tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887424243090769462011-12-07T16:52:02.854+05:00f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.comBlogger1431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-68428572939202031912011-05-08T13:06:00.010+05:002011-05-09T15:01:53.237+05:00<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">minus </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">the </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">bill</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">....</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5695683173/" title="the sunset bill.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5695683173_a5797a0098.jpg" alt="the sunset bill.." height="300" width="450" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">clicking </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">on </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">the </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">pics</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">will </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">take you </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">to </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">my </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">flick</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">r</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">photo page</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5692985858/" title="holhin.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5226/5692985858_a835847c02.jpg" alt="holhin.." height="300" width="450" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6842857293920203191?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-46922434987866163962011-04-29T16:01:00.007+05:002011-04-30T02:45:42.334+05:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">H</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">D</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">R</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">of</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Soneva Gili...</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">(scroll down for the <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">originals</span> of these hdr's)</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5668354139/" title="happy friday.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5668354139_f38703d297.jpg" alt="happy friday.." width="450" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5669436980/" title="happy friday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5669436980_d194533c79.jpg" alt="happy friday..." width="450" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">h</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">a</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">p</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">p</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">y</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">w</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">e</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">e</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">k</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">e</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">n</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">d</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">for those interested, here are the originals of the above pics, respectively...</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i63D4RP7A7Y/Tbqc1DO05RI/AAAAAAAABOQ/OL4F1kgHjAY/s1600/gili2hdr_01_o.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i63D4RP7A7Y/Tbqc1DO05RI/AAAAAAAABOQ/OL4F1kgHjAY/s400/gili2hdr_01_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600961521803126034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDAhl5cRjmc/Tbqc1GQ6LiI/AAAAAAAABOY/IwYc62jGUe8/s1600/gili3hdr_01_o.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDAhl5cRjmc/Tbqc1GQ6LiI/AAAAAAAABOY/IwYc62jGUe8/s400/gili3hdr_01_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600961522617167394" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4692243498786616396?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-69847199414534653752011-04-13T10:34:00.002+05:002011-04-13T11:59:04.448+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5615613424/" title="Amr in Bali... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5615613424_a1489a2c48.jpg" alt="Amr in Bali..." width="450" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and here is the original...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_vPidCYkJlrE/TYwqefNqkhI/AAAAAAAADIE/yJYLPaLkx7M/s720/pic003.JPG" alt="why did the chicken cross the road?" width="450" height="300" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6984719941453465375?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-13913608844824231092011-03-11T20:26:00.003+05:002011-03-12T17:47:21.784+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >for those of us who still believe that Israel is the peace loving democracy in the Middle East.. <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" >Israel is NOT a democracy</span>.. it's an Apartheid system just like that of South Africa from 1948-1990.. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"..if we face a South African style <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >struggle for equal voting rights</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> </span> (for Palestinians in the territories) then, as soon as that happens, the state of Israel would be finished."</span><b><br /></b><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >- <a href="http://itisapartheid.org/quotes.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Ehud Olmert </b></a></span><br />Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-2009</i></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://itisapartheid.org/quotes.html" title="happy friday.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5516398725_780dabd6a2_z.jpg" alt="happy friday.." height="600" width="447" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for more information &amp; to get involved visit </span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);" href="http://apartheidweek.org/" rel="nofollow">apartheidweek.org</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">and</span> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);" href="http://itisapartheid.org/" rel="nofollow">itisapartheid.org</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1391360884482423109?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-86667681187875917762011-03-09T17:13:00.010+05:002011-03-12T12:47:54.140+05:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Israel is <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">NOT</span> a Democracy.. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Contrary to the myth sold by the West promoting <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Israel</span> as the <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"only democracy in the Middle East"</span>, Israel is an <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Apartheid</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>state heavily relying on the systematic denial and removal of the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >most basic human rights</span> of the Arab population in order to suppress their political aspirations and to maintain the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >demographic advantage</span> over them..</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://itisapartheid.org/quotes.html" title="israeli apartheid week 2011.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5511140381_6ee691eed8_z.jpg" width="451" height="640" alt="israeli apartheid week 2011.." /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just like <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >Nelson Mandela</span>, who topped Wests' lists of <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >terrorists</span> for his role in the fight for freedom from South Africa's Apartheid system of 1948-1990, the<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"></span>Palestinian </span>Resistance</span> is considered terrorists across the globe..</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" >for more information &amp; to get involved in spreading the message visit</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://apartheidweek.org/">apartheidweek.org</a> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">&amp;</span> <a href="http://itisapartheid.org/">itisapartheid.org</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8666768118787591776?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-46878341246398405262011-02-25T17:11:00.006+05:002011-02-25T21:00:49.215+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">stop the leaks..<br /></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5475789673/" title="leaks.. there're leaks everywhere.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5178/5475789673_370a0299f3.jpg" alt="leaks.. there're leaks everywhere.." height="500" width="333" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">to put the fire out...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-szBA90gtU74/TWeh-0rCYtI/AAAAAAAABNs/ymHboeS-QlM/s1600/leaks_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-szBA90gtU74/TWeh-0rCYtI/AAAAAAAABNs/ymHboeS-QlM/s400/leaks_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577604764184765138" border="0" /></a><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4687834124639840526?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-65837684339728596092011-02-23T22:30:00.001+05:002011-02-23T22:35:40.856+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">dancing to <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Pink Panther</span>...</span></span><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="226" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=300892dfb8&amp;photo_id=5471090388"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=300892dfb8&amp;photo_id=5471090388" height="226" width="400"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6583768433972859609?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-45236651999766276122010-12-25T20:13:00.009+05:002010-12-25T21:39:26.863+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >wishing all my international friends and their families a <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >very happy</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >holiday season</span>...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TRYNMKV4MzI/AAAAAAAABNg/ZKjllPnVQRY/s1600/3rp_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TRYNMKV4MzI/AAAAAAAABNg/ZKjllPnVQRY/s400/3rp_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554641692993794866" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5289980775/" title="happy holidays... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5289980775_674a3935c7_m.jpg" width="210" height="140" alt="happy holidays..." /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5289980763/" title="happy holidays... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5289980763_a7e8688430_m.jpg" width="210" height="140" alt="happy holidays..." /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TRYNL4rZtYI/AAAAAAAABNY/-rn16JCWX50/s1600/3rp_06_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TRYNL4rZtYI/AAAAAAAABNY/-rn16JCWX50/s400/3rp_06_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554641688252233090" border="0" /></a><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4523665199976627612?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-42882265737078639232010-12-23T17:10:00.011+05:002010-12-23T22:14:05.547+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">or Rajni Kant...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Tamil film icon &amp; philanthropist <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Rajnikant</span> </span>overlooks everyday life in the South Indian coastal town of <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >Vizhinjam, Kerala</span>..</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><br /><a href="http://firasss.blogspot.com/2010/12/rajni-can.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TRNUQkbf80I/AAAAAAAABNM/6nP86KUrKhk/s400/triv2_51_s.jpg" alt="" height="315" width="210" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5285672124/" title="Happy Friday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5285672124_d264ee425e.jpg" alt="Happy Friday..." height="315" width="210" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5285672118/" title="rajni can...?? or rajni kant...?? by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5285672118_09e528124b.jpg" alt="rajni can...?? or rajni kant...??" height="300" width="450" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >they showed people wash these giant posters with MILK </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >on Indian TV ...<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >here is Rajni.. without the cool costume.. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://firasss.blogspot.com/2010/12/rajni-can.html"><img src="http://www.extramirchi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rajni-should-not-enter-politics-loyola-college-survey.jpg" height="438" width="400" /></a><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4288226573707863923?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-18723938461013278742010-11-19T15:49:00.009+05:002010-11-19T16:23:17.720+05:00<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">19 November - World Day for </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" >Prevention of Child Abuse </span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5188808041/" title="happy friday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/5188808041_aec4891fa4.jpg" alt="happy friday..." height="300" width="450" /></a></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />let us all work and pray for a happy, enjoyable and <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >safe childhood</span> for all the <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >vulnerable children</span> in our society, country and across the globe... </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >Get Involved</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" > Locally </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">in</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://on.fb.me/cxxmoe">Advocating for the Rights of Children - ARC </a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">also see United Nations'<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.unicef.org/crc/">Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC</a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1872393846101327874?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-49590878148292380842010-11-10T21:32:00.002+05:002010-11-10T22:05:03.462+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">in </span>H<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">D</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">R</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5164018695/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5164018695_78bb1e49de.jpg" alt="" height="300" width="450" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">and in</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Black </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">&amp;</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">White</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">..</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5163742368/" title="inside eedhigali by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/5163742368_77f525aaf5.jpg" alt="inside eedhigali" height="300" width="450" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-family:arial;" >here's the ORIGINAL of the HDR processed image...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TNrMOAlBxwI/AAAAAAAABM4/ibehsnV765s/s1600/eedhigali_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TNrMOAlBxwI/AAAAAAAABM4/ibehsnV765s/s400/eedhigali_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537963232850986754" border="0" /></a><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4959087814829238084?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-89471664987733726512010-10-30T14:32:00.004+05:002010-10-30T15:07:32.460+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Baa </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thulhaadhoo </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">in </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">HDR</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">...</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TMvmsK8NMrI/AAAAAAAABMk/UY3A-NPS4Ik/s1600/thulhaa_hdr_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TMvmsK8NMrI/AAAAAAAABMk/UY3A-NPS4Ik/s400/thulhaa_hdr_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533770213680296626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5128289056/" title="2007 by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5128289056_f3ce2a1685.jpg" alt="2007" height="270" width="450" /></a><br /><br />.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8947166498773372651?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-84989506191611629782010-10-20T06:48:00.004+05:002010-10-20T07:59:32.501+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >..at <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">us$5,300,000</span></span> the ugly black thing is perhaps the <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">hallmark</span> </span>of our past governments' policy of concentrating all vital services on the tiny island capital...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"></span></span><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5096922500/" title="all roads lead to... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5096922500_38e5095b57_z.jpg" alt="all roads lead to..." height="533" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >construction of this <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">68 million rufiyaa</span></span> 12-storey extention to the IGM Hospital began as recent as September or 2007... and <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">boasts</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">4 floors of VIP rooms</span></span> at a time when strong calls were made for providing the most critical services such as basic health care to all islands..<br /><br />..the building remains <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">incomplete</span></span>, to this day...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" ></span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5096922482/" title="all roads lead to male... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5096922482_900ff5712a.jpg" alt="all roads lead to male..." height="266" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8498950619161162978?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-5725404083629196122010-10-17T16:50:00.004+05:002010-10-20T07:20:00.416+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >buy this yatch</span> at the International Boat Show and <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >Help Maldives</span> recover at least a fraction of the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >millions</span> wastefully spent over 30 years with absolutely NO degree of accountability... this yatch was custom built for the former President of Maldives ata staggering cost of </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><b style="font-family: verdana;">$11 MILLION</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" >... </span><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5088396083/" title="for sale... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5088396081/" title="for sale... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5088396081_394af63e91.jpg" alt="for sale..." height="300" width="450" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" >...also<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span></span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&amp;id=102104" rel="nofollow">follow the debate</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" > over the move by this goverment to sell this expensive piece of useless junk on<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&amp;id=102104" rel="nofollow">Haveeru Online</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" >...</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5088396083/" title="for sale... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5088396083_285e148e49.jpg" alt="for sale..." height="300" width="450" /></a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-572540408362919612?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-70939369716603953502010-10-11T22:54:00.016+05:002010-10-12T21:23:27.814+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:verdana;" >with the <span style="font-size:180%;">'firax wallpaper'...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >download | <a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/5072629236_f16226ce87_o_d.jpg" rel="nofollow"><u>2000x1500</u></a> | <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TLNTliQbouI/AAAAAAAABLI/o922SG-7tx0/s1600/spiral_1b_s.jpg" rel="nofollow"><u>2100x1800</u></a> |</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5072629236/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TLNTliQbouI/AAAAAAAABLI/o922SG-7tx0/s400/spiral_1b_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526853072029721314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:verdana;" >click the thumbnails below to download the wallpapers in Ubuntu 10.10</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Aeg"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Aeg_by_Tauno_Erik2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Aeg" title="Aeg" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Blue"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Blue_by_ElSlunko2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Blue" title="Blue" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Blue box number 2"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Blue_box_number_2_by_orb92203-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Blue box number 2" title="Blue box number 2" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Bubbles"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Bubbles_by_JanneM42-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Bubbles" title="Bubbles" height="95" width="95" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Crocosmia"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Crocosmia_by_sirpecangum3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Crocosmia" title="Crocosmia" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Feather"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Feather_by_quinn.anya3_-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Feather" title="Feather" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Fern"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fern_by_aalex0442-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Fern" title="Fern" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Life"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Life_by_Paco_Espinoza3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Life" title="Life" height="95" width="95" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Liquid glass"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Liquid_glass_by_matthileo3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Liquid glass" title="Liquid glass" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Mirada Perduda"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Mirada_Perduda_by_Marxicoli32-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Mirada Perduda" title="Mirada Perduda" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Morning Ⅱ"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Morning_II_by_Tadas_N3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Morning Ⅱ" title="Morning Ⅱ" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Primer Amanecer 2010"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Primer_Amanecer_2010_by_letoloke3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Primer Amanecer 2010" title="Primer Amanecer 2010" height="95" width="95" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Ropey Photo"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Ropey_Photo_by_Bob_Farrell2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Ropey Photo" title="Ropey Photo" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Serenity Enchanted"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Serenity_Enchanted_by_sirpecangum3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Serenity Enchanted" title="Serenity Enchanted" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Smile"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile_by_quinn.anya3_-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Smile" title="Smile" height="95" width="95" /></a><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/snails-dalmatians-plenty-of-grass-its-ubuntu-10-10s-new-wallpapers-download/" title="Waterchain"><img src="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Waterchain_by_Poje_Mario3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Waterchain" title="Waterchain" height="95" width="95" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7093936971660395350?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-82876905071527652512010-10-10T07:18:00.009+05:002010-10-10T09:11:14.324+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >what's to become of us..?? </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5064792283/" title="footprints in the sand or a mere shadow in the clouds.. what's to become of us..?? by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5064792283_6efec4236a.jpg" alt="footprints in the sand or a mere shadow in the clouds.. what's to become of us..??" height="300" width="450" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;" >Email from President Nasheed to the Global Work Party 101010</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Dear friends,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >As President of one of the world's most climate vulnerable countries, I want to thank you for your tireless work and offer my wholehearted support for the Global Work Party on 10/10/10.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >I shall be working hard in support of 10/10/10, up on my roof installing solar panels donated by Sungevity. But my event is just one of dozens of activities planned in the Maldives and thousands worldwide in support of this campaign.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to continue working to ensure that the planet meets the sustainable goal of returning CO2 concentrations to 350ppm.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >For the Maldives, 350 is more than just a number: it is a passport to survival for our entire nation.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >With best wishes,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >President Mohamed Nasheed</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >President of the Maldives</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >------------------------------------------------</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Please forward this email from President Nasheed to your friends or click to spread the word on Facebook and Twitter.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8287690507152765251?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-21402977603540005032010-10-05T18:55:00.002+05:002010-10-05T21:33:49.065+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5053941328/" title="tuk tuk by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5053941328_1374c22b93.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="tuk tuk" /></a> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://firasss.blogspot.com/2010/10/tuk-tuk-fun.html"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TKtSi5BIIeI/AAAAAAAABLA/5Q1TVCG9N0s/s400/bangalore_04_s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524600127274623458" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5051533912/" title="tuk tuk... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5051533912_e8c914fbc1.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="tuk tuk..." /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2140297760354000503?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-5678425782608281032010-09-22T18:44:00.005+05:002010-09-24T09:30:59.717+05:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">it's <span style="font-weight: bold;">5 YEARS</span> to date, since my first photo upload to flickr...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/5014227527/" title="5 years of flickr... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5014227527_7acfe56587.jpg" alt="5 years of flickr..." height="330" width="440" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">... and here's the original, unedited version posted 5 yrs ago...</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/45502691/" title="paapul maa - my first flickr upload... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/45502691_d6f86862b0.jpg" alt="paapul maa - my first flickr upload..." height="330" width="440" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-567842578260828103?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-86270485289898506482010-09-17T13:10:00.006+05:002010-09-17T14:32:19.397+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4992214529/" title="thousand legged boy... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4992214529_d195c1dd7c.jpg" alt="thousand legged boy..." height="150" width="200" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4985951649/" title="at the swamp... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4985951649_e0d1c70282.jpg" alt="at the swamp..." height="150" width="225" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4998243630/" title="happy weekend.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/4998243630_ef66c04e8c.jpg" alt="happy weekend.." height="308" width="462" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4985951637/" title="at the swamp... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4985951637_32ebf96a18_m.jpg" alt="at the swamp..." height="140" width="210" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4990139165/" title="a thousand-legged worm... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4990139165_25b31c91e5_m.jpg" alt="a thousand-legged worm..." height="140" width="210" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4982662774/" title="ferns... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/4982662774_ecd9e6cedf.jpg" alt="ferns..." height="308" width="462" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4998243634/" title="happy friday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/4998243634_a227952ccc_m.jpg" alt="happy friday..." height="140" width="210" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4977467846/" title="eid mubarak... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4977467846_0780caa102_m.jpg" alt="eid mubarak..." height="140" width="210" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4990139167/" title="have you seen a leg of mine.. by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/4990139167_901eb19fa2.jpg" alt="have you seen a leg of mine.." height="308" width="462" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8627048528989850648?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-80899356359392867182010-08-19T00:36:00.007+05:002010-08-19T01:18:26.075+05:00<span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">click on the photos to view and comment on them in<br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">my flickr</span></a>...</span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Thanks..</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4905517012/" title="melodica art... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4905517012_70ecd23cd7.jpg" alt="melodica art..." height="270" width="360" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TGw3VpAfifI/AAAAAAAABJo/OjADN99yh1A/s320/band_012_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506837289291975154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4905517002/" title="melodica art... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4905517002_4921630ef1.jpg" alt="melodica art..." height="270" width="360" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8089935635939286718?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-6072970910703311902010-07-23T17:01:00.008+05:002010-07-23T19:40:50.636+05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/male-kaafu-maldives/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TEmpPLvJujI/AAAAAAAABJg/4zGPDbGt4Fc/s400/photowalk10a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497110898496092722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Worldwide PhotoWalk </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:130%;" ><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/male-kaafu-maldives/" rel="nofollow"></a></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" >Saturday</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" >24th July</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">4-6pm </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">starts near Henveiru Stadium</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4821125842/" title="happy friday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4821125842_82e930d2dd.jpg" alt="happy friday..." height="260" width="390" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">visit </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.maale.org/" rel="nofollow"><b>maale.org</b></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> to </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/male-kaafu-maldives/" rel="nofollow"><b>Sign Up</b></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> or simply </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/male-kaafu-maldives/" rel="nofollow"><b>Turn Up</b></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> for the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/male-kaafu-maldives/">2010 Worldwide Photowalk in Male'</a> led by our very own <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nazeeh/">Nazee</a></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4821125838/" title="we're gonna walk the photo walk... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4821125838_0b63cf363a.jpg" alt="we're gonna walk the photo walk..." height="260" width="390" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-607297091070331190?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-90735223153057447422010-05-18T12:58:00.007+05:002010-05-18T17:15:22.975+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://bop.nppa.org/2010/">NPPA</a>'s <a href="http://bop.nppa.org/2010/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Best of Photojournalism</span> 2010 Awards</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:webdings;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">1st Prize</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> in the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Environmental Picture Story</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">Category</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">by</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Lu Guang</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">/ Contact Press Images</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://bop.nppa.org/2010/still_photography/winners/?cat=EPS&amp;place=1st&amp;item=204159"><img src="http://bop.nppa.org/2010/thumbnails/684/00034446/EPS_China/00034446-EPS-China-012.JPG" height="260" width="390" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Many </span>defective <span style="font-size:180%;">babies </span>are <span style="font-size:180%;">abandoned </span>in Shanxi Province every year. <span style="font-size:180%;">Kong Zhenlan</span>, from Qi County, <span style="font-size:180%;">who makes her living scavenging, fosters every abandoned baby she finds</span>. She now takes care of 25 children. April 14, 2009</span><br /></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://bop.nppa.org/2010/still_photography/winners/?cat=EPS&amp;place=1st"><span style=";font-family:webdings;font-size:180%;" >click here for the full story...</span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-9073522315305744742?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-73824938211921382382010-04-20T20:23:00.003+05:002010-04-20T20:56:59.820+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >continued from yesterday's <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >get me outta here....</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4537586765/" title="freeeeeee.... as a fish... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4537586765_fc88dceac5.jpg" alt="freeeeeee.... as a fish..." height="312" width="390" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">* * *</span> The End <span style="font-size:85%;">* * *</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7382493821192138238?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-55194925411539273002010-04-19T16:59:00.004+05:002010-10-27T02:34:58.722+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4534454340/" title="get me out of here.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4534454340_ab473209bd.jpg" alt="get me out of here...." height="312" width="390" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >(photo from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/">my flickr</a>...)<br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TMcK3V4XiTI/AAAAAAAABMc/sBz29yXR2OQ/s1600/abutterflytile.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/TMcK3V4XiTI/AAAAAAAABMc/sBz29yXR2OQ/s400/abutterflytile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532402613130594610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >to be continued...<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-5519492541153927300?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-90487219773764222392010-04-06T21:02:00.007+05:002010-04-06T21:26:39.068+05:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">watch this <a href="http://wikileaks.org/">newly leaked</a> video showing how democracy is brought to iraq, and spread across the middle east...</span></span><br /><br /><object width="380" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5rXPrfnU3G0&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5rXPrfnU3G0&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-9048721977376422239?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-46597529263589270002010-03-29T20:05:00.003+05:002010-03-29T20:11:54.458+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >Earth Day 2010</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4472720445/" title="for the earth... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4472720445_567f63643a.jpg" alt="for the earth..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4472720439/" title="earth day 2010... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/4472720439_8775e6fcd6.jpg" alt="earth day 2010..." width="333" height="500" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4659752926358927000?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-2912338848161287402010-03-24T23:11:00.010+05:002010-03-25T01:22:39.383+05:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br />..with my little cousins on hulhumale' beach at the family bbq...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >..and the greatest thing was that the painting, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">modelling </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">and photography were done all by themselves... all i had to do was watch and laugh...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">painter</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">Anha</span>; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">model</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">Yumn</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4460815948/" title="painting with light... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4460815948_4af1e910ac.jpg" alt="painting with light..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">painter</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Haavy</span>; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">model</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Muan</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq220YPnI/AAAAAAAABHQ/g0cTqCKAkVU/s1600/hulhu_05_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq220YPnI/AAAAAAAABHQ/g0cTqCKAkVU/s400/hulhu_05_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452287789546094194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">painter</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Mikko</span>; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">models</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">Anha <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">&amp;</span> Yumn</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4460815954/" title="light painting... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4460815954_0f05b87a0a.jpg" alt="light painting..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">painter</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">Yumn</span>; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">model</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">Anha</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq2VRS3BI/AAAAAAAABHI/cxEavBTpcIw/s1600/hulhu_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq2VRS3BI/AAAAAAAABHI/cxEavBTpcIw/s400/hulhu_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452287780540570642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">painter</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Muan</span>; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">model</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: <span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Mikko</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq2A4JMmI/AAAAAAAABHA/fAdZlz_hhAc/s1600/hulhu_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq2A4JMmI/AAAAAAAABHA/fAdZlz_hhAc/s400/hulhu_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452287775066370658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">painter</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: Firax; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">model</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">: Haavy</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq1qtFrHI/AAAAAAAABG4/ptk2yWyNtio/s1600/hulhu_01_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pq1qtFrHI/AAAAAAAABG4/ptk2yWyNtio/s400/hulhu_01_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452287769114422386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">..and in the end they did a wonderful job signing their names too...</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >with light...</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjSfKnhPI/AAAAAAAABGY/FevUH_T_-ho/s1600/hulhu_09_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjSfKnhPI/AAAAAAAABGY/FevUH_T_-ho/s320/hulhu_09_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452279468140233970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pcPsYTj5I/AAAAAAAABFo/fei7yJNtjl4/s1600/hulhu_07_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pcPsYTj5I/AAAAAAAABFo/fei7yJNtjl4/s320/hulhu_07_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452271723566305170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjR13SPyI/AAAAAAAABGQ/yOPPBs2Xw0Q/s1600/hulhu_08_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjR13SPyI/AAAAAAAABGQ/yOPPBs2Xw0Q/s320/hulhu_08_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452279457053294370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjSu6VPcI/AAAAAAAABGg/CX-xTL698uo/s1600/hulhu_10_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 130px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjSu6VPcI/AAAAAAAABGg/CX-xTL698uo/s320/hulhu_10_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452279472366894530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjTYKk-pI/AAAAAAAABGo/1yF240X8RUg/s1600/hulhu_11_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjTYKk-pI/AAAAAAAABGo/1yF240X8RUg/s320/hulhu_11_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452279483440888466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjTsdiv2I/AAAAAAAABGw/K8R90dsoYiE/s1600/hulhu_12_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/S6pjTsdiv2I/AAAAAAAABGw/K8R90dsoYiE/s320/hulhu_12_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452279488889143138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-291233884816128740?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-71358957640072904172010-03-19T18:02:00.008+05:002010-03-19T19:42:42.178+05:00.<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">hehehe.. not really... but seeing them for the first time, they sure did look like an angry invading army out to take over the island, if not the world... </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4445703828/" title="angry fiddler crabs invade hithadhoo... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4445703828_bf1721881b.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="angry fiddler crabs invade hithadhoo..." /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4445703822/" title="fiddler crabs invade hithadhoo... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4445703822_01bacb26ac.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="fiddler crabs invade hithadhoo..." /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >...for those who thought i Photoshoped these crabs<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">icy blue</span></span>... </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4348462350/" title="flickr crab... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2764/4348462350_664e93f159.jpg" alt="flickr crab..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >do check out the following pics and more interesting fiddler info from the web...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/Fiddler%20Crabs.htm"><img src="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/images/boys.jpg" width="390" height="110" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/Fiddler%20Crabs.htm"><img src="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/images/SWEETY.jpg" width="212" height="129" /></a> <a href="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/Fiddler%20Crabs.htm"><img src="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/images/2002_0101vomeris0136.JPG" width="172" height="129" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/Fiddler%20Crabs.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/backwell3/Fiddler_Crabs.htm</span><br /><br /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >...apparently a 100 different species of fiddler crabs can be found across the globe... </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_crab">read more...</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4348462352/" title="flickr crabs party... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4348462352_a0d2f8e9c8.jpg" alt="flickr crabs party..." width="390" height="260" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7135895764007290417?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-20617982002979096722010-03-02T19:06:00.004+05:002010-03-02T19:45:40.963+05:00<span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">she gets some ice...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4401472838/" title="dealing with the heat... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4401472838_61d8763955.jpg" alt="dealing with the heat..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">while he goes shirtless...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4401472834/" title="dealing with the heat.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4401472834_274f7f1a71.jpg" alt="dealing with the heat...." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2061798200297909672?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-82642268418525726062010-02-26T14:18:00.007+05:002010-02-26T15:15:36.136+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >similar wrecks line up the eastern shoreline of the island... </span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4388759541/" title="ghost ships of hithadhoo... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4388759541_13fbceb7c5.jpg" alt="ghost ships of hithadhoo..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >it's a beautiful, <span style="font-size:180%;">beautiful </span>sight alright... but one could hardly stand the stench of <span style="font-size:180%;">raw sewage</span> in this area... quite a few pipes from nearby households and neighborhoods can be seen emptying into the lagoon... a lot of this SHIT, literally, is then washed back on to the beach... </span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4388759535/" title="ghost ships of hithadhoo... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4388759535_2a055d6743.jpg" alt="ghost ships of hithadhoo..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- hithadhoo 2009</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8264226841852572606?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-79586250540101822202010-02-19T14:03:00.005+05:002010-02-19T15:21:12.476+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span></span><br />Photoshop</span> - the software that <span style="font-size:180%;">changed the way</span> we view the world - <span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >is 20 yrs old</span>...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" >also <span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/photoshop-20th-anniversary/startup-memories/"><b>WATCH</b></a></span> the founders talk about <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/photoshop-20th-anniversary/startup-memories/"><b>how Photoshop evolved</b></a></span> over the years...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4369985384/" title="happy birthday Photoshop... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4369985384_e99f3c2f23.jpg" alt="happy birthday Photoshop..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4369985382/" title="happy birthday Photoshop... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4369985382_a12d201126.jpg" alt="happy birthday Photoshop..." width="390" height="260" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7958625054010182220?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-46008241612187243632010-02-16T22:31:00.008+05:002010-02-17T11:14:41.791+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" >-</span><br />in shackles....<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4363042396/" title="on flowers i walk, in shackles...!! by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4363042396_08cdacf5af.jpg" alt="on flowers i walk, in shackles...!!" width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >dedicated to <span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nelson Mandela</span></span>, who along with much of the world is celebration 20 years since his release after 27 years in prison in the fight against <span style="font-weight: bold;">racism</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >apartheid</span>... the only shame is that Mandela' is still in the dreaded <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);font-size:180%;" >List of Terrorists</span> in the <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >US</span>... oh well... one man's freedom fighter really is another man's terrorist....</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4362242493/" title="on a bed of flowers i march.... in shackles!! by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4362242493_7297982152.jpg" alt="on a bed of flowers i march.... in shackles!!" width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4600824161218724363?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-81555238519477378912010-02-10T13:49:00.006+05:002010-02-10T17:14:15.929+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4345724350/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4345724350_580bde0e22_o.jpg" alt="HBW" width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4345724352/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4345724352_28df5975e9_m.jpg" alt="hbw!" width="195" height="130" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4337645450/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/4337645450_7af491eb95_m.jpg" alt="" width="195" height="130" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4337645452/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4337645452_e2c7429302.jpg" alt="" width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >...also the works of german artist, photographer </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" ><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Blossfeldt"><b><i>Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932)</i></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >... </span><br /><br /><a href="http://karlblossfeldtphotos.com/photos_list_live.asp?ID=14" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://karlblossfeldtphotos.com/Photos/Large_WL_Photo_Karl%20Blossfeldt%20007.jpg" alt="" width="174" height="250" /></a> <a href="http://karlblossfeldtphotos.com/photos_list_live.asp?ID=14" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://karlblossfeldtphotos.com/Photos/Large_WL_Photo_Karl%20Blossfeldt%20009.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="250" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8155523851947737891?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-5606164717946114862010-02-08T21:50:00.002+05:002010-02-08T22:02:44.262+05:00<span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >mile after mile.... they carpeted the length of the road with flowers....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Trivandrum </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >Kerala </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: trebuchet ms;">India</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4340255621/" title="kilometer after kilometer... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4340255621_11d4fe3646.jpg" alt="kilometer after kilometer..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4340255617/" title="on a bed of flowers... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2747/4340255617_6695e204be.jpg" alt="on a bed of flowers..." width="390" height="260" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-560616471794611486?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-79995898106594824432010-02-05T14:36:00.003+05:002010-02-05T15:10:12.057+05:00<span style="font-family: webdings; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br />- Martin Luther King, Jr</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4332300530/" title="only when it's dark enough can we see the stars ~ martin luther king by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4332300530_9f1b2e6b24.jpg" alt="only when it's dark enough can we see the stars ~ martin luther king" width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4332300526/" title="only when it's dark enough can we see the stars ~ martin luther king by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/4332300526_5dce25c949.jpg" alt="only when it's dark enough can we see the stars ~ martin luther king" width="333" height="500" /></a><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7999589810659482443?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-7822878162150813712010-01-20T21:21:00.002+05:002010-01-20T22:00:08.327+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">one size fits all...</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">call 9758969 or 7786361</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4290839160/" title="link road tyre replacement services... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4290839160_5baf2651c6.jpg" alt="link road tyre replacement services..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4290111637/" title="link road tyre replacement service... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2795/4290111637_e6b757ac2e.jpg" alt="link road tyre replacement service..." width="390" height="260" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-782287816215081371?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-86431914170541048422010-01-19T16:45:00.002+05:002010-01-19T16:54:10.338+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4287868562/" title="identity crisis... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4287868562_b926be2a52.jpg" alt="identity crisis..." width="399" height="266" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8643191417054104842?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-8598708322688156892010-01-18T11:48:00.002+05:002010-01-18T11:53:43.959+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4284406248/" title="orion... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4284406248_547ef19650.jpg" alt="orion..." width="390" height="260" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-859870832268815689?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-26921132344773693162010-01-17T20:02:00.003+05:002010-01-17T20:15:15.889+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4281174913/" title="the big dipper... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4281174913_f2cb77d765.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="the big dipper..." /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2692113234477369316?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-37208300324379187402010-01-15T06:35:00.006+05:002010-01-15T07:41:38.789+05:00<span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">woohoo!! i seem to have caught the Milky Way AND the axis of Earth's rotation in my first attempt at a star trail...</span><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="267" width="400" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><br /> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=8bbf1984db&photo_id=4274810106" height="267" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><a title="the hype... by fiЯas, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4273967507/"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><img height="266" alt="the hype..." src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2741/4273967507_7882e82e1e.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3720830032437918740?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-61203138926053962942009-12-30T22:49:00.004+05:002009-12-31T06:17:16.034+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4228361489/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/4228361489_5ed87901a1_o.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4228361485/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/4228361485_f8799557cd_o.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4225907440/" title="future Bonda? by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4225907440_137180e41b_o.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="future Bonda?" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4225907448/" title="best friends... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/4225907448_fdc2d760ea_o.jpg" width="390" height="260" alt="best friends..." /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6120313892605396294?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-73481471743864494282009-12-27T13:21:00.005+05:002009-12-27T13:36:14.199+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">eedhigali kulhi</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" >s.hithadhoo</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzcaW6apy5I/AAAAAAAABDE/0dEnNhM7-dU/s1600-h/kilhi_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzcaW6apy5I/AAAAAAAABDE/0dEnNhM7-dU/s400/kilhi_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419829657504172946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzcaXtEPXAI/AAAAAAAABDU/D9KEdDYIMXU/s1600-h/kilhi_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzcaXtEPXAI/AAAAAAAABDU/D9KEdDYIMXU/s400/kilhi_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419829671100374018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzcaXXxMP0I/AAAAAAAABDM/7AqaouErK5Y/s1600-h/kilhi_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzcaXXxMP0I/AAAAAAAABDM/7AqaouErK5Y/s400/kilhi_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419829665383333698" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7348147174386449428?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-65079183714030934452009-12-26T14:56:00.005+05:002009-12-26T19:05:08.466+05:00<span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">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...</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzXes5TpUpI/AAAAAAAABCs/tv2WIgV79EE/s1600-h/tsunami_09_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzXes5TpUpI/AAAAAAAABCs/tv2WIgV79EE/s400/tsunami_09_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419482589489091218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzXetRi2mmI/AAAAAAAABC8/fr6-9BRBG8s/s1600-h/tsunami_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzXetRi2mmI/AAAAAAAABC8/fr6-9BRBG8s/s400/tsunami_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419482595995327074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzXetCOS_rI/AAAAAAAABC0/BqmgN2z-2rc/s1600-h/tsunami_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzXetCOS_rI/AAAAAAAABC0/BqmgN2z-2rc/s400/tsunami_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419482591882575538" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6507918371403093445?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-14973099662880586492009-12-22T18:07:00.006+05:002009-12-22T22:01:15.858+05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDb-fd2BnI/AAAAAAAABCU/RBRpbAVUstg/s1600-h/accident_07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDb-fd2BnI/AAAAAAAABCU/RBRpbAVUstg/s400/accident_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418072218371753586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">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...</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDHEoxHxJI/AAAAAAAABBs/XjdyStwiEAE/s1600-h/accident_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDHEoxHxJI/AAAAAAAABBs/XjdyStwiEAE/s400/accident_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418049234203559058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDHE0yBOUI/AAAAAAAABB0/pLqSPo1yX-g/s1600-h/accident_05.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDHE0yBOUI/AAAAAAAABB0/pLqSPo1yX-g/s400/accident_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418049237428549954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDHFBnqEbI/AAAAAAAABB8/GifI_KQUEKo/s1600-h/accident_04.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDHFBnqEbI/AAAAAAAABB8/GifI_KQUEKo/s400/accident_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418049240874750386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDLhGY93lI/AAAAAAAABCM/aYJ99fZGuSI/s1600-h/accident_03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDLhGY93lI/AAAAAAAABCM/aYJ99fZGuSI/s400/accident_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418054121238158930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDb-447RQI/AAAAAAAABCk/ixNdNmz5Vm0/s1600-h/accident_09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDb-447RQI/AAAAAAAABCk/ixNdNmz5Vm0/s400/accident_09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418072225196229890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDLg5fG0yI/AAAAAAAABCE/OD0ukExaF4w/s1600-h/accident_02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDLg5fG0yI/AAAAAAAABCE/OD0ukExaF4w/s400/accident_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418054117774250786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDb-q_7KwI/AAAAAAAABCc/YGRKaniZFWA/s1600-h/accident_08.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzDb-q_7KwI/AAAAAAAABCc/YGRKaniZFWA/s400/accident_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418072221467486978" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1497309966288058649?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-70073795587310075902009-12-22T11:41:00.004+05:002009-12-22T14:02:22.248+05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzBrfTY9i5I/AAAAAAAABBc/nVN5vQFv-g8/s1600-h/soccerkids_02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzBrfTY9i5I/AAAAAAAABBc/nVN5vQFv-g8/s320/soccerkids_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417948537251793810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzBq4oCFEeI/AAAAAAAABBU/GqINPADEE-E/s1600-h/soccerkids_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzBq4oCFEeI/AAAAAAAABBU/GqINPADEE-E/s320/soccerkids_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417947872778064354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzBrfgg7U3I/AAAAAAAABBk/aPomus5QX54/s1600-h/soccerkids_03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SzBrfgg7U3I/AAAAAAAABBk/aPomus5QX54/s320/soccerkids_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417948540774863730" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4203615720/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4203615720_3101fb06c7.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="214" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4203615714/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4203615714_9e9d8d7163.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="214" /></a><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7007379558731007590?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-85265104012205177672009-12-17T08:07:00.006+05:002009-12-17T08:18:38.557+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br />i finally get to shoot these beautiful, beauuutiful sunsets... </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >woohoo!!!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4190175269/" title="hithadhoo sunset... by fiЯas (in Addu for few weeks), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4190175269_9e6646c7ec.jpg" alt="hithadhoo sunset..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4190166539/" title="my first addu sunset by fiЯas (in Addu for few weeks), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/4190166539_94060645e4.jpg" alt="my first addu sunset" width="390" height="260" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8526510401220517767?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-49716608121270102032009-12-11T11:14:00.012+05:002009-12-11T16:03:23.275+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br />Happy Friday..?? indeed!!</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />MALDIVES TO ACCEPT <span style="font-size:130%;">THREE</span> TORTURED, DE-HUMANISED, STATELESS AND INNOCENT GUANTANAMO BAY VICTIMS!.... GOD BLESS ANNI!!!</span><h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="GenericStory_Message" ft="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;msg&quot;}"></h3><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >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... <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/4/?ref=1,5,2781">read/listen to Anni's address</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >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...<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2/after_more_than_6_years_al">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....</a></span><br /><br />at time when US Pres Obama u-turns on several of his campaign promises, icluding the one to close these torture chambers by january...</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" > 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... <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/2/6/wired_for_war_the_robotics_revolution">read/watch more on this on "Wired For War"</a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />shouldn't Obama be tried for WAR CRIMES, rather than awarded some prestigious PEACE prize???</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">today, i'm proud to be Maldivian!!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/2584965242/" title="dhangadey - best footballer in south asia by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2584965242_1e6f116367.jpg" alt="dhangadey - best footballer in south asia" width="300" height="400" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(photo: from My Flickr)</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4971660812127010203?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-55746813613662674762009-12-10T15:56:00.005+05:002009-12-13T11:48:03.323+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Sugarcoated</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Bright </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Colors</span></b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4173383431/" title="sugarcoated bright colors... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/4173383431_ba8574d274.jpg" alt="sugarcoated bright colors..." width="300" height="200" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >art exhibition to mark the Human Rights Day, and the conclusion of the Multimedia Workshop on Human Rights...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><i style="font-family: arial;">When?</i><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">starts today, 10th Dec at 5:30pm....</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">until 23rd Dec 2009...</span><br /><br /><i style="font-family: arial;">Where?</i><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">1st Floor H.Merryside</b><span style="font-family:arial;"> (former Cyprea Building)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">opposite </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Masveringe Park</b><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4173383427/" title="sugarcoated bright colors... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/4173383427_d97bc10d75.jpg" alt="sugarcoated bright colors..." width="300" height="450" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-5574681361366267476?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-4124313154549021822009-12-07T22:00:00.008+05:002009-12-08T13:47:26.311+05:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">yes, quite literally...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4166553570/" title="the pillars of our economy.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/4166553570_2ec4628b42.jpg" alt="the pillars of our economy...." width="360" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">where</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">construction</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">of economy </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">=</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">destruction</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">of environment</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4166553568/" title="construction of the economy... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/4166553568_cd4b8fd4c5.jpg" alt="construction of the economy..." width="360" height="240" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-412431315454902182?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-72031844029321180582009-12-06T17:03:00.009+05:002009-12-06T22:10:51.447+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><i style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Photo Competition</span></i></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><i style="font-family:verdana;"> with <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >REAL CASH</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> </span>Prizes:</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >1st - Rf 10,000</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;" >2nd - Rf 7,000</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >3rd- Rf 3,000</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><i face="verdana" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Theme: </i></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;" >Eliminating Violence Against Women is Our Responsibility</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4163019488/" title="photo competition: violence against women by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4163019488_325bcfe4be.jpg" alt="photo competition: violence against women" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><i style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></i><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >email your photos to: </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >vaw2009photo@gmail.com</span><br /><br /><i style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">New Deadline: </i><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >8th Feb 2010</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4163019490/" title="photo competition: violence against women by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4163019490_44fe183c00.jpg" alt="photo competition: violence against women" width="270" height="360" /></a><br /><br /><i style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">for more information:</i><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Call </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >3317761</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >read the Family Ministry's </span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://www.iulaan.mv/v2/?page=view&amp;id=3656" rel="nofollow"><b>Official Notice</b></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >OR<br />visit the<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> </span></span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/uniquemaldives/discuss/72157622606279993/"><b>discussion on Flickr</b></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><i style="font-family: verdana;">ps: remember these kids from some of my previous posts <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3404945026/"><b>here</b></a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3642903095/"><b>here</b></a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/2940376363/"><b>here</b></a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3356203300/"><b>here</b></a>...</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7203184402932118058?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-72776280856331478782009-11-30T10:58:00.005+05:002009-11-30T11:16:20.004+05:00<span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" ><br />when you have a hammer as big as the US military, everything around you looks like a nail...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >- noam chomsky</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, describing the US's keenness in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">attacking </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">defenseless states, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">hammering </span></span>country after country with its bombs and missiles, creating havoc, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">killing </span></span>hundreds of thousands...</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4142920621/" title="when you have a hammer as big as the US military, everything around you becomes a nail... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4142920621_91dfa949f5.jpg" alt="when you have a hammer as big as the US military, everything around you becomes a nail..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4142920617/" title="when all you have is a hammer, everything you see is a nail... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2525/4142920617_5c778db650.jpg" alt="when all you have is a hammer, everything you see is a nail..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7277628085633147878?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-30992094877539130992009-11-27T20:12:00.007+05:002009-12-06T09:01:44.918+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >took my Samsung Marine (B2100) for a real swim today.. nearly 2 hrs of snorkelling and a few 2m dives to take a few snaps... and it lived to share our story with you.. a few lucky ones got Eid Greetings directly from the Nemos (clown fishes?) straight from their Anemones....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_tur1SxuI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/nww-jG1M9vo/s1600/marine_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_tur1SxuI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/nww-jG1M9vo/s320/marine_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803063791273698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uP515f1I/AAAAAAAAA-4/RK7tXcrqo4w/s1600/marine_08_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uP515f1I/AAAAAAAAA-4/RK7tXcrqo4w/s320/marine_08_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803634487590738" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_tuJlEsNI/AAAAAAAAA-I/n9k8y9izytE/s1600/marine_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_tuJlEsNI/AAAAAAAAA-I/n9k8y9izytE/s320/marine_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803054596436178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uO3sNQWI/AAAAAAAAA-g/D7AaN7RDDc4/s1600/marine_05_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 175px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uO3sNQWI/AAAAAAAAA-g/D7AaN7RDDc4/s320/marine_05_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803616730202466" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_tuaPe5tI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/aM_1XCxX3t8/s1600/marine_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 175px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_tuaPe5tI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/aM_1XCxX3t8/s320/marine_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803059069282002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uPUasoaI/AAAAAAAAA-w/M-E9QE0G8rU/s1600/marine_07_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 144px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uPUasoaI/AAAAAAAAA-w/M-E9QE0G8rU/s320/marine_07_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803624441389474" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uPPo1IiI/AAAAAAAAA-o/xq-yBTa5CZo/s1600/marine_06_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 144px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_uPPo1IiI/AAAAAAAAA-o/xq-yBTa5CZo/s320/marine_06_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803623158489634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_ttvLECwI/AAAAAAAAA-A/5ibpHNAnTQw/s1600/marine_01_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sw_ttvLECwI/AAAAAAAAA-A/5ibpHNAnTQw/s320/marine_01_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408803047508019970" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3099209487753913099?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-36643928848057427242009-11-23T21:21:00.007+05:002009-11-23T22:47:16.981+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4128511742/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/4128511742_fe4e2b7c50.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="180" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4128511738/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/4128511738_bc7f552380.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="180" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Swq28suKvLI/AAAAAAAAA9g/1ZUW6UocTok/s1600/bokeh_06_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Swq28suKvLI/AAAAAAAAA9g/1ZUW6UocTok/s400/bokeh_06_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407335456524909746" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3664392884805742724?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-91860222621556541172009-11-22T16:46:00.006+05:002009-11-22T18:31:39.443+05:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >ever heard of a <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" > </span><span style="font-size:180%;">fruit</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" > </span>that makes <span style="font-size:180%;">sour stuff taste sweet</span>, inside your mouth?? </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >watch</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > adam gollner unveil the secrets of miracle berry on <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/9/the_fruit_hunters_a_story_of">DemocracyNow</a>.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >...</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHHyoQGvDvo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHHyoQGvDvo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="370" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">it may not be available from our local market, but we have our <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630165707.htm"><span style="font-size:180%;">watermelons</span> with its own <span style="font-size:180%;">special powers</span></a>...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4123897927/" title="miracle berry - the real forbidden fruit? by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/4123897927_ee069a77b8.jpg" alt="miracle berry - the real forbidden fruit?" width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4123897925/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4123897925_69bf49b016.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="270" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-9186022262155654117?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-34175544542560067312009-11-20T22:36:00.006+05:002009-11-21T09:45:29.047+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4119389169/" title="thin ruh family park... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4119389169_e116439beb.jpg" alt="thin ruh family park..." width="330" height="220" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SwbVx5NxWVI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/VF2codUjP8s/s1600/sunset_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SwbVx5NxWVI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/VF2codUjP8s/s320/sunset_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406243455853746514" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4119389165/" title="nothing like a beautiful sunset... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4119389165_a6950ccc2a.jpg" alt="nothing like a beautiful sunset..." width="330" height="220" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3417554454256006731?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-24137159716707432922009-11-18T15:38:00.004+05:002009-11-20T08:52:32.851+05:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >what happened to Genidark at 3RP the other day... </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4109030822/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4109030822_07d4cc0e0a_m.jpg" alt="genidark fish...." width="180" height="120" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fureytha/4114571316/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/4114571316_42eae4ecc6_m.jpg" alt="genidark fish..." width="180" height="120" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4114592676/" title="genidark at 3rp.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4114592676_a8f45fd185.jpg" alt="genidark at 3rp...." width="360" height="240" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4114592670/" title="genidark at 3rp.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4114592670_886cb82039.jpg" alt="genidark at 3rp...." width="360" height="240" /><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2413715971670743292?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-5226701548387996832009-11-14T13:38:00.010+05:002009-11-15T15:29:13.263+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Capitalism</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">when the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >company</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> that's supposed to provide you with clean, safe water </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">forces you</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> to buy even </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >SAFER</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> water, bottled and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >sold</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> by the same company...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-tsQyprMI/AAAAAAAAA9I/BLSBVU28sbA/s1600-h/0capital_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-tsQyprMI/AAAAAAAAA9I/BLSBVU28sbA/s320/0capital_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229053801147586" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-tsiQcmCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/-Q5FEj6lUn4/s1600-h/0capital_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-tsiQcmCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/-Q5FEj6lUn4/s320/0capital_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229058489522210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">free-market</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >capitalism</span> is either <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >fatally flawed</span> or requires stronger regulation, says <span style="font-size:180%;">74% of over 29,000 adults <span style="font-size:130%;">surveyed across</span> 27 countries</span>, by </span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(102, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc2009_berlin_wall/"><i>Globescan</i></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> for </span><a style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347409.stm"><i>BBC</i></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;" >(click on the charts below for the full details and inferences from the survey...)</span><br /><a href="http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc2009_berlin_wall/"><img src="http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc2009_berlin_wall/images/custom/BBC09_M5_agg.gif" alt="" width="380" height="210" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347409.stm"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46684000/gif/_46684877_world_service_captial_466.gif" alt="" width="380" height="304" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-trgjw0sI/AAAAAAAAA84/Ze1V-1KoMqA/s1600-h/0capital_01_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 126px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-trgjw0sI/AAAAAAAAA84/Ze1V-1KoMqA/s320/0capital_01_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229040853799618" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-tr685-xI/AAAAAAAAA9A/BOEIPst1pZM/s1600-h/0capital_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 126px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sv-tr685-xI/AAAAAAAAA9A/BOEIPst1pZM/s320/0capital_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229047938579218" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-522670154838799683?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-38966375240926198292009-11-02T14:03:00.004+05:002009-11-02T14:16:01.362+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">shri <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">krishna </span>jayanti <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">festival</span>... </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"></span></span></span> <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >(all photos taken from <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/firax/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">my flick</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">r</span></a>)</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4067321427/" title="color land... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/4067321427_a48372e14f.jpg" alt="color land..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4063585181/" title="happy november... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2483/4063585181_08e902ef86.jpg" alt="happy november..." width="190" height="285" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4063585173/" title="sweet november.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/4063585173_169a1dee16.jpg" alt="sweet november...." width="190" height="285" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/4067321431/" title="color land... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4067321431_37af90ddf7.jpg" alt="color land..." width="390" height="260" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >india </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >KERALA </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);font-size:180%;" >2009</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3896637524092619829?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-38448040830779725172009-10-25T14:12:00.005+05:002009-10-25T15:29:27.674+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" >visit <span style="font-size:180%;"><b style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">350 Postcards: The Exhibition</b></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >TODAY</span> from <span style="font-size:180%;"><b>4PM till Midnight</b></span> now underway at <b>RAALHUGANDU</b> to find out...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barack Obama</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">US President</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQZQmoi8uI/AAAAAAAAA7o/QY42Quj7pB0/s1600-h/350postcards_14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQZQmoi8uI/AAAAAAAAA7o/QY42Quj7pB0/s320/350postcards_14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396466026535908066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Steve Jobs</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Apple, CEO</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQfnwH_arI/AAAAAAAAA7w/G7Cgvu4BJnI/s1600-h/350postcards_22.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQfnwH_arI/AAAAAAAAA7w/G7Cgvu4BJnI/s320/350postcards_22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396473021290474162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ted Turner</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Media Mogul and Philanthropist</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQZQXJIABI/AAAAAAAAA7g/Ee2EWrTG9m4/s1600-h/350postcards_21.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQZQXJIABI/AAAAAAAAA7g/Ee2EWrTG9m4/s320/350postcards_21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396466022377586706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Jon Bon Jovi</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Singer, Environmentalist</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQZP_U960I/AAAAAAAAA7Y/iHymAICe584/s1600-h/350postcards_16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQZP_U960I/AAAAAAAAA7Y/iHymAICe584/s320/350postcards_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396466015984806722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sheila Watt-Cloutier</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Winner of Canadian Environment Award 2008</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQoMzG4taI/AAAAAAAAA8A/iphXSRpfYzw/s1600-h/350postcards_24.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQoMzG4taI/AAAAAAAAA8A/iphXSRpfYzw/s320/350postcards_24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396482453839328674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Hans-Rudolf Merz</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">President of Switzerland</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQnFyf5DQI/AAAAAAAAA74/uLXusn-Nj_g/s1600-h/350postcards_23.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SuQnFyf5DQI/AAAAAAAAA74/uLXusn-Nj_g/s320/350postcards_23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396481233905061122" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3844804083077972517?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-64348266681413469482009-10-20T10:31:00.008+05:002009-10-20T14:15:20.778+05:00<font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" size="4"><font face="verdana"><font size="4"> i asked what they were drawing on the ground... </font><br /><br /></font><font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" face="verdana"><font style="font-weight: bold;">"fanditha hadhaa meeheh"</font>, one of them </font></font><font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" size="4"><font face="verdana">quickly </font></font><font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" size="4"><font face="verdana">replied...</font></font><font size="4"><br /></font><font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" size="4"><font face="verdana">(i.e. a black magician) </font></font><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5f412478f3&photo_id=4028284457"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5f412478f3&photo_id=4028284457" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/St1aqLSi9lI/AAAAAAAAA6c/YgDeCDNCkxY/s1600-h/fulha_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/St1aqLSi9lI/AAAAAAAAA6c/YgDeCDNCkxY/s320/fulha_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394567609291306578" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/St1a57qCXkI/AAAAAAAAA6s/6vHRTdJGr8U/s1600-h/fulha_05_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/St1a57qCXkI/AAAAAAAAA6s/6vHRTdJGr8U/s320/fulha_05_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394567879972773442" border="0"></a><br /><br /><font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);" size="4"><font style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" face="verdana"><font style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">meanwhile... Shahaa was more interested in wiping off her friends' drawings...</font></font></font><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/St1aqrr0mTI/AAAAAAAAA6k/DoE674croAQ/s1600-h/fulha_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/St1aqrr0mTI/AAAAAAAAA6k/DoE674croAQ/s320/fulha_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394567617987254578" border="0"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6434826668141346948?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-72757059636751288442009-09-28T23:36:00.006+05:002009-09-29T03:37:37.213+05:00<span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" >Help Save Our Home...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.350postcards.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SsERS0l0ZHI/AAAAAAAAA50/Zfzx4Byfszk/s400/poster.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386605644364407922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.350postcards.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Participate...</span></span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.350postcards.com/submit/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Submit your photos... </span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7275705963675128844?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-56678507658066277412009-09-02T21:48:00.010+05:002009-09-02T22:27:37.212+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >kerala, india:</span><br /><br />. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3880864415/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3880864415_bded198dc4.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="270" /></a><br />. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3870229438/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3870229438_6e6d9c668f.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="450" /></a><br /><a title="reflects action..., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3881911480/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3881911480_5aa0f57daa_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a> <a title=" , by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3880864409/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/3880864409_6a0487f9c2_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a><br /><a title="Onam, by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3862681662/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/3862681662_7206f89d5a_m.jpg" width="190" height="250" /></a> <a title="a time to reflect..., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3881911490/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2655/3881911490_08766b3e74_m.jpg" width="190" height="250" /></a><br />. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3870428977/" title="sindhu matha by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2612/3870428977_4c49e24a2f.jpg" alt="sindhu matha" width="380" height="270" /></a><br /><a title=" , by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3870428971/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/3870428971_cf0660d0c8_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a> <a title="the NOISE maker, by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3863854501/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/3863854501_b2d5b20505_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a><br /><a title="the big bad cheetah, by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3863854485/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3863854485_1bdaebe333_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /> </a><a title=" , by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3870229446/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/3870229446_19ce21fb2b_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a><br />. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3862681690/" title="Onam by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3862681690_b11199a252.jpg" alt="Onam" width="380" height="250" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-5667850765806627741?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-18864528253922082322009-07-16T20:22:00.005+05:002009-07-16T20:56:37.343+05:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >a spicy photostory from india... </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">(click the photos to view them larger, in <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/firax/">my flickr</a>)</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3726822284/" title="star anise by fiЯas (away), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/3726822284_0e148eb392.jpg" alt="star anise" width="190" height="142" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3724505542/" title="spice it up... by fiЯas (away), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/3724505542_83f12c8141.jpg" alt="spice it up..." width="190" height="142" /></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3724505534/" title="smooth n spicy... by fiЯas (away), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3724505534_bee93c6e81.jpg" alt="smooth n spicy..." width="190" height="142" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3726822282/" title="cinamon by fiЯas (away), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/3726822282_c3560701fd.jpg" alt="cinamon" width="190" height="142" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1886452825392208232?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-22612368519298628032009-06-20T15:46:00.004+05:002009-11-10T14:19:09.950+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >that time has come for us... </span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" >- </span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux_rHvcq9Jg" rel="nofollow"><i>Martin Luther King Jr, </i></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux_rHvcq9Jg" rel="nofollow"><i>click here to listen to excerpts of this famous speech</i></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3642903089/" title="&quot;a time comes when silence is betrayal.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3642903089_f451f4359c.jpg" alt="&quot;a time comes when silence is betrayal...." width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3642903095/" title="a time comes when silence is betrayal.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3642903095_0f7456379b.jpg" alt="a time comes when silence is betrayal...." width="360" height="480" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">recently in our news:</span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >- </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.minivannews.com/news_detail.php?id=6700" rel="nofollow">Eight-month-old baby beaten to death</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >- </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.minivannews.com/news_detail.php?id=6750" rel="nofollow">Criminal past of dead baby's mother revealed</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >- </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.minivannews.com/news_detail.php?id=6746" rel="nofollow">Paedophile attack sparks awareness march</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.minivannews.com/news_detail.php?id=6688" rel="nofollow">Man arrested for sexually abusing step-daughter</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2261236851929862803?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-35727684785676231662009-06-17T17:11:00.002+05:002009-06-17T17:56:56.556+05:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> sifa mashah kodhey nuhey....<br /><br /> އިރުއަރާ އޮއްސޭ އެމަންޒަރު ސިފަމަށަށް ކޮއްދޭނުހޭ؟</span></span><br /><br /><object width="400" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vpHus3BpiZE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vpHus3BpiZE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3572768478567623166?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-86983913335148749732009-06-12T15:53:00.006+05:002009-06-12T19:17:20.870+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3616941082/" title="i like helping my father... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/3616941082_ddfc326773.jpg" alt="i like helping my father..." width="400" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">and when i grow up i'm going to be just like him...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3616941090/" title="i love to help my father... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3616941090_5524930264.jpg" alt="i love to help my father..." width="190" height="143" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3618569173/" title="and when i grow up i'm gonna be just like him.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/3618569173_b7fc4857f7.jpg" alt="and when i grow up i'm gonna be just like him...." width="190" height="143" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3618569171/" title="when i grow up i'm gonna be just like him.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3618569171_b3c1c657fe.jpg" alt="when i grow up i'm gonna be just like him...." width="400" height="300" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8698391333514874973?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-40560694908999483372009-06-09T10:02:00.007+05:002009-06-09T12:50:18.936+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >here's the photo without the textures...</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si38DYa_x-I/AAAAAAAAAv0/SoUqyZ3m1ag/s1600-h/sail_01_s.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si38DYa_x-I/AAAAAAAAAv0/SoUqyZ3m1ag/s1600/sail_01_s.jpg" width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >and with the textures....</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3610304632/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3610304632_c2b4afb654.jpg" width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si4CD5r4joI/AAAAAAAAAv8/qIndCdMkCn0/s1600-h/sail_02_s.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si4CD5r4joI/AAAAAAAAAv8/qIndCdMkCn0/s1600/sail_02_s.jpg" width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://firasss.blogspot.com/2009/06/over-sparkling-seas-ive-grown.html"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si38DYa_x-I/AAAAAAAAAv0/SoUqyZ3m1ag/s100/sail_01_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345205467784136674" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://firasss.blogspot.com/2009/06/over-sparkling-seas-ive-grown.html"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si4CD5r4joI/AAAAAAAAAv8/qIndCdMkCn0/s100/sail_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345212073783103106" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4056069490899948337?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-5923353682977312412009-06-06T21:30:00.005+05:002009-06-06T21:56:30.427+05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br />i think it'll be cool to have walking school buses in our country... of course, the environment's gotta be made less hostile towards children to begin with... </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(the photos are from </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.flickr.com/firax/">my flick</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">)</span> </span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3601037224/" title="stop... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3601037224_f2172975b9.jpg" alt="stop..." width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3601037214/" title="the walking school bus.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/3601037214_6d797a88c5.jpg" alt="the walking school bus...." width="360" height="270" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-592335368297731241?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-36159498708841470682009-06-05T16:19:00.003+05:002009-06-05T16:31:41.490+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">are you my mother...?</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3596988625/" title="save me... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3596988625_6b406491b9.jpg" alt="save me..." width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">maldivian children ought to be taught to be kind to animals... but it won't happen unless we, as adults, lead them by example... in one island i've seen grown men amusing little kids with their key-tags of live, newly hatched chicks... even in Male' we're increasingly seeing rare, exotic birds being kept as pets... chained for most of the day, and often caged... i personally know of a few cases where the birds ended up dying after a few days/weeks, mostly due to bad care or treatment....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">keeping these birds in such conditions and claiming to love them, in my opinion, is like bombing for peace... or having sex for virginity....</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3596988623/" title="are you my mother... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3596988623_778753772b.jpg" alt="are you my mother..." width="300" height="400" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3615949870884147068?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-66526684921621348532009-05-29T20:46:00.004+05:002009-05-29T21:10:46.529+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >these are for my neighbors, who were looking at me from their balconies windows from all directions like i was some kinda retard, as i went up the ladder, posed for a few seconds, then came down... to adjust the camera, reset the timer, went up the ladder and pose for another 10 seconds before coming down again..... had to repeat at least a dozen times before i got the shot right....</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3575526923/" title="who painted the sky yesterday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3575526923_1a9f41afa3.jpg" alt="who painted the sky yesterday..." width="300" height="400" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3575526917/" title="who painted the sky yesterday... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3575526917_38da1395f5.jpg" alt="who painted the sky yesterday..." width="300" height="400" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6652668492162134853?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-12873337921709215552009-05-25T23:38:00.004+05:002009-05-26T00:06:07.731+05:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">just a slight hint of the patch of rough weather we're having... specially yesterday, 24th May... </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3562518809/" title="free car washes at 3RP.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3562518809_924a7e8da9.jpg" alt="free car washes at 3RP...." width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3562518785/" title="free car washes at 3RP.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3562518785_ace365dc67.jpg" alt="free car washes at 3RP...." width="360" height="270" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1287333792170921555?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-29164964543367850952009-05-24T20:10:00.012+05:002009-06-18T09:59:09.145+05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3559826890/" title="on a rainy day.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3559826890_74490f8b4d.jpg" alt="on a rainy day...." width="360" height="270" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3559826880/" title="on a rainy day... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3559826880_4622479e11.jpg" alt="on a rainy day..." width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjetb4LmctI/AAAAAAAAAx8/qm5fLvYfr-M/s1600-h/flickr_1.png"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjetb4LmctI/AAAAAAAAAx8/qm5fLvYfr-M/s200/flickr_1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347933776974869202" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9paYNfuI/AAAAAAAAAx0/AlwJAEdTZLM/s1600-h/blogspot_1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9paYNfuI/AAAAAAAAAx0/AlwJAEdTZLM/s200/blogspot_1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347881232934731490" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9pHo2PNI/AAAAAAAAAxk/fr2XmgmfDnE/s1600-h/twitter_1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9pHo2PNI/AAAAAAAAAxk/fr2XmgmfDnE/s200/twitter_1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347881227904236754" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjetb4LmctI/AAAAAAAAAx8/qm5fLvYfr-M/s1600-h/flickr_1.png"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9pKCo0RI/AAAAAAAAAxs/RZhNzvjWaic/s1600-h/facebook_1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9pKCo0RI/AAAAAAAAAxs/RZhNzvjWaic/s200/facebook_1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347881228549280018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9o82bLYI/AAAAAAAAAxc/YJkz0JpvZ3k/s1600-h/youtube_1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sjd9o82bLYI/AAAAAAAAAxc/YJkz0JpvZ3k/s200/youtube_1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347881225008393602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SjnI-PV8fmI/AAAAAAAAAyM/_2zmBBdIXeE/s1600-h/youtube_3.png"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SjnI-PV8fmI/AAAAAAAAAyM/_2zmBBdIXeE/s1600-h/youtube_3.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 40px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SjnI-PV8fmI/AAAAAAAAAyM/_2zmBBdIXeE/s200/youtube_3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527004075196002" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2916496454336785095?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-86664688923481172952009-05-23T17:41:00.009+05:002009-05-23T21:17:40.879+05:00<a href="http://artgallery.gov.mv/exhibitions/12/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >maldives in oil colours</span><br /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" ></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >new exhibition at the</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://artgallery.gov.mv/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >National Art Gallery</span></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >21 May - 21 June<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >featuring some incredible oil paintings by </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><a href="http://artgallery.gov.mv/exhibitions/12/"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Eagan Badeeu</span></span></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://artgallery.gov.mv/exhibitions/12/"><span style="font-size:85%;">(click for a preview of all the paintings at the NAG website)</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3556782630/" title="theyo kulain dhivehiraajje.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3556782630_47d3746a01.jpg" alt="theyo kulain dhivehiraajje...." width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/ShfwgYkGflI/AAAAAAAAAuk/dUZXBIllBwo/s1600-h/kula_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/ShfwgYkGflI/AAAAAAAAAuk/dUZXBIllBwo/s320/kula_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339000322411363922" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3556782618/" title="theyo kulain dhivehiraajje... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3556782618_d963ff85bb.jpg" alt="theyo kulain dhivehiraajje..." width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/ShfwgOURuwI/AAAAAAAAAuc/usxzrWn9NYw/s1600-h/kula_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/ShfwgOURuwI/AAAAAAAAAuc/usxzrWn9NYw/s320/kula_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339000319660636930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8666468892348117295?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-33790078638398098912009-05-23T10:28:00.010+05:002009-05-23T11:01:32.215+05:00<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"><br />click on the pics to view them larger, on</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://www.flickr.com/firax/">my flickr</a>....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3551775924/" title="happy friday...... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3551775924_d6ef9db19a.jpg" alt="happy friday......" width="380" height="290" /></a><br /><a title="when two politicians agree on something, that's when you know they're both wrong...., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3531965330/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3531965330_7509e52a4b_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a> <a title="when you're in the lion's den and if the lion tells you to jump, you don't ask Why... instead you ask, How High?, by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3536351246/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/3536351246_75467dd700_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a><br /><a title="injustice all around becomes justice...., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3541374295/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/3541374295_ed6c4a66de_m.jpg" width="140" height="180" /></a> <a title="a young bamboo can be straightened, a mature one breaks...., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3537860705/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/3537860705_e518aa1559_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a title="man is like a bubble of water on the ocean...., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3545380051/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3545380051_4ede23699a_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a> <a title="if you think i'm overdoing this series....., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3548255381/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3306/3548255381_7b59e7a201_m.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3551775928/" title="do you see (beyond) the rainbow..... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3600/3551775928_8ca1f91013.jpg" alt="do you see (beyond) the rainbow....." width="380" height="290" /> </a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3551775928/" title="do you see (beyond) the rainbow..... by fiЯas, on Flickr"> </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3379007863839809891?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-69772933706848022932009-05-11T22:45:00.003+05:002009-05-11T22:52:11.184+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">this clip was taken by me in Veymandoo island in 2007.... almost every school kid owned a hula hoop.... and were really really good at it too...</span></span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-62te4hSgPw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-62te4hSgPw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6977293370684802293?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-22786130396887908202009-05-11T00:09:00.005+05:002009-05-11T00:46:26.402+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">soldiers from maldives national defense force quickly replace the huge national flag, ripped by the wind earlier today....</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3519673454/" title="changing of the flag... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3519673454_a347676b9e.jpg" alt="changing of the flag..." width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >children watch in amusement as the biggest flag in maldives was being replaced after being ripped by the wind....</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SgcnWHn3ZGI/AAAAAAAAAuM/e743i6njj34/s1600-h/1flag_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SgcnWHn3ZGI/AAAAAAAAAuM/e743i6njj34/s320/1flag_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334275544600503394" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3519673452/" title="changing of the flag... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3519673452_c2b3c815c2.jpg" alt="changing of the flag..." width="150" height="200" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" >new flag waves tall and proud against the maldivian sky....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SgcnWRlchQI/AAAAAAAAAuU/GHFPQLdSphc/s1600-h/1flag_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SgcnWRlchQI/AAAAAAAAAuU/GHFPQLdSphc/s320/1flag_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334275547274708226" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2278613039688790820?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-84634939007701677282009-04-28T19:43:00.007+05:002009-05-23T11:11:41.013+05:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><br />without struggle, there is nothing.</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd97ZD0qg7M"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >- mumia abu jamal</span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >(click to watch)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SfcXB3J7iMI/AAAAAAAAAt8/0OZK7L_covs/s1600-h/1butterfly_02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SfcXB3J7iMI/AAAAAAAAAt8/0OZK7L_covs/s400/1butterfly_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329754004769179842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Butterfly Story...</span><br /><br />A wise old man saw a cocoon in his garden. After a few days he noticed a small </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:verdana;" >opening in the cocoon. He stopped watched as a butterfly struggled to force its body through the little opening. It then stopped and the butterfly couldn't come out any further.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:verdana;" >The man decided to help it out a bit and opened the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly came out easily.<br />But he noticed that it had a swollen body and tiny wings and could not fly. The man took the butterfly inside and continued to watch it, hoping that the wings would enlarge and expand so that the butterfly would be able to fly.<br /><br />But the butterfly eventually died and was never able to fly.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><br />What the man had actually done was prevent the butterfly from pushing its way </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">out of the tiny hole that would have enabled its body and wings to fly as it came out of the cocoon.</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SfcXBm0XXnI/AAAAAAAAAt0/uMH3l4Asl0E/s1600-h/1butterfly_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SfcXBm0XXnI/AAAAAAAAAt0/uMH3l4Asl0E/s400/1butterfly_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329754000383762034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;" ></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8463493900770167728?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-27614435970840397082009-04-19T21:41:00.004+05:002009-06-10T13:34:27.700+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >the auditor general should be prosecuted for his slanderous, baseless, politically motivated Audit Report of Theemuge, the former presidential palace, for the years 2007 and 2008... these reports accuse the former government of cronyism, embezzlement, corruption, nepotism, you name it...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3455541765/" title="how many A/C's are there in Theemuge? by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/3455541765_c99af11573.jpg" alt="how many A/C's are there in Theemuge?" width="400" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >if the term democracy means anything, to me, it is accountability... </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3455541731/" title="prosecute the auditor general.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3455541731_af6dc936c0.jpg" alt="prosecute the auditor general...." width="400" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si9vadNfKEI/AAAAAAAAAwE/UXzXnRyTRns/s1600-h/DSCN0014.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Si9vadNfKEI/AAAAAAAAAwE/UXzXnRyTRns/s310/DSCN0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345613783020546114" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2761443597084039708?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-43502042126120805472009-04-17T19:16:00.004+05:002009-05-01T16:36:58.172+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">a portrait...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3450041262/" title="Amr by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3450041262_16a677c2a0.jpg" alt="Amr" width="400" height="300" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3450041260/" title="Amr.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3450041260_df1859a853.jpg" alt="Amr...." width="400" height="300" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SfreCGB7J_I/AAAAAAAAAuE/FJbjhc2v-dU/s1600-h/amr_68.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SfreCGB7J_I/AAAAAAAAAuE/FJbjhc2v-dU/s300/amr_68.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330817236506191858" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4350204212612080547?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-49695421730206869952009-04-09T19:59:00.003+05:002009-04-09T21:46:45.305+05:00Quasi una fantasia... <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uRSKzkSUPEE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uRSKzkSUPEE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />this is a time-lapse series of the moon rising on a beautiful calm night, last Ramadan in Lh.Naifaru...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4969542173020686995?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-49945010882785999382009-04-04T20:07:00.011+05:002009-04-05T10:18:14.694+05:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">... are we to become? </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3411579045/" title="environmental refugees... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3411579045_a075bef25a.jpg" alt="environmental refugees..." width="375" height="280" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">... and is it gonna be like this??</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">_</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SdeYm_6PbeI/AAAAAAAAAtY/9u_gOOmLJLY/s1600-h/1enviro7_hdr_01_x_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SdeYm_6PbeI/AAAAAAAAAtY/9u_gOOmLJLY/s200/1enviro7_hdr_01_x_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320889280519695842" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3411579037/" title="climate refugees... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3411579037_08e1b2b33b.jpg" alt="climate refugees..." width="220" height="200" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SdeYnNwNDNI/AAAAAAAAAtg/FQPbRGV3fAk/s1600-h/1enviro4_hdr_01_x_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SdeYnNwNDNI/AAAAAAAAAtg/FQPbRGV3fAk/s400/1enviro4_hdr_01_x_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320889284235693266" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4994501088278599938?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-14044101835203557162009-04-01T21:38:00.008+05:002009-04-01T23:40:05.664+05:00<span style="font-size:85%;">have you heard the starfish story?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">A wise old man was on his daily walk along the beach. At a distance he noticed a little boy reaching down to pick something up and throwing it into the ocean, then tirelessly repeating it over and over again.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The old man curiously moved closer to find out what he was up to. The boy was picking up starfish left stranded by the ebbing tide, and tossing them back into the water, one by one, as if trying to save them all from dying and also from the hungry seagulls. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">convinced of the futility of the task the boy had taken upon himself, the old man went up to him and said, "Son, hundreds of starfish dry up on this beach everyday. What you're doing simply won't make a difference."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Clearly hearing what the old man had said, the little boy bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it as far as he could, back into the sea. Then he looked at the old man, smiled and politely said, </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"Well, it's made a difference to that one!"</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SdOcpDxSzGI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/x2JAqV8hhog/s1600-h/1kids_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SdOcpDxSzGI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/x2JAqV8hhog/s200/1kids_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319767814055316578" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3404945026/" title="the starfish story... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3404945026_cc3f064aab.jpg" width="180" height="150" alt="the starfish story..." /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3404945028/" title="the starfish story... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3404945028_77574a7810.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="the starfish story..." /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1404410183520355716?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-75623501457119661392009-03-19T18:38:00.009+05:002009-04-06T09:55:01.022+05:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >not every pigeon story ends happily... </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >it's the end of week 4 - end of the incubation period... the second egg's also gone, no sign of a baby pigeon either... </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3367224839/" title="life (ends) outside chse... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3367224839_d70ed92515.jpg" alt="life (ends) outside chse..." width="360" height="480" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3300835280/"><b>week 1</b></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">................. </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3318953255/"><b>week 2</b></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">.................. </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3343663269/"><b>week 3</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3300835280/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3300835280_9e77e0b725_m.jpg" width="120" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3318953255/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3318953255_3a3405ca0e_m.jpg" width="120" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3343663269/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3343663269_5f937c249a.jpg" alt="life outside chse III...." width="120" height="160" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >but </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >hey... it marks the beginning, for another pigeon couple....</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3367224837/" title="life (ends) outside chse.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/3367224837_3f43a9a0fe.jpg" alt="life (ends) outside chse...." width="360" height="270" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >as life goes on, outside the walls of chse...</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sdl1Z7kIzNI/AAAAAAAAAts/-DYlwGC-3as/s1600-h/matey_frontpage.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sdl1Z7kIzNI/AAAAAAAAAts/-DYlwGC-3as/s300/matey_frontpage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321413523061394642" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7562350145711966139?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-47786598186814215402009-03-17T19:50:00.007+05:002009-03-17T21:24:13.984+05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >A society can be judged by how it treats its weak...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >true, it is the parents' duty to take care of their kids.....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >but what if they don't?? what if they won't??? or simply cannot??</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3363166242/" title="a failed society... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3363166242_81933ed2f0.jpg" alt="a failed society..." width="320" height="430" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sb-_vok1YRI/AAAAAAAAAtA/KvfDLS2Q-J4/s1600-h/1kids_11_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sb-_vok1YRI/AAAAAAAAAtA/KvfDLS2Q-J4/s320/1kids_11_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314176910387142930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sb-_wY1cuCI/AAAAAAAAAtI/V5pS4dkALbY/s1600-h/1kids_12_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/Sb-_wY1cuCI/AAAAAAAAAtI/V5pS4dkALbY/s320/1kids_12_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314176923341731874" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4778659818681421540?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-7773689941760244902009-03-15T14:57:00.004+05:002009-03-15T15:06:55.627+05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SbzSEw-zmQI/AAAAAAAAAs4/NoB3SaIbWlg/s1600-h/1kids_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SbzSEw-zmQI/AAAAAAAAAs4/NoB3SaIbWlg/s400/1kids_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313352639699982594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3356203300/" title="bail us out.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3356203300_66864ac9e7.jpg" alt="bail us out...." width="300" height="225" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3356203294/" title="bail us out.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3445/3356203294_295fedebf6.jpg" alt="bail us out...." width="300" height="225" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-777368994176024490?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-63431866555044417022009-03-10T19:57:00.006+05:002009-03-10T21:47:53.635+05:00<span style="font-size:85%;">continued from life in chse I, II (below)....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >the "rejected" egg's gone missing.... still no sign of any baby pigeons....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3343663269/" title="life outside chse III.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3343663269_5f937c249a.jpg" alt="life outside chse III...." width="300" height="400" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">as more babies are being made....</span><br /><a title="love is .........., by blackie_n" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackie_n/3322527267/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3322527267_3fb4d98640.jpg" width="320" height="240" /></a><br />by <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">flick</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">r</span>'s <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackie_n/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">blackie_n</span></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">and the queue for nesting space keeps growing...</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3343663267/" title="life outside chse III.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3302/3343663267_c1daf2294e.jpg" alt="life outside chse III...." width="320" height="240" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-6343186655504441702?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-80258941303948081242009-03-05T19:01:00.009+05:002009-03-07T11:46:28.256+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.350.org/en/understanding-350">350 ppm carbon dioxide</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > is the most we can have in the atmosphere if we wish to retain the planet similar to the one on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted....</span><br /><br />in other words, 350 parts per million is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. it is the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3330809274/" title="350 - the most important number in the planet by fiЯas, on Flickr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">.</span><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3330809274_482b50f898.jpg" alt="350- the most important number in the planet" width="180" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3330809272/" title="350 - the most important number in the planet by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3330809272_b5e0e54db7.jpg" alt="350- the most important number in the planet" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">we're now at <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">387 ppm</span></b>.... are we too late? is the planet doomed?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">to find out please visit <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.350.org/en/understanding-350"><b>350.org</b></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-8025894130394808124?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-55751447362499579822009-03-01T21:43:00.004+05:002009-03-01T22:35:01.080+05:00continued from life in chse (below).... <br /><br />did another bird come and lay another egg? or was one of the 2 eggs rejected? i've no idea.... what do YOU think happened here?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3318953255/" title="life in chse II... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3318953255_3a3405ca0e.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="life in chse II..." /></a><br /><br />life upstairs... <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3318953253/" title="life upstairs.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/3318953253_06f86b87c3.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="life upstairs...." /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-5575144736249957982?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-2329566242874320802009-02-23T14:43:00.004+05:002009-03-01T22:36:48.833+05:00life outside chse... <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3300835280/" title="life in chse... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3300835280_9e77e0b725.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="life in chse..." /></a><br /><br />ready... aim... poooop!!! <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3300835278/" title="life in (the walls of) chse... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/3300835278_af9bbc5fbe.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="life in (the walls of) chse..." /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-232956624287432080?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-47266182933850921762009-02-11T14:19:00.010+05:002009-02-11T19:36:16.587+05:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">...in our backyard?</span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >the italians have dumped tons of nuclear waste in the indian ocean, maldivians are increasingly aware of family planning technology... i guess the ingredients and conditions are just right for something like this to happen in our lagoons...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZKhOYpTFgI/AAAAAAAAArQ/PU1OmdhpnPE/s1600-h/as_formula_w_X.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZKjeMygMSI/AAAAAAAAArY/y_RLz7en1Fo/s400/as_formula_b.jpg" width="400" height="79" /></a><br />(please <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZKhOYpTFgI/AAAAAAAAArQ/PU1OmdhpnPE/s1600-h/as_formula_w_X.jpg">click</a> for larger view)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-4726618293385092176?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-16732357007562359142009-02-10T17:17:00.013+05:002009-02-10T19:43:55.871+05:00<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">on villigili beach... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">the message simply cannot get any simpler....</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3268654349/" title="danger: biohazard.... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3268654349_b65eae3ae2.jpg" width="335" height="240" alt="danger: biohazard...." /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBJs42LI/AAAAAAAAAqo/0UdtzXviHKk/s1600-h/a_pollute_13_s.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBJs42LI/AAAAAAAAAqo/0UdtzXviHKk/s400/a_pollute_13_s.jpg" width="160" height="120" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBJaI0OI/AAAAAAAAAqg/31fGANIEc0A/s1600-h/a_pollute_12_s.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBJaI0OI/AAAAAAAAAqg/31fGANIEc0A/s400/a_pollute_12_s.jpg" width="160" height="120" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBT87BmI/AAAAAAAAAqw/3fO_Rx7SKvY/s1600-h/a_pollute_14_s.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBT87BmI/AAAAAAAAAqw/3fO_Rx7SKvY/s400/a_pollute_14_s.jpg" width="335" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBGJ2j5I/AAAAAAAAAqY/EPWChahAvy0/s1600-h/a_pollute_11_s.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZFxBGJ2j5I/AAAAAAAAAqY/EPWChahAvy0/s400/a_pollute_11_s.jpg" width="335" height="440" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1673235700756235914?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-17879381371247205172009-02-09T22:00:00.009+05:002009-02-09T23:26:35.250+05:00<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >who, when and how can we bring an end to this madness??</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1UqkM4I/AAAAAAAAAp4/7hWapuGKmRk/s1600-h/pollute_02_s.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1UqkM4I/AAAAAAAAAp4/7hWapuGKmRk/s1600/pollute_02_s.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1YyOXSI/AAAAAAAAAqA/OdpcHVOEkk4/s1600-h/pollute_03_s.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1YyOXSI/AAAAAAAAAqA/OdpcHVOEkk4/s1600/pollute_03_s.jpg" width="190" height="150" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1FuGGQI/AAAAAAAAApw/--Zb7vrFg88/s1600-h/pollute_01_s.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1FuGGQI/AAAAAAAAApw/--Zb7vrFg88/s1600/pollute_01_s.jpg" width="380" height="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1h3F-uI/AAAAAAAAAqI/_YHmAPtsWw4/s1600-h/pollute_04_s.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1h3F-uI/AAAAAAAAAqI/_YHmAPtsWw4/s1600/pollute_04_s.jpg" width="190" height="267" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1mGJCBI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/-cwCh4n05OQ/s1600-h/pollute_05_s.jpg"> </a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1mGJCBI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/-cwCh4n05OQ/s1600-h/pollute_05_s.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1mGJCBI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/-cwCh4n05OQ/s1600/pollute_05_s.jpg" width="190" height="267" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1h3F-uI/AAAAAAAAAqI/_YHmAPtsWw4/s1600-h/pollute_04_s.jpg"> </a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SZBh1YyOXSI/AAAAAAAAAqA/OdpcHVOEkk4/s1600-h/pollute_03_s.jpg"> </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-1787938137124720517?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-70360280790429117582009-02-07T12:09:00.015+05:002009-02-09T10:19:50.917+05:00please <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3260031930/">click</a> to go to the poster in my flickr, where you can access the blue pics below, and more...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3260031930/"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SY02NaKKhmI/AAAAAAAAApY/8I6jK6cmcJw/s1600/blue_mosaic_portrait_black_s.jpg" width="400" height="533" border:solid 3px red;/></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7036028079042911758?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-91228188606391812042009-02-05T12:35:00.012+05:002009-02-05T14:03:50.519+05:00<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />remember the <b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><a href="http://www.thebeatles.com/core/films/yellowsubmarine/">Blue Meanies</a></b>???</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3253511380/" title="the blue meanies... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3253511380_deb938faf8.jpg" alt="the blue meanies..." width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />are we gonna let them get us... again!!?? </span><br /><br /><a title="blue clues..., by firax" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/2940376357/in/set-72157600410326511/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2940376357_950491b988_m.jpg" width="160" height="120" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3253511374/" title="the blue meanies... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3253511374_d189d08964.jpg" alt="the blue meanies..." width="160" height="120" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >now that is a bleak prospect... </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/2940376363/" title="blue clues... by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2940376363_98f80283ed.jpg" alt="blue clues..." width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-9122818860639181204?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-6683511900127637642009-01-10T19:49:00.006+05:002009-03-09T17:58:27.580+05:00<span style="font-size:130%;">10-17th January 2009</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">National Art Gallery </span><br />opens tonight at 8:30pm</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SWjwlIOtbCI/AAAAAAAAAow/vV-Sf7zePpo/s1600-h/exhibition+poster_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SWjwlIOtbCI/AAAAAAAAAow/vV-Sf7zePpo/s400/exhibition+poster_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289742283001654306" border="0" /></a><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SbLFgkOzOTI/AAAAAAAAAsA/lv_IoV9Z_yo/s1600-h/DSCN0730e.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-668351190012763764?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-59506487001177301012009-01-01T00:57:00.004+05:002009-01-01T01:05:41.869+05:00simply breathtaking!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3153341459/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3153341459_7c6221393d_o.jpg" width="400" height="267" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/firax/3153341455/" title="Untitled by fiЯas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3153341455_7d520bbbee_o.jpg" width="400" height="267" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-5950648700117730101?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-20150036742548845342008-12-30T17:02:00.011+05:002008-12-30T21:50:26.415+05:00in 2006 we protested against the israeli bombardment and invasion of lebanon....<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOyonPpfI/AAAAAAAAAoI/96jZ-qxgwvs/s1600-h/protest_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOyonPpfI/AAAAAAAAAoI/96jZ-qxgwvs/s200/protest_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285553375730968050" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoRTva6gkI/AAAAAAAAAoY/AXs8WdF56RY/s1600-h/protest_06_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoRTva6gkI/AAAAAAAAAoY/AXs8WdF56RY/s200/protest_06_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285556143517237826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />israel vowed to destroy and root out hezbollah's power....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOxkc9VtI/AAAAAAAAAnw/lPL6Mj-54pk/s1600-h/protest_01_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOxkc9VtI/AAAAAAAAAnw/lPL6Mj-54pk/s320/protest_01_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285553357434214098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the american-backed arab regimes condemned hezbollah, while the people protestesd across the western world against israeli brutality....<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOya_RsQI/AAAAAAAAAoA/m-H1CiVCrK4/s1600-h/protest_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 105px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOya_RsQI/AAAAAAAAAoA/m-H1CiVCrK4/s150/protest_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285553372073668866" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoRTbhvYDI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/rtkU4BoP5os/s1600-h/protest_05_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 105px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoRTbhvYDI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/rtkU4BoP5os/s150/protest_05_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285556138177159218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />history seems to repeat itself as the same arab leaders blame hamas (the only democratically elected leadership in the middle-east) for israel's murderous rampage, killing 100's of palestinians in gaza...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOyGS4WlI/AAAAAAAAAn4/Kp5fSzIh1Ks/s1600-h/protest_02_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVoOyGS4WlI/AAAAAAAAAn4/Kp5fSzIh1Ks/s320/protest_02_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285553366518749778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />today israel vows to "flush out" hamas and give it the "knock-out blow", but just like hezbollah in 2006, they're bound to come out stronger and with more support.... for the sole reason of standing up against israel's brutality!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">as the cliche goes, <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >for every palestinian killed 10's will join the struggle!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-2015003674254884534?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-72603388563726868712008-12-26T20:46:00.007+05:002008-12-27T00:56:39.825+05:00i took these photos as the waves came crashing into Lonuziyaaraiy Kolhu (SE corner of Male') on 26th December 2004.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT90RbmJ_I/AAAAAAAAAng/SIdJ2PACm_4/s1600-h/tsuna_07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT90RbmJ_I/AAAAAAAAAng/SIdJ2PACm_4/s400/tsuna_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284127337286608882" border="0" /></a><br />this was not the initial wall of water that caused much death and devastation in the islands, but smaller waves that immediately followed...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT90oKXbZI/AAAAAAAAAno/r9ABuLEOyss/s1600-h/tsuna_08.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT90oKXbZI/AAAAAAAAAno/r9ABuLEOyss/s400/tsuna_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284127343388355986" border="0" /></a><br />before that hardly anyone of us ever heard the word Tsunami... so we hit the shore fronts to find out what was going on and, of course, to take pics....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9eEBTWaI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/BAdCoAYDeAM/s1600-h/tsuna_05.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9eEBTWaI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/BAdCoAYDeAM/s400/tsuna_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284126955729541538" border="0" /></a><br />we mark the 4th anniversary today....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dD30P9I/AAAAAAAAAmw/K-1EVoYTegQ/s1600-h/tsuna_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dD30P9I/AAAAAAAAAmw/K-1EVoYTegQ/s400/tsuna_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284126938509885394" border="0" /></a><br />it is believed that these smaller waves could also have done enough damage, if not for the sea-wall that lined up the entire perimeter of Male'....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dfWW9KI/AAAAAAAAAm4/I0HKiD3DatM/s1600-h/tsuna_02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dfWW9KI/AAAAAAAAAm4/I0HKiD3DatM/s400/tsuna_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284126945885746338" border="0" /></a><br />let us pray for the quick return to a permanent home for those who were displaced by the Tsunami.... most of whom still live in temporary shelters, in appalling conditions....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dlv4JqI/AAAAAAAAAnA/w2M0dtKH5fc/s1600-h/tsuna_03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dlv4JqI/AAAAAAAAAnA/w2M0dtKH5fc/s200/tsuna_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284126947603392162" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dwd4f1I/AAAAAAAAAnI/nwo9vPEJASU/s1600-h/tsuna_04.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVT9dwd4f1I/AAAAAAAAAnI/nwo9vPEJASU/s200/tsuna_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284126950480707410" border="0" /></a><br />our newly sworn-in President vowed to provide housing to those who lost their homes, within one year....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-7260338856372686871?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-34019289762786353632008-12-23T13:03:00.007+05:002008-12-24T15:43:08.509+05:00<span style="font-style: italic;">in 2 minutes....</span><br /><br />first you have to spot it and hope it sleeps while you're gone to get a spear from home...<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCezkdZS-I/AAAAAAAAAl4/ImAMceNslj4/s1600-h/a_octo_01_x_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCezkdZS-I/AAAAAAAAAl4/ImAMceNslj4/s200/a_octo_01_x_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282896971703077858" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCezvy7kFI/AAAAAAAAAmA/_XGFyTbS53A/s1600-h/a_octo_02_x_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCezvy7kFI/AAAAAAAAAmA/_XGFyTbS53A/s200/a_octo_02_x_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282896974746194002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />then you gotta hope it is still asleep as you slowly approach it, aim and attack...<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCdX8m2cJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/SwqP8uLoP4E/s1600-h/a_octo_03_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 105px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCdX8m2cJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/SwqP8uLoP4E/s150/a_octo_03_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282895397637222546" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCdYKXnnUI/AAAAAAAAAlo/pgzSzREsgls/s1600-h/a_octo_04_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 105px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCdYKXnnUI/AAAAAAAAAlo/pgzSzREsgls/s150/a_octo_04_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282895401331432770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />then you gotta hope it doesn't launch its water jets until after you've caught it...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCdYvczFpI/AAAAAAAAAlw/j3CGgDGblHA/s1600-h/a_octo_05_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCdYvczFpI/AAAAAAAAAlw/j3CGgDGblHA/s320/a_octo_05_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282895411285268114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />for the amusement of curious passer-bys on an afternoon stroll...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCe0uf1xTI/AAAAAAAAAmY/x95mjN-Lwlk/s1600-h/a_octo_08_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCe0uf1xTI/AAAAAAAAAmY/x95mjN-Lwlk/s320/a_octo_08_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282896991577556274" border="0" /></a><br /><br />our sticky beast tries some last gasp under-the-sea moves,<br />which proves no match against issey, who's all smiles over the day's catch...<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCe0GpJ6MI/AAAAAAAAAmI/8p9rQqxrgBo/s1600-h/a_octo_06_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCe0GpJ6MI/AAAAAAAAAmI/8p9rQqxrgBo/s200/a_octo_06_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282896980879206594" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCfVmuIjhI/AAAAAAAAAmg/2YtghK6WE-A/s1600-h/a_octo_09_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCfVmuIjhI/AAAAAAAAAmg/2YtghK6WE-A/s200/a_octo_09_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282897556425707026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCe0XC9XlI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/cskK_a4e4c0/s1600-h/a_octo_07_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SVCe0XC9XlI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/cskK_a4e4c0/s320/a_octo_07_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282896985282403922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">disclaimer: i am not responsible to any injuries caused during following these instructions.... </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-3401928976278635363?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88742424309076946.post-59452955430062917792008-12-21T21:12:00.002+05:002008-12-22T12:45:13.321+05:00<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(a photo story in <span style="font-weight: bold;">hdr</span>)</span><br /><br />are you sure a speedboat's coming to take us to the ship...?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5fljv2BoI/AAAAAAAAAko/TXb6QdaOYj4/s1600-h/a_green1_hdr_2_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5fljv2BoI/AAAAAAAAAko/TXb6QdaOYj4/s320/a_green1_hdr_2_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282264511807882882" border="0" /></a><br />aah told ya... there it comes....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5flk4F9GI/AAAAAAAAAkw/40a6XT1C1TQ/s1600-h/a_green2_hdr_2_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5flk4F9GI/AAAAAAAAAkw/40a6XT1C1TQ/s320/a_green2_hdr_2_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282264512110916706" border="0" /></a><br />here it is....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5flwwetyI/AAAAAAAAAk4/2tPoWyuHBr8/s1600-h/a_green3_hdr_2_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5flwwetyI/AAAAAAAAAk4/2tPoWyuHBr8/s320/a_green3_hdr_2_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282264515300210466" border="0" /></a><br />oi... where is it going?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5flw4SRLI/AAAAAAAAAlA/HWsdjS9tqcM/s1600-h/a_green4_hdr_2_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5flw4SRLI/AAAAAAAAAlA/HWsdjS9tqcM/s320/a_green4_hdr_2_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282264515332949170" border="0" /></a><br />it's gone... damn! now what?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5fmb023gI/AAAAAAAAAlI/d8Q45EnUwJY/s1600-h/a_green6_hdr_2_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKaEL9S6BM/SU5fmb023gI/AAAAAAAAAlI/d8Q45EnUwJY/s320/a_green6_hdr_2_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282264526861295106" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/88742424309076946-5945295543006291779?l=firasss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>f i Я a shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047301038687287776noreply@blogger.com5