Selam Hiz’boche, salutations from Wondu and the marvel that is Wondinet Haile.
Two years prior to last I had been in Moscow after years on Wall Street and my only connection to Ethiopia was bernos.
I bought the entire bernos tee collection and connected with Nolawi and his tales, who I admire for his ability to bond with people like me all over the world. I even shared a few accounts, after some encouragement
After moving to DC I asked him for meet up over drinks; he declined by saying that if he was to meet random people that he knew online ‘he wouldn’t have time for his personal life.’ I know blunt, but I respected the honesty!
I offered him his favorite bottle of 18 years aged Chivas and a steak dinner. Over Wednesday evening we exchanged stories of Ethiopian women.
You see, after a major breakup years ago, I hadn’t found someone else. In Moscow, I say was a sugar daddy to 22 year old ‘eastern European model look-alike.’
I didn’t know the inner working of dating Ethiopian ladies outside of my ex-fiancée who I dated for 3 years long ago. Continue reading ‘tail tales’
Published by Wondata August 6th, 2009 in Bernos, Dating, Personal and Social.
My little brother and I were entering grocery store after a stop at the local Thai restaurant.
We were straddling along by the door as two hick-like white boys were passing by when we heard one say ‘they spit a lot!’ after seeing bro spit on the ground outside.
‘Who is they?’ he asked loudly while seemly appearing shell-shocked.
‘This is 2009!’ An older woman was shaking her head as she heard all parts of the conversation.
They walked away with fear and heads hung low, as if he would beat them up!
I was watching the news conference when Obama made the now infamous comment:
Cambridge police acted stupidly!”
Indeed, the hoopla delighted me. Police brutality & racial profiling was the topic at hand for two weeks. And then he backpedaled! Continue reading ‘this is 2009!’
Published by Nolawi August 4th, 2009 in Current Issues and Thoughts.
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Ethiopian girls complain that their opposite counter parts do not keep their secrets. As in their confidence is betrayed alluding to sexual intimacy or amorous.
What do I know? I live my life very openly, and pretty much communicate most of my personal feeling to my friends. In my case, I like to think and believe that I live my life according to what I want not how I want my reputation to be.
In our community though, both males and female are somewhat enamored by making sure that the name is kept intact. Especially for females, they seem overly concerned about it that it affects how they deal with their male counterparts. Thus in turn the males are somewhat upset that they have to gain the females trust more so than if they had to deal with non-Ethiopian females.
I believe the whole phenomenon is overly exaggerated. Yes, I have male friends and they talk but I do not think they ‘kiss & tell’ per say. The talk is usually kept in the surface, yes I nailed her. We have had sex and it’s left at that. Continue reading ‘Kissing & Telling’
Published by Nolawi July 31st, 2009 in Dating and Social.
The traditional “idea” as described in the dictionary is just ‘any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.’
So an idea is nothing but ‘a thought’ that comes to your head while you are peeing; & speaking it doesn’t necessarily make it a great one. Anyone can come up with an obvious and a not so obvious thought.
But does that make you a genius? No, you just observed with your common sense pee sized of a brain and then shouted it out loud. Continue reading ‘keep it to yourself’
Published by Nolawi July 27th, 2009 in Advice and Thoughts.
The perception of bernos, although not a consensus is that we are doing well. And we are by different standards. The reality is we do a lot of work, and most of it is entertaining, creative and well so much fun.
But there is the boring side of it; I guess everything is not fun 100% of the time. Walking up early to pack stuff in the car, talking to non-customer that demands that I listen to him, paying bills, dealing with a vendor that wants to overcharge us for their service and fixing technical issues among other things.
We went to the Chicago ESFNA tournament, and while we were preparing one of the things that we had to discuss was inventory. We had to pre-ship some before we got there. Once we got there we always had to walk up early go to the field set up before things got started.
All fine and dandy but those are the things that are hard for me. The things that make the boring part of hanging out in the morning before the customers show up are the kids of the vendors.
This year I dedicate my fun to a little Josy I found in the field playing from 10:00 am till midnight for 7 days straight without getting tired. He was shy at first but full of joy and made the day pass for all the vendors. Continue reading ‘Meet Josy’
Published by Nolawi July 23rd, 2009 in Bernos and Social.
