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"A Different Day"

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Basra

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 03:03 pm
Wednesday Morning,beautiful day,feeling great,vivasious and preparing to go to work.I put on my best full marched work wear,with blueberries color palatte.My fantastic Lambskin leather coat-jet,with detachable fur line hood,two front pockets and a fold back sleeves with belt.Did i mention walking along with my Clarks boots feeling like wonderwoman?But i was going to work,and thats no fun.lol
I catched my train early today at st. Victoria station.Rush hours are bad,and i can't imagine anything worst.OK maybe driving yourself to work with mostly 1 % patience quotent.Train is acceptable.Also taking the train -allows me to read!This time,i have my latest book-read,It's called 'CRAZY WOMAN' by Kate Horsely.Dont worry-its not like its about a lunatic woman who is yelling at her brothers at home,rebeling against her parents,talkative at work,face slapping this girl called Nafiisa,and chewing gums at class to annoy her instructors.That crazy woman is me.lol
This other crazy woman book i am reading is a totally fanstic story of a woman who gets kidnapped by a group of native Americans who take her to their village and ending up being a captured angry woman who is soon to be stubborn,crafty,leader,falling-inlove with a Handsome Indian man and securing the name Crazy woman from her capturers along the way of her stay.FANTASTIC!
So i sat down at my usual seat,very nice and close to the winsow.I always take few minutes to enjoy the scenic view outside.It's Green-and blue cloudish.This day-Today,i decided to put away my book,despite the temptation of reading it and thought,let me just do something different.Let me stop reading and just sit-enjoy my ride to work,without opening a book.So i put my book back inside my handbag,reluctantly ofcourse and smiled at an old west african man who was seated opposite my seat,and wearing this beautiful,colorful Sari.lol or Maybe the it has some designated name or something,anyway,i smiled just to be polite and folded my arms around my handbag,laying on my lap.
I looked around and i discovered for the first time,that actually people do seem interesting when you keep interest,This might sound sort of weired but it is a moment worth becoming,interest that would appear completely oblivious to me ordinarily.Maybe its rude awakening or conscious reckoning.Either way i began to look around and observed people.You will be amazed at how much you can learn by purposely observing people in their speacial whole aora.FASCINATIONG.
There were funny looking people,ungroomed,wearing ridiculous outfits,some even have the nerve to wear snickers with out going pants,women with crazy hair do's,you name it.Then,there are those deliberate loud,attention seekers who annoyingly talk loud with their cellular phones,revealing intimate intricates that far are beyond our ears.Like for instance,this Zora,thats the name she gave when answering her phone atleast.Zora continued to talk about stuff she did at a party she went over the weekends.Omnilatteral information?Drastically dis-interested ofcourse,but whatever.
Then there was a man sitting at far corner who was directly in view of my face.He was charmingly dressed,in a suit ofcourse-to the last cute detailed, a white linnen clothe sticking out from his chest pocket.CUTE!He was probably in his mid 20's,hair perfectly cut-nice smile.He wore one of those Men in Black dark shades that look so cool and fashionable,that it just takes the moment of his atire.But the thing was-he kept just looking at me all the time.Ofcourse wearing those glasses you couln't tell,he might have been looking at the poster behind me, a fat eddie murphy movie.His face was looking directly at me,motionless.He kept on starring with intense gaze,so i thought ok i dont look that fine-please-wickedly smilling ofcourse and looking at my window reflection,self admiring.Then the train made one of its many stops and the man appeared to be ready to depart the train.Suddenly i saw him picking up his walking stick and using it to guide his path as he exit the train.He was Blind.I thought;maybe it was a stevie wonder connection,it could have been my madeline dion perfume:they do have strong scent you know.But-grudgingly accepting in the end- i have a substantial self absorbed intricacy-and i loved it.loool
The train stopped at another station a while after and in entered two distrought women who were obviously in distress.After a while i discovered they were sisters.They were talking about this controlling mother who was making their lives a living hell.They were practically sobbing and sharing different sides of experiences.I just smiled and thought-wait till you meet my mother.Sweetest mother you could ever have-but also the Dont-Mess with me girlfriend notion or i'll beat you with my 'Kaab' if you dont do what i say.Ofcourse i end up saying can you put down the 'Kaab' first......Please.lol
Also there were pretty much normal people doing their stuff,reading papers and drinking coffee-and having a normal commute i guess.Maybe occassional talkative women who are so earger to splash an entire biography of their life and misseries,its like a crime not to shout-get a Psychiatris!Ofcourse i would always adrorably say-i mean to spare myself from these kinds of melo-dramas-i'll say-Me no Speak-Englsih!.
If they dont buy it:simply say- i have a gun in my purse,so please shut up!Anyway-my glimpse of train ride was over before i knew it,and i calmly went to the nearest phone boot and made a call to my work.Getting my Boss's voice mail-Thank God-and left the following message!"Helloo Jean- This is Basra,Cough! Cough!I am on bed,i am afraid i am so sick Cough! Cough!,I wont be able to make it to work today."Thereby i followed my heart for the day,SHOP! SHOP! SHOP!

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DuH

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 05:18 pm
mmmmmmmmm we dont take welfare cards.DuH?

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Muna

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 06:42 pm
basraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalol you going to be fired .I am going to get that crazy woman book. THanks.LOL

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Guilty

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 05:23 am
Good for Dear Diary not our forrums.why do you need to talk about yourself 24/7? lol

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Anonymous

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 06:09 am
Hey Basra
Girl what does this look like to U ur own personal daily Diary. Now i suggest u get a diary and stop posting these nonsense info about u we dont care

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CEEYROOW

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 09:28 am
I THINK THAT BASRA IS MENTALLY CHALLANGED PERSON.
SHE HAS SOME ISSUES THAT NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP.
LET'S JUST DO OUR PART AND DISS AND CUZZ HER TO THE FULLEST, SO SHE MAY OONE DAY COME TO HER SENSE AND BECOME INSANE PERSON.
I THINK WHAT SHE NEEDS IS A TOUGH LOVE. I AM SIMPLY DISGUSTED WITH THIS WEIRDO GIRL. HOW STUPID AND RETARDED DOES SHE SOUND! OH SHE MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. SHE IS EVEN WORSE THAN FOXXY BROWN AND LIL KIM COMBINED.

WHAT WENT WRONG HERE? WAS SHE ABUSED AT YOUNG AGE?
HER UPBBRINGING WAS NOT DECENT AND NORMAL. I COULD TELL. GIRL MAY ALLAH HELP YOU AND PLEASE GO TO THE MASJID AND ASK THE IMAMA AND OTHER RELIGIOUS PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR YOU AND ASK ALLAH TO BLESS YOU WITH INTELECT AND SOME BRAIN.

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Anonymous

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 10:48 am
Basra why do you pligrise so much!?People might think your intelligent but I find you down right repulsive!

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HonestGirl

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 12:23 pm
loooooooooool@Basra......girl what is up with the diary online........i like the idea though.....

I must say its a lot of fun takin' the bus or the train...........i miss that 4real.......

u'll see all sort of pple.....crazy, handsome, ugly, pretty, old, young, punks, chines, west african, stupid and the best thing when u see a somali..........ah me and my friends used to have the best time riding the bus......u know what.....i just decided to take the bus and go out this saturday.......i wont drive.....

CEEROW....wanna join me....we'll go to the noble book store!!!!!!!!capaccino one me!!!!!!!lol

adios

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Basra

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 01:17 pm
loooooooooool

What is wrong with this Ceerow or Crow? lol

Muna lol the book is great i recommend it,heartdly.

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SAGAAL

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 06:25 pm
LOOOOLBASRA >>>>>>BLIND MAN IN COOL SHADES WAS DA FUNNIEST

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Basra

Friday, January 26, 2001 - 07:46 am
My personal journal(not diary-i'm not 12) would normally say......


Dear Journal,


I Find depth of disgust at some Somalis who come to the forrums and justify their jelousy with an outburst of insult and dirty vulgar mouth.I can understad their psycholocogy of growing up in poor conditions,without formal education and neglagence society behavrioal.Instances as these enable me to implemently use my good advantage sense of distinction from them,courtesy of my education-ofcourse and my natural good temperament-i dare i ignore them with.....


loooooooooooooll this is how my journal will look like ok.and to the one who said i plagiarized this writings you see above us,BELIEVE ME that is a complimentary in DISGUISE!

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ABDUL

Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 10:57 am
BASRA:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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Abdi

Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 03:01 pm
let me say this Can u talk on cell phone when u r in the subway???? I don't think so.. Only when it is on the stations...
don't fool us around....
What was ur point sis Basra...
peace yaw

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Sagittarius

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 12:39 pm
Basra,

I think we should be very encouraging to you. Honestly, writing is the most difficult art to muster. And reading your diary is indeed very funny and colorful.

I might have been too severe and cruel in criticizing your other postings, probably must have read them very late at nights or too hasteful to further analyze. Anyhow, apologizing is never too late and I indeed do. As for myself, I never liked literature or anything to do with writing and no one can ever imagine the price I paid for neglecting those fields.

Truthfully, there are many highly talented people in these forumss who can in one way or another posess certain skills that could both entertain and teach us, if we are just positive critique rather than being negative ones all the time.Ooh Gosh, I am sounding like a priest in saying that..........

Now, reading your diary, people seem to be trying to find out if this is your true personality as the way you described it or trying to fit in someone else's shoes. However,I believe we shouldn't be obsessed if this is YOU or an imaginary character you try to portray in your writings as is the case when reading a novel where we are less inclined to be preoccupied with the identity of the writer, but it seems with your writings we're trying to associate you with your portrayal. So if I may suggest that you try to dissociate yourself from the character in your writings, which I think would have a relieving effect. Anyhow, I congratulate you on how you proudly disregarded any attempts for discouragement even including my previous ones..

Keep going on.

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Sagittarius

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 12:43 pm
Basra,

I think we should be very encouraging to you. Honestly, writing is the most difficult art to muster. And reading your diary is indeed very funny and colorful.

I might have been too severe and cruel in criticizing your other postings, probably must have read them very late at nights or too hasteful to further analyze. Anyhow, apologizing is never too late and I indeed do. As for myself, I never liked literature or anything to do with writing and no one can ever imagine the price I paid for neglecting those fields.

Truthfully, there are many highly talented people in these forumss who can in one way or another posess certain skills that could both entertain and teach us, if we are just positive critique rather than being negative ones all the time.Ooh Gosh, I am sounding like a priest in saying that..........

Now, reading your diary, people seem to be trying to find out if this is your true personality as the way you described it or trying to fit in someone else's shoes. However,I believe we shouldn't be obsessed if this is YOU or an imaginary character you try to portray in your writings as is the case when reading a novel where we are less inclined to be preoccupied with the identity of the writer, but it seems with your writings we're trying to associate you with your portrayal. So if I may suggest that you try to dissociate yourself from the character in your writings, which I think would have a relieving effect. Anyhow, I congratulate you on how you proudly disregarded any attempts for discouragement even including my previous ones..

Keep going on.

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Sagittarius

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 12:45 pm
Sorry for the double posting my Internet Explorer was acting weird.

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Basra

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 06:16 pm
Sagittarius,


Is this Possible? Is this plausible? Is this reasonable? loooool
I could never in my wildest dreams have predicted this change of heart.Appologies are not necessary;because - you were never in your outskirt of your right,however blinded it may have been in certain degree:I accept! looooooool
Anyways it was very nice of you to say those things.I guess i can have the right to take positive feedbacks and decline negative and use the excuse that...'They Dont know me-so they can't really be right.lol'.
Thanx a million by any account.

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CoolPoison

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 07:00 pm
Gaalka dil gartiisana sii. Basra at least, does not copy from the internet.

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Basra

Tuesday, February 06, 2001 - 05:24 am
Cool Poison

I can't believe you are actually giving me credit.SHOCKED!

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kamal

Tuesday, February 06, 2001 - 05:54 am
Has any one wondered if somalis, ethiopians and eritherians were related or even are the real people who build the pyramids... kinda wish sometimes i was related to those true Pharohsss...but we relate to them in one way we are asking to be punished by allah[swt] due to the action of most of our people. I blame noone for the destruction, i can't take responsibilty for it happening... but do we need to continue this inbreed desire to solve every problem with our index finger???

Who realy done it???

Let me use a silly analogy

There are predetors that kill when they feel hungry, like the world is there restaurant and they are ordering on demand... then there are scavengers that eat their left-overs...

Are there any somalis out there that know how to be anything other then a bloody scavenger...???

please come forward i'd love to shake your hand...

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Basra

Tuesday, February 06, 2001 - 11:58 am
Exuse me Kamal I dont mean to interrupt you;but i was wondering what on earth are you talking about? loooooooooooooooooooooooool

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Troublegirl

Tuesday, February 06, 2001 - 12:45 pm
Basra
U have once again made me laugh senseless to the point that my neigbours are dialling 999. Girl I not only find U artistic and creative, but your humour has been a stigma(in a nice way ofcourse). Have you seriously considered writing 4 real. Don't mind the haters girl coz they wouldn't know an intelligent person even if U stood infront of them with a macchetti in one hand and a Jane Austin book on the other. :O Keep it up

Peace
Troubl£

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CoolPoison

Tuesday, February 06, 2001 - 06:23 pm
Basra, is your system low on battery? I did not say you don't copy...lol...I said you don't copy your stuff from the INTERNET. Get the drift now?

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Basra

Wednesday, February 07, 2001 - 02:59 pm
Tgirlloooooooooool

Thanx Sweety - i'll send you my favorites barbie dolls lol.


CoolPoison - You Disappointed me aboowe;i was in that nirvana point of accepting you in my heart-then it rained !lord my Hair!

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