Airing your dirty laundry; behind closed doors; biting your tongue; left in the dark; covering your tracks; keeping it under the hat; under wraps; on the DL (down-low); mum is the word; off the record. These are English idioms off the top of my head with a little bit of help via Google; basically verbalizing [...]
Published by Nolawi April 7th, 2010 in Advice, African and History.
Something that is fully developed; at least that is the definition according to Merriam & Webster. When I pick fruits at the neighborhood grocery, I look for the once that are not fully developed but close to it because I want to take a bite when it’s ripe. The danger is that it could get [...]
Published by Nolawi February 8th, 2010 in Current Issues and Social.
The key principle of morality is that doing something for yourself is bad or at least not worth anything morally speaking, while doing something for others is noble and praiseworthy. People are called “selfish” when an observer perceives that the person could have taken one of numerous courses of action which might benefit other people [...]
Published by Nolawi November 24th, 2009 in Dating, Social and Thoughts.
I have been reading bernos since the beginning, and while I love it, some of the content seems like it’s too much bellyaching about Ethiopian women and men. I have some advice for both sexes, or at the very least bellyaching of my own. For the men; it seems to me many Ethiopians aren’t as [...]
Published by Mek August 11th, 2009 in Advice and Thoughts.
I have perused the Bernos blog and enjoyed reading most thoughts on a variety of different topics. As a single young woman, though, I of course have been drawn to the dating & relationships related pieces. This led me to find Nolawi & Wondata’s pieces on the F-zone – essentially guys who are in like/lust/love [...]
Published by kok July 17th, 2009 in Advice, Dating and Social.