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Continue reading →: The Dilema of Expatriates!
This evening I was in Hulule to receive our Chairman arriving from Singapore. I met a friend at the airport while we were waiting at the arrival terminal. While we were waiting an expatriate came through the arrival gate and was warmly welcomed by a group of his countrymen…
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Continue reading →: Yet Another Reshuffle!
The mainstream media today reported yet another of President Gayoom’s many cabinet reshuffles. One would have to wonder what sparks these and where they lead to. The dissident sections of the media were reporting since day before yesterday an imminent reshuffle and a possible sacking of some cabinet ministers…
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Continue reading →: Our Competitiveness in Life
It was only at the age of forty years that I had learnt the importance of “competitive engagement” in life. You might question what I mean here. We live in a highly competitive and dynamic world today. Change is so imminent and yet so fluid. Let’s take the last…
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Continue reading →: A Simple Phone Call is What it Takes!
This morning I called up the operator of our copmany and asked to pass my call to one of our operational division heads. She passed the phone, and after some music, the division head picked up the phone and said, "hello". I opened my mouth to say hello,…
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Continue reading →: Service Attitude
This afternoon, a friend and I went to the Sea House Cafe on the top of MTCC Hulhumale Ferry Terminal. We went there to have a "snack meeting". As we went in, we sat down at a table with a view of Hulhule. After five minutes, we were…
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Continue reading →: HOFEX Day Three
This morning I had the usual hot chocolate and a plain croissant for breakfast. We had breakfast at the exhibition centre cafeteria. Then we went straight to Hall 2. It was also food items like the Grand Hall and Hall 3. Today we went to yet another gingseng…
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Continue reading →: HOFEX Day Two
We have just come back from a dinner given to us by Pino, our coffee supplier (www.caffemoak.com) at HOFEX. We went to an Italian restaurant and enjoyed a most Italian dinner chosen by Pino. We were accompanied by his colleague who works out of Shanghai helping him with marketing…
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Continue reading →: HOFEX Day One
Today was our first day at HOFEX (www.hofex.com) 2007. We were supposed to be four but we are two. Our chairman cuold not join us because the second session of the first MTDC annual general meeting is to be held on the 16th. Joy was also to join us,…
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Continue reading →: In Hong Kong
It is half past midnight! I am staying at the Harbour View International House on Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Ahmed Didi and I arrived in Hong Kong in the late evening yesterday to attend HOFEX. Our hotel is just a few minutes walk from the exhibition centre. And…
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Continue reading →: Kokko … Hassan in Kodai Konal
This morning I met Kokko online. He said he had left Bangalore and is now living in Kodai Konal. That it was on the Kodai Road from Bangalore and was about 11 km from it. He seemed to be very content, saying that he now lived in a hut,…
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Continue reading →: Best Wishes Shenna
The quality of our life is a function of the quality of our decisions. The quality of our decisions are a function of the quality of the questions that we ask ourselves. The best question to ask oneself is "How?". You know very well what you want in life!…
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Continue reading →: Talking about My Favourite Book
Quote (August 2005) My Favourite Book How to Have a Beautiful Mind by Edward de Bono is a good read.
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Continue reading →: Public Transport in Male
Today I had to go fetch my daughter from school. The reason being that her aunt who fetch her from school was not in Male. I had to go and fetch her and take her to the ferry, so that my wife could receive her in Villingili and take…
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Continue reading →: On My Way to Colombo
I will be shortly leaving to go to Colombo. This is a trip to sign the Caltex Distributor Agreement for Maldives. The agreement will be signed between Damas Company Private Limited and Caltex Lanka Lubricants Limited. It has been a long time now since I last visited Colombo. There…
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Continue reading →: Vaail Zahir Hussain
Recently I came across a young man, Vaail Zahir Hussain. He is the executive director of Haveeru and the editor of Evening Weekly. I have not met him nor known him before. My meeting with him was to do with BNET. He is also the Managing Director of BNET…
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Continue reading →: Brutal Killing of yet another young man!
There is breaking news on DO (www.gomaumoongo.com) that the body of a young man from Addu has been brutally killed and thrown into the sea near Atholhuvehi – the Maldives Police Service (http://www.police.gov.mv) detention centre in Male’. Where are we headed as a nation? Are we all helpless…
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Continue reading →: Yaameen's Resignation
What is going to be the state of politics in the country now, a friend of mine asked me this afternoon! I told him that everything has happened for the better. The resignation of ex-Minister Yaameen from Maumoon’s cabinet is a win for the People of the Maldives, a…
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Continue reading →: Conversation with Mariyam
Mariyam How are you! How are you! I have to see it! In the Blue Table! Oh! On the Blue Table So what’s news! No news? Anything interesting? No school so what did you do? Relly, you got the report card from the Stage! Did you call…
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Continue reading →: Male' Taxi Services
Yesterday evening a friend of mine and I had a coffee at "The Water Front Cafe" with another colleague of ours. After the coffee, my friend left and I called a taxi for my colleague. The taxi center said they are sending one, and hung up. When ten minutes passed,…
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