The one thing I value most in life, are my experiences. I've gone through a lot lately and I do share a lot of my experiences with you guys via the treble cleft. During the last month I did a survey for a company called Mori Caribbean. The survey highlighted questions about the current status of our little band of islands, the Maldives. I signed a contract not to reveal the questions, but it didn't specify about sharing my experience. I won't tell you the questions as I promised, but lets say I'm going to give you an insight on the outcome of the survey. I noticed that some people from Mal'e, the capital lacked manners and respect (nothing new there), some from Mal'e were very truthful and honest (I was actually amazed at this), most of the islanders were very polite and very cooperative (although the girls I met were a bit flirty). Overall, apart from this, the most important facts I noticed were; there are still some islands where people don't get fresh drinking water, there are people who are killing themselves to get there children a better life, education levels are unbalanced among atolls, a lot of people are facing housing problems, health facilities are not up to the mark at certain points and some still haven't recovered from the side effects of the tsunami. Due to these facts I uncovered during the survey time, I had to believe something I never wanted to...I thought in the dictionary of our nation, poverty did not exist, inequality among fellow brothers and sisters did not exist...I thought my nation was perfect compared to what I see on TV about other nations. Now I know the truth and I urge you all to please stop and think twice before you do anything. Whether you waste money or food or time or anything, think about the people who don't have any of that and thank god for what he has given you and don't complain about what you don't have...Before you do anything, think about the "other person".
