Its me , Ready for 2010

Just one day to Count for 2010. Here i go again...

I just wanna highlight about my life in 2009 and overview of Plans for 2010.




In 2009
- Started the promotion of Badhige service ( Early January )
- Managed to Start Badhige Service with Support from many. ( 20th February )
- Got Reinvent Maldives established on ( February )
- Got Staffs for Delivery.
- Got Staffs for Sales.
Made New friends all over the year.
- Gained Trust and Reputation with Loyal Service to Vendors and Business partners.
- Re branded Reinvent to Ecommerce Maldives
- Came up with the Idea of MaaMall which will be the First Online Shopping Mall
- Started Viral Marketing for MaaMall Slowly ( scheduling tobe lauched in Early 2010 )
- Learned a lot about Ecommerce & Emarketing attending Different Seminars, Conferences and over the Internet.
- Met a Great Local Emarketer and Trainer over the Internet. ( with his great Plans )
- Attended Apache Asia Conference and learned about the Free Software Community and more.

Plans for 2010
I do have 100s of things always in my Mind, which i want to do...I'll just list few things here
i will not mention anything about my personal life here.

- Study all About Drupal ( CMS )
- Complete Diploma in Web design and E commerce.
- Get New Modern Systems for Badhige Delivery Service.
- Lauch MaaMall ( IA )
- Organize and Run the First E marketing Conference in MV
- Offer Professional Packaging Solutions to Restaurants.
- Implement Payment Gateway on Badhige and MaaMall
- Make Contracts with Logistic Partners for MaaMall delivery.
And it goes on like that...

I have to agree that i am always stressed and disturbed by something Unknown always, going on my mind, with kind of Fear.
But IA, I have slowly recovered from those things, and i hope for a better life and achivements in 2010.
Things change, People also Change, World also Changes.

With you all a Happy New Year 2010 in Advance.

All New Image

Its already been one year after we came up with the Idea of Badhige.

Well planned, and organized we OPEN our service to the public on February 2009 with only Few Restaurants as our Partners.

At the Beginning, it was not easy at all, Specially hard to get Well committed staffs.

Since then, we have been slowly been expanding, and experiencing new ways to Handle the whole operation fit to this Small Community.

From several so called Investors We have got Huge Offers, To move our A off from the small office space we use and Expand .
( but after all what we want is not just Expansion, and Bend to the Expectation of the Investor , finally ruining our Concept and Idea mixed with there Dictatorship )

After the bitter Experience with few investors, I prefer to grow slow, and run the business for long term.

This is about service, Customer Relations and public relations...
And we don't want to take huge Charges from our customers for Food ( basic Human Need )

Believe us or not, With the present Revenue. We are just able to cover our Expenses and Cost of operation. But IA we are still here to Serve you. ( working almost 15 hrs a Day )

We need to improve our service, We need to have special delivery equipments, we have so many plans ahead.

We have built a Online Database already with a Favorable Number of Fans and Registered customers.

We can do this with support from sponsorships

We plan to Outsource this rights to a any advertising agency interested.
To give us a New image.

So many Cars : No Car Wash

Maldives is developing,
We got so many Cars... And We need Something like Mr.Clean Car Wash in the Male' City.

Can someone Reinvent this Idea and initiate to do this?
I know we don't have a lot of Space, But still there are ways you can do this in a Small space.
I wonder why Those petrol sheds of STO( FSM )  and Hakatha don't Think about Having a Car Wash here in Maldives.

And even we can still do this using GREEN Technology when we are Going Carbon Neutral.
Give us your ideas , thoughts and Comments about this...

When Small is Beautiful

When small is beautiful, like Mr Jack Ma from Alibaba.com says.
While we are heading for a Small and Bigger Project Compare to Badhige.
We need to think of the ways we can lower the costs, and Gain More reputation to Build a Community who support our Products.

At the moment, its going little bit slow, thinking about many things we need to Improve on it. Unlike Badhige we need to have a Website with

- More User Friendly Shopping Cart.
- Complete Images on the Site
- Complete Product description.
- More alternative Offers
- A Working, and Secure Payment Gateway
- More Security for Visitors and Our Database
- Get Listed on WorldWide Famous Shopping Directories
- Affiliate Offers

And more...

At present we are also doing few referral marketing via the Web using Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Youtube and other Social Networks. And the response and support to this project is not bad.

We are a Small Company, in a Small Country / Maldives. We don't have Venture Capital firms to invest and support our reinvented ideas. But we believe we can be Small and Beautiful.

I am not a Contributor but its Useful

Last week i was busy, accompanying one of my coolest friend Inn( President of MOSS ) over here in CMB who came to attend the Apache Con

I am not a Programmer or any kind of developer, but due to my present work at Ecommerce Maldives and future plans in development of more Ecommerce related products for the company, i Manage to attend the Apache Asia Roadshow 2009 which was a 3 Day Event with a unconference event on the beach.

Few things i have learned:
I learned what really is Apache , few projects , how beneficial its for a community to have Free and Open Source Software Developers, and about the mentality of contributors to the Community.

I guess Inash will update more about this even on his Blog
Please check http://inashzubair.com/

Badhige DEMO 1

The Very First VideoCase of Badhige.com

Don't Give up with regular Delivery services.

Here in Maldives ( Male Island ) . The way people get there food, have there meals do enjoy there meals have changed.
Just want to share the Time-line as i know it..if i am wrong pls correct me..i know there are guys who can write more detail about this. I hope someone will come up with with the right information to help me on this..

Trend on 1970s -1980s
- Sai Hotaa was started ( Indoor Cafes for Tea and Food )
mostly they serve local Hedhika ( short eats, sweet and spicy ).
At the time : most Maldivians have there food at home and go to hotaa with friend for a cup of tea ( like how we go to coffee these days )

From 1980- 1990s
- More Hotaa's came up and it was serving different meals even for lunch and dinner, mostly Masriha ( Fish Curry ), Roshi ( Maldive Style Bread ) , Plain Rice, Garudiya ( Maldive Fish Soup ) with Chilli, Onion.
At the time: more people from islands start Migrating to Male' island which result. that most customers are islanders who visited male' island and who stay in male island including few foreigners.


From 1990s to 2000s
- Speciality Restaurants came up like Scoop, Finipark, Thai Wok, Dragon Restaurant and more..
We start hearing more about Fish and Chips, Nasioreng and Fried Rice.
At the time: More people went to Hataa's , but mostly wealthy people enjoyed the Restaurants as it was considered high class and few save some to go to thsi restaurants like once a month.

From 2000s to 2004s
- We start seeing the Haabaru kada ( Open Air Cafe's ) it was repidly improving and getting popular and Alimas Carnival came up with similar concept of Cafe's. Also we start seeing the start of cofee trends with strt from Al-frersco cafe' at the STO trade center.
At this time .. Most People go to eat out-side mostly Lunch and even dinner, Fried Rice and Nasiforeng like Food got more popular.


From 2004- 2007s
- We start seeing Dine more getting popular, with Fizzes and other Specialty Restaurants.
more open air cofee shops were open and more delivery services came up with Pizza's, meal packs and more with Phone call delivery service.
At this time ...Most people enjoy having cofee and having some short eats in restaurants, also the Kada business was still going on.

From 2007 - 2008
- -We saw more and more open air cofee shops, and more speciality restaurnts opening in male'.
People always enjoy there food and coffe..Even delivery services were keeping up on the game with more Pizza's delivered.
At this time: Food ordering got more as people got busy with Politics and stuff.

Today 2008 -Present ( time of revolution )
We found out people now need something different, a service more personalized with locals involved to deal with them instead to foregners, ( Bangali ) answering the calls at delivery service restaurants and not knowing what locals demanded even could not understand what the professional Foreighers wants.
This is when we came up with the idea to establish the first Online Delivery service in Maldives to help Restaurants get more business, headache FREE and offer a World Standard Delivery service with multiple restaurants in our network. Badhige Started operations on 20th February 2008.

At this time: Coffee Trend is still there, Haabaru Kada is still popular, and more home orders are being made due to convenience of Knowing the item they want to order and easy to order with a click of a Button. And everyone's Favorite Dine More Submarines can be ordered online. ( instead of going there for a Take-Away )

At this time when i write about this
Badhige have
- 10 Restaurants
- Almost 3000 registered Customers
- More than 9000 orders delivered
- Around 7- 10 New customers register on our site
- 100+ Unique Visitors every day.

If you havent tried Badhige yet, Now its time to try Badhige.com
http://www.badhige.com

Because we are coming up with Discount Coupon Codes ( which will be valid only for customers with at least one order ) and those who read my blog have the benifit of this
Our Coupon codes will start spearing on Twitter & Facebook

To obtain this Offer
Follow us on Twitter @badhigged
Become a Fan in Facebook

We Need all online Maldivians as Social Media Marketers

Check out this,,,
This is why we need all of you,
We need you all for the Future of Our projects...
We are planning on it now.

Employees are Social Media Marketers, Too! (they just don't know it yet)

View more presentations from Gia Lyons.

Selling Politics ?

I been writing few of my Own articles.

It seems like i get few comments. I am trying to figure out why i have less comments..

Looks like the Political Stuff  and social issue articles sell , well here in Maldives.

Muraasil .com is a Good example with the growing number of its members and readers
( who make them Develop FREE ) with rich content.

Does this mean i have to STOP writing about my work, and start writing Politics
About Anni, About Maumoon, DRP, MDP, IDP, Umar, Dr.Shaheed, Alhan, Nasheed, Reeko. Majlis, Parliament, Cabinet, Haveeru and more...



Lets see how many comments i get this time on this...

I am Hungry...Lets STOP Politics...log into http://www.badhige.com

Shark Lasagne

Removed on Request of @sikOO ( Twitter )
Support PETA ( peta.org )

What CAN and Wat NOT with Money

Things we need to do

Last week i attended the First Emarketing Conference here in CMB, it looks like there are few things we need to fix in order to make our website and make it more user friendly. Because a good user experience is same as good customer service.

1) I have to notice & Figure out the internal problems on the sites.
2) I need to give everyone of our team instruction on how to improve the sites.
3) Make the content more clear for users, because content can break the sites.
4) Fix the 404 Error pages which customers will not like to see and Definitely Google hates.
5) Build more PR with Vendors.

I will be discussing more about emarketing topics on my next posts.
So please keep in touch for more..

Finally Ecommerce is LIVE

FInally Ecommerce is LIVE :)

http://www.ecommercemaldives.com

6 ways e-commerce survived the recession

According to Forrester's recent findings, successful Web retailers exhibited at least one of the following six deliberate efforts to drive growth despite the challenges of the past year.

Reset goals as needed. E-commerce has to focus on more than just the single sale. Unlike bricks-and-mortar outlets, customers can "leave" with a single click of a browser button. Therefore, customer service has played a crucial role in differentiating online retailers. Providing a successful customer experience requires more than merely making products available online. Online retailers must also focus on details such as site usability that will continue to deliver on the value proposition.

Redefine the competition. Competing on price can only go so far. The online channel allows retailers to introduce new products and address new customers in ways that would be expensive and difficult through other channels. Clothing retailer American Eagle, for example -- which has a presence both on- and offline -- also owns the 77Kids brand which sells children's clothing exclusively online.

Respect the technology department. Rarely do companies think about the technology team that builds and maintains the e-commerce systems. Technology is critical to enabling the features that give online retail its advantage over the bricks-and-mortar experience, such as rich Internet and mobile applications and purchasing without having to provide credit-card information. According to Mulpuru, Web retailers spend 7 percent of revenue on technology. In the overall retail sector, that figure is 2 percent; in all other industries, 3 percent.

Reinforce partner relationships. Consumers love their brands -- and are more likely to be loyal when they do. In fact, Mulpuru reported that roughly a third of e-commerce spend is generated or driven by manufacturer and brand Web sites. However, competition between branded and private-label goods often complicates retail's ability to collaborate with partners.

React well to the people power. Social media connects consumers to each other, but also enables them to communicate directly with companies. Mulpuru told the audience that she sees retailers generating blogs, forming microcommunities, and joining social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, but admits there are a wide range of driving forces behind retailers' efforts:

• 66 percent say return on social marketing intiatives is unclear.
• 50 percent are pursuing social media because of industry buzz.
• 34 percent report social marketing strategies have in fact helped them grow their business.

While many retailers claim social media represents a long-term strategy for customer engagement, there are companies seeing substantial short-term returns: Eventbrite, an online provider of event-registration services, claims social media generates the highest source of revenue after online search.

Recognize the mobility revolution. Retailers, Mulpuru said, should "like social, but love mobile." She emphasized that the statement didn't necessarily require an increase in spending on mobile initiatives, but that mobile will be critical to creating the ultimate multichannel experience. "More people will access…sites through mobile," she said, citing one product platform that was recession-proof in the last year: Apple's iPhone. Retailers who hopped onto the application platform early, she said, saw immediate advantages -- but she noted that the iPhone isn't the only mobile application consumers are using, nor is it the most popular. Other devices, in order of popularity, include:

• Blackberry;
• LG;
• Motorola;
• Apple;
• Samsung;
• operator brand;
• multiple brands;
• Nokia; and
• Palm.

Mulpuru did not disparage the more-traditional digital channels, but noted that while email marketing "still works," it's "not the future." According to research from Forrester, email is used by a larger share of people over the age of 65 than within the 18-to-29 age bracket (67 percent versus 65 percent). Nevertheless, she said, as a marketing strategy email remains substantially more effective than social media:

• Social media marketing sees an average of .04 percent clickthrough rate among the 65 million active social network users in the United States.
• The 166 million active users of email produce a 22 percent open rate on marketing emails.

In closing, Mulpuru recommended retailers implement two strategies immediately:

• Introduce alternative payments to the mobile site to increase consumer confidence and simplify the shopping experience; and
• improve site legibility on mobile devices. This initiative may be complex given the variations in carriers and devices, but Web-accessibility specialists can help manage the migration from Web to mobile.

In another sign of the shifting technological landscape, the conference unofficially began the day before with an all-day Bootcamp, in which roughly 250 attendees covered topics from social media to analytics to email marketing.

The Future of Social Shopping

Paul Dunay is global managing director of services and social marketing at Avaya and author of “Facebook Marketing for Dummies.” He talks to eMarketer about the future of social commerce as it shapes up on brand Websites, Facebook and Twitter.

eMarketer: How do you define social commerce?

Paul Dunay: Social commerce is working with or using your social graph, which is defined as your followers or your friends, and allowing them to help you make buying decisions.

eMarketer: What role does Twitter play in social commerce?

Mr. Dunay: Social commerce can be anything from a buying suggestion or recommendation—perhaps a tweet from a Dell outlet saying, “Hey, we have a special on this”—to something like Facebook Connect.

Facebook Connect would allow you to go to a Website like Dell.com and authenticate yourself using your Facebook profile, allow your identity to be known and access your friends so you could spark up a chat. So I could say, “Hey, Jeff, I’m looking at this new fancy laptop or this netbook. I heard you bought something. Would you recommend this to me?”

“You could almost take your friends shopping with you.”

So you could almost take your friends shopping with you. That is the potential with this example.

We’re in a period now where we’re all starting to get comfortable with Twitter and get comfortable with using Facebook and LinkedIn and a lot of these other tools, and now we’re about to expand.

In the next 12 to 24 months, you’re going to see things that you’ve never seen before and uses of the Facebook platform that you’ve never seen before.

I call these new social commerce events life-changers. No. 1 is the combination of search and your social graph—social search.

eMarketer: What is another life-changer?

Mr. Dunay: Another potential life-changer is what I like to call “Amazon going social.” When I look at my book on Amazon, I see it says, “Customers who bought this also bought...” It’s not exactly personal, because I could be at my wife’s computer seeing books she bought. Now, how personal is that?

“Amazon could easily turn on a Facebook Connect where they would allow you to import content from your social graph.”

But Amazon could easily turn on a Facebook Connect where they would allow you to import content from your social graph to say, “Your friends who also bought this bought some other item.” And that would carry a lot more weight with me.

The full version of this interview is available here, to eMarketer Total Access subscribers only. Every day they have access to new interviews with digital marketing leaders and trendsetting entrepreneurs.

Taken from Emarketer

Yes we Can Rename...before we Start it

Its been couple of weeks ....yeah...
Here i go again...Nothing much to say ...
I am going on with my medical treatment , just thinking ... having around 10 pills everyday for next 20 days.. WOW
Got few Med Exams to do ..tommorow...

OK lets get back to Work...
On my Previous Post I mentioned about a New Brand ( Fihaara by Badhige )
Finally we have changed the plans and we are Going to name it as Maa Mall ( Maa Means Big or Huge in Dhivehi )
we have already taken www.MaaMall.com for this

The name itself is Quite easy to remeber and Type isnt it ?

Insha allah Maa Mall will be up running soon with alot of Suprises...

But pls dont think its the END Of our First Brand Badhige...its just a begining of Surprises for badhige.com Valuable Customers...

What is your Reinvention?

Over the past several years, Ecommerce has become a natural means for shopping.
Whether you are looking for products related to entertainment, household needs, or technology, shopping via the Internet is now the way to go. Ecommerce, as this has come to be called, has enable businesses to offer their wide ranges of products and services to a mass of people across the globe. Because of this, it is no longer necessary to travel to another country to purchase products from its stores. ( from ezinearticles.com)

The process of Ecommerce is really quite simple, although the details can be rather complicated, depending on the specifications and needs of each individual company.

While everyone is not jumping onto the Ecommerce bandwagon, it has been found that many people are looking at it as a more convenient and viable option. It allows for fast shopping without ever leaving the comforts of the home, and makes a wider range of products and services more readily available, and certainly more easily attainable than ever before.

This is one of the main reasons that Ecommerce isn't going away any time soon.

Reinventing  E commerce to re-imagine, re-think and re-brand..

~ Identify our passion. What have we always dreamed of doing?

~ Take a "Break", as professionals calls it. Take some time to explore an interesting field. His Vocation Vacation "program connects career transitioners with mentors working in the exact job they want, so they can test drive the job of their dreams."

~ Find a mentor. Select someone who can give us a guided tour of a field that we are intrigued by.

How about an example. Say you always dreamed of owning your auction website like ebay Online because you have long had a passion for running your own little business on the internet. Specialist would ask you to go online. Stay awhile exploring each and every part of ebay" to find out the inner workings; find out what it really takes to run a Auction website.

You'll come away with some rich data for making your decision about whether to move ahead, or move on to another possibility.

If you are seeking a roadmap to career reinvention, there are several steps to follow, including:

1. First, identify your strengths.
2. Ask yourself, what is the worst that could happen?
3. Set a goal and a plan
4. Find a mentor.
5. Test-drive the career option.
6. Network. Network. Network.

Finally, we recommend some soul-searching: "What are our passions and interests? What activities give us a sense of purpose and satisfaction? The first step in any new transition is the opportunity to explore, experiment and discover our “great invention” and what we can do to pursue it."

What is your "great invention?"

Change in Plans

I been having this sever cold and dry cough for almost a month now...had bunch of different medicines and antibiotics...I believe its a Asthmatic allergy from the Termites in office and my room...Its been treated with chemicals, still the dust mites are all over... killing me softly...:)

We did plan...but sometimes we have to slowdown things...There is still a advantage on this...
Because I have more time to think and come up with a better solution for the Ideas ...Yet to come...

I just need to get fit and be True to myself...

Its been months i been struggling to establish myself, so i can clear all the accusations against me.
I just can't forget the PAST experiences i had...I just wanna earn and help those who are in need...
and save my ass from what ever challenges ahead.

Shopping Mall in Maldives

Do you believe " Badhige " is it a Great Brand Name?

Badhige simply means Kitchen in Maldivian Language ( Dhivehi) and its the most common word used all over Maldives for kitchen.


A Great Brand

* Delivers the message clearly
* Confirms your credibility
* Connects your target prospects emotionally
* Motivates the buyer
* Concretes User Loyalty

Benefits of online shopping

1. Bargaining power of consumers. They enjoy a wider choice
2. Supplier power. It is more difficult for consumers to manage a non-digital channel.
3. Internet increases commoditisation
4. Threat of new entrants. Online means it is easier to introduce new services with lower over-heads
5. Threat of substitutes
6. Rivalry among competitors. It is easier to introduce products and services to different markets

Defining " Fihaara "by Badhige

Since Badhige have gained a reputation in the Online Market, as the first online Service, serving thousands of customers... I guess its important and a easy trick to use similar name Powered by same Brand name. Fihaara simply means Shop and most commonly used word for shops in Maldives.


Whats different.
Many have tried to do online Websites in Maldives specially for shopping, on certain specialized products. But our concept and approch is totally different offering personalized services to our customers while maintaining a clear understanding and support from our Valuable Vendors.

Our Mission
Land area is Limited here in Maldives, We are unable to have a Shopping Mall Physically any where in Maldives due to less population and geography.

We do have internet covering all over the Maldives even around the world.
We believe we can offer a "Virtual Shopping Mall" experience from Different Types of Shops around the Maldives.

Just Very Motivating

Why Ecommerce ?

Here in Maldives Almost all businesses use the internet to communicate to there partners around the world,
find information about the Products they need and even order some of there products with the help of  Bto B and B to C online market place. Until recently Ecommerce products have been getting popular to operate local business over here in Maldives.

I believe Ecommerce can really change the way we do business having multiple Online shops to market local  and even international products online, it connects you to the Globe.

It can really save time, and give us more time to do many many things we want to do.

There are two major issues that discourages us to do such business here in Maldives. First reason is there are no Affordable Payment gateways avaialble to do such business &  Lack opportunity and support for such busineses from the Financial institutions.

I believe all this can be changed once we prove the potential of  Ecommerce like the  Badhige service is Proving it now starting from Zero. " Online Food Court in Maldives "

Do you believe? The Secret

This define Positive Thinking that really works on me and changing my whole life...



I do believe and its the Secret ...

Its what you attract most ...and that's what you get, When you loose hope, when you Think Negative you fail, you fail in everything you do ...

Cause you are what you want you to be...

The worst mistake we humans make is having negative thoughts about what ever we do, and attracting to it. Which finally makes you loose hope and power to carry on with what you want to do.

But still i do and i am making it happen, while gaining more support.
I still believe no one is perfect. But anyone can be productive.

Less headache means more productive Ideas

Its been Long time with so many headaches, Sharing ideas with the wrong person might not be the best Decision. However My mind still works positive and i am happy for my decissions.

Again I am thinking about developing something new to Maldives that will benefit people in the social media along with helping me out in my future investments. I was pretty sure that this new concept will benifit so many locals in the online and offline community because, this concept is very unique. You will be well aware of the fact that there are millions of websites around the world available online however, most of them have the common purpose of adding friends, and joining other similar pages etc.

Speaking on more details about this new project, my business adviser said.. I just have to be careful in making my plans and customizing the concept for Maldives, because the real concept seemed to be a bit outdated to some countries in the world, but Totally new for Maldives.

My Special Prawns - Recipe

I been so busy last Few weeks and this month i have only one post here...

Here i go, again... I would like to share you a Special Recipe on how to make the Special Prawns
for the request of my sister in Cairo..

I am not a Chef , but i think i should also be knowing few about cooking. Also i am nto good at writing recipes.

Ingredients:
15 Jumbo Prawns
1/2 inch Cut Garlic (Grounded or cut to small square shape )
4 Garlic's ( cut into small square shape )
1 and1/2 Spoon Pepper
Salt to Taste
1/2 cup Water
Soy Sauce
4 Small Size Onions Cut into Thin Slices.

How to prepare.
Clean the Prawns removing the Cover, without removing the heads.

Put a small amount of Water adding small amount of salt in the Pan and Cook the Prawns low temperature, until the prawns get red.

Add small amount of oil into the prawns after removing the water, when the oil is well heated put the Onions, Garlic and Ginger Mix it well with the prawns. After the Onions start frying add 1 Spoon of Soy Sauce and Add 1/2 Spoon of Salt.

All the process should be done in Low temperature.
it will take around 30 minutes to Cook.

I hope this will help you all :)

Enjoy my Special Prawns...

A Business Partner

We describe business partners as a partner working with a company or a partner who is working with you as one of the directors of the company you hold share with.

Here i would like to write some notes about my experiences and how to choose a right partner in business after a case study i did...

Is business personal...or what really is business...is business taking advantage of the younger guy with a great knowledge...just use him and throw away..

Yes Business is always risk and i like to take risk
I have come across many partners, partners from different levels.

A permanent partnership and only be maintained with loyalty, patiently and being able to discuss explain and organizing the work. being United is very important.

I believe and i feel good to work with my present partners for appreciating the work i do, For me appreciation and value given to my work is important than the Money.

Three Together United...That's how i wanna see this work.

Jail Inmates are Creative

Work of Maldives Jail Inmates.
There work are awesome.

Need Time Management Solution

Few months ago, My Schedule was like this

Day - Sleep most of the time
Afternoon - Go Lunch with a Friend if i wake up around 12
Evening - Coffee with some friend.
Night - Awake Chatting and Surfing all over the internet
Midnight - Brain Storming about my Future Plans
Early Morning - Sleep around 5 or 6 Am.

My Life Today
Day - Wake up around 8 or 9 am with the ringing of the phones
Start work officially around 11 Am
Afternoon - At Work ( If have time order some meals to have lunch in office )
If i get time have some meeting with Vendors and do some PR
Evening - At Work , all done over internet.
Night - still Work Work Work until 12am
Mid - Meet Few Friends if i am not tired
Early Morning - Sleep Around 5 or 6 Pm

I need to find a good time management solution to come back to a Normal Life,
I guess this is not good for my health and even the creative ideas.

Give me some ideas and solutions for this./..

Mistakes , Mistakes and Mistakes ?

I believe everyone makes mistakes.

The World is full of Humans, and everyone makes mistakes.
Nobody is perfect, That's the reason we have to always ask forgiveness and pray.

God is forgiving, and kind,
Why can't we Humans forgive Each other to make the World a better Place.

Today I have seen a good example of this from one of our Vendor, rather than making things complicated i appreciate and respect the decision he took.

I don't believe its the right decisions to put someone is Prison, arrest and hurt them for being suspected for a mistake. I have seen it and experienced it personally that intentionally or by Mistake some of us punish, beat and arrest each other.

But we all should remember there is a different between mistakes and crimes.

Get me a Real Badhige picture

Last Few Weeks i been trying to get a Real Traditional Badhige pictures
What i always get in my Search results is this picture on Flickr Posted by Jawiyani

Can anyone get me some great pictures of a Traditional Maldivian Badhige?

Suffering with Common Cold

Last Few weeks i been suffering with Upper Respiratory Infection.
Its not only me few of Our staffs been having the same cause.

I guess this is due to Non-Stop work, Stress, pressure and also catching up Dust Allergy while on few deliveries.

But, We never stop our service and we still do it. We are just Proud to be delivery Boys :)
I guess how many customers realize the hardship we are doing to Give them the service

I am thinking of ways we can do this with a more healthier team. Yes we do need the right equipment and Uniform to do this more professionally.

Busy Weeks Ahead.

Again with some new ideas and creative Concept to Maldives
Few Believe that it will work, and few thinks that We require Quality Packaging.

My recent Studies along with our Customers shows that they really love to have a Good packaging on the Items we Deliver, Most of Our Vendors are busy to find and get a Quality Food Packaging Solution.

Here in Maldives there is no Single Company specialized in providing Food and Environment Friendly Quality Packaging products.

I believe its the right time to bring Eco- Friendly Products to Maldives.

Just One Company Came into my mind. And i just tried with a Single Email proposal.
Response Was quick and positive from there Business Development Manager.

I was just suprised to know that he have been to Maldives 10 years ago...
of course its all different now, we got more restaurants and Cafe's around Male Island itself
and many Resorts offering Luxury Accommodation with Couple of Restaurants in Each Island.

I am just impressed how fast i get the response from a Business Development Manager of Such a Company doing business around the Globe. This really means they are interested in our Offer.

In the next weeks i will be working with him to get the right sampling and creating the right Products to distribute in this market.

I guess i got busy weeks ahead//

Keeping Customers

I've been reading about JIM CATHCART concept of Relationship Selling. It made me think about what we do best.

I started defining what is the Key for us to getting and keeping our customers. Are we being too direct. Almost Nobody cares about customer service and satisfaction here in Maldives. Specially is Food Delivery Services.

In fact, very few people even understand how important a single customer is.

Our customers do return. They do love our web interface , how easy and simple it is to be use. Result is We have more return customers. Its Addicting isn't it ?

All what our customers are concerned about is whether the item can satisfy there Hunger.

I belive Sales is a supportive activity that is done to fill needs. And my role is to fo out and find the rigt item for our customers , make shure they get the Right item they orders and if any mistakes are being done by our side be responsible and also make our vendors responsible and offer a compansation to satisfy the customer.

Why shouldn't we copy the Pizza Huts HATE-LATE concept :)

This is why our Customers Keep Returning...

They love badhige :)

Why Invest Maldives?

Maldives have been more openly marketing "Invest Maldives" for business recently

"According to World Bank’s 2006 Investment Climate Assessment, Maldives ranked highest in the region in terms of World Banks’ ease of doing business index.”

It Confirms and assures how easy for entrepreneurs to get successful in the Maldives.

Therefore We invite any investors interested to invest in Maldives for any business to come and take advantage of this golden opportunity.

Do your business here in Maldives. And Gain more prestige to your business..

I guess each and every local business mind will be expecting a lot these days..

Our MacDo Online

McDonald’s have...

Salads in the US
Lamb burgers in India
Vegetarian burgers in Netherlands
Teriyaki burgers in Japan
Salmon sandwiches in Norway
Frankfurters in Germany
Poached egg burgers in Uruguay
Burger Steak with Rice in McDo Philippine.

So why Can't Badhige.com
Customize some, and cater to the Maldivian market. :)

Nothing for Kids

Almost 70% of Maldivians go out for a snack or Coffee at office break time even after working hours. All they want is to relax there minds.

Mostly they go in Groups. Are they Relaxing there minds going to Crowded Cafe's or getting more headache with a Cup of Coffee and couple of cigarettes they have ?

Due to this , there are no Child friendly Cafe's and restaurants in Male' Island.
I am sure no one will take Kids to a place crowded with Groups with Gossip and Filthy words.

People always want something different. This represents tremendous opportunity!

Open BOX

What most people don't realize, especially in business, whatever it is that the business does it's not for them but for their customers. Most think in terms of what is it for them? Well it is not about them it is about ME - the customer.

So make it easy for the customer... make it easy for them to push a button and everything happens, make it easy for them to register, make it easy for them to find what they want and be satisfied.
They are the customers and by definition they are the people who pay.
So charge them high but give them something they'll never forget.

It's Now Time

It just going to be 2 years after i left Philippines. Spending around 3 years in self-exile to be away from all the memories at home. ( Broken Business and with a Broken Heart )
Returned with, so many ideas ,sweet memories, and hoping those ideas and experiences can make a difference.


After being treated and well injected in jail cells. I learned myself life is beautiful and if we do things it can happen.

I can close my eyes and let things go. Life is not to give up, just keep trying until we reach a goal. Life is all about a secret. The secret of Positive thinking. Some call this Law of Attraction.

Lets not talk about what i have lost on my Way...

I used to work and live alone is my Codo room in Mandaluyong city and order food online using Macdonald's online food delivery service. It was so easy and convenient for me. My Fav Big mac and Mac nuggets arrive to my door step in just 30 minutes on such a Big City like Manila.

So why no Macdonalds in Maldives. Yes our population is only 300,000 and our economy is weak to generate the target sales for a MacDo. But why can't we really get Food at the door step. with a click.

Yes we can, and we did it.

It was a simple night - I met with the good-matured web programmer over a coffee with some other friends. And that's how this started. Just in few minutes time i realized this is going to be another tough but a successful project. It did not take me long to get a positive response from the the crowd about it, immediately had a meeting ( at a anonymous meeting room ) there were around 5 of us planning to give some commitment on the project
Same night, the name " Badhige " came into our Mind. At that time some laughed at us.

After months of motivation. Those who laughed left us, and its only 3 of us remaining who belive in big time sucsess.

It had just begun.....

What business you might ask? What's the revolution in today's communication in the Maldives bigger than we've ever seen? Badhige.com is a start of a New Online Trend of Business !

It have started really small, a very pleasant play with the new delivery service business I have put up with Hassana and Ixy. It is a very simple concept that will form a relationship with the restaurants and its clientele.

NO NO its here

We always hear a lot of people say they are out of creative ideas....


NO NO its here.....
I just have to say there are so many ideas to play with and we never run out..
This i think is human nature.

What people think of running out of ideas ready to be applied and business concerns.
What i think why people are running out of ideas is cause they FEAR ...

There are so many ideas that can be implemented. I believe when the right time come we have to apply those ideas...and it happens in the form of business.

The Truth

Reinventing Ideas

Some are losers, some are very successful in what they do. I reinvent ideas. this is how i'd like to describe myself now.

I like to make impossible things possible...taking risks.

Ideas are simple, but ideas have a value...
I work using my knowledge with direct, creative people who believes in it and those who can entirely have a positive outlook.

I don't like to Dream...as dreams are not always real.
I wanna believe in what ever i do...and focus on what i do.

Its time to experiment new things rapidly used around the world, but in a creative manner.

There are not many years left in a Single life, Just use the maximum of it.

I am just one...I need a team to make things possible, all credit should go for US not ME.

No matter who you are, i will be pleased to learn about any ideas that you have.
Share it with me,,,i will value it
i am waiting with, open arms to welcome you.