Open Thread II 24 Comments

Things you love!

Keeping up with the keeping of up! What I love?

Fresh made coffee, first thing in the morning, mmm I go through a lot of coffee. Picking up a newspaper on my way to lunch and reading the newspaper as I am eating and or waiting for it.

I love cookies, I grab a cup of tea around 2 or 3 pm and get some cookies out of the cupboard in my cubical and dunk it in the tea before I take a bite.

I now realize most of the things I love are associated with food. I like going out to eat with friends but I get restless if we have to sit for too long.

I like movies although not as much as I use too, I am finding them to be a little slower than in the past. I want a lot sensory input, lots of twist and turns. Continue reading ‘Open Thread II’

Published by Nolawi May 9th, 2008 in Open and Social.
Dawit’s Big Day! 11 Comments

dawit

The dude is really old; you see I found a photo tagged in the bernos facebook account. I thought it was some kind off advertisement for a band.

Hmm, the moment frozen in the picture captured the essence of what the people where feeling at the time. Whatever they were watching looked to me like a hip-hop concert of A Tribe called Quest or something.

You know those few seconds you could never forget no matter how long ago it was; those twinkling of an eye when you realize that you are truly happy right there.

And then I realized the man in the middle, still hairless, as bald as he is, is actually Dawit. He looked so young in the picture that I couldn’t stop laughing. You know!

dawit

The Big Day, it was his birthday last Sunday and we went to celebrate it. We met up for brunch in Georgetown, as usual few people were late but no big deal. We laughed and ate. And then we all went for a walk in Georgetown by the harbor. Continue reading ‘Dawit’s Big Day!’

Published by Nolawi May 7th, 2008 in Bernos and Social.
Cleaning House 16 Comments

trash bag

On a recent Sunday morning, with the rain coming down hard and the idea of leaving my apartment looking grim, I decided to do some housecleaning. Little did I know that it has been quite sometime since I have done that kind of cleaning and that the chore will end up taking more time that I was prepared to offer.

Maybe it was the despondency that comes with a relentless rain on the weekend (the last day of the weekend to boot), but I ended up doing a housecleaning that had less to do with dusting and scrubbing and more with self questioning and yet another attempt at emotional cleansing. (Confession # 1: I have an unmatched tendency, or gift if you may, to elevate simple matters of everyday life to unlikely moments of spiritual and emotional discoveries. Don’t ask me why. I just do). Continue reading ‘Cleaning House’

Published by Bemegerem May 5th, 2008 in Personal and Social.
Yah Africa 23 Comments

Two New Bernos Tees Now on Sale

Maintaining our ‘Empowering Africa’ theme, we are delighted to announce two new bernos tees. The new bernos concepts are now on sale.

I heart Africa Tshirt

The first seen above, if we were to reconstruct the ‘I Heart _______’ theme the bernos way it would be to morph the shape of our land into the heart. The heart both symbolically and emotionally signify love; our love for Africa.

The bernos I Heart Africa design simply denotes the love people throughout the world have for the land. As simple as one can have a devoted sense of adoration for the soil man originated from.

Accordingly bernos presents our version of ‘I Heart Africa’ on Crème American Apparel Tee for sale at only 21.99$.

Bernos Made in Africa

The second concept seen above, is an acknowledgment of where we were made. A copyright for the making of children, from personality to culture to everything Africa represent. As diverse and as complicated the African continent is, her pieces are made in Africa.

The design in essence is a stamp saying ‘Made in Africa.’ The font used is Helvetica, which is one of the more popular fonts in fashion and design. We think that the font is in consensus with current branding, as is the little © symbol; we used both the font and symbol to reinforce the concept, modestly the African brand.

Thus bernos presents Made in Africa on Baby Blue American Apparel Tee for sale at only 20.99$. Continue reading ‘Yah Africa’

Published by Nolawi May 1st, 2008 in African, Bernos and Design.
Inspired: Big Giver 23 Comments

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I watched the final episode of Oprah’s Big Give, a show about charity and giving back last Sunday. And I was inspired; I was thinking about issues that people were having around them.

Sorry to be ambiguous, but I am talking about the state of mind; depression, lack of fulfillment, lack of confidence and many other issues that affect everyone especially here in the US.

I was thinking that the no one is incapable of giving a little; the consensus on the show was you don’t have to give money to give big. You just have to share what you can, it can be time or thoughts or ideas. It could be encouraging words. Continue reading ‘Inspired: Big Giver’

Published by Nolawi April 30th, 2008 in Ethiopian, Help and Noteworthy.