Everything in Ethiopia is sold as ‘Ethiopia’s version’ of something else. Lalibela is Ethipia’s Petra and if the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and the Sydney Opera Centre (?? really??) can be in the running for the Seven Wonders of the World, Lalibela should definitely be in there too. I’ve never been to Petra, so … Read More
Champions League quarter final games were last night and I went with some colleagues to the nearest place showing the game. The main room was packed – not a seat available anywhere. Pushing our way through the crowd, we were ushered into the ‘VIP’ room – not really VIP, just a larger screen and less … Read More
This is the first book published by the IIS that I’ve read – actually, it is the first one that I’ve completed… I’ve tried reading a couple of other ones before but I found that either the book was too academic or my knowledge of Islam was too sparce to be able to understand. This book … Read More
Last night, we got ready for our Oscar party – just like home – except it’s a day late, being re-broadcast on the Dubai channel at 7pm our time (it wasn’t easy avoiding Internet, TV, and radio for the whole day), we’re all squeezed into a tiny yet comfy room in Addis watching on a … Read More
I just witnessed one of the most gruesome accidents yesterday… I was on my way to work, when a girl running across the street was hit by a taxi speeding by… it’s hard to tell who’s fault it was, but the girl went flying in the air, bounced of the hood of the car and … Read More
Watch out Testino – my pictures are in demand too… ok, ok, so what’s got me waving the gauntlet? A few weeks ago Greg Cruey from Asia for Visitors contacted me and asked to use some of my pictures from Flickr – I was quite chuffed to know that someone likes my pictures enough to … Read More
Voici est mon premier blog en francais (comment on dit ‘blog’ en francais?) J’etudie francais pour 6 annees mais je ne parle pas bien. J’ai étudié a la Universite d’Ottawa – Il est la plus ancienne bilingue universite au Canada … mais je n’ai pas appris – J’ai seulement appris dire ‘Tabanac’, et ‘merde’, et … Read More
I get way too much spam on my blog and I’m getting tired of having to moderate the messages. It takes away from the instant gratification for users, and it just eats away at my time… so I’ve installed some new plugins to try and fight back. I’ve taken a three pronged approach 1. Installed … Read More
I’ve been playing around with Stockpickr for a few weeks after reading about it on TechCrunch. I like it so far although I’m not sure if I really trust it. While I like that it gives me an alternate source for info and that it gives me the opportunity to glimpse into the portfolios of … Read More
ok, so I need to backtrack on my last post about Addis – I went to the Mercato and to the Piazza areas this past weekend and you can definitely tell this city is still on the road to being a developed place. The fashion police should’ve been out in full force in the Mercato! … Read More