Annnnnnnddddd we're back!

So apparently fighting til "death" for Solution Naseer means fighting til some dude with a calculator gets fired. Seriously, I've met some crazy hoots in my time but this one takes the fruitcake! Now all our gate scaling practice had been in vain.

However, we XResistance ers are all feeling quite morose these days. Yes all of us. We feel exactly the same at all times. We are like those groups of fish in the ocean that glides along and switches direction all at the same time. We are a wonder of nature. Anyway, the general feeling amongst us is melancholy. The world is overcast and dismal. The mood glum.

Therefore at this troubled times we really feel, as you tend to do in such times, the need to express some gratitude to certain people. So here we go:

We thank the brave souls who went to talk to our President to express concern about some very angry and very intolerant people in this society. More power to you.

We thank President Nasheed for talking about these concerns and inviting difference of opinion to be expressed.

We thank all those hordes of women who called in radio stations the day after the President's radio address and took back the concept of a woman's right to choose back a couple of centuries!!! Sigh. We sincerely hope that a day does not come that you feel threatened to express your views.

We thank our fearless civil society for coming out and saying officially what a lot of people are afraid to say. You inspire us.

And finally, we say congratulations, hurrah and she's a jolly good fellow to Guin Batten, who successfully made the crossing, rowing across the ocean between Huvadhu atoll and Fuahmulah in little over 7 hours. Not bad for a mere female we say!

Ah, the clouds seems to be lifting....