T P O

T   P   O
The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

G r e e t i n g s !

** TPO **
A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


On the menu ... politics, music, poetry, and other good stuff.
There is humor, but there is blunt seriousness here as well!


Parfois, on parle français ici aussi. Je suis un francophile .... Bienvenue à tous!

* Your comments and evaluations are appreciated ! *

Monday, October 22, 2018

Memories ! ትዝታዎች ~ by Hénock Gugsa


Bust statue of Tafari Makonnen at TMS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!
Memories !  ትዝታዎች !!
~ by Hénock Gugsa ~
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1953 (የኢትዮጵያ አቈጣጠር) 5ኛ ክፍል (5C) ... የክፍሉ አላፊ አስተማሪ አቶ ፋንታዬ * የተባለ እኛን እያንዳንዳችንን በስም እየጠራ "አንድ ዘፈን ዝፈን !" እያለ በግድ ያስዘፍነን ነበር ።
 
አንድ ቀን ፍዳዬ ሆነና እኔን ዝፈን ብሎ አዘዘ ፤ እኔም በ 11 ዓመት ዕድሜዬ አይን አፋር እና ትንሽም ኰልታፋ ስለነበርኩ ነገሩ ጭንቀትና መከራ ሆኖ ነበር የታየኝ ። በግዜው የምወደው ዘፈን የነበረው የጥላሁን "ኧረ ምን ይሻለኛል" የተባለው ነበር።

ግን እኔ ስዘፍነው እንደሚከተለው ሆኖ ብዙ የመሳቂያና የመቀለጃ ውጤት አተረፈ !!!

" ካንዴም ሁለቴም ሾሽቴም ... (everybody erupts in laughter)
ፍቅር ደርሾብኛል ... (another laughter)
ግን ዣሬ አዲሽ ሆኖ ... (more laughter)
ይቻወትብኛል ! " .... ( laughter and applause)
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* አቶ ፋንታዬ በጣም ዘፈን የሚወድ ሰውዬ ነበር ፤ በመንገድ ብቻውን ሲሄድ እንኳን ድምፁን ዝቅ አድርጐ እየዘፈነ / እየዘመረ ወይም እያፏጨ እና እየተውረገረገ ነበር የሚሄደው ።

 

Fantaye also had  a cruel streak in his personality.  He used to creatively come up with different methods of physical punishment in the classroom if a student talked (disturbed), got an answer wrong to a question, or had not done his homework.  Fantaye administered the punishment himself in the classroom; he did not bother sending anybody to Gagnon's office.

That man was a sadist; but I have no bitterness, anger, or resentment toward him now. It has all been long forgiven now !
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©ሄኖክ ጉግሣ (Hénock Gugsa)



Friday, October 19, 2018

"Queen Mary" ~ by Sir Peter Ustinov


Queen Mary ( 1867-1953  )


"Queen Mary"
 The Pomposity of Royalty
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~ as told/performed by Sir Peter Ustinov, the great actor, humorist, and  
   raconteur - par - excellence !!!