffz think there's a hidden obligation behind the so-called ''free lunch'' . anyway, i'd like to think we had an awesome time. Saffz is very opinionated, somewhat articulate (she deliberately used vague pseudo-intellectualist terms in our dealings) and was annoyingly argumentative. i couldn't get a word in edgeways, dee. the woman wouldn't let me express myself. I'd definitely see her again.......... if she wants to see the kid again, that is. :D LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Reminds me of a scene from the Boondocks

nuune;970774 wrote: So you met Laangaabkii ehlu naarka ahaa finally, hehe Haa hey

Maaddeey;970714 wrote: Safferz, Safaaradda Xabashida agagaarkeeda Injera tibbs qaari'a ka buuxo waad ka heli, lakin xoogaa injir ah waa inaad ku cuntaa, Xabashi shaxaad doon ahna inay kula casheeyaan iska filo!. lool thank you Maaddeey, but none other than our own Alpha took me to an Ethiopian place in Jigjiga Yar last night for tibs :D He's every bit as funny and intelligent as you'd imagine.

Tizita kind of afternoon (and still in need of tibs)

Alpha Blondy;970636 wrote: interesting. balse, i reckon the Former Somalia is more like Iraq (as it was and as it is now). the kurds as the Somalilanders, saddam, the MOD and Puntland as the bogeyman/men et al, 0.5'ers as the marsh arabs, reer Baidoa as the white elephant in the room and the HAG as the shia majority. today, the dynamics are similar but with the following caveats: the shia are on the iron-throne. the sunni bogeyman/men is being squeezed out balse hell-bent on suicide-bombing the f out of everything.. the kurds are better off and have a bargaining chip because the Turks are at the helm . reer Baidoa is still the white elephant in the room and the minorities have become even more irrelevant than before as the big Boys can't decide on a way out of this quagmire. the game always stays the same, only the outside players change. maybe we need to change the game, so we can change the outcome. what do y'all think?. caajiib. :D

Nin-Yaaban;970618 wrote: Waxaa maqlay markeey yaanyuurta qof cabaar eegto, qofkaas wax xun ayaa u soo socda. Marka Saferz, walaal is ilaali. I feel like this ominous sign is related to my proximity to Alpha

Alpha Blondy;970595 wrote: cuna cuna cuna, cuna oo caba. :mad: Why are you mad? :mad: I'm craving injera habash and tibs, can that be found in H-Town?

So I've walked into my aunt's cat a few times now by accident, usually in the middle of the night, and it's been watching me with crazy eyes all day. Is it plotting my demise? Waan ka cabsanaya

Reeyo;970525 wrote: Saf where you going for dinner? I hear there are some funky and almost decent places popping up in all over the place Ha cayin caasimada :mad: I ended up only driving around with cousins and picking up a pizza close by after running a few errands, but I'll report back with any new findings over the next few days. I'm a pretty loyal fan of Summer Time and Ambassador though, so I'm not sure how many new places I'll be trying

Alpha Blondy;970508 wrote: ^ without a maxraam yeah? qalam jalam aadan faaraxooooooow. :D I told you dee, I am almost never alone when I'm in Hargeisa It's changed a lot in the year I've been away, wow. Street lights, new buildings, and the city is alive with more people on the streets than I can remember. Is it a Ramadan thing, Alphow? Influx of people on summer holidays?

Heading out into the city for dinner

Tallaabo;970475 wrote: That is one hell of a fetish:D

Alpha Blondy;970474 wrote: ^ there's a lot of 'maybe next time' for you, ma istidhi? :mad: When I can't do something I'd like to do at the present time, I make a point to do it at a later time :mad:

Saalax;970469 wrote: That is good to hear walal. Visiting your ayeeyos folks is that a metaphor for you will visit Ceerigaabo and Daalo in Sanaag. Haha nah I meant quite literally my ayeeyo who lives in Hargeisa, the most important relative I have here and the main person I came to see. I've actually never been to Sanaag, maybe next time

Nuune, I can't see the image you posted dee, it just appears as a broken link. Saalax;970462 wrote: Safferz You in Hargeysa? Lucky you. Ramadan Kariim. Ramadan kariim walaal, yes I just got here yesterday afternoon after about a month in Ethiopia. Thought I'd take a few days to visit my ayeyo and relatives, as far as they're considered it's khasab if I'm so close

Alpha Blondy;970449 wrote: its RAINING in the nation's capital. awesome stuff. It just started pouring here now, after about an hour of drizzling and hearing thunder in the distance. I'm sitting out on the veranda, waan ku raxeeysta storms

nuune;970345 wrote: Alpha , niyahow adiga hadaan ahaan lahaa I would have located Saffrez no matter what, Ramadan walaa Ramadan, the lady is ultra Astronaut and is one in a million(only Somali girl who happens to be an engineer of Aerospace & Civil engineer(she finished diggin up 10 Wells in a month now around Kililka)), niyahow maskiin baad tahey ee ka dhax bax khadka iyo ummada, khasaaro socoto, Innaa Lillaahi, xataa wey kaa yaabtey gabadha, did you expect iney ku dhahdo take me out, war kan wuu na ceebeeyay ee yaa ku celiya that hell hole shiidh ee ahaa the street next to White Chapel Mosque where he used to smoke that black thing. Safferz, on behalf of Alpha, xaal baan ku siineenaa, ee ka raali ahoow ninkan wareersan, the least he could do was to show you his newly founded Library(he claimed he has 10 thousand books and secured the location of the library), you could have given him a helping hand on the set up of this Library Project, but as you can see, ninkan waa khasaaro socoto, I only blame the saambuusa filled with chicken eyes meat that he daily eats for Afur. inaar Alpha, si isku dhaan, even Apophis deserted you, I am the only friend who advises you, and being honest to you, but suufinimadaada is taking you to nowhere, soon anigana waan kaa dhaqaaqayaa dhurwaagaana duurka kugu cuni waad ogtahey. :D