Aaah, finally a post. I was having a spell of writer's block, which i hope just broke. So, a quick update on what's going on, exams in 2 weeks, then a 2 months winter holiday marking the end of the first semester. I have big plans for the vacation i hope they don't fall through like always. Plans regarding a 10 day ticketing course, a job and of course with friends, i haven't seen in ages. Something cool happened lately i attended the Strangers Tour and the highlight of it for me was being able to listen to Boonaa Moahmed's poetry and speech. It was beautiful to say the least. He is so talented yet a very simple person. The other 2 speakers were Canadian Navaid Aziz and American-Iranian Islamic comedian and vlogger Baba Ali. You know these ramblings are slightly different from my other posts because they are not in any order, flow, or even paragraphs. They are just a jumble of things that occur to me. Last year i bought a drum, a djembe drum, not only because i like it's African-ness but also because in our cultural music ladies always sing with drums, aka as dalooka :) i love drumming, cant say i'm amazing at it but i enjoy it and as far as i am concerned that is all that matters. I'm like that with a lot of things, i mean if you have an interest (or in my case way too many to focus too much time on) always pursue it. If something makes you happy do it, you don't always have to be very good at it; and if you are all the better, but you'd probably have to give up other things unless its a natural talent, then you're just lucky. So, back to the point, since i got my Djembe dalooka. i have been somewhat obsessed with our Sudanese music, listening to the likes of Gisma and Ensaf Madani with their somewhat girly lyrics that i just love. It brings people together and to think that this music is part of our culturally rich history makes it that much better. I actually enjoy it way more than modern Sudanese music. In general i'm just starting to listen to Sudanese music more and more. It's so cold in here i think i might just get frost bite, (exaggerate much, why yes, yes i do) Anyway, i would have posted links to some YouTube videos except i'm typing this at my campus LAN and it's inaccessible until 3.00pm so i'll update this post at home. If you're reading this Virtual World and have something to say, just leave a comment. I would also like to thank a Twitter friend who suggested just babbling, babbling, babbling and then edit edit edit when being stuck in a blog post, good advice which i have used. Bye. For now.
Djembe Drum (above) a more Sudanese Drum (below)
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