A friend asked me to go out with him. He was meeting a couple of ladies for a drink. The drink happened to be dinner, and since I already had dinner, I ordered my favorite; Chivas straight that is. After one [drink] the conversation turned, I passionately started to explain what's wrong with Ethiopia. I [...]
Published by October 31st, 2006 in Childhood.Author Archive for Nolawi
Several Developments over the last couple of weeks; Bernos has really grown. So much so, that as of this week we are averaging over 1000 visitors a day. Not page loads but actual visitors, all of whom spend over 2 minutes browsing. We have 63 feed subscribers and 288 email subscribers. A testament to power [...]
Published by October 27th, 2006 in Bernos.Long ago before Bernos was alive, I used to kick it at Abesha and before that Seleda. Since Abesha is down and seems like it won’t come back, I’m have made some modification for my article on the Abesha webzine. I do miss that Seleda. Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, [...]
Published by October 25th, 2006 in Noteworthy.Yes, I do all my Ethiopian friends with zero exceptions. You are self-seeking, inconsiderate and Woretegna for lack of a better English word to describe you. I am incredibly independent. I have never needed encouragement or advise to accomplish menial tasks. If I do need information, I look it up. I have never needed [...]
Published by October 24th, 2006 in Social.This past weekend I was working with Blen Grafix finishing up a catalog that will be unveiled at the 4th Annual Blen Art Show honoring none other the late great Gebre Kristos Desta! About a year and a half ago, we designed the first Blen Magazine; that was very successful. The Blen team learned [...]
Published by October 23rd, 2006 in Bernos, Design and Shameless Plug.
