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Lucky buggers. If the public ever suggested anything like this in my neck of the woods, we would have been branded Anti-Semites in a split second and the media would have had their fun digging up stories from Holocaust survivors.

Fulaman198:
I think they know ROFL it's intentionally meant for Ajuran.

He's having a field day lol.

How are you bro? It has been a while.

EnlightenedSoul:
It didn't require a surgery, thankfully. It's a long process because the area of the break doesn't exactly get the ample blood supply essential for quick healing. I reckon it'd take even longer with screws and plates. I was initially told 8-10, but I've had issues with extreme swelling so much so that I had to get rid of my first long cast completely, and get another one fitted. Just a few days ago, I got that long cast exchanged for a shorter cast, and though the bone still hurts like hell the short cast feels so much better! I'll have to wear the short cast for another 4 weeks or so, after which I'll be switching over to a splint device

I can understand what you're saying about the connection between smell and memory. I guess it's similar to the way some people sniff Doterra/essential oils and other scents while they study, and then take a whiff of that same scent while they're taking their finals. Apparently, the scent becomes associated with the material they studied, and it all comes flooding back to them during the test. Interesting @ the frankincense stalls. I didn't see anything like that in Egy. Is it a good smell and nostalgic, lol? Did you like it out there in Sana'a?

I don't think I'd be any good at that @ FIFA/Football Manager, but maybe I'll give it a try some time. My brother brought over his old playstation and I've been busying myself with books and rando games, but I think he held onto his FIFA It's been GTA and the randos this week.

Ah, that's what's up! It's awesome that you've secured a great job opportunity so quickly, and I'm def happy for you! I know it's going to come in extra handy to be able to save right away, and I bet thats exciting.

I dropped TKD for swim. I fell in love with competitive swimming and had an affinity for it. I was on our HS swim team. I didn't bother in college for various reasons, but I think looking back I can safely say there wasn't a month I went w/o swimming timed laps for the past 9ish years or so minus a 2 month stint in Egy that ended when we finally found a suitable pool. Before we went out mountain biking and I got this injury, I was swimming 2-3X a week for a full body workout, and practicing aerial silks/yoga/etc for flexibility and fun. I will say that I admire how the martial arts has grown here. With most sports - competitive swimming and football (real football not soccer ) included - there's not much you can do out here competitively unless you're part of a school/professional team, but the martial arts community here is positively brimming with all kinds opportunities for advancement, titles, and competitions, etc.

Sorry, I feel like I write way too much and rambled. Don't feel compelled to write as much, lol. Take care of yourself.

That's still a long time. Count yourself lucky for not having this accident anywhere near exam time. Though my friend's recovery took longer, he had his accident just after Easter holidays which meant exam season was only a month away and therefore had to retake a whole year in Gymnasium(the US equivalent of high school). Still I wish you a speedy recovery abayo.

@ Doterra oils -___- why didn't I think of that years ago bal... It would save me from going through so much hassle and 'toilet breaks' during the exams lol.
Frankincense is nice when the smell is not overwhelming. I started hating the smell after a week, I was there for three weeks. I found out a lot of it was from dhuulkena. Sana'a looks amazing but some of the people there are the worst of the worst. The way they treat the Akhdam is absolutely disgusting, that trip convinced me to never going back there again.
Did you witness anything like that in Egypt?

Trust me no one is good at FM in the beginning, you gradually turn into a mastermind lol btw you can get it on your laptop/PC. GTA is good tho, you keep at it

I count myself fortunate enough to have had a good amount of work experience. The lack of graduate schemes in Germany means that it is very important for students to go and get some experience, otherwise their CV will end up at the bottom of the pile.
Thanks walal, I appreciate it and it is very exciting indeed, my plan is coming along very well.

If we ever had a swimming race, you would do laps on me LOL I'm a very slow swimmer. You sound really passionate about swimming so should have carried on with competitive swimming. Who knows where it would have taken you.
MMA, BJJ and Muay Thai are on the rise here in Germany. My local gym thought ahead hired a Muay Thai black belt holder who takes his students to Thailand every year. Their business went up 1000%. Other gyms who do MMA classes recommend their best students to go pro with mentoring and pro training provided as well. It keeps the youth occupied with something worth their time.

Nonsense! Don't apologise, it is in our culture to give each other warbixin every now and then.
And since we're both not as active on here as before, it is good to hear from you again. Auf Wiedersehen

This topic is funny indeed. You guys are unknowingly giving the clown Ajuran more ammo for his trolling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8be8zBJWDJw

EnlightenedSoul:
I really hope your friend is doing better. I feel for him. No other injuries, just cuts and bruises I've been working diligently to treat and fade out properly so they hopefully don’t leave scars. I was told it would take 8-10 weeks to be able to walk again. I'm doing better than I was. The swelling has gone down immensely, but it's still pronounced. The pain is still bad (though not as terrible as it was), and the throbbing is really irritating af. The throbbing alone keeps me from sleeping at times, and the fact that I can't seem to get into a comfortable sleeping position worsens the deal. Sometimes, out of nowhere, the pervading stench of skunk will wash over me like a memory, even though we've gotten rid of it and no one else seems to smell it but me. It's f'n strange, and its driving me up a wall! I think my sensory input was overwhelmed. I have no appetite.

As you can probably guess, I had a list of books, movies, and TV shows on the ready (shout out to Netflix!), and I've been doing that list justice, but I get so BORED. I even picked up COD on the insistence that I'd enjoy it. I'm averaging 10 kills as of now, but I'm still bored. I know I'm probably the worst 'patient' ever. Though I know I should be grateful, it kills me to be like this and I don’t have the best pain threshold so I get irritable/moody/mean. I've never been a homebody, and I'm not used to just laying around like this. I can't wait 'til this is all over! *Rant over* How are you?

I don't even know what that is, but it sounds intense. Stubborn you! We all took Tae Kwon Do growing up - I don’t miss it. A lot of posturing.

Well, what happened was he was actually prescribed the meds, but then developed an addiction. So when his refills were up, he came back to work fresh off his health hiatus and stole a bottle, loll. I'm actually having someone be the keeper of my drugs for now. The pain really pushes you, and it's way easy to take more than you should.

8-10 weeks?!! Your injury is sounding more severe by the minute. Did it require surgery or did they just slap a cast on it?
I think I know why you can still remember the smell. I read somewhere that our memory serves us best when the thing we (need to) remember has a certain smell, taste, sound, feel or look. For example sometimes when I think back to my time Sana'a, I get a whiff of frankincense out of nowhere, and the reason for that is because the house I was staying at was near a number of frankincense stalls.
Perhaps the pain you feel takes your mind back to when the accident happened and the smell associated with that moment in time. Don't know if that makes sense lol, I could be wrong...
My friend is up and running and even plays semi-pro football now. The accident happened years ago.

If you're into football you should try some FIFA or Football Manager. Especially the latter, it will completely take over your life lol. I truly believe that is what you need to forget the pain.

I'm doing well alhamdulillah, I've secured a job with good pay and benefits which I intend to milk vigorously until I move to the motherland.

Muay Boran is a mix of Thai fighting styles, you use eight limbs to strike; two hands, two legs, two knees, and two elbows. It's a very efficient and dangerous fighting style. TKD was actually recommended to me by my trainer in order to extend the range of my kicks. I stopped because I went on a long holiday. I haven't done any martial arts since then.
Why did you stop?

4-0 LOL what the hell! I guess the ref wasn't on their side today

Abdul Aziz district, Mogadishu.

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Wadajir (Unity) district.

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EnlightenedSoul:
An incident involving a mountain bike and a skunk, the end product of which was not only a broken tibia & sprained ankle, but having to bathe in GALLONS of tomato juice to get rid of the god-awful smell. With assistance!! It could be worse? At very least, I won't be needing surgical intervention. Its been almost two weeks so far, and what kills me the most is not the pain (which is just !#$%&#), but the immobility, dependence, SHEER BOREDOM, immobility, dependence, and did I say IMMOBILITY??

Yeah, I know I'm bitchin'...

What happened to your finger? That comment on oding made me think back on my old job where one of our pharmacists was caught stealing a whole bottle of Oxy. I used to do inventory on the narcs so I had to report the huge discrepancy, which lead to a closer examination of the tapes and then to his arrest, firing, and subsequent stripping of his license. All I remember thinking is "An entire bottle tho?! God, what a complete id.iot!". Now, I sympathize

Wtf! I don't even know what to say. I'm glad that you didn't sustain any other injuries. One of my friends landed himself 3 months on a wheelchair because of a bike accident while we were fooling around in the wild.
How are you now and what have you been doing to pass time then? TV shows and even books become boring when you know that you cannot do anything else but stay indoors.

I broke three fingers during Muay Boran training. They didn't take long to heal and I nearly broke my other fingers because I didn't stop training

Is the medicine expensive? If it isn't and there wasn't anything wrong with him, then he's definitely a jerk.

Jagoon:
One such person is Muslim apostate Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has gotten considerable press lately with the Brandeis University controversy. The school first offered and later rescinded the offer for an honorary degree based on her impressive work for women’s rights after Ali was labeled an “Islamophobe.”

This was quite an interesting criticism considering the fact that she was raised Muslim herself, and as such, she became a victim of atrocities like female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage. Ali was once a pious Muslim, but after the Somali native was granted political asylum to the Netherlands and received an education, she began to reflect on Islam and its teachings. After the 9/11 attacks, she picked up the Qur’an and hadith, and it wasn’t long before she renounced her faith.

LOL are you seriously using Ayan Hirsi Magan* as an example? The woman who lied about her parents, brother, Somali traditions (saying things like she wasn't present at her 'arranged' wedding and that Somalis practise honour killings - both are lies!) and the man who she tricked into marriage so she could get out of Africa. She's a stone cold liar who sold her soul for a little fame.
Her preposterous story was sold to the masses by Dutch right wing politicians and when they managed to demonise the Muslim community in Netherlands with her concocted BS, they got rid of her.
After a documentary about her life revealed all her lies, her own colleagues went behind her back and admitted they knew about her trumped-up stories even before she became an unelected member of the Dutch parliament.

Ayan Hirsi is not only an Islamophobe, but she's also an opportunist and an evil pathological liar.

EnlightenedSoul:
Wowzers, you're harsh. A 35 year old is by no means an "oldie" loool. If that's where its at, its where I need to be! I'm bedridden due to having broken a bone, and I'm dying a slow and agonizing death from just laying here wallahi. I'll probably end up biting someone's head off for kicks.

How did you break a bone? Is it serious?
You should od on codeine. I did that the last time I broke my fingers.

EnlightenedSoul:
She's looking good at any rate. She's leading in the democratic primaries by a robust 57%. Bernie Sanders is behind her at 17%. It's still early, but like I said she'll must likely win the Dem seat. With the Repubs, we have Trump and Jeb Bush leading, both by lesser percentages fluctuating between 14-19% in the last few weeks.

Yh, she has a pretty good chance even at this point, but I still think it too early to speculate.

Trump and another Bush lol the Republicans are a strange bunch. I will follow this presidential election like no other if Trump stays in the race until the very end

EnlightenedSoul:
I remember liking it in its beginnings, but it got old real fast.

Bernie Sanders seems to be the most capable/honest and the better pick, but it doesn't seem like he'll stand a chance unless he gets the Dem seat (which will most-likely go to Hilary Clinton). My state is Repub territory though, there's no point in anyone here voting for him as the popular vote would drown it out completely.

Interesting. So do you really think that Hillary Clinton will become president?

EnlightenedSoul:
Lol, well it's a good one as far as names go. It carries weight. Abo thinks he's the KOTW..

I stand corrected, lol. Although here, when comes their bed time, all the old people leave the floor to the young people, and retire as they should like the proper folks they are. What are your oldies doing up at 11 PM subhan'A? I called it with you Euros.

God bless our royal fathers

The oldies = anyone above 35 lol. I'm telling you, the wild ones you heard about are the Dutch and Swedes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sMEoM1pjM

EnlightenedSoul:
He's a billionaire TV personality, so he has a large following from that. Ever watch "The Apprentice"? Also, I think some people think its a breath of fresh air to see a politician evade political correctness, and say exactly what he means.

He's my comedy fix this political season, for sure.

He's very narcissistic and annoying, I watched one episode from that show. Couldn't take the stupid clichés and remarks.
They made a German one like 10 years ago. They cancelled it after one episode because no one bothered to watched it lol.

Who's your favourite?

EnlightenedSoul:
I've tried my best. Its like this weird, inexplicable superiority thing that's there. You?

PS Aren't you supposed to be painting the town red?

It's a nomadic thing lol. Abo thinks he's a monarch and even told me that we're born to rule hence the 'Sultan' nickname.

I'm going in just a bit. From 6-11 in the night, the party is for the oldies and their boring long talks. I'll be painting it blue, white and green

EnlightenedSoul:
Ohh! I see.

In animosity? Mine can be something else. If not acceptable, civil war can at least make qabilist behaviors a bit understandable. What's the excuse of someone outside that? Nothing.

Have you ever asked them about it?

Why is Trump so popular? Anglophones and their crazy politicians are quite amusing lol.

Is Donald Trump the Nigel Farage of USA?

EnlightenedSoul:
Lol, so you thought I knew some wannabes? Smh! I don't often get riled up. It's just it's a common one to hear, and idk why but something about it gets me irritated af.

I wish I could say the same. I really don't understand it, esp since hooyo was born abroad and such, but she's quite the qabiilisté unfortunately. I guess it all boils down to upbringing no matter what the environment, though that doesn't explain me. Yh, my folks are well-matched let me tell ya

Of course, that's only natural. You're not alone.

Yeah because I know a few wannabes with fully Somali names like Liban and Awale lol.

The civil war made a lot of people more qabilist, even the ones across the borders. That is down to the stories people brought back with them to their regions and villages.
Clan wise my parents wa same qabil, just from different regions. So mine are well-matched too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9ThAbfde0

Ethiomali:
Brother I went to a Somali event in London a couple of months ago and we had Dr Sada Mire on video call. She said they uncovered stones with Sabaean scripts that were talking about Jesus in north Somalia.

It is not the first time they find traces of christianity in Somalia they have found other artifacts as well according to the doctor.

Woah! Do you have a video from that event?

Dr Sada Mire is such an inspiration, her work is truly worth keeping up with. I learn something new from her every time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4UQYem6Dvc

She mentions stones with Sabaean and Himyarite writings here^ as well. They also dug up pottery from ancient Egypt in the coastal town of Heis in northern Somalia.
Considering the fact that 99% of Somali land has never been explored or gone through archeological research is quite encouraging. There is much more to Somali history than what we already know. I'm convinced that the ancient port towns of Avalites, Malao, Mundus, Mosyllum and Opone are buried under the dirt our ignorant nomads walk on.

EnlightenedSoul:
Well, it's what they are, or what they've become anyway. Plenty of them hold just as much a claim. The family I mentioned, for instance, has been there for eons. The land is much older than these artificial borders.

Come now, Djib is hardly only for Issas. Hooyo should know that and care. It's her sharci too At the same time, I understand that some folks can be pretty hardcore about who's what. My father for one. It makes no sense, I know.

I can't know what they're like in Europe, but I've found that, as an ethnicity, we're far more closed off to them than they are us.

Yh well, you're def not alone there, but I think that'd change if you knew. It does nothing to erase my identity as implied (which, if it were so, would've 'changed' a couple of times already) so try to let it be, brown eyes Personally, I find the implication offensive. Besides, I'm almost certain you don't 'discriminate' either, patriotic though you are (nor should you)

I had to look back a second. I thought you meant that one of the Issa families in your area are habesha, I understand where you're coming from now. No more Issabesha lol most of it was just to get you riled up

Hoyo is anti-qabilist tbh but abo is pretty much like yours I guess. Women are less fussed about those issues in my experience.

I get what you mean, one of my closest friends and neighbour is Gurage. Their family welcomed us like we were their siblings when we first moved to Bonn. So I don't discriminate, though I do get a little tense when I talk to the brainwashed ones who support the actions of their leaders but I'm not alone on that one right?

EnlightenedSoul:
Oh woooow! Thank you, Artan. Now I totally get what you meant when you said we "take our sharci story seriously". And why shouldn't we?

I wonder if your hooyo macaan knows of your sentiment towards our shared sharci. Oh, I would sooo tell her!

Are you 'hostile' towards ah-em?

On the qaxooti lady, I didn't know what she was and I didn't care. I didn't answer her, I was so peeved by her rudeness.

Habeen wanaagsan, but I'm not your walaal, remember? They are.

Ugh, mean! Now I see the true you.

Looooool I'm kidding... I called them Issabesha because that's what they want to be lol. Hooyo is neither Issa or Habesha so she wouldn't care LOL you shouldn't either unless you're one of the Issabeshas

No, I'm not hostile towards them but I prefer the northern ones. They're more easygoing imo.

Stop being Issabesha now
Yah I won't let this go lol

EnlightenedSoul:
Alright. I'm so lost on the Issabesha thing. Ma isku dartaay ahem, and why lol? Speaking of qaxootis, I have to tell about this one qaxooti that I helped out this last week at a hospital. She didn't understand what was going on, so I sorta stepped in (I guess I came out of nowhere now that I think about it), and the first thing she said to me was "Allah(!), ma ada Soomali eh? Qabiil ke?". She just asked straight up, looking me up and down. Yh, no thank you or anything crazy like that either. I thought, "Isn't it Ramadan?". I was a little taken aback.
Wow, that's interesting! They got in hard on themselves overseas, huh. Was it around when what's his face marku dintaay (Zen..)?
Ugh, you're so mean.

Yes wa isku darey because they are your walalo
I wonder what her reaction would have been if you'd said your qabiil is one of the unfriendly ones lol.

Yeah but he was on life support of something for almost 2 months if I remember correctly. So as soon as the rumours surfaced the ones in the north organised a protest while the western ones tried to counter it. Horn politics is messed up.

Habeen wanaagsan walashey.

Ethiomali:
Ajuran stop insulting people!!


To the others

According to Ethiopian history north Somalia was at one point in time Christian
Muslim Harari, Afar, Somali, some Oromo and Habesha people there broke off from the Abyssinian kingdom
and created Ifat and Adal sultanate
Abyssinia and Adal were at war for hundreds of years but the wars were stopped by the Oromo expansion
from the south. We are all one people in z horn of Africa that is why if you go to Addis Ababa people
don't mention their ethnicity anywhere.

Also the first man to export coffee from Ethiopia was from Harar like myself. His name was Mohamed Hobsadey
he was Somali and his company still makes coffee. Search Harrar Horse or Moka Harrar.

North Somalia was not completely Christian. I agree with the rest though.

Puntite, Oromia is only 35% Christian and almost 50% Muslim.

The death of the €/Euro is near. This crisis is already having a domino effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhtHNprPtF8

EnlightenedSoul:
I def agree. Welcome back, Artan.



It's not outsmarting if you expect your children to marry Djiboutian (and after having convinced every last one of them growing up that the other families were their walaalo btw) lol. Yh, none of us have.

That's wild. I'm glad you got out OK. I imagine that train ride fiasco was from your trip to Ethiopia?

Lool, well done! As for me, you're 12 shades of wrong there, buddy - I didn't celebrate, per se. Well, sort of...I guess.

Eid Mubarak to ya

Mahadsanid Mey

Damn, the Issabeshas really take their sharci story serious lmao!
A new qaxoti on my street asked me if I was Darod, Isaaq or Hawiye. Didn't answer him but instead asked him how he knows of these clans. He replied with "Of course I know, I am Raxanwein". I would bet my liver that he is Raxanbesha because as you said, no one bluntly asks people that question and he has their distinct accent.

The train ride was from Brussels to Cologne and both camps were involved in protests in front of the EU headquarters. Although it got a bit riotous, no one got hurt.

I was gonna ask if shaqo tied you down but 'sort of' implies that you only shut down you city lol