Website revamp completed
I’ve undergone some changes in the overall blog which includes new template and thaana post for dhivehi articles. It was scheduled to be launched on April 2 but I figured it would be better to launch it before that. For testing, this post will be my reference for shortcodes which will be used within the blog. This is a Sample Post Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In mattis quam eu quam tincidunt at scelerisque lacus hendrerit. Mauris ultricies, neque aliquam gravida sodales, tortor nisi venenatis metus, mollis...
read moreThank you message to Yafaau’s page members on facebook
Last month, we celebrated the International Day for Persons with disAbilities(PwD’s) and most of you might have seen or heard about it. I’m intentionally am blogging about this, late to highlight the point that it is not just one day in a year, we should be observing and creating awareness for disAbilities. We should, each and everyday, promote the understanding of disAbility issues & mobilize support for the Dignity. Rights & Wellbeing of these people. And each day, we shall seek to increase awareness of gains to be...
read moreBlogging less due to easier micro-blogging
I’m blogging less due to the fact that i’ve been micro-blogging status updates via Twitter which inturn updates my facebook status too. But I hope to come back to blogging and will update older posts of 2007-2009. The posts you see now are our first blog which was at yafaau.blogspot.com I’ve been having difficulties getting “serendipity blog” posts to wordpress.
read moreBlog revamp in progress
Yafaau’s blog revamp in progress. Please visit later. If you are desperate to know how Yafaau is, check this post at Yafaau.info or browse at Yafaau’s gallery If you are bored, read what Maldivians are blogging about or read Headlines from local newspapers(dhivehi)
read moreWhat is Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy or HIE?
Hypoxic means too little oxygen. Ischemic means not enough blood flow. Encephalopathy means abnormal brain function. HIE means that for a period of time there was too little oxygen and blood flow to the brain. This causes the brain to act abnormal...
read moreBlog update
The new blog is at http://www.yafaau.info/blog you’ll find further updates there.
read morenew Hosting at Maldivesinfo.com
new Hosting transfer in progress, it might take 24hrs minimum I hope to update blog when all the transfering is done to assure that there aren’t any posts mising. So there might be difficulties in displaying the pages at the website although blog might be online. I’m moving yafaau.info to a new free hosting at Maldivesinfo.com who is managed by my friend Ashraf Saeed who has the cheapest and value for money hosting in Maldives. His regular hosting package cost only $30 and the features are...
read morea cry for hope
23 January 2006 Yafaau wasn’t sleepy last night so i played with him late midnight. Then around 1am prepared yafaau to sleep. I guess i played too much, he didn’t sleep even at 2am! I had to get up in the morning to work so called samiya and went to bed. Just as i was going to sleep, heard Samiya saying something loud. & Guess what happened! Yafaau burst into tears and he was crying his eyes out! I’m writing this because this is the first time samiya said yafaau loud and first time we noticed yafaau crying because his...
read moreMobile phone learning
250 people aged 16-24 in the UK, Italy and Sweden used mobile phones to engage with learning in a three-year “M-learning” project. It was found that the method enabled most of the young people to learn, who had not previously engaged well with other forms of learning. Two-thirds wanted to continue more permanently. Report, Mobile Technologies and Learning,...
read moreMoving places at home and in play
We have observed that change is a great stimulator. Constantly, we try to keep the atmosphere and environment as stimulating as possible. Even before Yafaau can even walk or even crawl, interacting with him from different positions within the same room is animating and sometimes funny. We use different approaches like taking Yafaau to a corner of our room when his favourite music comes and variety of materials like Mobile phone and calling with funny sounds from different places. Hmmm… I guess I also have to tell you all of...
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