How do you really feel?
‘airing dirty laundry!’ is a popular aphorism used to describe the act of revealing too much personal details in public; in particular your dirty little secrets.
Elders in Ethiopia advise children that they should not disclose details about self and their families. I, like many others, was told to keep things concealed. Everything about your family should be private and ambiguous.
Don’t say this, don’t say that!"
Not ‘airing the dirty laundry’ is a complex and wooly endeavor for a little kid to comprehend. As I understood it at the time, ‘suppressing feelings’ was a countrywide motto. The undemocratic sociopolitical society we all grew up in, I assume played a role as well; I remember adults only speak freely if they are very familiar territory. Questioning what our elders had to say would be caustic as we had to respect and trust what they conveyed. Continue reading ‘Censored!’
Published by Nolawi March 15th, 2007 in Personal.
A Play in 2 Acts
act i:
this half-lit world
wake up!
technologies of alarms
take knowledges of my dreams
where i’d anchored
my rancor
and it flees … at dawn
surreal fabrics of comfort undone
unraveled at the seams
it seems i awake from marvels
not ever wanting to –
not ever having to need to
realize the real lies of my dreams: Continue reading ‘Apathy:’
Published by Toothpick March 15th, 2007 in Poetry.
Hey Folks, this is your last chance to purchase the Bernos Addis Ababa Classic T-shirt at an amazing price!
We have a few left, before clearing out our remaining inventory of the Addis Ababa Classic T-shirts.
And the only size available is Large, the rest are gone and these will be too. So now is your opportunity to own that Addis Ababa Classic T-shirt you've always wanted…admit it, it's not a shame!
As some of you have heard, we have Bernos Ethiopian Millenium in the works, and we need to make room for them…so what do we do @ Bernos? We price them even lower.
Furthermore there are three major concerns Bernos customers email us about. Continue reading ‘Classic bargain!’
Published by DawitK March 13th, 2007 in Bernos.
By definition, any relationship requires ‘connection, association, or involvement’ between two or more people. A link be it one in a family, at work, or one outside like social friendship and romantic ones require an affinity.
It’s human nature to coexist; when we are born we learn to share and be dependent; first with our parents, then with our siblings then with schoolmates etc.
My friends and I do many social things together, we go to dinner, go to shows and clubs. From time to time I have to go to a restaurant that is not my first choice; clubs I don’t like. When I hang out with people, even those I am not best of friends with, we decide together, we compromise and choose.
Continue reading ‘Independently single’
Published by Nolawi March 10th, 2007 in Dating and Social.
if i cried out loud
over sorrows i've known
and the secrets i've heard
it would ease my mind
someone sharing the load
but i wont breath a word
while the children laughed
i was always afraid
of the smile of the clown
so i close my eyes
till i cant see the light
and i hide from the sould
i can hear the cry
of the leaf on a tree
as it falls to the ground
i can hear the call
of an echoing voice
and there's no one around Continue reading ‘silence & i’
Published by Meron March 8th, 2007 in Poetry.
