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Feb 27, 2007

One year living … One year blogging …

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Hello ...
Today is my blog anniversary ...
Its been one year since I started blogging ...
I first started off at blogspot ...
But that just didn't cut it for me ...
So I got my own domain name and webspace ...
And created this blog ...
Some say blogging is wicked kewl ...
Some say blogging is therapeutic ...
Others say blogging is a waste of time ...
For me ... I'd say its a bit of all ...
I feel good blogging and along the way ...
I've met a lot of awesome folks ...
Writers ... readers ... movie/tv fans ...
And some plain kewl people ...
They've educated me better in many ways ...
I spent some time today ...
Slogging through my blog archive ...
I just read titles mostly ...
It felt like ... a year flashing by my eyes ...
It was good ... really good ...
It’s a great way to remember things ...
Or see the state of mind ...
You were in at a given time ...
So without being melodramatic about this ...
I'll just provide some stats ...
I've written 83 posts the past year ...
Contained within 10 categories ...
For which I've got around 278 comments ...
Thats around a post every 5 days ...
And this month so far ...
I've got 1779 unique visitors and 36875 hits ..
Not bad I guess ... hehe ...
So before i end this post ...
Let me thank you my faithful readers ...
For reading my mundane and discursive ramblings ...
Thank you ... my manifest commentors ...
You've been my recourse and always will be ...
And yes ... my unrelenting and ardent spammers ...
Much to my chagrin ... you remain unchastened ...
Laterx ...

Feb 23, 2007

A little bit of Heroes … let loose …

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Hello ...
Let me let loose a little bit of heroes ...
Have been watching the show now for sometime ...
And I have to say that ...
Unlike some shows ... this has got me hooked ...
So I was in the mood for a little inside stuff ...
Coupla googles later ... look at what i found ...
Hana (wireless) ... the chick we met in s01e15 ...
Has a website ... here ... some kewl stuff there ...
And Bennet ... the guy in horn-rimmed glasses ...
Has got some casefiles in prima tech paper site ...
But its a little difficult to find ...
Visit the site here ... go to "about us" section ...
Find and click the helix ... top left hand corner ...
That will prompt you to enter username and password ...
Username :: bennet
Password :: claire
This will take you to the profiles page ...
Assignment tracker page group C3 ...
Now click on the profile of choice ...
Here are the passwords for the profiles ...
C3001 :: Hana Gitelman :: HGghx11a ...
C3002 :: Matt Parkman :: MPggtn75x
C3003 :: Ted Sprague :: TSntz14b
C3004 :: Gabriel Gray :: GGeh81zu
That'll give you some inside info on our heroes...
I kinda liked reading up on their backgrounds ...
If you are a fan of heroes ... have a look there ...
Also I read in some forums that ...
Peter is gonna be kicked out of the show ...
Cos he had a fist fight with executive producer ...
Thats sucks ... big time eh ... ?
Cos I thought he was like the ... main guy ...
So i'm guessing ... no more Peter after some eps ...
Happay TVing ... hehe ...
Laterx ...

Feb 21, 2007

Cruise Liner … passing by …

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Hello ...
Coupla nights ago ...
I was coming out of Nasandhura ...
When I saw a cruise liner passing by ...
It was huge ... and was passing by so close ...
It looked so majestic ... so good ...
Haven't seen something like that for ages ...
The guys on the ship would have got a good view ...
of Male' too ... the smallest city in the world ...
Gotta make sure i go on one those cruises ...
At least once in my life ... eh ?
That'd be good ... i guess ...
Laterx ...

PS :: I've been told the cruise liner was ...
Regent of Seven Seas ... kewl stuff ....

Feb 19, 2007

Redefined Intensity …

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Hello ...
My friend Zinaan ... a personal fitness trainer ...
Has just launched his first blog ...
The blog contains some impressive info ...
About personal fitness training ...
And his own views about them ...
Zinaan holds a master in personal training ...
And specializes in corrective exercise ...
And high performance athletic training

On his blog he says ...
I enjoy serving people ...
of all ages and abilities ...
to reach their own personal fitness goals ...
No matter what your current level of fitness is ...
with the right motivation ...
Guidance, and safe progression ...
It is amazing where you can end up ...
The secret is to find ...
The right type of programme for you ...
All of us need ...
A little bit of exercise ... right ...?
So go ahead ... check out zinaan's blog ...
It'll do you more good than ...
A leisure cup of coffee ... hehe ...
Laterx ...

Feb 17, 2007

God damn you honkers … !!?

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I just hate what this button can do ...
Hello ...
Just an observation here ...
The latest fad these days is honking on the roads ...
Our late teens and early twenty somethings ...
With their boisterously vehement personalities ...
Are armed with Honda 125's ... three riding abreast ...
Honking wildly and glaring at any obstruction ...
On a constant thrill ride to hell ... carte blanche ...
Horns are now used mostly to express indignation ...
Or more often ... anger at other drivers or pedestrians ...
This is not the correct use of a horn ...
A horn should be used to alert other drivers ...
To your location and warn of possible dangers ...

Have you ever noticed that ...
When a taxi stops to let out a passenger ...
All 10 bikes behind starts honking all together ...
As if that would make the taxi melt into the ground ...
This really has to got to stop ...
I sometimes feel that there should be a law ...
Asking all vehicles to uninstall their horns ...
That would make Male' a more serene city ...
Apparently the traffic lights have also been changed ...
When I applied for my driving license ...
The traffic lights sequence meant ...
Red (stop) ... amber (prepare to stop) ... green (go)
Now it means ...
Green ... The race is on ... Hooray ...!!!
Amber ... Gotta catch that light ... whatever happens ...
Red ... A few bikes can pass through ...
I feel sorry for the riders of those bikes ...
Which beg a long clear straight road ahead ...
Its almost impossible for one to go cruising in Male' ...
It doesn't relax a person ... it intimidates you ...
And for all the trouble you went through ...
The best you'll get is an acknowledging nod ...
As if that'll absolve everything ...
Laterx ...

PS ::
You are just having your morning coffee ...
And you are bolted upright by a bone jarring shrill ...
Don't worry ... its just a biker requesting a pass through ...
Just finish that coffee ... there is nothing you can do ...
Damn it ...

Feb 13, 2007

Getting it on with 24 day 6 …

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Hello ...
I admit it ... I'm a 24 fan ...
I'm also a Jack Bauer fan ... hehe ...
each season of “24,” ...
depicts a single, panic-laced day ...
in which Jack Bauer—a heroic C.T.U. agent ...
played by Kiefer Sutherland ...
must unravel and undermine a conspiracy ...
that imperils the nation ...
Terrorists are poised to set off nuclear bombs ...
or bioweapons ... or in some other way ...
annihilate entire cities ...

Been watching 24 season 6 for a while now ...
But I'm not that crazy how day 6 is progressing ...
At the start of this season ...
The president negotiated a deal to get Jack back ...
He was away in China ... getting tortured and stuff ...
And in 2 hours he is jumping fences and shooting good ...
I don't like when his family gets involved ...
In the previous seasons it was his daughter and wife ...
In this season its his dad and brother ...
I didn't like it then ... and i don't like it now ...
Let Jack be just himself ...
And let him do what he does best ...
Kick some terrorist asses to the ground ...
And if you are a Jack Bauer fan ...
Check out Jack Bauer gear here ...
Lets see how the season goes from here eh ...
Go Chloe ... hack that shit down ... hehe ...
Laters ...

Feb 11, 2007

A town lifeless … waking up … ?

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Male' ... 11th Feb 2007 ... Looking East in front of Presidential Palace ...
Hello ...
Had a hard time getting to office today ...
Most of the roads were blocked around my office ...
Tried to go out for breakfast around 1000 hrs ...
But there were police all around ...
They didn't let us leave our building ...
Guess it was all necessary for the visiting delegation ...
It was all good ... i kinda understand it ...
But when we did managed to get out ...
I took a good look around my building ...
It felt kinda weird ... the roads were so empty ...
Not a single moving vehicle ... nor pedestrians ...
I've never seen anything like it ...
It was 1030 hrs on a working day ...
And there was not a soul to be seen ...
I almost expected Milla Jovovich ... (think: resident evil) ...
To jump out of a window ... shattering glass ...
Pistols blazing ... a shotgun slung over her back ...
Hehe ... that would have been a kewl sight ... hehe ...
And slowly the ghost town woke up to a normal afternoon ...
Laterx ...

Feb 5, 2007

Friends you make at check-in counters …

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Check-in counters ...
Hello …
Imagine this conversation … does it ring a bell … ?

Guy :: Friend, are you Maldivian … ?
Me :: Yes, I am …
Guy :: Can we check-in together friend… I’m kinda heavy …
Me :: I’m not light either … err … but lets try …
Guy :: OK …

The guy behind the counter doesn’t like this …
So he goes on about how we are not booked together …
And all sorts of airline jargon thingies …
To deter us from checking in together …
The guy behind me takes over the conversation from me …
I was 19 kgs … and he was 9 kgs overweight …
And somehow we end up checking in together …
And the guy didn’t pay a single dollar for excess baggage …
Check-in over, we go our separate ways …
The guy didn’t even thank me … he just left …
I took a casual walk and went to grab a bite to eat …
I bump into the guy there as well ...
He was at the end of the order line …
So I went and stood behind him …
He was loudly speaking into his cell phone …
Apparently he didn’t even notice me …
I boarded the plan a while later …
And this guy comes trudging behind me …
He didn’t even seem to recognize me …
No hello, no raised eyebrows … no nods …

I’m not complaining here …
I don’t mind helping out a fellow Maldivian …
Hell, I don’t mind helping out any traveler …
But I wouldn’t mind an occasional thank you …
What do you guys say … ???
Laterx …