Happy new year to you too - mate. I've enjoyed reading your blog over the last year.

Ye-Selam amet yargeline.

A Very Happy Ethiopian New Year to you!

Happy New Year everyone!

Dear Andrew:
Happy New Year,
You have done a remarkable job in provding an eclectic mix of Ethiopian news, gossip, social issues and the like. I have enjoyed each and every one of your posts and I commend you for all your positive efforts.
Keep up the great work.

One of your biggest fans!

Andrew:

Melkam Addis Amete

Thanks for a great blog.

Happy New Year to all! Peace and prosperity to the motherland...One can only hope. Thanks for all your good work, Andrew, your blog is simply the best.

Hapy New year.
I hope to read your interesting blog also in 1998. Keep it up.

Melkam Addis Amete

ENKUAN ADERESEH Andrew
I wish u A wonderful Ethiopian New year and Keep up the great job U are doing in 1998 too.
Senay

Happy New Year Andrew!

To celebrate Ethiopian New Year, I have sent you a copy of Erich Von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods - Was God an Astronaut."

Just like the pyramids, I have no doubt the stelae at Axum were built by space "gods" as well!

Just a quick note for the blogger, I sometimes read your bloggs, some of them are interesting. The problem with u Ferenjis, u seem to kno the ppl and country in your 3 or 4 months stay, while the truth is u dont fully understand the complexity of the culture of Eth, that said.. on the other hand u seem to undermine or criticise us the folks in US asif we dont understand or help folks back home, especially in the political arena, yall labelled us "Internet politicians" but for your info anually folks in diaspora remit from 750 million to a billion dollars back to ETh, if it is not for this ppl you can imgine the ordeal of our ppl, or even the existance of Eth as a country? so dont try to undermine our role, yall need to understand that we have equally concerned or have stake in socio-economic and political issues of Eth, so folks like Amb. Brazile who have no idea about the lives of Eth try to patronize us as internet politicians BS, while the truth is we have the capacity, knowledge, will and passion to help our folks out of their misery. Happy New year!

DJ-
Instead of sending 750 million dollars a year to our relatives so they can continue to be lazy and continue to sit around complaining about the situation but do nothing to improve, we should send 750 million dollars in a coordinated concerted effort to help develope our country and educate our people to work together for the comunal good. As painful as the medicine is we must stop encouraging dependence on foreign assistance to individuals, including begging from relatives abroad. We have the best land in africa, the reason for our poverty is generations of bad decissions and our preferance to work against our neighbor instead of working for the common good.

Dawit,

Our ppl are not being lazy.. it is the system under they live is the problem.. our folks are tenacious by nature.. most are successful given the chance. But communism and stalinist leaders like Meles and co. with little knowledge of governance brought this to our ppl. Dont you dare to call my folks names who are dying everyday of torture, killings, preventable dieases, hunger.. our ppl are victims of despots. The remittance atleast keepin them alive otherwise they could have died in mass, so instead critising these poor folks or calling them names be helpful to keep them alive till their time come to shine which is on the horizon!!!

Andrew,

You have been awfully quiet these days...how is the political atmosphere in the city now adays? Are the federal police still cruising the city in large numbers? Please comment on what is going on.

I wonder how long it will take Andrew to settle his account with ETC.

Oh oh! me thinks Andrew has disappeared in to the black hole of the infamous Ethiopian goverment bureaucracy.

Someone should try to rescue him.

This should be interesting.

:-)

Andrew:
We missed you these days. How long does it take to set up your internet account?

I really enjoy your blog. Yours is the best. Take car of yourself and be careful of the Weyanes (TPLF). You just don't know how they operate. Truth, to them, is whatever Meles and Bereket puke up.

By the way, you are right on the money about the internet politics from Washington, D.C.

Andrew, here's hoping you'll be at the October 2nd rally, camera in hand.

A nice blog, unfortunately I am from deleting most of my blog entries. Happy Meskel.

what's up? where are you now? No deal with ETC yet? Any pics from Meskel? Unless you have pictures of Meskel fire from Meskel square how come you labelled your page as meskel square?

At this rate, we will not hear from Andrew until 1999.

I bet ETC is under orders to make sure he can never blog again.
Or perhaps he is getting a lot of "neges" (tomorrow) from some ETC employee.

At this rate, we will not hear from Andrew until 1999.

I bet ETC is under orders to make sure he can never blog again.
Or perhaps he is getting a lot of "neges" (tomorrow) from some ETC employee.

At this rate, we will not hear from Andrew until 1999.

I bet ETC is under orders to make sure he can never blog again.
Or perhaps he is getting a lot of "neges" (tomorrow) from some ETC employee.

Happy Meskel. What the heck happened yesterday at Meskel Square? I can't believe the Meskel Square blog doesn't have any info...

where are you Andrew? Are you AWOL? What is going on in Addis? Are they censoring you?

If he had the time, aren’t there internet Cafes in Addis?

If he had the time, aren’t there internet Cafe's in Addis?

Dear readers,

Sorry to inform this to you but Andrew heavens was passed away 3 weeks a go by car accident.

Will update you with the latest as soon as possible.

Thanks

Dear readers,

Sorry to inform this to you but Andrew heavens was passed away 3 weeks a go by car accident.

Will update you with the latest as soon as possible.

Thanks

I really hope this is not a sick joke!
Oh my God!

This is so sad if it's true. Does anyone a link to a story or something? Andrew, wherever you are, may God be with you!

check this site??
http://www.primidi.com/2004/09/23.html#a977

There's nothing there that says he was in a car wreck...am I missing something?

Some idiot is playing a horroble joke. At least I am hoping.
Andrew, please let us know if you are doing ok.

yes please Andrew...let us know. but what could be taking so long? Not an internet bill. then there are the cafes which one can pay by the hour. I don’t find any news by searching google (no news...good news?) . I'm so sad about this even though I don’t know Andrew personally . I am really hoping it's not true and tomorrow there will be new pictures and a new story. Please somebody…an update!

Dear Readers,

Please be noted that the information I have posted few days back is not a joke .Please check the following for more information.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1127391122735B231

Thanks

Alexander

Why are you playing cruel game man? You must be a very sick person

Guys I saw Andrew last week in Addis. He is alive and well.

alexander

When you lie try to be a bit consisitent please.

This is what you wrote last week (Sept. 28):

"Sorry to inform this to you but Andrew heavens was passed away 3 weeks a go by car accident."

You claim he died three weeks ago from September 28, 2005 (the date you posted your cruel joke) and yet the bus accident occured on September 22nd (less than a week before Sept. 28) (http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1127391122735B231)

Regardless, Andrew is alive and well.

Dear Tamiru,

I know how you are feeling but please understand me, this is not a jock and you didn’t see Andrew last week!

By the way if you are in doubt about my information why don’t you email him? (His email address can be found on the right corner of the home page) So that at list he can turn off the comment page.

Sorry to say this again but the truth is Andrew was passed away few weeks back. May God mercy upon his soul.

I heard that Alexander has been very jelous of Andrew for a long time.

alexander

May God have mercy on you.

If he’s alright then what could it be? Andrew please say something.

Well, looks like Andrew has just posted 2 pictures to his Flickr acount today (Oct 7).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewheavens

Quate "Well, looks like Andrew has just posted 2 pictures to his Flickr acount today (Oct 7)."

Oh thank God! What a horrible guy this Alexander! This has to be illegal...Andrew you must report his IP address. In any case, it's very strange how you can feel like you know someone over the internet.

I guess... The reports of your death are greatly exaggerated. LOL. Thank God!

Andy,
Most of your fans are concerned. Please understand and let us know that you are alive and well. If not it would be great if his wife tells us something.

NEW YEAR DAY!!!
HOPE WE ALL HAVE A GOOD YEAR!!!