Picture from Nechisar National Park located in the North Omo Valley region of southern Ethiopia. Download highres version here. I have said that I am not much of a believer for the resolution phenomenon, but that didn’t stop bernos blog readers from emailing me to write a post asking readers to list their New Years [...]
Published by January 3rd, 2008 in Advice, Bernos and Current Issues.Tag Archive for 'general-ethiopian-stuff'
Selam Hizboch- I am back, Michael Jordan style to bask in the glory that is Wondinet Haile and the inner workings. It’s been 10 months since my last article, and I am doing better than ever. I am wiser and more handsome. I was recently in DC; we decided to check out the most popular [...]
Published by December 17th, 2007 in Advice and Dating.“Just do your thing, man. It’s all yours,” he bellowed, dramatically gesticulating towards one empty white wall of his new condo’s dining room. It wasn’t furnished, yet. In fact, the place looked like it needed a lot of work. The wall-to-wall carpeting spanned the living and dining rooms, decorated with insolent stains and holes. The [...]
Published by December 4th, 2007 in Dating and Personal.You know the one that is used in reference to professional woman; woman you can obtain for money. I knew the word growing up but never used it; it’s a nasty word that has evolved in the Amharic language to become part of the everyday vocabulary. S this and S that… Nowadays it’s the norm [...]
Published by November 8th, 2007 in Current Issues and Dating.“Sile Mariammmmm, sile Giorgisssssssssssss,” they chant one at a time. Funny, I’ve never heard “sile allah or sile Mohammed.” Mothers with babies nestled in the crook of their arms – at times tugging on a visibly malnourished breast – sometimes the babies are dolls covered in netela.. “Sile ayne birhannnn,”- the blind, grasped at the [...]
Published by October 19th, 2007 in Current Issues and Personal.
