41.Esat

She was hot

Prometheus would have been pissed

Pandora’s descendant was sporting fire

         

But no need to panic

A mortal man to the rescue  

Since before fire

He was meant to be her fireman

Or so he thought ……..

 Got to return fire to his kind  

Get it off the wrong being 

Approaches his destiny  

With all sense of urgency

Truck and all…..

       

Damn oxygen!

Couldn’t stop her from taking it in

Try as his lips may

He needed them for something else

Had to scream out how searing she was

And couldn’t keep her blaze under wraps

Had to show it to the world

Soon he would lie next to her

Draped in a feeling of dereliction

 Known as satisfaction

She is still burning

But, behold!

He too was on fire now

Her never the one to give up

Him never the one to compromise

In between many fiery a sun

Two fires will duel  

Top and bottom

Front and back

Side by side

Alas there will be no winner

For both will keep on burning

Happily ever after

More than body

Stronger than soul

 Fire they would have in common  

Long live the fire!

       

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40. Ye’ebid/ yemeche terote !

Talaku Rucha zare neber. Well, if you peep  the grand scheme of things, everyday in life is a great run:even when one is seated/asleep, the mind is running. Blah blah and more blah.  

 I finished the race within an hour and one minute. Not bad for a first timer who entered without a day’s practice huh!? To those of you reading this do not try this at home. Note to self, do not ever again try this at home; on second thoughts , try it again and see what happens.

 

  I fell victim to the notorious Yefilwuha Daget but did not feel the energy the race was reputed to have. Except for some short -lived pep talk  and taunting  here and there, I have found it to be a soberer affair than I had expected .  

Sami and Wele were also there. In fact, some of the pictures, they took or feature in.

 

 

           

 

 

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Rucha unrelated final thoughts …….hmmm; then again, the grand scheme of things shows that …..  J  

  * I prohibit the verse “ wenz yashagerkegne  chigre                                    

                                     Moten adrigew bagere” from being included in songs performed on concerts for the Diaspora. They might get a misguided notion that Ethiopia is a graveyard. 

 

 And some years back, an anthology of poems,” yehagere mist yilasegen”, was published. Last time I checked, the termites of Ethiopia had not ran short of corpses to nibble on.

 

Come on people! 

 

* On the stand up comedy of Peter Russell, you may remember the one about people from the rest of the world being humped by members of the growing populations of India and China, leading to a uniformly beige nuevo race. By the same token, I think Ethiopians should hump across biher and/or haimanot  boundaries  ( the way we are doing it now is apparently not  enough ) to give rise to a new generation that does not feel the tension ( yes, there is tension ) our generation was unfortunate to experience.  

 

So help me Lord! 

 

If tomorrow I do not check on this here blog (more pics), it is highly likely that I am too spasmed  to get to a keyboard. 

 

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39. Holy smokes! There is no smoke and no England?!

Truth be told there was plenty of smoke in my neighborhood.  In a society like ours endowed with Ohms and Ohms of resistance to change , I do not know  if and when the practice can be stopped. Should it be stopped?  Would the air get cleaner if we pass on a once in a year thing and forego its traditional value? I doubt it. 

 

In immunology class I discovered that yehidar beshita was actually the influenza pandemic that ravaged the world between 1918 and 1919 (koshasha makatel was started in 1912 Ethiopian Calendar if I am not mistaken). Influenza antigenic subtypes are named based upon two glycoproteins inserted into the bilipid layer of the pathogen. These glycoproteins known as hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase  (NA) undergo genetic drift and genetic shift to give rise to different variants of the virus.The first influenza virus was isolated in 1934 and given the subtype designation H0N1.Infamous for causing SARS, H5N1 was isolated from chickens and humans in 1997.      

 Sorry, I got carried away. 

You might know the story about this kid who was throwing back into the sea fish washed ashore.  An observer asked the kid whether he felt overwhelmed and his effort  in vain considering the countless fish that were fighting for their lives. The kid answered that his actions mattered for each fish that he was able to throw back. Props to people like Betty who carry used tissue, some which they have not used, in their backpacks pending disposal at the right place.  And props ,WTF, to me  for not spitting, be it game or phlegm, on the streets.  I do not condone menged lai meshinat  but  think menged lai metfat is easier to avoid : I mean, it is not like you have to go or something. 

 

The point is that we need more people who keep on doing the right thing no matter how wrong the circumstance is. Blessed be the person who does not add to a pile of dirt! 

 

 

Once on a football commentary I heard Spain being refereed to as the perennial underachievers.  This statement needs revising and especially after last night’s defeat of England at the hands/feet of Croatia.  Holland, Spain and England are all serious contenders for the title. Looking at how they fared since 1990, England has missed out on a World Cup (1994) and European Championship (2008). And every time they have made it to the big level, they have never failed to disappoint. Their best performance was fourth in 1990.  Like Nelly would say, 2 is not a winner, 3 nobody remembers, and 4…. who gives a rat’s ass!   

 

And 1966 is ancient history. 

So it’s official: England are the ultimate overhyped perennial underachievers. 

 

 

My condolences to the fans. 

 

It is a shame not being able to see Rooney on two and a half big occasions. 

 

 

What do Zeritu Kebede and Amy Winehouse have in common (except for exceptional singing)?  Attitude! Though I think Zeritu had all the right reasons to make her do what she did, look at what they said and tell me if you see any similarity:

 

Zeritu – “DJ, yambulen kifetilachew!” 

 

Amy _ “All of you who are jeering, just wait until my husband gets out of incarceration; and I mean that ’’ (maybe I have remixed it a bit.) 

 

Both classics and both funny as hell. 

More comparisons: listen to  Wake up alone . Is anyone reminded of Simesh gen alchilim  or is it just me?  

 

 

 

 

 On the  egna sinwaded  vcd , someone in the crowd is seen waving the American flag in the middle of the hageren alresam song.  I tried but could not find a reason to make the action appropriate. Would someone please reinstate the giraf punishment and serve the fool forty of those?  Thanks! 

 

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over appreciate -Aemro

I have been in my small room for one and half days. Today is Sunday,The day which I don’t like most. I was bored for the whole day. I hadn’t met any one . In the late afternoon I went out to the town. My aim was to meet gathered habesha’s and talk in my home language. I had so many option. One I could go to habesha resturant. But is not good place to chat long. the other option is habesha buna bet. If I were there I would have ethiopian coffee on top of chewata. I prefered the last place “tela bet”. that is ideal place to Liston talk from different angles. mostly kededa and some time kumneger. Tela bet is a small bar where you can get home made beer. I think the bar has another name , but all habeshas know it by “Tela bet”. every event there looks like the real tela bet. I wasn’t is in a mood to drink, coz it was so cold (3degree). I prefered hot thing, either hot drink or hot ………………. Hot diro kere…….

My main talk is about how a person express someone whom he like and he dislike. All the talks in the tela bet was evaluating known persons at home. Every body was passing unbounded “mugessa” and “sidib” for those whom they don’t like . that is common with in common peoples. But It reminded me CNN documentary about Haile Gebersillasse which was presented last weekend. It was nice documentary , i like it so much. Haile’s talk shows his betterment from social aspects apart from his legendary running. On the show so many famous persons were giving their comments about haile. Tefera Gedamu the famous English journalist was one of them. After his speaking accepted words about Haile, he said that Haile is self confident, hard worker………..you name it !! look here, his speech looks more of advertisement. If I love tilaye’s face only , I don’t need to comment about his pant which I don’t know. you may be saying what is the problem then ? I will come on it.

Let me add one more tizibit , a month a go I watched(on you tube) another documentary prepared for shek Muhamed Alamudy. Most of the commenters were speaking his contribution reasonably. Some people were saying , ” he is an angle sent to Ethiopia”. Are they sure? one of our kings of Music, Tilahun Gessesse was crying a lot. I heard shek Alamudy made so many things for him. His cry might be also reasonable. he was also commenting as Alamudy is the father of ethiopia.I laughed loud with his last statement “If God can cut from my age and add to him , I am happy to do”.

Long time ago , Every greatness and exaggerations were written to our kings . Everything from royal family or the King its value was high. That is why we don’t have unbiased history books. In my though that is the main thing which made them too lazy to work for their country.People were accepting everything as good thing if it is from the king. If what you are doing is always said Excellent , do you think you would have more ambition to work hard or improve. what is there above excellent which motivates you to examine your self. we would argue that was due to the lack awareness. what about now?

what i want to say is every thing should have a boundary. no one is excellent in everything. The two respected persons can work more for their country if the people give reasonable feedback for what they are doing. Pointing issues which need improvement is not bad recommendation. Otherwise if we applause of everything we would repeat the old millennium rather than starting a new one. Mentioning good works about a person which we are committing negatively also shows wiseness.

Negeru new engi ene min agebagn,

I have funny advert. Probably I will write something about it. It has some meaning from my life experience.

for now cheers,

Betty and Tibe thank you biyalehu ,

38. Balege anekak

 Friends with whom you grow up together in the same neighborhood, go to every level of school together, chase chicks together and probably fall for friends, your families stay close knit for life….. I never had those.  

The ones I had at a specified period end up being replaced by others if not entering oblivion. Few if any yesfer guadegna or yeandegna dereja guadegna .The longest streak of friendships that I boast runs from sometime in college to lehitmet eskegebahubet gize dires; and some of the people who are involved, I know from high school.  

What does the future hold for me and my friends? Or is a new batch of friends waiting in the wings to take over?  

Don’t get me wrong: I am all for a constant search for fresh starts and a little bit of anti-social behavior. But I think it is normal for one to trip about what one does/can not have. And if you feel that I am contradicting myself,…. hey….. I am just as screwed up as the next guy! 

Last Friday I had an exam which I hope was the last one of my protracted school life. I left out some important details when answering the last question. This exact realization was what waked me up on Monday-talk about rude awakening. It is funny, the things that come to you while asleep. Yesterday night I learned how to do that thing Ronaldinho does; the one where he takes the ball to the right and in a split second he has the ball to the left.  

All I need now is a ball to see if I can do the same, following the instructions from my dream. I am dying to play some football. Over the weekend part of the fam went to the countryside ( Aemro, you are not the only one who has been traveling) and my brother and I got to play with seven and eight year olds who spit profanity like you would not believe. Still I want more…more… like Nina Simone. 

And a desire to learn how to play the piano is creeping through me. 

There is this girl who, on Tuesday evenings, has started to stick around for the rosary after mass has  finished. There would be no one left but her on the balcony on the right. Have you ever wondered what somebody is praying for? I have found her intriguing.    

And I just can’t seem to be able to speak loud enough in Spanish class.

La profesora, she is another intriguing lady.  

I hope you, somehow, have gathered something new from what I have written thus far. Right now For a while now I fail to remember since when, but it is like the screen writers of my life are on strike. Reruns have long been my mainstay :everyday I encounter the same people, things, proceedings, etc. 

Monotony is the name of the game and I hate it. 

 I wish people would stay off Zeritu’s case. I have read her interview and think she did the right thing. Talent+ Attitude= the hope of the East African music scene! You know how everytime  something “cool” is done in Ethiopia it is heralded as being the first/best in East Africa ; and in Sub – Saharan Africa ,next only to South Africa. I suspect it is in most cases self-flattery and not fact.

Anyway, leave the girl alone to do her thing.  She will rock at that African Music Festival in Sweden-mark my words; and hopefully release something hot afterwards.Damn punctuation!;’: 

Singers getting together on songs is not common in Ethiopia. Still I would like to hear Gigi, Zeritu, Tigist Bekele, Tsedenia and Mikaya on a track, Lady Marmalade style but just a notch mellower.  

What is the opposite of sub? Going to “Upper-Sharan” news, I was glad to hear that Etoile de Sahle beat Al Ahly and were crowned African champions. One team winning it three times in row would have been downright boring. 

This has been a presentation of a blog- the only one of its kind this side of the Sahara, Gobi, Atacama and Wube.   

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another interview

These days I got the moral to visit Western countries. I have been to many known European towns which i don’t need a visa to go. Paris is of the best town which I have ever visited in my life. I went up to Efle towr , which is around 300 meter. Every part of the town can be seen on Efle tower.

as a poor tourist I got a cheap hostel which has 9 beds in a single room , I got sheets and blanket from the hostel to prepare my own bed. the shared toilt hadn’t had toilet paper, some guys used thier own socks . The water flush weren’t working , you needto drop water from other places. funnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

My tour to france was with other EU students , we had hitch hiking game . that is , travling from Amsterdam to paris by asking lift(begging) , the guy who had arived first has got an award. Unlucky I wasn’t with a blond girl to be attracted by the drivers. so I was late to arrive … Next time we will go to berlin , I have to be smart now….

Thanks to the chinse reasturant and supermarket you don’t cost a lot for food. If you are smart like me you can take some foods in your bag and make your tour much simpler. I think it is commen for Eourpean students too. I have been into night clubs , there are so money beautifull girls which are not as tall as the dutchs .I like them. they look friendly , but you have to speak french. Bonjue ………..

I didn’t find Brussels as capital of EU. the southern part looks old and never maintained . beggers and Junkies are found in every corener. some of the side of the town looks like Addiss. It is really a place of ppls form defferent place. Blacks , Arabs ,chinese ,and others dominated the native whites. The Native of Australia ,aborgins were presenting thier show on the straight. Wow what a nice “washint” they got !!

all the pictures I shot are found on my flickr

Then after I had planned to see New york and DC. I got an appointment paying 15 Euro, and then 80Euro for consulate services. On top of that I spent more than 30 for other requirments. I didn’t feel it what ever response I got from the embasy. I have also collected to documents which which was the much enough to get the visa. with the same and less documents some my friends got a chance to visit US.

my interview looks like this,

Good mornining sir, …………….. Hi

where do you want yo go? New york

Are you married ? No

where are working ? answered

what are you studing ? answored

do you have some thing to show me? I gave him my document

He didn’t read either of my document , with in few seconds….

Sorry sir you are not allowed to go …….

this the point which makes me sad. I have paid to get the service. He was supposed to look at my documentvery carefully as consulate then he would say whatever. But my ethiopian passport was enough for him to deny………

Any way , I didn’t miss to visit Heaven…..

37.A possible effect on the average Ethiopian of an increase in oil price???

                                                                           

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36.Se.Me.

Saturday was the second anniversary of the second of the post-election carnages. I remembered about it only today.  Unlike me, there are those who just can not forget about it -it was the second anniversary of the death of someone’s mother, father, husband, wife, daughter, son…. 

RIP all you innocent souls.  

Can not forget about the injured.

It was also then that thousands were imprisoned in sub-humane conditions for crimes they did not commit. 

 I stand by the bold, in both senses of the word, to the hilt. If it sounds like  I am generalizing about the innocence of far too many people it is because I could have been one of them; ideal-, asking the right question to people who do not want to answer it- , or plain being at the wrong place at the wrong time-wise; and  it is a zillion times better than trying to justify the  way the  situation was handled  because  it can never be justified.  

I long for the day that H.R. receives due attention in Ethiopia, regardless of having 2003 in front of it.  

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Celine Dion- taking chances

Don’t know much about your life.
Don’t know much about your world, but
Don’t want to be alone tonight,
On this planet they call earth.

You don’t know about my past, and
I don’t have a future figured out.
And maybe this is going too fast.
And maybe it’s not meant to last,

But what do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there’s solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?

I just want to start again,
And maybe you could show me how to try,
And maybe you could take me in,
Somewhere underneath your skin?

What do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?

Never knowing if there’s solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?

And I had my heart beaten down,
But I always come back for more, yeah.
There’s nothing like love to pull you up,
When you’re laying down on the floor there.
So talk to me, talk to me,
Like lovers do.
Yeah walk with me, walk with me,
Like lovers do,
Like lovers do.

What do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there’s solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?

Don’t know much about your life
And I don’t know much about your world.