Holidaying in Ibiza

After three stressful months of heavy campaigning, I (Naseem) and my friend (the owner of this blog) are spending a few weeks of vacation in Ibiza. We had planned to take a long break from blogging. But with the gentle sound of the waves and listening to Layla by Eric Clapton, I feel relaxed enough to write another post. Why not use the free WIFI in our rooms for a good purpose?

After our dedicated services to Dr Munavvar's campaign, some of his rich supporters were kind enough to pay for a grand holiday, and we received some cash to deposit in a Cayman's bank too. There is a surplus of money after the campaign, and it is being spent wisely.

Everybody is taking a break after the campaign but we are sure that most of the members from our experienced team will stay with us to finish the final hurdle of our mission: that is to send Dr Munavvar to Theemuge.

Le Cute Majid is planning to open a shop in Paris based on his recent experience of distributing CK perfume during Munavvar's campaign. Rado Zahir is negotiating with leading brands in Europe to sell more watches to Maldivians after a surge in demand following the Citizen watch distribution. KD is in Thailand to buy new goods for his Fresh Air shop. Qasim has given a nice bonus in recognition of the CD that KD released during the campaign.

Kurendhoo Mahir is in an unknown location on a secret mission. Kalbe has received an indication from the Hillary Clinton campaign that he will be hired as chief strategist. She is still looking for an experienced political strategist after Mark Penn was fired. Abbas Adil Riza is translating Dr Munavvar's biography From Russia with Law. Thuthubey and Mondale have never been since the night of 25 April.

Qasim Ibrahim is investing on a new chilli field at Sun Island. Villa Chilli products will be sold at Local Market with lower prices to compete with and undermine the local small scale farmers.

"Villa Chilli is grown in fertile soil of Sun Island, using organic fertilizers and are much better than Elken products," a statement read by Ratziin Videsse said.

As for me I am making plans to expand my clothes business. With the money that I received after the campaign, and the backing of the rich people who have become my friends, I can increase the frequency of my trips to Thailand. Previously I had to struggle to go there once in a month, but now I am thinking of going there once a week and earn some bonus miles from Bangkok Airways. Ooooh. Thailand is so tempting. Once I return to Male I will be looking for a larger space to relocate my shop, and from a prime location too. Life has been good to me since I started going to Al Fresco.

As for my friend (this blog's owner) I think he is also trying to begin a new chapter in life by abandoning his current job as a supervisor in a small scale construction company.

I miss the gang at Al Fresco. There at our tables everybody is an expert. Topics change from night to night, from time to time. Be it philosophy or world business, everybody has an opinion. I owe my maturity and outlook of life to the group. Previously I was a nobody, an unknown smalltime businessman. Now I am recognized as a person with some potential. When I first started going to Al Fresco I sat in awe, listening to Kalbe speak. Then I met the great man himself, the Doc, and I wondered what I was doing in life all years.

I have not seen the Doc since the night of April 25. He must be hibernating, calculating his next move, using that brain of his, fine tuned in Moscow by KGB. With the jubilant victory in the MDP Primaries there is no question that he will be our President.

"The Doc has only one thing to decide. Whether he will be entering Theemuge through the main gate at Orchid Magu or whether he should use the side entrance near Kesto's house," a close aide of the Doc explained.

Dr Munavvar declares victory

Dr Munavvar declared victory. Qasim Ibrahim very happy. KD and Kurendhoo Mahir very happy. Kalbe very happy. Rado Zahir and Le Cute Majid happy. Abbas Adil Riza very very happy.

Now Naseem and I go to Al Fresco for Lavazaa coffee.

We upload blog for presidential election

From Russia with Law

"The best biography of the decade since The Audacity of Hope" - The Times Literary Supplement

"Move aside John Grisham. Here is a real life legal drama" - Publishers' Weekly

"The best autobiography ever" - Kalbe

In 2007 Dr Munavvar took the political realm of Maldives by storm when he won the MDP election after beating his longtime friend Ibrahim Hussain Zaki and became the president of the party through a table to table campaign. In 2008 he challenged the party's co-founder and ex-chairperson Anni (who stole Velaanaage when Dr Munavvar was AG) in the MDP Primaries. With the smart strategies of political gurus such as Kalbe, KD, Le Cute Majid, Kurendhoo Mahir and with the financial backing from the richest businessmen in the Maldives such as Rado Zahir and Buruma Qasim Ibrahim, Dr Munavvar is expected to win this election. MDP members are delighted to have such a clean man as a candidate because Dr Munavvar has no history of corruption although his enemies spread false stories against him such as the story of breadfruit man.

Only a few months separate the Doc, as he is affectionately called by his closest circle of friends, from entering the presidential palace Theemuge, after beating his former boss Gayoom for whom the Doc gave legal advice for 10 years on such sensitive issues such as the formation of political parties in the Maldives.

Political analysts are perplexed as to how the former Attorney General and the partner of Munavvar & Associates Law Firm, became such a political genius. To find the answers to the mystery one would have to travel to a distant land, where winters are bitter, as Hitler's army found out during the Second World War.

From September 1979 to June 1985 Dr Munavvar studied in Patrice Lumumba People’s Friendship University in Russia's capital Moscow. At the height of Cold War, in a capital city swarming with foreign spies and KGB officers, Dr Munavvar learned the skills of the trade. Now an autobiography from the genius himself reveals the little known facts about his days in Moscow.

From Russia with Law is the autobiography of Dr Mohamed Munavvar, the president of MDP. This is the first volume of his autobiography. This volume recalls the days he was studying in Russia and Canada. This volume ends with his appointment as Attorney General on 11 November 1993.

Dr Munavvar's previous book on international maritime law has been acclaimed by legal experts as one of the best books ever written on the topic.

From Russia with Law is a must read for all aspiring lawyers, practicing barristers and wannabe politicians.

Already a bestseller on Amazaon.com, the sales of this autobiography is expected to increase after Dr Munavvar becomes the President of Maldives.

The Key To The Black Box

"A film with suspense." - Premier
"A remarkable film making." - Entertainment Weekly
"I recommend this for everybody" - Kurendhoo Mahir

Winner of Maldives National Film Awards 2008
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Makeup
Best Special Effects

Nominated for best picture in Sundance, Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals.


2003 November, Somewhere in Attorney General's Office

The phone rings and rings. After ten rings the incumbent Attorney General picks up the phone. The negotiations fail. He would not settle for a lower post. After ten years in Cabinet, he would not agree for a demotion. He puts the receiver down. He walks slowly to a filing cabinet and picks up piles of papers and documents carefully concealed in a secret compartment. He had hidden all papers knowing that a day like this may come. With this information he could fight any enemy in government. Everybody wants to lay their hands on those files. With this powerful resource he could one day become unbeatable. He takes the papers home and puts them in a black box made out of a strong material. He deposits the key safely. Everybody would be hunting for that key for years. But the KGB training in Russia was for a purpose.

2007

He promises that the black box will be opened. He assures the members of the party that if he becomes the party president the content of the black box will be laid bare for the whole country to see. The evil man in the palace will be defeated in five months.


The Key To The Black Box is a film full of suspense directed by Mohamed Niyaz (Tedry) and produced by Eternal Pictures. The story is based on the fight for the key to the black box, which contains classified information and state secrets including the details of the murder of Sylivia in a guest house in Male', the sinking of MV Victory near Hulhule, and the UFO landings in Kaashidhoo. The black box contains the secrets of Amin Didi assassination, location of peaceful nuclear plant in Baa Atoll and volumes of scientific research on the phenomenon known as Kadumathi Elhun.

The Key To The Black Box is a cinematic celebration of the masterful political genius Dr Mohamed Munavvar. The film is to be screened at Odeon and National Cinema in May after Dr Munavvar wins the MDP presidential primaries.

Return from Laamu Gan

I come back from laamu Gan. Too many days there. So many problems in construction work. Tiles badly put. Plastering work bad. Very bad wiring. I stay there to supervise.

French Red Cross man give me his laptop to surf. Very thin laptop. Macbook Air. I think first Macbook Air in Maldives. I very happy to surf with thin laptop. I saw blog. The blog very nice because Nazeer very good in English. Very great blog posts so I am very much happy.

I go to Al Fresco today and meet with Naseem and Nazeer. I tell them about Laamu. In Laamu Dr Munavvar is leading in campaign. Naseem told in Male' Dr Munavvar now very popular.

In laamu I make billboard for Dr Munavvar. I make good billboard in Gan.

I am so happy to come back to Male' join my friends having Lavazza coffee.

Free Villa Gas for Supporters of Dr Munavvar

Villa Gas, the largest supplier of LPG cooking gas in Maldives, is giving free gas cylinders to the supporters of Dr Munavvar.

In a function held at Al Fresco cafe the campaign was started by Kalbe and Kurendhoo Mahir. Chairman of Villa Group Qasim Ibrahim could not attend the function because he had to attend a meeting with some officials from Asian Development Bank (ADB) in his capacity as Minister of Finance.

Qasim's busy schedule is keeping him away from most functions of Dr Munavvar campaign but the richest man in Maldives has already pledged millions for the campaign. His close associates such as Kalbe, Thuthubey, KD and Kurendhoo Mahir are plotting new strategies to maintain the lead that Dr Munavvar now has over his rivals. Le Cute Majid has left to an undisclosed location with a few millions and bottles of CK Truth and CK Contradiction to get more support for Dr Munavvar. Qasim's best business buddy Rado (Reefside) Zahir is giving away free Citizen watches for supporters of Dr Munavvar.

"I am now busy meeting ADB people. So I am sorry I can no attend. But I am building good contacts with ADB, IDB, IMF and World Bank. When Dr Munavvar comes as President we have good links with the whole international financial family. We will no need support of international conservatives," a statement issued by Qasim was read out at Al Fresco by Ratziin Vidtesse.

Encouraged by its success in trade and with an aim to tap into the potential of this segment, Villa Group is setting up a world class storage infrastructure at Thilafushi Island with the following facilities:-

• 3 LPG Horton spheres of 1750 m3 each along with a bottling plant suitable for filing 300 bottles at the rate of 12kg per hour. (operational since May 2002)

• A Fuel Farm for the storage of petrol, diesel and heavy oil with a total capacity of 38,000 m3.

• Cement Silos for storing up to 8,000 tons of cement along with a packing facility capable of packing up to 900 bags (weighing 50 kg) per hour as well as a facility to pack jumbo-sized bags weighing 1,000 kg.

In addition to his business at Thilafushi, Qasim Ibrahim owns a chilli field at Sun Island. Chilli grown by Villa Chilli is sold in Local Market in Male'.

Free Citizen watches for Dr Munavvar supporters

Reefside, the largest retailer of watches in Maldives, has announced that it will be giving free Citizen watches for the supporters of Dr Munavvar, the current MDP President who is expected to win the party primary for a presidential candidate.

"Maldivians have been only people for too long, deprived of their basic rights. Now we are providing Maldivians the opportunity to become Citizens. This is a moment for all Maldivians to seize because by voting for Dr Munavvar, you will be choosing to become full-fledged Citizens," Reefside owner Hassan Zahir (Rado) declared in a function held at Al Fresco.

Reefside is giving Citizen Nighthawk BJ7000-01E watches for men and Citizen Silhouette EW8140-54N watches for women. Both watches belong to Citizen Eco Drive series which requires no batteries and charges in sunlight or indoors. The Nighthawk's features include non-reflective crystal, dual date, pilot's slide rule dial ring operated by crown at 8 o'clock position and large luminous markers for easy readability. The Silhouette's features include blue mother-of-pearl dial, Swarovski® crystal, all stainless steel, jewelry clasp with push button and is water resistant.

"We chose to include Nighthawk in this giveaway because Dr Munavvar makes his political plans mostly at night. We believe this watch will be highly useful for Dr Munavvar and his supporters who never see the light of day before the sun is at mid sky," Zahir told the assembly of reporters and political pundits.

"We selected Silhouette for this giveaway because Dr Munavvar is like a silhouette in the political realm of Maldives. Nobody knows what he really does as MDP President, but his popularity is rising day by day," he added.

The watches are given with a 5 year warranty which will be equivalent to the 5 year guarantee that Dr Munavvar will be giving to the people after he is elected as the President. The watches feature a special alarm that Dr Munavvar and aides will use when extraordinary special functions are held in mornings. Dr Munavvar has promised to change the working hours of Maldives from 1.30 pm to 10.30 pm because he had noticed in his 10 years as Attorney General that a number of civil servants and students in Maldives simply did not have breakfast because of early working hours.

Hassan Zahir is a close business associate of Minister of Finance and Villa Group Chairman Qasim Ibrahim. He is a hardcore supporter of Dr Munavvar and is joined by other close business associates of Qasim such as Thuthubey and the shrewd political strategist Kalbe in bringing the campaign of Dr Munavvar to a new level. Zahir is a major financier of MDP.

Citizen Nighthawk has been reviewed by Mondale, an aeronautical engineer and businessman who is a frequent customer of cafe Al Fresco.

"The features are amazing. Apart from all the other timekeeping-based and solar powered-based features you can read about everywhere else on the internet, the Nighthawk also has a multi-functional Slide Rule. This is not really praised or mentioned anywhere else so I will tell you what it is, what it does and why it makes owning this watch very cool!

With the slide rule you can calculate your car's fuel consumption, average speed/velocity and the time you will arrive at your destination, you can also multiply and divide numbers, calculate ratio's into percentages, integers and decimals, covert liters to gallons, pounds to kilograms as well as other metric conversions. The slide rule also performs a few more complicated calculations that involve airplanes and nautical vessels that are beyond my understanding.

At any rate, these calculations can be done by simply rotating the NightHawk's bezel and matching specific arrows at certain points along the dial. (If you don't believe me, you can download the Nighhawk's PDF manual and read up on it for yourself.)"

Hassan Zahir is a businessman known for paying Customs import tariff promptly without any complaints. When a reporter asked why as a businessman he wasn't backing Anni who has pledged to reduce the import tariff Zahir gave a solid explanation.

"I have been giving my money to Customs as tariff for so long that it has become an addiction. I like to do business and make profit after paying high tariffs. There will be no appeal in doing business without paying tariff. I don't like it when life becomes a piece of cake. As a person who has become successful by selling watches, I always like being in a race against time. That is one reason why I picked Munavvar over Anni."

Citizen company was established in Japan in 1924. The founding fathers selected the name Citizen so it would be "Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere" and soon after adopted the company’s formal name, Citizen Watch Company. During the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as the global brand. The past twenty-five year period has coincided with the company’s dramatic rise to its current position as the world’s largest watchmaker, a distinction Citizen has held every year since 1986.

Reefside has been retailing Citizen and other branded watches at affordable prices for Maldivians for over two decades.