thy logic is supreme

"today we had a bad road accident and mohamed talks about road accidents. so mohamed is promoting accidents. therefore mohamed has to take responsibility for the accident"

isnt this a great logic to apply?

well here's a real word example from you know who.

“I want to say that this has been a very sad day for the Maldives. This is the first time that we have suffered such a terrorist attack in the Maldives and in Male, the capital of the country. The people responsible for this act must be found. The Government with the grace of Almighty Allah will find them and they will be punished under law. I also want to say that our feelings are with the victims of the incident today. We wish them a very speedy recovery. I must also point out that some people who for political reasons have been calling for the boycott of the Maldives on the tourism front. They have been calling on tour operators to boycott the Maldives. They also had to share some responsibility for what happened today because they have been jeopardising the stability and peace of the country and our economic benefits for political gain. I think that is a very selfish and irresponsible thing to do. They have to take part of the blame for what happened today.”

PS. I do not support violence nor do i subscribe to philosophies involving innocent victims or collateral damage.

FAKE Fake ... so FAKE!!!!

I turned to the Soundtrack Channel just now to see a song by this guy called Terence Jay. The song's called "one blood". You can see it on youtube. I wasnt actually listening to it but the music started sounding so familiar that i turned up the volume. Then it struck me that it was a RIP OFF of Dire Straits' brothers in arms, which is also there at youtube. The guitar was so mark knopfler (i have never failed to notice that signature guitar style so far).

n its really pathetic how ppl comment on youtube about how great n wonderful this song is. more over its just disgusting how he cud actually do this. and to say the least, release the song as a total rip off. Unless someone come to me with solid proof that MK or the record company gave up the rights for him to rip off the song, or MK is getting a hefty royalty, i'd say Terence Jay is a fake-ass and a disgrace to the music industry.

photo crazy

been a while since i last blogged. seems i'v gone photo crazy to the extent that i opened a flickr account. i wonder if its gonna b a good hobby thats gonna last unlike the other ones i'v had so far. lets see.

and ya the link's http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_sm/

yey i'v been tagged

wtf...? like we dont get enough tags and unnecessary emails everyday. myspace, facebook, tag, hi5, what else is there. n now the plague is spreading over to blogging as well. people puleeze get a grip of ur self n lets not go overboard with this. didnt u learn anything from chain mails. for those of u who really cant let go of ur "precious" facebook, myspace, tag, hi5, and all other social disasters, at least try and contain the hype to yourself. no offence chubs

good customer service

i went to the dhiraagu office/place at majeedhee magu today to pay my bills. i hav to say its the best customer service i got so far at any place in male. the girl at the counter was really polite and explained anything i asked quite well. there were a couple of glitches with the Bank of Maldives card machines but she handled the situation smoothly. a couple of bad points though. she had no name tag nor was there a pen to fill up the customer feedback form. otherwise i cud have praised her alot. in case anyone at dhiraagu reads this and wants to praise her, she's the fair girl with a buruga.

to protect and serve

i was riding along boduthakurufaanu magu at around 3pm today when i heard someone shouting near faashanaa building. seems the guy had caught one youngster by the shirt and was shouting to stop the other. probably his accomplice. looked quite like a street bum, both of them. some guys were running after him. maybe the two youngsters were upto some mischief. theft perhaps.. who knows.. shouldnt accuse without knowing. now the weird part. the police head quarters was right next to that building and there were a few cops on the road doing nothing but "watching the show". One cop was showing the other with a cheesy smile the culprit who ran off. ummm..so where is the service and protection when civilians have to run after the thugs while the officers stay back enjoying the show.

current education standard or an isolated incident?

i was recently helping out someone in maths with her 2nd term exams when i came across some weird stuff.

• some explanations in the notes made no sense. there were just dead wrong (eg. simultaneous eqns were solved graphically just by using only one of the equations and completely ignoring the 2nd one. i wonder why they are called simultaneous equations then)


• questions attempted incorrectly were also marked correct (not just one. almost all of it)


• most of the explanations were hard to follow (maybe i am getting rusty upstairs..hehe)

anyways i asked her and a few others some questions and heres what i gathered.

• the teachers dont really know how to respond to questions (no wonder everyones taking tuition thesedays)


• though it is an english medium school, it seems that some teachers were conducting classes in dhivehi (and its not islam or dhivehi) with the excuse that they find it hard to explain in english


• students were free to ask questions in dhivehi (i guess thats why the english standard of the current students are so bad)


• there was one class where a teacher conducted the lesson in hindi (now this is nice. courtesy kasauti everyone now understands hindi)

i'v seen the OL and AL school teaching standards deteriorate cos i'v been helping out students since 1996. As for Diploma and Advanced Diploma, lets not go there. its a whole lot worse. i wonder when somebody is going to take some real action.