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i’m here at white tern cafe in hulhumale with hasanfulhu and hasanbe’ – yes, i’m the jinni between these two hasans as people used to say back in the 90s.…2 MIN READ
alihokko and i reserved a table at maldive kitchen – he’s an old friend from primary school and we are catching up after a funeral. he’s never been to this…4 MIN READ
it’s a lazy friday. sampaafulhu and i are on the sofa watching ‘it’s always sunny’. ‘i wish we had a snack,’ she says. ‘savoury or sweet?’ i ask. ‘foni.’ i…4 MIN READ
‘did we HAVE to come up all the way here?’ asks hasanfulhu. i ignore him. we’re at the cloud restaurant at samann grand again, and as many of you who’ve…5 MIN READ
who doesn’t like dhivehi keun on a friday? show them to me and i will show you traitors to our country – even luthufee likes a good rihaakuru dhiya and…2 MIN READ
people are scarce in male at this time of the year and here near the ekuveni, the mood is snoozy, and there’s no one in sight. ‘it’s because all the…3 MIN READ
it’s mid afternoon and the day is a furnace. sweat runs down my neck as @shaari_ and i walk towards patio from the bus stop, passing by the scorching central…3 MIN READ
our taxi is on the bridge and sampaafulhu is sending her mother siththi a text. ‘i said ‘baiy thahteh modelamaa,” she tells me, maybe because i seem inquisitive. it strikes…5 MIN READ
‘i’ve heard good things about this lasagne,’ says @shaari_ as we park in the lot opposite bread matters urban near kaanivaa. ‘what have you heard?’ i ask. ‘well, full disclosure,…3 MIN READ
sampaafulhu is in a hurry to go to hulhumale – she tells me i might get free lunch from that korean place, ‘hi lemon’, that’s just opened up near the…5 MIN READ
ah, the chinese restaurant. so glad they didn’t call it feng shui, or the tao of something and stuck with this simple, catchy name. and here we are, me, sampaafulhu,…4 MIN READ
here i am at my mother’s tonight, at a hiyaa flat done up nicely. and it would be a nice enough space but for the ugly sofas my parents have…3 MIN READ
@shaari_ and i are at scoop on this dim-lit afternoon to judge their red hot chilli + fiery mango burgers. shaari is dressed for this occasion in a burger themed…3 MIN READ
we’re at aibbalhey once again. it’s midnight and my man bakurube is starving. the only thing he’s had all day is hedhikaa from this very same hotaa. but that was…3 MIN READ
‘you REALLY want to eat here?’ asks moosaalhu as we walk up to the woods cafe on rahdhebai magu. ‘oh yes!’ i tell him. ‘what’s wrong with taking a risk?…3 MIN READ
with samfa gone, i’m having a lot of time to myself to laze about and go on solo missions for cool things like watching animated films on the silver screen.…3 MIN READ
a fifteen-minute walk along a riverbank and a bus ride from hal’s house near walthamstow takes us to a place called barney’s where we’re to sample the masburi riha of…4 MIN READ
Husenfulhu has been talking in English at me – and I do mean AT. He has only been in England for a week, but the consonants are softer, the accent…3 MIN READ
it’s the day before roadha and i’m in hulhumale to get some grub. the sun’s going down and even the busy streets seem kinda beautiful and poetic in this golden…3 MIN READ
moosaalhu and i are at bianco again and it’s really packed – as it should be because the coffee here is just phenomenal. no wonder, as meraki helped set them…2 MIN READ
it’s early evening and i’m with my old friend hamdhee, walking towards summer beach maldives along boduthakurufaanu magu. ‘i called you because my wife had to go somewhere and i…3 MIN READ
