My little brother and I were entering grocery store after a stop at the local Thai restaurant. We were straddling along by the door as two hick-like white boys were passing by when we heard one say ‘they spit a lot!’ after seeing bro spit on the ground outside. ‘Who is they?’ he asked loudly [...]
Published by August 4th, 2009 in Current Issues and Thoughts.Archive for the 'Current Issues' Category
I got a tweet, via my TwitterFox and its said praying for MJ. I was thinking Michael Jordan for some reason. I left it go and searched the web. Later I heard he went to the hospital and then he died. I got a lot of text messages. Eventually it was confirmed. I am so [...]
Published by June 25th, 2009 in Current Issues, Music and Thoughts.One of the most popular phrases, If it works in Africa, it will work anywhere. The statement I am quite familiar with was recently harked back by one of the most popular African bloggers is Hash aka Erik Hersman of White African who actually grew up in Kenya & Sudan. I think this statement as [...]
Published by June 19th, 2009 in Advice, African, Current Issues and Social.I struggle with this; being complacent is one of those things that come with consistency in our lives. Stability, resilience & security are some of the things we strive for as we get older. In reality though in our lives —although stable with basic necessities — we are dealing with problems that come and go; [...]
Published by May 18th, 2009 in Advice, Current Issues, Family and Social.I actually have posted a few finds over the last month, from the films of Habesha Life and music video of Munit. As a whole it seems like the Ethiopian readers of bernos are very harsh critics of the arts they are provided for free. It seems to me like there are disproportionately higher numbers [...]
Published by April 29th, 2009 in Current Issues, Music and Social.
