I was trying to find where I can use the internet when a voice asked, “Habesha nesh?” I smiled and confirmed. He was an Ethiopian who worked at the Zurich airport. I was surprised to find another Ethiopian.
I was similarly surprised once when I had a layover in Minnesota and I noticed there were so many Ethiopians working there. It was just something I didn’t expect to find. He introduced himself as Biratu Debella. We exchanged the expected greetings and he asked where I was going and so on. Shortly there after, he offered to get me ‘ shay/ buna.’
I tried to politely decline since I really needed to use the internet but he insisted and I gave in. Consequently with the coffee he offered to also buy me lunch, even though I just said I already had lunch.
He was very sweet. He was so happy to see another Ethiopian and so proud. He told me about his wife and kids and how he’s planning on moving back to Addis for good; how he used to be a runner and about life in Switzerland and the Ethiopian community there. After awhile he said he had to get back to work so he left me to finish my coffee and pointed out where I can use the internet. I sat there for awhile thinking about the kindness of our people and our culture. More often than not I make a note of how my culture conflicts with my lifestyle rather than what it adds to it.
I decided to finish my coffee and make my way to use the internet. Just then I noticed he was walking towards me. When I met him halfway he said,
I thought maybe I should get you some chocolates or something…you can take it to your mother since you wont eat mesa.”
I thanked him for his offer and tried my best to assure him I was perfectly fine. But he seemed disappointed, he told me how he wishes there is more he can do, but we were in an airport and he’s obviously working. I sincerely thanked him and told him he has done enough. As I said my goodbye and began to walk away, I can see his disappointment in not having done more.
I was so touched. Here is a man that doesn’t know me from anything…but he treated me like an old friend, a family. This because I belonged to a bigger family, ‘the Ethiopian family.’
I thought about that all the way back. I reminisced about my days in Ethiopia where ‘your gorobet was a relative.’ Lately it seems everything I hear about Ethiopia is so negative. Countless times I’ve heard stories about how people come to the States to stay with some Ethiopian, even a relative and they are mistreated so badly. I can go on to list many more stories, but I’m sure you get my point. So it was a pleasant surprise to find this reminder about the kindness of our people. I only hope that I will always remember and exemplify this aspect of our culture.
Can you believe Biratu called to make sure I made it home safely?
Published by July 6th, 2007 in Family, Noteworthy and Personal.
That was quite a sweet encounter. You know what i find funny about the process of identifying a fellow Ethiopian is the “abesha nesh/neh” question. To begin with you’re asking me that in amharic so you must have figured out i was abesha! I find myself asking the same too (knowing for sure he/she is Ethiopian). It really cracks me up but hey it’s an icebreaker so whatever, right? I too once had a stopover in Minnesota and was astounded by the number of Ethiopians working there. I loved it!!
I remember about three years back on my first visit to Seattle with a friend we came across a taxi driver as we were aimlessly wondering about. Once he found out my friend was visiting from Addis he declared his day “off” and was driving us around Seattle running errands with us the whole day. Lunch time came, took us to an abesha restaurant and would not let us pay the bill. Drove us around more, delivered us to our last stop and insisted he come back for us the next day. I was really touched that he would do that for people he didn’t know.
This is just one of the many positive encounters i’ve had with Ethiopian people all over that makes me feel so proud of our culture and dislike the individualistic culture of North America.
By the way Meronisha, Biratu must have been mefonkeking too.
:)
I am sorry Meron, sweety but does anyone smell “An Affair to Remember”?? Or maybe just “The Affair”? Maybe Mr. Biratu wanted to go back to his European ways of having someone on the side to spice up his life for once.
Of course, we are a country of people that are mostly giving and helpful but I feel that extra attention you got simple came from your appealingly sexy jawline and your infectious smile and the twinkle in your eye. I am sure you did throw a twinkle at the guy for all the forced feedings.
Would you feel he would have done the same thing if it was a guy? I personally do not think so.
Funny you should mention this issue but I went thru what you did. To cut the story short, the married man called me to check if I got in safe. And then, he called to check if I had unpacked and found everything to be in order. And then he called to check if I got over my jetlag. And then he called to see how I was doing. And I started getting irritated so I flat out asked him why he was calling as much. He went on a tirade on how good deeds nowadays are looked upon to be suspicious acts with strings attached. He said he was just being a nice person and calling from time to time as a friend and the least I could do for all the things he has done for me was to have a decent conversation with him. I started getting pissed so I told him not to call me again and I hung up.
Five days later, I got a box with no return address. I opened it and there was an Eau d Parfum with a note that asked me to forgive him. I sent it back to him with a note telling him to call me so we could talk. He called like clock work at 9 PM. I told him that if he ever tries and pull this shit again that I would have all his hair plucked one by one. And I also told him that I would tell his wife that he has been harassing me.
I changed my cellphone number the next day, moved out the next week. I did not leave a forwarding address. I do not use that airport anymore and even if I do, I try my best not to go around to where he works at.
So, you get my point? … There are levels of niceness and a level you do not cross with someone you don’t want to be romantically linked with. And do not take solace in the fact that married folks are loyal. Someone helping you with your needs can be considered nice and considerate. Just know where the line lays so if you do dare cross it, you best believe there may be consequences.
P.S. You did not know there were Abesha folks living in Minnesota?
LOL Nolawit…egzio yechekane yaleh
Remind me not to piss on you if i ever run into you in a deseret and you are dying of thirst 
hahaha I just had to say that suspecting it might provoke you 
Wait, hold on just a minute! Amidst the jokes I forgot to ask you this?Nolawit, how were you able to ?sent it back to him? with out an address? You did say there was no return address, no? Inquisitive minds want to know:-)
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Wait, hold on just a minute! Amidst the jokes I forgot to ask you this?Nolawit, how were you able to ?sent it back to him? with out an address? You did say there was no return address, no? Inquisitive minds want to know:-)[/quote]
I pondered on how he got my address so I asked my ex who knows a guy who knows an investigator that does these things, finding people using the internet. But he wanted a lot of money. So I pleaded and begged the investigator about how this person was harassing me and all and hwithin a matter of minutes I had my adnaqi’s address.
So this whole charade was to show him how he would feel when something like this hit close to home. I had his full attention that night.
And no, Yekey Dama, women like you are a dying breed. I would piss in your sippy cup and we would drink that together to ward off thirst. I would share my piss with you, sweety, share it when it has become an expensive commodity in the middle of a desert. I feel like that is love. (see, i can make jokes too)
nolawit,the investigator story sounds sooooooo made up come on,i bet you this story never happened .besides even your so called jokes sounds very butch and gross , i doubt any man would appraoch you .yekeydama now that is funny and entertaining girl keep it up.
LOL yekeydama, that is exactly what i was thinkin and i run in to ur “Wait, hold on just a minute!” talk…hahhaha I think Nolawit is jelous of Meron’s sweet and innocent encounter… sorry yekeydama
and yea we still love ya lol
Meronye, nice really nice. I’ve had so many encounters with Ethiopians on almost all the trips I take.
I personally don’t feel comfortable when people ask to help. I know everyone does something with an agenda in mind. There are nice people out there but too much niceness makes me say hmmmmm.
I’ve had a guy, old enough to be my dad, be so nice to me when I moved to a new city. I came to find out, real quick, he wanted my panties and not my friendship.
He ended up teaching in the school I attended and was an uncle to a guy I had started dating. It was a big ole mess. All this started cause he wanted to hook me up with his relatives who can help me find an apartment in the area. I’m sure he wanted a dup key copy too. What are the chances of running into an Ethiopian professor who was an uncle to a guy you liked and he happened to also know your people. Shyt happens so I learned, very young, no one (Ethiopian or not) does something without an agenda.
Reading this I keep in mind “They Say” my favorite Bernos piece. Here is my favorite favorite part I feel applies to this article
nolawit…
hmmm…amazing!!!
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And no, Yekey Dama, women like you are a dying breed. I would piss in your sippy cup and we would drink that together to ward off thirst. I would share my piss with you, sweety, share it when it has become an expensive commodity in the middle of a desert. I feel like that is love. (see, i can make jokes too)[/quote]
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww nolawit!!!! you call that a joke…? for real that aint funny at all.
lol tsedu, aha the ‘investigator story’ sounds made up too
Indeed its nice…. its lovely to hear these kinda stories…
ps don’t listen to nolawit… she is full of hot air…it seems from her recent comment
I had similar nice encounter in Milan with a girl.
She was so nice my cousin and I just had to tag with her until she finished ranning her errands and then she took us to her apartment and cooked lunch for us and she took us around the city to see what is to be seen in Milan. No, she wasn’t lesbian, at the end we met with her live-in boyfriend for coffee in the evening and we were so grateful that we met her. So there are some people who are genuinely happy to see another Ethiopian in a different country or city and there are some who has other motives so just treat them accordingly instead of generalizing.
Meru, thank you for sharing your story.
Meron, I love the picture, “jebena bekesel”. I had to tell this story. I was with my niece in line at the airport security checkpoint when a big, black security guy hand picked a mid-western looking guy for further inspection. I said to my niece in Amharic, “Watch it, he will pick us next.” The big black security guy looked at us and said, “EnanTe, wedefit hiDu.” with a smirk on his face. I was shocked and embarrassed at the same time. How did I miss that? Mark of an Ethiopian, I did not find.
HMM i am very suspicious of married men behaving this way. Shame on them for worrying about strange women’s safty while their wives suffer emotional torture. I bet he didn’t inform his wife about calling strange women if they are ok. This Badiru guy is the typical married psycho man. A real man who respect his wife and not get sexually tempted by other women. I bet he does this so called ” niceness” to all the ladies he sees. Why not do the same for Ethio males which makes is obvious he is trying to get his freak on. The Badiru needs to be a man and take care of his wife first. He fits all the profile of unfit husbands.
I like the jebena picture. So beautiful.
But for your new friend at the airport. “No such thing as free lunch”
Great story meron!
I wonder if that same nice guy buys his wife Chocolates or even takes her out to a nice resturant every now and then? Being helful for ‘yeager lije’ and mabybe show you the nearest coffee shop or cafe’ is one thing. But for a married man to go out of his way and do all this things is very suspicuous unless he was bored out of his mind at his work place and you happen to be a good ‘medeberya’ that day.
how is it that i never meet these nice ethiopian folks at the airport? no word of a lie, i have passed through frankfurt like 8 times on my way back home and i always meet someone telling me horror stories about how they are trying to get to somewhere where they can get ‘menorya fikad’. i always get those heart-wrenching stories of taking a boat from djibouti destined for yemen which ended up in jakarta where they were working for 10cents a month to save up money to catch the next container to europe. ok, i added some spice on that one but you know how it goes. so thank your lucky stars that you get hit on. i just get depressed. i had one guy inquiring how to go about ‘ej mestet’ in germany. damned if i know. he had the saddest story of coming there from russia and he really looked ‘yetegosakole’. then he went on to ask if i could hold onto his passport and then send it to him if things don’t work out for him here because he has ‘yepoland visa’ that might come in handy in the future. i don’t mess with them germans. i’m pretty sure holding someone elses passport is some sort of felony. god knows what happened to him afterwards. i hope he’s alright.
emebet, that is our story… regardless of the misery of it… its an Ethiopian story… yemeseded neger and no matter how depressing it might be to you… an american who travels to Ethiopian for vacation every year… it is our story.. and the fact a person shares that with you is a priviledge….
respectfully atchemaleqi…
Emebet: you spoke the truth, nothing but the truth. I just vividly saw his pains talking to you so desperately. Africans (especially those fortunate who directly came to this blessed USA will never understand the intrication of a refugee in the other parts of this world). I could go on and on…but… that itself is another one topic.
your comment simply brought flashback of those terrible moments when i got to Germany (Berlin) at the end of ’86 as a refugee. what u said is what it was/is. Full of agonies & hopelessness in a strange land. anyone with compassion can just penetrate their pains, their depressing stories and at least unnderstand ..and appreciate ,…how free, blessed and empowered we are in the State! in deed, God BLESS AMERICA!
Chala: Give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he misses people like him so much. may be not. People like us are not in abundance, and empowered in that area. If you think you can feel as empowered and as confident as you are now, with whatever life baggage you lead your life, just imagine going there and live and work or even worse become a refugee with no prospect of what it is to become tomorrow.
Even, Meron, a Lady, that encountered him first-hand, didn’t get the impression that he was upto something (if she did, she gracefully avoided that. I call that wisdom!). That doesn’t mean she lacks that feminine instinct. she probably sensed, but may be, unlike others, her wisdom overlooked other baggages. if that is not wisdom and grace i don’t know what it is.
So, give the man another angle, since i also have mixed feelings on why he did what he did, b/c of my first-hand experience as a refugee and all of us’s perception & trust of people back then. And I have seen so many Ethiopians, Eritreans being in an awakward situation. some of us lost it, some of us adapt the enviorn quickly and survived.
I come across to many in the State, who so inflatedly forget how they used to be back in Africa, the mind-set, our psyco-analysis, our dependency, lack of common-sense, intution, individuality, our indepedent-mindness, our individual freedom, etc..wezeterefe… yet we dismiss as though we hadn’t been pinned down to be stripped off all that until ..this America freed us for good. Are we just forgetful or simply are in-denial?
story–come on…are you serious?? youre being a little extreme no? you dont even know this guy and youre passing such judgement? …issues man
anyways, this piece was intended to open up a dialong about the positive aspect of our culture rather than the negative. from time to time its nice to remember that…
Nolawi, what is this about mechemalking? [quote comment="59994"]it is our story.. and the fact a person shares that with you is a priviledge….
respectfully atchemaleqi…[/quote]
my friend, i have been a ‘sidentenga’ for 24 years. so i do sympathize, in case i didn’t sound it.
respectfully yaltechemaleke
emebet
MWC I think this is the most unfair statement I’ve heard/read in a long time. Just because someone flew out of Bole and landed in JFK you assume they didn’t have any struggles or trying times. You assume anyone who was fortunate enough to be “in the land of the free” was really free and lived in la, la land with Disney in their back yard. You assume everyone got their ‘menorya fikad’ as they exited the airport. Well I have news for you there are some who wish to trade places with you and will do it without a blink of an eye.
I think it’s unfair to compare one struggle with another and to say I know because I’ve been thru it all. You’ve only been thru the hand you’ve been dealt.
I can share some of the stories of others who have struggled beyond any person’s nightmare while living in the US since they left Addis so please don’t undermine anyone else’s struggle. It is truly not fair. I have always admired people who have overcome life’s challenges and survived to tell the story but no one struggle is greater then the other.
We’ve all had our share of “a kick in the ass” trying to survive this thing called life outside of Ethiopia.
Emebet, Our experience in the past does not take away our kindness as a people. Most of the Ethiopian’s I’ve met want to proactively lend a helping hand. I don’t always accept but this is a fact. Whether they complain about life or their struggle is beside the point they still wanna help. Whether they want a favor in return is still beside the point they still wanna help.
I ain’t seen no American white or black offering 1/8 of what a strange Ethiopian would and this is a fact. Regardless of what lies behind the kindness we are givers and no one on this earth can deny that as a fact.
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The reason we don’t hear stories like this more often is because many people are paranoid and think whoever showed them kindness must have ulterior motives. Yasaznal!
I know a lot of abesha people who are nice to other abeshas without any hidden agendas. And it wasn’t always men for women. Some of the stories i know….an abesha guy who works at LA airport paid for a hotel room for an elderly abesha lady who came from Addis and was on transit to Seattle but missed her flight,…….. my brothers were the only visitors to this abesha guy who was at an immigration detention center for a year (they didn’t even know him,…they met him when they went to visit another person who was there for a few weeks), but now he’s free, we are like family with him and his family….and when my best friend went to Venice with her sis, they met this girl who insisted they stay with her. She wouldn’t even let them stay at the hotel which they already paid for, and they ended up staying with her and her family for the entire vacation……ere I could go on and on with so many nice stories.
And for those of you who think this guy has some other interests, ayiiiii…that’s for God to judge. He was indeed a kind person. Degmo, since when do married men who want to cheat on their wives speak about wife and kids?
Nolawit degmo kewashesh at least make it believable to entertain us
It is no wonder we are among the ‘developing countries’…
Besides the many factors, we can’t even see good in good. Mts.
Nolawit, I will give you ‘E’ for effort because even as you try to be ‘funny’ there is still hostility in you. Very touché, very… girl, hear me when I advice you to shrug that chips off your shoulder, ya like that…let it roll off. Life is too damn short to be so uptight about and angry all the time. On that note I have to call your story as I see it… bull’s dung
I think you are cleverer than that so sharpen your pencil better for your next entry.
Meron, I sense your disappointment because obviously the direction of the dialog was not what you had hoped your article would inspire. So I took it upon me to throw one positive aspect of our culture to hopefully shift the balance, or in the least regain momentum. I think our family structure and values are one to be commended for. Love it or hate it, we Ethiopians run a tight ship when it comes to family. I think the saying “sigah bigema enkua korteh atetelewim” speaks volumes to that aspect of our culture. We metor our elderly no matter how it complicates or inconveniences our lives. We try to give back for what we’ve received. Of course there are exceptions to the rules and argument from either end can be made but the majority of us do take care of our family. So there I was able to think of one amidst the many negative that kept swearming in my head
[quote comment="59994"]respectfully atchemaleqi…[/quote]
If you can “respectfully” insult someone
BTW how can I reach you privately? Don’t worry I won’t bite 
I just need to whishper something in your ears.
LOL Noli, cute
woo on to you yene konjo
I really like ur experience Meron and habeshas are indeed kind. But I was wondering about some of the comments…… how we are so suspicious of kind deeds of fellow habeshas
YekeyDama–thank you…
i agree we dont hear of stories such as this one because we are suspicious of kind acts. its also because we dont always highlight the positive. it is much easier to remember and dwell on the negative rather than the positive…
MWC–very very interesting…betam!
Meron,
Nice story.It is true that ethiopian like to interact with other ethiopians , be it with a hidden agenda or just for sharing.In fact, i know may of them who relate only with other ethios.Some days, i wish i could see one for only 15 minutes just to trade some words in amharic,in this strange land i am leaving on.
I remember once at the frunkfurt airport, i asked for a coffe to the barman directly in amharic :ebakeh and makiato..
He offered it to me by saying “satasfogere yezeh hid”.It was enough to make my day.
Zelabaju, I pass by Frankfurt several time a year and I always enjoy the two Ethiopian(Eries ?)smile, but I never got the free coffee. They are always friendly and we exchange greeting all the time.
Merone, Thank u for sharing ..I know one person like that ..He always goes out of his way even if he is pushing his family priority to a second.Since I am close to him (He is married with kids).I always tell him “Ante eko betesetehe atelekatem”…he always says Of course. I never trust him….Call me whatever , but that is exactly how I feel.
Yekey Dama, you can just email me at nolawi.petros @gmail.com
mae…i laughed histerically as i read this piece (in all the while my co-workers prolly thinkin i was nuts), i was kinda reminded of the ever-persistant approach that our people have; which sometimes can be and is irritating.
grant it, i don’t doubt that the man may have been kind-hearted,and yes, very happy to see “ye hageru lij” but could you blame him if he persisted?… to quote Nolawit, your “sexy jawline and your infectious smile” could be a ‘weapon’that pierced his lil heart hahaha…
ok ok ok, and i also thought it was kinda ironic in how he “matter of factly” mentioned his wife and kids so as not to “seemingly” be a threat…and not to mention his thinkin that it would be a leverage in pleadin his case to offer you some buna/shay/mesa…which make me even think…what would he have offered if you had a evening, or late night layover?…would he have offered to get you a room too?
needless to say that in all counts that in my humble opinion the man was and is guilty of “crimes of the mind”
lmao helina..too funny. entertaining, but i think the man was just hmmmm whats the word ‘nice’. but most view niceness as a weakness. maybe its our american conditioning. yup thats it.
Meron.
Let me share my personal experience with you. I know you are smart girl. I think u need to also be street smart. You see meron No matter how many years we spent in school, it will never teach us about life. A balance of street and book smarts is needed for survival.
I learned it the hard way. Let me briefly tell you my story of being with married men. It often starts the way you describe. Thinking oh he is just yehager lij. and besides he is married man. Devolted coz he says so so much. That’s what i told myself. Oh boy was i being talking on a ride.
I met him through his sister who became my friend here.
She became close to me like i was her sister. She took me to her home she and we spent time together. Well in her home party for kidane Mehret one day she had many guests. I met her brother who was married there. Well well long story short I went to Aster concert one day and i saw her brother was with a woman who was not his wife. Dancing and flirting with her. I started to hide coz i though if he saw me he would be embarrassed. Then I left to go get taxi when the concert was over. I was waiting long time for a taxi. Then all of a sudden here comes Mr. married brother of my friend. He insists to take give me ride. I said don’t worry but he insists.
So i got in. That’s when things got ugly. Instead of taking me home he kept talking about how it is not too late we can still drive around and get some dinner. I said i am tired take me home. He never listened. THen all of a sudden i start to panic coz he was driving to a different area. I was like where are we going. He said i need to pick give my sister something she is in my house. I believed him. So got inside his home thinking his sister was there. But no there was nobody. I was angry. I tried to leave. He blocked the door and kept blaming me saying ” mindinew tinish aref bilesh beticawechi.” He even said I love you. That was so strange. He kept talking lots of trash saying the two of us need to be together without anyone knowing. I was like what about your wife. All he said was she is on vacation in Ethiopia. He didn’t give a demn.
Then he starts drinking lots of beer and got drunk. The area was a suburb where taxi’s are rare. So I was happy when he finally slept. I went to the phone book and take the cab #. Then while he slept i searched the house for the mails so i know where i was. Then i used that address to get the hell out of there while he slept.
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…is a guy really nice for no d*mn reason…? the quick answer would be, HELL NO!. but then again we all get a little too paranoid at times. if a you run into a guy at the Airport and he offers to feed you and buy you chocolate? is he being nice or is he being creepy? i say its a little bit of both…but i also say Santa is a pervert and loves to touch kids, so hey what do i know right?
Ps. if your gonna give the guy your number at least take the d*mn chocolate…
i hope all Men out there (Those who can adapt & change that yaGerbet mind-set are paying attention and get the drift. I know I am and have been for years.
The mind-set, the mind-set is the killer. all sedetegoch came from various background. That is what people are missing here. just because s/he is H/Abesha, people assume there is an equivalent level of understanding the mutual camaradrie, homeyness.
Unconsciously, we keep falling into this web of zone and then the misunderstanding along with the cultural norms complicate matters, where matters leave you with no substance of mutuality.
Should we, men, stop, are we going to stop givign a hand for fear of some imaginative mind? whose imaginative mind? who values it? is it an inflated value?. I know I won’t value a Lady that I sincerely approach to help coming around and anaylzing “dabo Felega”. I know I won’t appreciate it, but, it ain’t make a dent in my life. I care less.
However, I DEFINITELY Stand Firm for what my nature is if my intention is to help, extend a hand or even chat with anyone H/Abesha if I see decency & grace, personableness regardless of gender, age, and staus, if the other party is up to that as well!
If we, men, have it deep-in-our nature to give a hand, no hesitation, regardless of how it is perceived. After all, how can we let others to dictate & define how our natural gift be executed? If we do, then we give away the key of our human dignity to another human fella ! what would the creator say then? I ain’t give you this to cowardly hand over to another coward like you! wouldn’t he?
I ain’t even think about supressing let alone change my nature because someone, whose breathe even couldn’t huff a dust out of my face let alone my conscious, would think of it somethingelse. I care less.
Men, with sincerity & dignity, don’t lose hope. Give a Hand, still !!! As long as there are breeds like Meron whose Abesha guardian gene that was not displayed (on this topic) as conditioned or bitten by the cynic venom during the encounter is a bliss…at least ….if the kind of Kindness was sincerely extended & then obeyed due to decency (which is being seen as weakness by those who claim street smarty-panty, then be it! )
If you smell smoke then there is fire. if not, then there is not.
i admire those Abesha Ladies who still reflect & pick the good-side of that culture of ours without compromising with this newly found wonderful individuality and empowerment that the West has nurtured them.
Really: ..Ok,
… i love what you said. it happens to me all the time due to the thickness of my lips. I am mistaken for a Cameronian which is cool my favorte African soccer team… so beware next time… you might sit next to me…. Kenferu ende’emahoye Dabo yetetabeQe Bicha new Abesha yale manew eski… Gudo eko.. Jal. 
~till next time~
well written Meron,i know biratu very well.he is a nice person.this story reminds me that 6 years ago biratu gave his jaket as a gift to one of ethiopian famous singer during a concert here in swiss .after the singer went back home it was reported on ethiopian amharic megazine as the singer best memories.this is the sprit of good ethiopianism we should have to proud of it.
the first thing we women need to throw is, that if some guy be nice to us. it doesn’t necessarily mean he want something out of us. there’re a lot of guys who just like treat ladies because they are women and need more treatment, with out any need. so, girls don’t push a man when he offer a help.
Nice Piece Meron ! I have had a similar encounter like two or three years back.I met an Ethiopian guy in this strange town .It turend out that he was the only Ethiopian in town.I was traveling with a non-ethiopian crew.he insisted on taking eveyone out to dinner and spent half the night telling us his stories .
After we took of to another town ,he used to send me telephone air times .He called and checked how I was doing every other week.Shame on me ,I Didn’t even say goodbye when I left .
I like it when I meet such ppl .It keeps hope alive on the nation and humanity .
”If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground ”
[quote comment="86231"]Nice Piece Meron ! I have had a similar encounter like two or three years back.I met an Ethiopian guy in this strange town .It turend out that he was the only Ethiopian in town.I was traveling with a non-ethiopian crew.he insisted on taking eveyone out to dinner and spent half the night telling us his stories .
After we took of to another town ,he used to send me telephone air times .He called and checked how I was doing every other week.Shame on me ,I Didn’t even say goodbye when I left .
I like it when I meet such ppl .It keeps hope alive on the nation and humanity .
”If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground ”[/quote]
He he he he
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I appreciate the Honesty ,Nol.
And will try to share sth good for ur ego next time .
Don’t be so judgmental ,Eshi?
shut da fuuck up for all dem a talk biratu ina negativ way
the way hw its explaine thats hw he is, a very kind friendly men just to the max for us (family) n try being honest to everyone….
dad me love you
DONT JUDGE PPL U DNT KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
BY D WAY, WHY CANT U JUST TAKE THIS AS A VERY NICE EXPERIENCE…
IS TO RARE IN D WORLD FINDING PPL LIKE THIS…
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