Tag: Expat in Maldives
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A Batfish Stalked Me!
Once during my swims, a fish followed me and when I looked at it closely, I accidentally kissed it and poof! It transformed into a dashing prince with abs.
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A Peculiar Encounter with a Curious Shark
It was one of those afternoon swims with my colleague when we encountered a curious blacktip reef shark. Halfway through our swim, I saw two blacktips coming our way. I looked at where they were heading, and they went straight into that school of black fishes. They swam around the school. And me being the…
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Restaurant Hostess For A Day
I’ve been a restaurant hostess in my younger days when I was working in a 5-star hotel in Dubai. The job entailed meeting and greeting the guests, answering phone calls, taking reservations, escorting guests to their tables, explaining the restaurant concept, asking for their feedback, and bidding them farewell as they leave the restaurant.
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An Eid To Remember
We started our Eid Al Ftr with a sunrise video shoot. We all got up at 5am and completed the session by half past eight. We had to do it that day just because the weather had been very unpredictable lately so the shoot can’t wait.
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Extended Quarantine + Octopus Hunting
The weather has been really good lately. The sun keeps on shining brightly. The horizon is like a mirror in between the sky and the water. The gentle breeze cools us down in the afternoons. The palm trees as tall as ever. A bit of rain every now and then. Some dead leaves dotting around…
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Day 9 – Turtles All the Way Down and Other Books
Since we have less work and more offs, I had more time to read. And I take only two to three evenings to finish a book so here are the recent three.
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Day 4 – Sarah The Little Monkey
Sarah was born to an Italian mother and a Maldivian father. I would say, she is one of the luckiest kids I’ve ever seen. Her father works with us and so she visits the island on weekends and spends the days on the sea. During school holidays, she goes back to Italy and travels around…
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Day 1 – We Live in a Bubble
It was a Saturday. And I took off. We were take two days off per week until further notice to clear off pending leaves.
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The 14-Day Project – Island Isolation Stories
On my last post, I’ve mentioned how I felt sad about bidding goodbye to our last guest and that, a 14-day quarantine will commence before anyone can leave the island.
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3 Things I Like About Dharavandhoo Island, Maldives
Living in an island in the Maldives and still wanting to visit islands might sound strange to you but it is really my goal to see as much islands of the Maldives while I am here, while the islands are still in their natural state (before a foreign company takes over and turns it into…
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Weekend in Hulhumale’ (Palaboy sa Hulhumale’)
*This post is with translation I had a chance to spend an amazing weekend in Hulhumale’ and this is just another addition to my happy list. Ansaya-saya ko dahil nakapaglagalag ako.
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A Visit to Faandhoo Island
Last Saturday, our team went to an island called Faandhoo for a picnic and of course I will share the experience with you. However, this post will be different as I won’t be writing but I’ll be taking you with me to a trip to Faandhoo Island through a video. (My very first legit video!…
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