Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Sunday, December 27, 2009

the real maakanaa show....


eedhigali kulhi
s.hithadhoo



Saturday, December 26, 2009

PHOTOS: the Tsunami 5 years ago...

although there's absolutely no connection between tsunamis and climate change the damage, done to a low lying island nation like Maldives by a tsunami can be dramatically reduced by minimising the destructive effects on the islands' natural defenses by climate change.. i.e. minimising the effects of climate change caused by our action... at least i believe so...



Tuesday, December 22, 2009

PHOTOS - the aftermath of today's accident...



it was supposed to be a quick, uneventful trip from Hithadhoo to Maradhoo to pay some bills when we came across this... just missed the accident by minutes, but got these pics of the bridge, the car and what's left of the motorbike... i post these not for our amusement, but for you and for myself to learn a lesson...










street soccer kids of hithadhoo...






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Thursday, December 17, 2009

my first sunset from addu...


i finally get to shoot these beautiful, beauuutiful sunsets...
woohoo!!!

hithadhoo sunset...

my first addu sunset

Friday, December 11, 2009

Breaking News: Maldives to Accept Guantanamo Bay Victims...


Happy Friday..?? indeed!!


MALDIVES TO ACCEPT THREE TORTURED, DE-HUMANISED, STATELESS AND INNOCENT GUANTANAMO BAY VICTIMS!.... GOD BLESS ANNI!!!

i don't know why was listening to Prez Anni's weekly radio address to the nation today, for the first time ever... but i did, and i almost couldn't believe my ears... read/listen to Anni's address

in my opinion, this is the most important human rights gesture our government has made to date... of course there ought to be strings attached... as other so-called Muslim Nations either refuse to accept their own citizens or threatens them with more detention and torture upon their return... read/watch more about the plight of Sami al-Haj the Al-Jazeera camera-man who was released from Guantanamo Bay after more than 6 YEARS of physical, psychological and sexual abuse....

at time when US Pres Obama u-turns on several of his campaign promises, icluding the one to close these torture chambers by january...
instead, he doubles the campaign of aerial bombing sovereign Pakistani territory, killing innocent families in their sleep, wiping out entire villages, from DRONES remote-controlled by 18-year-old gamers sitting somewhere in the middle of the Nevada Desert... read/watch more on this on "Wired For War"

shouldn't Obama be tried for WAR CRIMES, rather than awarded some prestigious PEACE prize???


today, i'm proud to be Maldivian!!

dhangadey - best footballer in south asia
(photo: from My Flickr)

Thursday, December 10, 2009

sugarcoated bright colors...

Sugarcoated Bright Colors

sugarcoated bright colors...

art exhibition to mark the Human Rights Day, and the conclusion of the Multimedia Workshop on Human Rights...

When?
starts today, 10th Dec at 5:30pm....
until 23rd Dec 2009...

Where?
1st Floor H.Merryside (former Cyprea Building)
opposite Masveringe Park


sugarcoated bright colors...

Monday, December 7, 2009

the pillars of our economy...

yes, quite literally...

the pillars of our economy....

where construction of economy = destruction of environment

construction of the economy...

Sunday, December 6, 2009

violence against women....

Photo Competition with REAL CASH Prizes:

1st - Rf 10,000
2nd - Rf 7,000
3rd- Rf 3,000


Theme:
Eliminating Violence Against Women is Our Responsibility

photo competition: violence against women

email your photos to:
vaw2009photo@gmail.com

New Deadline:
8th Feb 2010

photo competition: violence against women

for more information:
Call 3317761
read the Family Ministry's Official Notice
OR
visit the
discussion on Flickr

ps: remember these kids from some of my previous posts here, here, here and here...