As winter was fast approaching, I made it a point I needed to travel somewhere warm this year. I was not going to get stuck in another “snowmaggedon”. You’d figure that after all of these years living abroad, I’d get used to the cold or learn to appreciate it. So i decide to make my way [...]
Published by February 3rd, 2011 in African and Music.Tag Archive for 'ethiopia'
Browsing through Ethiopian pictures on Flickr, I came across the one above. I glanced at the comments section and there was a guy complaining that the ad was senseless, among other things. So I took a second look  and it really was terrible, terrible sentence. For starters, why is the word tigist in quotes? Do they mean [...]
Published by August 2nd, 2010 in African and Social.I will be 29 on June 19th. Officially a geezer. Older than dirt? Not yet. I am not much of birthday-celebrating-type guy, but this year, I would like my birthday mean something different. I’m donating my birthday to charity:water— an organization dedicated to giving people access to clean water. They have had a tremendous success [...]
Published by June 10th, 2010 in African, Childhood and Family.Sama aka nettle was used as a weapon of choice for disciplining kids in some areas back home. Â It grew everywhere back home and I would think it is for the most part considered a useless weed until a child misbehaves and the parent goes out looking for it. Sometimes the mischievous child who got [...]
Published by May 27th, 2010 in Childhood and Thoughts.When it comes to Ethiopian/Habesha mainstream musicians I’m always skeptical about the talent, or lack thereof. Yes, you can call me a harsh critic. I have my circle of friends to thank for that and who were nice enough to groom me into the music lover I am today. Betty was introduced to you, the [...]
Published by April 23rd, 2010 in Bernos, Music, Shameless Plug and Social.
