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Mekdes

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

11 months

I am extremely happy to share that yesterday I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis and graduated in the Structural and Geotechnical Engineering curriculum. I can't thank you guys enough for wishing me the best of luck yesterday without even knowing me or what I was going to do

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Mekdes

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11 months

Today is THE day! በአታ ማርያም በዕለተ ቀኗ ትርዳኝ 🤞🏽

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

The most beautiful thing I saw today 😍

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

6 months

ኩበት እንግሊዘኛ ስም ይኖራታል ብዬ መች ጠረጠርኩ

Historic Hub

@HistoricHub

6 months

Pioneer woman collecting buffalo chips.

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 years

The kind of email I wanna get on a Saturday ☺

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

4 months

ይሄ አዲስ አበባ ቢሆን ዘንድሮን አይተርፍም ነበር። የሆነ ፍርስራሽ ግንብ ምን ይሰራል እግረኛ መንገድ ጠቦት 🙃

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

Happy 100th, Emahoy Tegue-Maryam Guebrou. Thanks to Tsehai Publishers, this is what I share when I come across her non Ethiopian fans. (1/10)

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

እና.........I just made a trip around the sun, very great full for the year I had!

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

7 months

ዛሬ skylight hotel real state expo ሄድኩ። ካልሰረቅኩ ቤት እንደማይኖረኝም ገባኝ 🥺

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

11 months

Why would they sell the diaspora a vacation home when the majority of the people who actually live in the country don't have a place to call home? 🤔

Ethio Negari ኢትዮ ነጋሪ

@EthioNegari

11 months

የፌዴራል ቤቶች ኮርፓሬሽን ለዲያስፓራ ኢትዮጵያውያን ቤት መሸጥ ሊጀምር መሆኑን ገለጸ የፌደራል ቤቶች ኮርፖሬሽን በውጭ የሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያንን የቤት ባለቤት ለማድረግ በዝግጅት ላይ ነኝ ብላል። #Ethiopia #Diaspora #home

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Mekdes

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1 month

Watching this new movie by Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron and look what I spotted, our ሸማ፣ ጥለት፣ ባንዲራ 😊

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Mekdes

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1 year

Did you know that people have actually studied Kenenis's running style in CFD to study his performance from an aerodynamic point of view?

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@EphremMerawi18

1 year

Happy birthday legend 👍

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

11 months

A full circle moment, KG ➡️ BSc➡️ MSc➡️ PhD

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

I know the English competency test requirement is one of the reasons why so many Ethiopians don't apply for postgraduate scholarships abroad. Today I came to know that there is a Duolingo English test, accepted by many universities, that take only 2 days to get the result. (1/2)

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

5 months

Is there anything @HaileGebr can't do? 😍😍😍

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 years

My ultimate respect to ENDF, Afar & Amhara special force and Fano for the ultimate price you're paying for me and millions of others. Ethiopia shall prevail 🇪🇹

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

It's puzzling to see an 87 m2 apartment in Italy cost 35,000 euros and a 28 m2 studio condominium at Lebu cost 39,000 euros (2.3 mill birr) 🤔

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 months

በሰላም ገባች ። ለሊት በflight radar ቀን በtrain italia ስከታተላት የዋልኳት ዶሮ ወጥ በሰላም ገብታለች።

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Mekdes

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11 months

"ከ graduation celebration mood ውረጂ፣ መንግስት ችግርሽን ያየዋል" ተብዬ back to the grind 😁

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

You know your country is in a deep tribalism mess when the Amharic keyboard autocorrects "እልልልል" to "ክልል"

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Mekdes

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እነዚህን CV upload አድርጉ ብለው ድጋሚ CV ላይ ያለውን ዝርዝር form ላይ የሚያስሞሉ ሰዎችን የሆነ ነገር ይቅሰፋቸው

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 months

I loved this art piece I saw on the street yesterday. The title is 'I viaggiatori (The travelers)'. What do you see in it?

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

4 months

Seifu proves time and again that he's got no professionalism at all. The extent he went to shame her in front of her son saying "ሀብቴ ህገወጥ ዳንሴ ነው ምትዪው?"

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

7 months

I have a theory. Everyone is building apartments to be sold for more than 110,000 birr/ m². Most 1 or 2-bed apartments cost > 10 million. The diaspora used to buy when it cost less than 3 or 4 million but I doubt anyone with a right mind will do so in the current market. (1/2)

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

10 months

Ethiopian (affiliated) scientists who made it to Stanford's top 2% of world scientists in 2023. TBH I didn't expect any because our universities are more of teaching than research institutes. Congratulations to them 👏

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Mekdes

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3 months

በጠዋቱ እናቴ "እንደ ሽቶ ውድ ሁኚልኝ" ብላ የመረቀችኝ ሰው ነኝ 😎 Happy Friday 🤗

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

This got me sad thinking of the people in Tigray for whom life has turned up side down for almost 2 years. May God end this misery soon!

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

Me looking at this sculpture from the 14th century B.C and pretending like I know nothing about what this lady is doing because it's so embarrassing to say that we do it the same way 3500 years later 😬

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 months

Please, I begging you, don't buy these plastic ቄጤማ. I think we all know why 🙄

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

10 months

You know it's time to go home when you're running low on ድርቆሽ

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Mekdes

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8 months

Went to my old office today and found this exactly where I left it 😍😊

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

8 months

Someone left this at the copy machine and it reminded me of how much I miss teaching 🥲

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

24 days

July 7th ላይ...... ድ...............ሮ ተመርቀን ነበር #ታሪክንየኋሊት 😁

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

5 months

I used to narrate kids stories on Radio Fana's "የከርሞ ሰው" program. When I was in 11th grade our blind Amharic teacher asked me to read a passage and when I finished he said "I know this voice from Radio Fana's kid's program" 🤯

ethan !!!

@slimeguyethan

5 months

share a piece of lore about yourself

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Mekdes

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3 months

Me: sorry I'm vegan, I can't eat that Them: but I saw you eat meat at the BBQ Me: I'm vegan only until Easter Them: but Easter has passed 2 weeks ago Me: My Easter is in 3 weeks Them: 🤔 This is why I tell people I have a headache and can't make it when they invite me to dinner

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Mekdes

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2 years

All the papers I took home on Friday to be "read" over the weekend are happy to be back at the office without leaving my bag 😆

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

5 months

May this come true for the car market too 🤞🏾 In 2017 I bought my first car, a Vitz 2001, for 230,000 birr and now a family member is struggling to find the same model for 1.5 million birr. It just doesn't make sense 🙄

Addis Fortune

@addis_fortune

5 months

The once-booming real estate market faces a downturn, with developers struggling with declining demand and falling prices. READ MORE:

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

The respect I have for ancient Roman, Greek...etc sculptures carved out of a single marble increases reciprocally every time a statue of a famous person in Ethiopia is inaugurated.

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@neby_G

1 year

Ethiopia needs a ban on building statues until we figure out what the hell is going on

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

ሰገጤ በእንግሊዘኛ ምንድነው?

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

I started this book in 2021 🙈 Very interesting but difficult to finish because it's wrriten like a scientific article. Hope to finish it this time 🤞🏽

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 years

@ZemenuYA Reminded me of this duet from the same place (Sudan)

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@Mekdes_T_M

5 months

በእውቀቱ ባይኖር ማን የልቤን በሚገርም ቋንቋ ይነግርልኝ ነበር።

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

ከኢትዮጵያ የሚወጣ ዜና ሁሉ ያደክማል፣ ማለቂያ የሌለው የጥላቻ ፍሬ፣ በልቶ እንደጠገበ ህዝብ አዳዲስ የዕልቂት ጥንስስ፣ አንድ ቀን እንኳን ያለስጋት እና ሀዘን የማያልፍበት፣ እውነት ግን ይሄ ያልፋል? ይነጋል?

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

8 months

Hunting a scholarship is an art. In the past 3 months, someone I know applied to 15 opportunities in the U.S., landed one in New York, and is processing his visa right now.

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Mekdes

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4 months

Ovid is cooking something, I just don't know what yet 🤔 First the whole Abuare neighborhood, then a cable car for Addis, now 5.5 mill m^2 land?

Zemedeneh Negatu

@Zemedeneh

4 months

“Ovid Gelan Guerra City” (OGGC), a huge 60,000 housing project, located in Addis Abeba, #Ethiopia , launched yesterday by Mayor Adanech Abiebie at a very colorful ceremony. The project is a very innovate PPP between the Addis Abeba City government & Ovid Group, Ethiopia’s

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Mekdes

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23 days

When it's that time of the year, sunset at 9 PM 😍

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

Things I'm happy for : 1. Not having the TikTok app since 2020 2. Deleting Instagram and FB from my phone so that I check them only once from another device I keep at home Things I want to win over 1. Twitter obsession ☹️

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1 year

"You gotta see the red light district in Amsterdam" they said "It'll be fun" they said Me passing through that district " እግዚኦ እግዚኦ፣ ከዚ አገር አስወጡኝ እሳት ሳይዘንብ 🙆🏾"

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Mekdes

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2 months

❤

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

10 months

This Diana Yohannes girl on LinkedIn is awesome. Her I'm Shai Buna newsletter articles are such nice reads for starting my day.

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

ከታች ምን ይላል? አንብብልኛ፣ አንብብልኛ

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Mekdes

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2 years

2022! What a year! The best year of my life! 2023, take notes, be kind to me. ለረዳኝ ለእግዚአብሔር ምስጋና ይድረሰው።

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Mekdes

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2 years

Ending a phone call with mother; Me: ቻው በቃ፣ ይመችሽ Her: አሜን አሜን 😂😂😂

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Mekdes

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11 months

Having this experience and not sharing feels like a crime

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Mekdes

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3 months

I listened to three parts of Bereket Belayneh on Dejaf and tbh I didn't find it to be worth the hype. One thing I admired is his extensive reading. Otherwise, it felt like he was looking for a simple story for everything going around us. 1/

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1 year

ከጠለፋው ዜና ስር ዘግናኝ ኮመንት እየሰጡ ካሉ ሰዎች 5000 km በላይ ርቄ በመኖሬ እግዚአብሔር ን አመሰግነዋለሁ።

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Mekdes

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3 years

Happy Valentine's day! Oil color painting on canvas by @MezgebutTesema

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1 year

Manifesting a trip to Amsterdam to visit the Van Gogh museum 🤞🏽

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

Here is the rest of the video

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

9 months

of all the telegram notifications I've gotten, "ይመር በግ joined telegram" is the last straw. was he a በግ ነጋዴ፤ በግ አራጅ፤ እንደበግ የዋህ የሆነ ይመር የሚባል ሰው....I have no clue! time to clean my contacts list 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

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Mekdes

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1 year

I visited the place Anne Frank and her family were hiding for 2 years in Amesterdam today. It would be a lie if I say this was my dream when I read her diary in 9th grade. At the time, I never thought I would be able to do this in my life. Very Grateful to God!

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1 year

Now, why would my injera be flat and my pancake popping eyes? 🤭🥲

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7 months

I had an argument with my friends on this. Isn't "ትምህርት በጣም ነው ሚደብረኝ፣ መፅሀፍ ማንበብ በተለይ! መፅሀፍ ከማነብ አዙሬ ብሸጥ ይሻለኛል" coming from a potential date a red flag?

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Mekdes

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1 year

Do you know those times when you feel like God is on a streak of blessings you in every way possible? These past couple of weeks have been like that. Extreme kindness from random strangers, amazing new friends, beautiful experiences..... ምን እላለሁ፣ ተመስገን ብቻ!

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የእጅህ ስራ ድንቅ ነው

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3 months

My biggest accomplishment in April was baking Teff Injera every week (አንዳንዴ ከእንጀራዊ ይልቅ ቂጣዊ ባህሪ የተላበሰ ቢሆንም 😅) and having እንጀራ በወጥ every weekday for dinner 😎

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Me, my back bag, and my 20 euro Ryanair flight against the world 🤗 TBH the bus ride to the airport costed more than the flight 😂

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1 year

I didn't know apartments can also be 70% off like a pair of shoes? Make it make sense!

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7 months

So my theory is, in a few years most of these apartments will be empty begging for buyers. (2/2)

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ቅዳሜ🥰

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7 months

ቀበሌ ልሄድ ነው፣ እግዚአብሔርዬ ትግስቱን ስጠኝ 🤞🏽

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Mekdes

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1 year

Here I said it, Yomif kejelcha is the most handsome Ethiopia athlete 😍 Also, I thought it was only us newbies getting excited when we see another habesha abroad, Liya Kebede does too!

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Mekdes

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4 months

Exactly! I'll always remember the first ice cream my mom bought me at 4 killo, the black forest cake at Tea room when I passed 8th grade, the baklava at Mekonnenoch on the last day of grade 12 exam, the long walk from Piassa to 4 killo after work most days, the countless times...

Tezera Tazebew

@TetaTeta21

4 months

What's happening in Addis old neighborhoods isn't just savage demolitions. It's the erasure of memories-countless coffees, newspapers readings, long walks, a beer or two or...-all gone. The soul of the city is attacked. Rest in peace, #AddisAbaba . #UrbanDemolitions #LostMemories

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Mekdes

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1 year

Saturday went like... አረንቺያታ አረንቺያታ ፏፏ አረንቺያታ ..........

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@Mekdes_T_M

7 months

ምነው መንጃ ፍቃድ ላይ ዶ/ር እከሌ መባል ከትራፊክ ፖሊሶች ጋር ለሚኖር ንግግር ወሳኝ እንደሆ�� ሳትነግሩኝ? ተሸወድኩ ዝም ብዬ መቅደስ ብዬ አሳድሼ😏

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

10 months

Some people are very thoughtful with gifts 😍 And I own a pen with my name engraved on it, እንዳትሳፈጡኝ 😎

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

So I went to Venice, visited the San Marco Basilica, the famous theater, the museums...etc. The whole trip I was thinking about how important it is to pay attention to detail if you want to create beautiful and timeless things. (1/n)

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

10 months

I'm jealous of the people who start University now, for having all the amazing tutorials and lectures on YouTube with all the internet access in many places. Tweeted after I just donated a thank you gift (1st time) for the best maths-related tutorial I've ever seen.

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

13 days

Do you want to ask someone you don't know for some information on LinkedIn? Don't just write 'Hi', 'Hey', ...etc Most people are not there for small talk. Cut to the chase and write what you want in one message. The same goes when you slide to someone's DM on Twitter...etc 😉😆

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

4 years

Enjoying @seyoum_bewketu 's recent book 🤗

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

7 months

የመገናኛ ሻጭ ቅድም "ሁለቱም ጆሮ የሚሰራ ኢርፎን በሀያ በሀያ ብር" 🤣🤣🤣

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

You waisted the perfect opportunity to say, "What the hail!!!"

አናꪀꪗꪖ🇪🇹

@Ananya_Tsegaye_

1 year

What a በረዶ

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 years

Such a beautiful scenery @ Cinque Terre, Italy today! And yeah, I took this picture 😎

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

July 😍

Ye'aynabeba

@Yeaynabeba

1 year

July 📸

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

Get you a friend who gives beautiful gifts like this! Yes, I am that friend 😎

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

4 years

Reading The shadow king by @MaazaMengiste hits different when you are watching the sunset infront of the Tyrrhenian Sea

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 month

No beautification, no bicycle lane, absolutely nothing is worth the suffering and destitution of so many people like her. Imagine how many elderly, bedridden, mentally ill people were supported by their neighbors! How many people lived off ሱቅ፣ እርጥብ፣ ቡና ጠጡ፣ ጉሊት፣..

ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴍᴇꜱᴇʀᴇᴛ

@EliasMeseret

1 month

በዚህ ክረምት በእንዲህ አይነት ሁኔታ በየሰፈሩ ያለውን ቤቱ ይቁጠረው፣ ፈጣሪም ይፍረድ መቼም አሁን አሁን ችግሩ ጎልቶ ማህበራዊ ሚድያ ላይ የወጣ ሆኗል የሚረዳው፣ ቢሆንም የዚህች እናት አድራሻን ማግኘት የሚችል ካለ ጠቁሙንና ቢያንስ ከሺዎቹ

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 months

This account on Instagram ( @asqual .t) = aesthetic queen 🥰

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

8 months

እንደዚ አይነት ደግ ዜና ያሰማችሁ 🥳

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

4 months

I make lots of mistakes while writing a script but nothing comes close to what I did this week. I was trying to solve this problem for a week and I just found out it's because of a single misplaced DOT! Can't believe I wasted a week on it 😡

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

2 years

It seems that you don't need to book a test month ahead and you pay less than IELTS. If it's useful for you, check out the link.

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

3 years

@HilenaTafesse I don't know how much I succeeded but I tried to have a Hilena Tafesse moment yesterday

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

I found a message I sent to Adam Reta when I was 19 and just finished reading all his books. I sent him corrections on the Gee'z mezmurs in his first book "Mahlet" 🤭🙈 oh the cringe! this must be what "I was young and stupid" truly means

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

21 days

አይገርምም? ምን ያክል ሞት እና እንግልትን እንደተለማመድን? ከ100 በላይ ተማሪዎች ታግተው ኑሮ እንደበፊቱ ቀጥሏል።

Abbas Shash

@abbasshash

21 days

"The government has not yet commented on last Wednesday's abduction and officials have not responded to BBC requests for comment. Some of the abductees' relatives have accused the authorities of not giving the incident enough attention."

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Mekdes

@Mekdes_T_M

1 year

Well spent Saturday

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