Random Thoughts on Transparent Ladies/ HR Research / Redundancy

I have not been been in touch with blogging lately. But i felt i should pour down some of the thoughts i have been entertaining in my head lately.

Tranparency

These days politics have taken front seat in ourlives and majlis appears to be at the forefront of all political drama that is taking place in the country. A couple of days back i managed to get a glimpse of Majlis Live while i was getting ready for Office (i was late that day) and they were discussing about tranparency and openness. While i was watching i realised that although the political arena appears to be slow on picking the idea of transparency our ladies appears to have taken it rather well.  On our streets we see our ladies dressesed very transparent and open. Sadly, some of the so called ‘religious’ people might disagree with me but i feel this is a good thing. Atleast some people are listening to what the majlis is preaching. I guess this could be because it is the ladies who appears to be watching the telly the most.

New Working Hours

According to my opinion, the biggest hindrance to the development of Maldives is the slow growth of academia in the maldives. Specifically the lack of research into different aspects of our socio-economic life from an academic point of view. I believe the recent changes in the government working hours appears to be very fertile ground for doing research in the field of Human Resources. These research could include the impact of the new working hours of Working Mothers and those who work part-time, changes to the lifestyle of working class to name a few. I would definitly be interested in participating such an undertaking, however, i cannot do it alone as it would be too much a task for me.

Redundancy

The global economy is in the biggest crisis in the history since the second world war. Large corporations are opening up their redundancy option in thousands. Here in the maldives we are also, although slowly, feeling the economic downturn and there will be many companies who are considering redundancy as a means of surviving during this difficult economic situation.

I have a suggestion for those companies who are considering  redundancy, please, for goodness sake, do not introduce a new staff member during the redundancy meeting.

 

Building Houses for Tsunami Victims

According to very reliable sources (more reliable than DO sources) the goverment of maldives are consulting New Orlean’s re-building team to assist maldives in building houses for the Tsunami victims. According to the government the delay of more than 4 years has been due to government’s persistance in building the perfect houses for the tsunami victims. They further believe they have found the perfect design after their consultation with the New Orlean’s Team.

” We are ecstatic. This design is, for lack of a better word, perfect” claimed a top government official. According to the “reliable” source this new design will definitly be able to withstand any future natural distasters, especially Tsunamis.

After an intese research i was able to get a glimse of the new design and would like to share this new design with my readers.

[Pic Above: The new design to be used in building houses for Tsunami Victims]

 

A new bus service to begin in Male’

Word on the street is that a new bus service for Male/Vilingili area will begin soon (See the picture below). According to reliable sources the new buses are custom buit to Maldivian environment. The new buses will be environmentally friendly and would be perfect for the clogged narrow streets of Male’. The buses are being buit in india and will be begin its services come October this year.

[Picture: Bi-CyleBus- A Mercedes-Benz model bus custom built for Maldives]

 

Logical Reasoning Puzzle. Can you solve it??

Isaac and Albert were excitedly describing the result of the Third Annual International Science Fair Extravaganza in Sweden. There were three contestants, Louis, Rene, and Johannes. Isaac reported that Louis won the fair, while Rene came in second. Albert, on the other hand, reported that Johannes won the fair, while Louis came in second.

In fact, neither Isaac nor Albert had given a correct report of the results of the science fair. Each of them had given one correct statement and one false statement. What was the actual placing of the three contestants?

 

Laughter is the best medicine

1- Good leaders have innate ability to inspire their followers..

2- Strategy re-alignment – If it works for big businesses it should work for ordinary people as well..

 

New Emblem for Maldives…

I was going through my folders and found this old joke. I have modified the original joke to make it a lil bit more interesting…

I feel it relates to maldivian situation quite well…enjoy…

 

Why you should wear a condom

(c) Explosm.net

 

How many MPs does it take to change a light bulb?

(Note: MP refer to member of parliament)

1 MP to buy and change the light bulb

1 MP to bring the issue of changing the light bulb to the majlis and the importance of changing the light bulb

10 MPs to argue that light bulb cannot be changed as long as Gayoom is in power and we should remove him from power if we are to change the light bulb

15 MPs to argue that the current light bulb has worked for the last 30 years and there is no need to change it.

10 MPs to argue the current light bulb is not a light bulb it actually is a “fulhi baththi”.

10 MPs to argue that it, in fact, is a light bulb and not a “fulhi baththi” and it works perfectly fine and should not be changed.

10 MPs to raise “Nizaamee Nukuthaa” that other all MDP affiliated members are engaged in personal attacks and wasting Majlis time.

2 MPs to argue that according to islam changing a perfectly working light bulb is against the religion and no such act should be carried out.

2 MPs to argue that islam does support the changing of light bulbs and those who oppose this are puppets of Gayoom Regime.

1 MP to throw filth that starts with “NAGOO BALHAA” at one of the MPs

1 MP to file a court case against one MP for throwing a filth that starts with “NAGOO BALHAA” at him during the light bulb discussion.

1 MP to record the quarrel and upload the alleged filthy conversation on the internet.

1 Sensible MP to suggest that we just need to go to SONEE Hardware and buy an OSRAM brand light bulb, suggesting that it is both economic and environmentally friendly, and there is no need for a discussion on it in the first place.

2 MPs to argue that buying it from SONEE is not the solution as there are many legal considerations that need to be taken into account.

1 MP to stand up on the desk and argue with the Speaker of Majlis that he is being treated unfairly.

1 Speaker of Majlis to close the discussion and ask for a voting on the issue

20 MPs to vote for changing the light bulb

10 MPs to avoid voting on the issue.

5 MPs to walkout without participating in the voting.

26 MPs to vote against changing the light bulb.

1 MP to forget to insert the key to participate in the voting and later complain that his voting system doesn’t work.

2 MPs to sleep during the voting process and later dismiss newspaper reports that they slept during the majlis voting.

1 Speaker of Majlis to annouce the voting results and changing the light bulb has failed to gain the required number of votes and thus light bulb cannot be changed.

6 months later the government brings the issue to the majlis after the whole Maldives goes into a blackout and the discussion starts all over again. The issue gets the required votes from MPs with many compromises. Finally light bulb is changed with a cheap Chinese brand light bulb bought from “ABADHAH SALE Fihaara”.

 

Reading is an Eye-Opening experience

Reading is an art and those who can perfect it can only enjoy reading. If you click and zoom on the above picture you can clearly see what i am talking about.