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Rahel

"LEAVE your EGO and BRING your SOUL........otherwise don't waste my time!!!"

About Me


I am a feminist in a thong bikini, a student in this human experience, a giver and taker, a lover. Winning, failing, learning, creating. Often flawed and often magnificent. I represent the working class, the blue-collars, the injured and insulted. I want to pour love onto every inch of the human surface. I want to love you, deeply. I want to understand you - do you understand me? I like having fun, too much fun, all the time. I don’t take life too seriously - it’s too beautiful and meaningful...I was born in Eritrea in 1975. My family and I moved to Germany when I was six and a half and for whatever reason we ended up in Reutlingen - a lovely city near Stuttgart. I lived and loved in Reutlingen till 1997. After my technical graduation I knew I had to leave. I applied for studing engineering at the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and law at the Schloss University in Mannheim. After a big discussion withe the family I decided to study law in Mannheim. The most time I liked it, but sometimes I didn't but I never regretted this step. In 2000 I changed to the J.-W. Goethe Univerisity in Frankfurt a.M. During my study time I worked for different organisations and firms. And at the moment I am working for an english law firm called Norton Rose LLP in FFM. I have done everything you can do in the law business but at the same time I worked for two long period as a development aid volunteer in my home country Eritrea. This period of my life was very exciting and very important - but now I have to move on. Many people asking me, which step is the next one in my life. The only answer I could give here is: Sky is the limit and I will move between HEAVEN and HELL!!!Graffiti..

My Interests

I think beside music and painting I am seriously addicted (playing and watching BASKETBALL - I love this game!!!Also I like hanging with my friends, tossing back a few and dancing like a freak when the right songs comes on.

I'd like to meet:

From Van Hunt posted in his myspace blog.: "The Announced Intellectual Renaissance" ---- "I believe that at the essence of high-minded civilization lies the heart of the independent thinker. At no time has society needed so honest an offering as a free man's art and craft-as right now. I have committed myself to a way of life that is uncompromising-and includes nothing malicious, derogatory, frivolous or culturally digressive in the work that I present. But, In the past I have passively/ aggressively attempted to sell my music with the brand of 'ghetto music'...music born out of (and for) the underbelly of Negro society. While the story I painted of my experiences is certainly true, this attempt to paralell my talents with street life was one of desperation. It was a short-sighted and impulsive calculation.....to get my music heard. It was, simply, an insult to myself. the reality is that the origin of my talent remains a gift that comes from a place much older, deeper, richer and more alive than anything that an unfortunate byproduct of our times could ever hope to create. Proper credit to the development of my talent goes to my enablers, my mentors and my own self- determination...not to anything that belies intellect, is demeaning to what culture should aspire to or is lacking in integrity. I shall never again bow down-in any measure-to insecurity, corporate or peer pressure-to do anything other than my very best and most honest. I sincerely regret ever having associated myself with the ignorance people have perpetrated upon themselves in the name of survival. I will be the one to qualify what is survival and what is success for me. And, If I am to be one or both, it will be based on the merit of my work alone."I WANT TO MEET HUMANS WITH THIS KIND OF INTEGRITY. THERE IS A LOT OF BULLSHIT BEING GLORIFIED IN OUR CULTURE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHO STRIVE TO STAND ABOVE MEDIOCRITY, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT GLORIFY CRUELTY; THOUGHTLESSNESS; VAPIDITY AND GREED. I WANT TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO VALUE LIFE AND LOVE.

Music:

I'm currently enjoying recent releases of Afrobeat and listening to the good old Motownmusic!!!! BUT.... I LOVE jazz music and the Eritrean artist Elsa Kidane, Helen Meles, Wedi Tukul, Abraham A.!! But also Hil St. Soul, K'naan, Arrested Development, John Legend, Musiq Soulchild, Kanye West, Donny Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Roll Depp, Tech N9ne, Lyfe Jennings, Hi-Tek, Black Milk, Evidence, Lauryn Hill, Toni Toni Tone, Common, N'Dambi, Pharaoae Monch, Tweet, Aritha Franklin, Gina Darby, Tupac & Biggi, Johnny Gill, BB King, Steve Wonder, A Tribe called Quest, The Ratpack, Toni Braxton, Tracy Chapman, A. Winehouse etc. but also Aerosmith, Guns&Roses (the old Group)and Metallica.... and so many, many others-not countable....hmm, it seems that I am a soul-funk-hiphop bass junkie and seriously addicted.....

Movies:

"Gone with the wind" "Hannibal Lectore" "Godfather Trilogy" "Heat" "Lord of the Rings" "Hotel Rwanda" "The Devil's Advocate" "Face off" "Swordfish" "Lucky Number Sleven" "Star Wars" and "Bridget Jones" etc.and BATMAN!!!!

Television:

Shark, Aviator, Damages, Gilmore Girls, Dr. House, Bill Cosby family, Lost, Everybody hates Chris, X-Mens, Navy CSI, Boston Legal, Girlfriends, The Simpsons but also Documentaries

Books:

"Stein und Floete" is one of my fav and of course "Harry Potter"!! And not to forget all the comics!! I read so many, many, many books and i can't count them here all.......

Heroes:

Apart from my family I am searching for my OWN HERO......................SOMETHING ON MY MIND-SLIDE SHOW: "Accordingly there are two types of thinking, both in their own manner justified and necessary: The calculated thinking and the contemplative meditation." by M. Heidegger /Philippines..SOMALIA: ..LIFE ..BEASTIN Babes;-)..

My Blog

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Posted by Rahel on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:51:00 PST

The Story to the Somalia slide-show.....

GERMAN Spiel mir das Lied vom TodÄthiopische Besatzer, eine handlungsunfähige Regierung, islamistische Milizen, Piraten und hunderttausende Flüchtlinge, die zu verhungern drohen. Somalia ist außer Kon...
Posted by Rahel on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:30:00 PST

INBOX makes the hulahoop for me......

DEAR ALL, first I want to say 'Thank you very much' for all your mails. I want to let you know, that I will answer each mail, BUT I need some more time to do it. I get each day a lot of mails, so I h...
Posted by Rahel on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:53:00 PST