1- i will miss my family
2- i will miss my brother alyan, kaafa , my bro alaa and cousin yukko
3- i will miss home
4- i will miss hamza , thoriq, faizan , zim and archi
5- i will miss millzero, obofilli , and notsogoodphotography.
6- i will miss UNIQUE MALDIVES members
7- i will miss my office mates
8- i will miss coffee's with mujey
9- i will miss as ad in his place behind my desk
10- i will miss adhil and his photography tips.
11- i will miss the 16 degree AC
12- i will miss hassaan, afey, sidhu, najaf and shamym at canteen
13- i will miss ayesha luba and nammi
14- i will miss asadh, ashanau, muaz, shiftu and azza
15- i will miss the group that lives near my place
16- i will miss city garden
17- i will miss not studying
18- i will miss the political protests and non political protests
19- i will miss garudhiya and bai
20- i will miss my alter ego
21- i will miss leez, fathun, thas, dhonbe, shamoon,thuttha, meeko,siyatha, and kudu.
22- i will miss freezing studio one and studio three.
23- i will miss alot more
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
nadhu is leaving !
i just found out i am leaving on 26th. that is like next wednesday. am i ready? NO! so many stuff i need to do. but i so do not feel like doing... grr a new whole chapter enters in to the story of my life!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Hulhumale Beach clean up!
we cleaned up the Hulhumale' beach( famously know as the BBQ beach). a team of around 36 members joined in the clean up and did an awesome job there. ill share more reports as soon as Archi or Hamza share it with me!
but check out the pics from yesterday by Glenn Briggs!
the trash that welcomed us! we took pity on the guy on the chair and decided to recycle him :p
some of the team members carrying bag loads of trash mostly plastic while millzero tried to take a picture of them.
a team mate carrying the trash bag
some of the trash collected!
the difference a small team made imagine what all of us can do???
but check out the pics from yesterday by Glenn Briggs!
the trash that welcomed us! we took pity on the guy on the chair and decided to recycle him :p
some of the team members carrying bag loads of trash mostly plastic while millzero tried to take a picture of them.
a team mate carrying the trash bag
some of the trash collected!
the difference a small team made imagine what all of us can do???
Monday, September 10, 2007
Strength of Society ( S.O.S)
S.O.S is an activist NGO working to create a better future for children and youth of the Maldives.
find who they are here and here
15th September 2007 some of us called the strength of society (S.O.S) with the help of Maldivers are organizing and conducting a cleaning half day. The cleaning starts at 2:00 pm and ends at 6:00 pm. the event is going to be held in hulhumale'. join us and help us make hulhumale' a better and cleaner place. ( you wouldnt want your girl friend to step on something yucky like fish left over on the beach while taking a romantic stroll would you ? ) this event is organized to celebrate the World clean up day.
yup ... we are doing it during the ramazan but consider this... this might be your chance to take back the guilt of littering and its a chance to meet new people. also your chance to contribute your ideas and thoughts and lend your hand to make our world a cleaner place to live while getting a few blessings from above.
"A better future with a cleaner environment"
find who they are here and here
15th September 2007 some of us called the strength of society (S.O.S) with the help of Maldivers are organizing and conducting a cleaning half day. The cleaning starts at 2:00 pm and ends at 6:00 pm. the event is going to be held in hulhumale'. join us and help us make hulhumale' a better and cleaner place. ( you wouldnt want your girl friend to step on something yucky like fish left over on the beach while taking a romantic stroll would you ? ) this event is organized to celebrate the World clean up day.
yup ... we are doing it during the ramazan but consider this... this might be your chance to take back the guilt of littering and its a chance to meet new people. also your chance to contribute your ideas and thoughts and lend your hand to make our world a cleaner place to live while getting a few blessings from above.
"A better future with a cleaner environment"
Friday, September 7, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
lava party
obo: rulhi naadhey rulhi naadhey rulhi naadhey manjey
juman and clopp ( chorus group) : manjey!!!
.....
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
missing you!
dear you
I have no clue why I haven't seen you yet. it has almost been a month since you've come back home but I only saw you once and that was for like a moment and we had other business to attend. You have a little time with me and I have a few minutes to spend with you.
I know you are busy with the news and all and have lot of catching up to do, you said we have to meet again but we still haven't.
I promised you and eternal friendship but because of your short replies and distant talks I am scared to ask you what is wrong between us. I feel put aside completely. I wish we could go out and have the typical fun we usually have. I miss you.
with love me
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Monday, September 3, 2007
third flickr (UM) meet up... very cool
the flickr meet up was great. it was great meeting the newbies.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Welcome to the darker side of Maldives!
im not removing this post even if you asked me to!!!
After spending a tiresome day working at TVM i took a van home since earlier that day I had broken the sandals i was wearing. I had heard that there was going to be a protest about the referendum held by the one of the oppositions party MDP ( Maldives Democratic Party). I live near a politically and narcotically( I invented that word) very active area hence while in the van I prayed that id reach right home and would not have to get out and walk home barefooted due to a road block. but as usual the prayer was denied. The van driver dropped me off near Male' opticals and drove off. I took the longer route( maaveyo magu) barefoot and got stuck because the poilice wouldnt let me through. apparently they were chasing and trying to catch some men who had tried to hit them with whatever they used. so i turned back and headed back to where the action was which seemed much more empty than the route i chose before. while i turned back i saw a group of Star Force ( aka Golha force) men running after 3 men. I was surprised with myself that i didnt react to it like i used to . i was neither scared nor was i awed to see it. which meant one thing this had become a part of our lives... seeing civillians and cops play hide and seek and tag.
Anyway i made it to near Mercury light where all the actions were. There were four or five traffic police and many Start force troops. I asked one of the traffic officers whether i could pass through and cross to the other side of the road since i want to get home the shortest possible way and dont want to walk bare footed all the way west and then take a really long route home. he said it was ok. while i talked to him i observed the surrounding carefully. there were people everywhere. there was one or two photographers snapping pictures of star force troopers swishing their baton dangerously and threateningly at civillians while the civillians did the same with their hands and verbally abusing the star force men. since i got permission to to cross over i did and while i did i saw one of the star force man threaten a photographer and fling his camera. that camera is almost 1000$ didnt he know that?
I made it to the other side to find my self infront of a crowd and traffic. it was going to be so hard to make it through carefully so i slowly started to make it in to the crowd hoping to vanish without a trace. but as i was about to go this star force man stopped me calling me "dhelo kanaa kalyah neyngey tha mithanah meehun evveffa ovvaa annaakah nujehyene kan and blah blah" i tried to explain to him tell him the situation when he exploded " balaaennu amm fuyeh nukiya thikiya ethche gos amayaa bafaayaa gaathu keema nimuneenun" I know that he would be exhausted dealing with all the crap at that moment but while these men learnt and practised dealing and being violent i was surprised that they werent taught patience. What he said really pissed me off i really felt like slapping him. i didn't listen to him or stay there watching him scream my head off i turned back to make my way to the crowd when the star force troopers started to yell. while minority of the men spoke loudly but quite calm and nicely requesting us to go home - " hurihaa beyfulhun geyah vadain enveun edhen" most of the men were screaming nufeli thi alaathun amilla thappaahah dhann ulhey. kon lhai eh tha miulheny heligen... most of there requests started with balaaeh , fada boi, nufeleyshey, which deeply hurt me because these were the people who were sent bring the people in to calmer situation and they lacked communication skills. anyway i was going home pretty steamed when i heard the commotion i couldn't resist but turn back and watch while they just pulled out any one they can grab from within the crowd people who stayed near there gates and people who were blocked in traffic. maybe not all of them were innocent but I was question marked when he dragged a frightened and confused looking man out of a lorry carrying gas cylinders and threw him and i mean threw him in to to the police van. i watched as the caught men were loaded in to the van till these star force troopers started to scream balaennu geyah dhashey buneema mi thiba beerunthakakah adhen neevey tha nufelethi felefiyya gendhaanan. they swished there batons and threatened anyone they felt like abusing without taking any reasons.
i was steaming when i got home. i don't mind being called dhelo kanu but he had no right to insult my parents. they say these people are given the permission and do what they are asked by the president. knowing the president i dont think he d have said to them go out there talk to the public using abusive language where ther kids are awake at homes hearing every word they say.
someone once told me this is the sign of development. if the sign of development mean seeing civilian fight with civilians killing each other , police fight with police and civilians and the police fighting i think id rather eat kandoo than rice. have candles than electricity and have nothing but my peace. and while all this was happening there was a tourist upstairs watching and taping the whole thing happen... i really wanted to wave to him say out loud " welcome to the darker side of Maldives. that surely is the part i regularly see these days.
SIGH....
After spending a tiresome day working at TVM i took a van home since earlier that day I had broken the sandals i was wearing. I had heard that there was going to be a protest about the referendum held by the one of the oppositions party MDP ( Maldives Democratic Party). I live near a politically and narcotically( I invented that word) very active area hence while in the van I prayed that id reach right home and would not have to get out and walk home barefooted due to a road block. but as usual the prayer was denied. The van driver dropped me off near Male' opticals and drove off. I took the longer route( maaveyo magu) barefoot and got stuck because the poilice wouldnt let me through. apparently they were chasing and trying to catch some men who had tried to hit them with whatever they used. so i turned back and headed back to where the action was which seemed much more empty than the route i chose before. while i turned back i saw a group of Star Force ( aka Golha force) men running after 3 men. I was surprised with myself that i didnt react to it like i used to . i was neither scared nor was i awed to see it. which meant one thing this had become a part of our lives... seeing civillians and cops play hide and seek and tag.
Anyway i made it to near Mercury light where all the actions were. There were four or five traffic police and many Start force troops. I asked one of the traffic officers whether i could pass through and cross to the other side of the road since i want to get home the shortest possible way and dont want to walk bare footed all the way west and then take a really long route home. he said it was ok. while i talked to him i observed the surrounding carefully. there were people everywhere. there was one or two photographers snapping pictures of star force troopers swishing their baton dangerously and threateningly at civillians while the civillians did the same with their hands and verbally abusing the star force men. since i got permission to to cross over i did and while i did i saw one of the star force man threaten a photographer and fling his camera. that camera is almost 1000$ didnt he know that?
I made it to the other side to find my self infront of a crowd and traffic. it was going to be so hard to make it through carefully so i slowly started to make it in to the crowd hoping to vanish without a trace. but as i was about to go this star force man stopped me calling me "dhelo kanaa kalyah neyngey tha mithanah meehun evveffa ovvaa annaakah nujehyene kan and blah blah" i tried to explain to him tell him the situation when he exploded " balaaennu amm fuyeh nukiya thikiya ethche gos amayaa bafaayaa gaathu keema nimuneenun" I know that he would be exhausted dealing with all the crap at that moment but while these men learnt and practised dealing and being violent i was surprised that they werent taught patience. What he said really pissed me off i really felt like slapping him. i didn't listen to him or stay there watching him scream my head off i turned back to make my way to the crowd when the star force troopers started to yell. while minority of the men spoke loudly but quite calm and nicely requesting us to go home - " hurihaa beyfulhun geyah vadain enveun edhen" most of the men were screaming nufeli thi alaathun amilla thappaahah dhann ulhey. kon lhai eh tha miulheny heligen... most of there requests started with balaaeh , fada boi, nufeleyshey, which deeply hurt me because these were the people who were sent bring the people in to calmer situation and they lacked communication skills. anyway i was going home pretty steamed when i heard the commotion i couldn't resist but turn back and watch while they just pulled out any one they can grab from within the crowd people who stayed near there gates and people who were blocked in traffic. maybe not all of them were innocent but I was question marked when he dragged a frightened and confused looking man out of a lorry carrying gas cylinders and threw him and i mean threw him in to to the police van. i watched as the caught men were loaded in to the van till these star force troopers started to scream balaennu geyah dhashey buneema mi thiba beerunthakakah adhen neevey tha nufelethi felefiyya gendhaanan. they swished there batons and threatened anyone they felt like abusing without taking any reasons.
i was steaming when i got home. i don't mind being called dhelo kanu but he had no right to insult my parents. they say these people are given the permission and do what they are asked by the president. knowing the president i dont think he d have said to them go out there talk to the public using abusive language where ther kids are awake at homes hearing every word they say.
someone once told me this is the sign of development. if the sign of development mean seeing civilian fight with civilians killing each other , police fight with police and civilians and the police fighting i think id rather eat kandoo than rice. have candles than electricity and have nothing but my peace. and while all this was happening there was a tourist upstairs watching and taping the whole thing happen... i really wanted to wave to him say out loud " welcome to the darker side of Maldives. that surely is the part i regularly see these days.
SIGH....
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