A friend emailed me this picture!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
a lift to a dhoni!
how lucky we are to have jetties these days. but i find this really sweet. how gentlemanly of them to take them on their shoulders so they dont get wet!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
spirit of independence day absent along with the floats!
Independence day has always been a day I look forward to. The items the school and the districts come up with are so very brilliant. Every year it’s a new thing. The floats the offices make are so attractive and show hard work of the talented craftsmen among us. It’s amazing, and I could feel the spirit of independence in our air while the whole nation, young and the elderly unite themselves to remember what it feels like to be free.
But this year it was totally different without the floats and the spirit in air. People were more consumed in advertising the differences between parliamentary system and presidential system. The spirit of Independence Day was nowhere in air. True the government would have faced a lot of trouble on the financial issues that are related to the making of the floats considering they are somewhat a waste, but its one thing that the children and the whole nation can enjoy.
Yes there are lots of people here in Maldives who needs financial help and it would be far better to help them than make a bunch of floats and ride it around male’. But these poor people also enjoy the floats. The whole nation enjoys the floats. But the whole Maldives doesn’t get to enjoy the reception the president holds on 25th of July to celebrate the Independence Day.
Its no secret what a waste it is. I personally experienced this so called socializing event. Believe me it is quiet horrifying to know that they spend quiet an amount on the food and preparations, which on the end of the day are gone to waste. Half the invitees show up. The food is a total waste. The so-called socializing event is a total bust where once they have eaten they can’t wait to get out and away. Quite frankly telling, I’m sure president holds the function to shake the hands of a few people and re assure himself that he still have some faithful followers who worships him. Why else. If it’s a socializing event how come he doesn’t spend a few hours talking and interacting with people- shaking a hands with people and listening to Independence Day greeting is not interacting with them. Waiting for a moment and having a few laughs is interacting with others; that was what I was taught any way.
Why spend so much on a useless and very wasteful reception, while the same money can be spent on the floats that the whole nation very much looks forward to. Just because the opposition parties claim they are wasting people money they cant stop the floats. Why stop the floats when they aren’t stopping more money consuming things. Why give a reception to which less than half the invitees attend. I say no reception and save a million to spend on real Independence Day celebration like making floats!!!
Monday, July 23, 2007
tic tic station how many GODs are there in this world!
*******Readers discretion is advised. contains what some of u call nonsense.
i believe in one god
she believes in one god
he believes in one god
you believes in one god
and theirs us who dont believe in god
they believe in 7 gods
we have 8 more gods
those crowd over there says its 2 gods
even now it all add up to
1+1+1+1+0+7+ 8+2= 21
plus the rest of the gods i havent included because i havent met anyone who believes in them...
no wonder everyone is so defensive when it comes to themselves. its like they are ruled by their god and not mine!!!! :P
i believe in one god
she believes in one god
he believes in one god
you believes in one god
and theirs us who dont believe in god
they believe in 7 gods
we have 8 more gods
those crowd over there says its 2 gods
even now it all add up to
1+1+1+1+0+7+ 8+2= 21
plus the rest of the gods i havent included because i havent met anyone who believes in them...
no wonder everyone is so defensive when it comes to themselves. its like they are ruled by their god and not mine!!!! :P
Sunday, July 22, 2007
To kiss u in the rain!
*** RANDOM RANTING!
i knew it would rain...
nothing i expected to gain
wanted lot of things but i didnt ask
not because i couldnt, but because it wasnt right...
out on street, stuck in rain.
before we zoomed.
i wanted to hug you and take away your pain.
get a hug from you to drain away the affliction.
i wanted to feel the warmth of ur body.
the warmth that would made me feel safe.
still i didnt ask, because it wasnt right.
half soaking wet i came home, same you were...
i said good night but didnt blow a kiss
or stayed to see you leave safely.
i didnt want to because it wasnt right.
those were some of the things i wanted last night.
things that i never asked ,
but it wasnt worth it, because i didnt really need that all,
yet there is something i wanted bad
didnt ask because it was wrong...
i wanted a kiss.
a kiss in the rain
and feel that moment last...
but i missed that one out...
since to think even it is very wrong...
i knew it would rain...
nothing i expected to gain
wanted lot of things but i didnt ask
not because i couldnt, but because it wasnt right...
out on street, stuck in rain.
before we zoomed.
i wanted to hug you and take away your pain.
get a hug from you to drain away the affliction.
i wanted to feel the warmth of ur body.
the warmth that would made me feel safe.
still i didnt ask, because it wasnt right.
half soaking wet i came home, same you were...
i said good night but didnt blow a kiss
or stayed to see you leave safely.
i didnt want to because it wasnt right.
those were some of the things i wanted last night.
things that i never asked ,
but it wasnt worth it, because i didnt really need that all,
yet there is something i wanted bad
didnt ask because it was wrong...
i wanted a kiss.
a kiss in the rain
and feel that moment last...
but i missed that one out...
since to think even it is very wrong...
was tagged by rae!
(a) 3 things you can't do;
* lick my elbow
* stop worrying
* kick sense in to my mother
(b) 3 things you can do;
* read and write
* walk back wards
* sleep on a messy bed with needles pricking my ass
(c) 3 things that scare you;
* height
* getting fat
* centipedes
(d) 3 things that you Love;
* photography(art)
* cuddling
* coffee
(e) 3 things you hate;
* gossip
* politics
* being cold
ummm necrophagus, bulhaa, shweet
* lick my elbow
* stop worrying
* kick sense in to my mother
(b) 3 things you can do;
* read and write
* walk back wards
* sleep on a messy bed with needles pricking my ass
(c) 3 things that scare you;
* height
* getting fat
* centipedes
(d) 3 things that you Love;
* photography(art)
* cuddling
* coffee
(e) 3 things you hate;
* gossip
* politics
* being cold
ummm necrophagus, bulhaa, shweet
Friday, July 20, 2007
my daughters 7 i am growing old!!! .........
my brother who is 6 months older than my daughter is a monster who wears a human disguise. he woke me up early in the afternoon ( i dont get up till 5 on fridays) to tell me that it was "yukos birthday". what no way it cant be 20th of july already. argh!!! i had to drag my self out of bed to go buy the present i promised her. a maths book! honestly what is the world coming to?
three weeks ago i had asked what she wanted for her birthday, she had told me she wanted a maths book and pencil. i thought it was some kind of a joke since this was an almost 7 year old i was talking to... argh!!! she is seven already and i can see wrinkles on my face... i am growing old.
well i got her at 13 and i am 20... wow its been 7 years. maybe when i wake up tommorow id be facing a 16 year old who spells trouble!
i am being just dramatic here and making a huge issue of nothing. hehe and i am talking about my god daughter... i dont think its possible fro me to have a daughter at thirteen and be still alive to see her grow considering my mother would have killed me if i got my self pregnant. :)
oh well
three weeks ago i had asked what she wanted for her birthday, she had told me she wanted a maths book and pencil. i thought it was some kind of a joke since this was an almost 7 year old i was talking to... argh!!! she is seven already and i can see wrinkles on my face... i am growing old.
well i got her at 13 and i am 20... wow its been 7 years. maybe when i wake up tommorow id be facing a 16 year old who spells trouble!
i am being just dramatic here and making a huge issue of nothing. hehe and i am talking about my god daughter... i dont think its possible fro me to have a daughter at thirteen and be still alive to see her grow considering my mother would have killed me if i got my self pregnant. :)
oh well
HAPPY BIRTH DAY YUSAIRA MY VERY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
GRAFFITI VS VANDALISM VS ART
I CALL THESE ART
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I love the Friday mosque and i ve got a lot of pictures of the mosque and the graveyard. i ve been observing the tombstones for six months. those that are near the MNDF side of the mosque they are crumbling due to the heavy machinery that are been used for the construction of the new MNDF building. im not saying they should stop building the place, but do they KNOW THEY ARE DESTROYING something historical??? do they care???
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ANDHU© All rights reserved.I love the Friday mosque and i ve got a lot of pictures of the mosque and the graveyard. i ve been observing the tombstones for six months. those that are near the MNDF side of the mosque they are crumbling due to the heavy machinery that are been used for the construction of the new MNDF building. im not saying they should stop building the place, but do they KNOW THEY ARE DESTROYING something historical??? do they care???
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Hell Awaits You!
Welcome to hell. hope you enjoy the rest of the eternity in here... My husband and i would be toturing you right after the tour.
Monday, July 9, 2007
photography and me.
LIVE EARTH!!!, originally uploaded by andhu.
pictures can be documentative, memories and it can be the photographer feelings. there need not be a story behind every single picture but every picture can tell you a story. the story it tells depends on the appreciators, the criticizers and the photographer him or herself.
when i see the world through the view finder its totally different from the real world. i feel pretty much self assured and happy. the world can be anything i want it to be. a pretty flower can be turned it to a piece of weed, and and ugly duckling can be made pretty as a swan . it all depends on the mood and type of world i want to see and i want you to see.
most of you people who see me taking pictures will probably laugh at me... or make cheesy comments. some of you would describe as a restless person. but honestly once i look through the view finder or look at the image forming on the LCD screen, the real world around me disappears. i see what i want to see. and i see the way i want to produce it. sometime if i am not lucky, i may get something else and not the picture i visualised and i fear that a lot. because it leaves me totally disheartened. which is the most horrible feeling i know.
i know experience counts a lot when you take pictures. but i have a fear of making the first attempt, one wrong step and my mind might change. like that night on Live Earth thats the first time i got my self a pass and covered an event. The whole thing was scary. i over came two fears. the fear of falling from the stage and the fear of taking pictures of shows infront of a huge audience. i did a pretty good job for a first timer said some of the fellow photographers who helps me to improve.
some of these good photographers who themselves are learning should recruit some of the photographers who are new to this. but the fear of them succeeding over takes their egos ( you great people their please don't get offended i am talking in general and is not targeted to anyone) . it is understandable. competition, rivalry and jealousy is a part of human nature. i suppose it is what makes us strive. it sure does make me work harder. yes i admit the great photos that makes me drool makes me jealous. because they got the opportunity and was at the place at the right time.
maybe i would eventually find my way through the maze, and get a good enough camera and take a picture that i am satisfied with. i should really learn to love my pictures and stop being a perfectionist.
most of you people who see me taking pictures will probably laugh at me... or make cheesy comments. some of you would describe as a restless person. but honestly once i look through the view finder or look at the image forming on the LCD screen, the real world around me disappears. i see what i want to see. and i see the way i want to produce it. sometime if i am not lucky, i may get something else and not the picture i visualised and i fear that a lot. because it leaves me totally disheartened. which is the most horrible feeling i know.
i know experience counts a lot when you take pictures. but i have a fear of making the first attempt, one wrong step and my mind might change. like that night on Live Earth thats the first time i got my self a pass and covered an event. The whole thing was scary. i over came two fears. the fear of falling from the stage and the fear of taking pictures of shows infront of a huge audience. i did a pretty good job for a first timer said some of the fellow photographers who helps me to improve.
some of these good photographers who themselves are learning should recruit some of the photographers who are new to this. but the fear of them succeeding over takes their egos ( you great people their please don't get offended i am talking in general and is not targeted to anyone) . it is understandable. competition, rivalry and jealousy is a part of human nature. i suppose it is what makes us strive. it sure does make me work harder. yes i admit the great photos that makes me drool makes me jealous. because they got the opportunity and was at the place at the right time.
maybe i would eventually find my way through the maze, and get a good enough camera and take a picture that i am satisfied with. i should really learn to love my pictures and stop being a perfectionist.
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