I recently read that Anbessa bus increased its fare. I was trying to find out how much the increase was or what the current price is; you see, I never used bus in Addis; I did however as young as I was use the taxi by myself, as I probably mentioned when talking about the [...]
Published by February 27th, 2008 in Social.Archive for February, 2008
I was recently volunteering for a non-profit organization that was hosting a Pan African film festival as part of its racial tolerance and cultural promotion endeavors. In a city where a black face is pretty scarce, it’s events like these that draw all of us out from our little holes and bring us together to [...]
Published by February 25th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.I met her about two years ago, when she joined some of my friends for drinks while I was on vacation. There was some chemistry or so I thought. I left but couldn’t get her out of my mind, I contacted her from distant land casually and we talked every so often. The subject was [...]
Published by February 21st, 2008 in Dating, Personal and Social.Or how the west perceives the Ethiopian family; I first saw the creation of an Ethiopian family in the ‘somwhat‘ mainstream media three years ago when on one my favorite directors Jim Jarmush made a film about a retired womanizer. Anyways the Don Juan, who was consequently named Don Johntson played by Bill Murray had [...]
Published by February 19th, 2008 in Design, Family and Social.I get a call this morning from the Voice of America, the radio program for the US Federal Government in which they broadcast to the world in different languages. So basically they found me through emails regarding Bernos and EthioMeetup and wanted to ask me, how a young Ethiopian American feel and celebrate Valentines Day. I was [...]
Published by February 14th, 2008 in Current Issues and Dating.
