They say never judge a book by its cover because a book is much more than its cover. I agree with this statement but also disagree with it at the same time.

Almost a decade back, I used to work as a lecturer in a local university. And back then, I remember that of the main belief implicitly held among fellow lecturers to measure a lecturer’s performance was how difficult his or exam was, and more specifically, the number of students who failed at his or her exam.

As we all know, since recently electric power is being supplied in shifts. Although power interruption is costing probably billions to the country, I like the idea of shifts than random interruptions.

Finally, a huge project to clean and beautify our new flower is about to become a reality.  The dirt and poor infrastructure in Addis have always been something that saddened me whenever I travelled in and out of the country.

It’s just amazing how we can sometimes get used to being deprived of our basic necessities, which are also our rights as citizens. One such necessity is proper access to electric power.

People say a best friend is like a mirror. No matter what you would like yourself to look like, or no matter what you think you actually look like, a mirror never lies. It shows you exactly what you look like.

They say that the most valuable things in life are free. From time, to the air we breathe and our loving families, we are given the most valuable but free things we cannot leave without.

People say ‘seeing is believing’. Although ‘blessed are those who believe without seeing’, this only applies in the context of religion.

One of the things that amaze me about European towns and cities is their sameness in terms of development, aside from their sizes of course. One can experience the same quality of life anywhere in the countries.

I have never been a make-up lover and doubt that I’ll ever be. Maybe some highlights here and there, but that is it. It is the unsustainability of it that I dislike the most.