I'm traveling with my wife to Maafushi next week. I have seen that there is a no bikini beach, and I suppose it's less crowded. My wife is a hijabi, she would wear a burkini regardless, but I'm wondering if I can be there in just swimming shorts? Or do I have to wear the male hijab equivalent (not exposing my bellybutton and shorts underneath the knees)?

Bank doesn’t sell them. Currency exchangers don’t sell them. So then where do we buy???

This has been bothering me lately and honestly, it pisses me off.

To be fair, my company isn’t terrible. Management can be generous, I get paid on time, and overall, it’s not a toxic workplace. I know a lot of people would probably say, “Bro, what are you complaining about? Sounds like an easy job.” And honestly, sometimes I think that too.

I have responsibilities and my own accounts to handle, but everything feels so limited. The workload is manageable, sometimes even too manageable. There are days where I genuinely feel like I’m just showing up and collecting my salary at the end of the month.

And yes, I know that sounds like a dream job to some people. Less stress, less responsibility, go home on time. But at the same time, I feel like I’m missing opportunities to actually grow.

There have been trainings and opportunities outside the Maldives related to accounts or products I handle, and somehow I’m not really involved. I’m not saying I should be included in everything, but sometimes I feel like I’m just assigned to maintain things rather than actually develop professionally. cant blame them, why would give me a free travel? LOL but just felt left behind, well anyway this thing make me more lazy about this job, its quite quitting. I just stops going above and beyond.

The funny part is, I even joke with some colleagues that I’m basically just sitting around waiting for my salary every month. They joke about it too. But like… I didn’t choose for my role to be this limited. 😭

And sometimes I overthink too. I wonder if my bosses think the social media posts I make are pointless because they’re busy handling bigger things while I’m just sitting there designing a post or figuring out what to upload next. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just in my own head.

But honestly, if they gave me a clearer and better role, with more involvement and actual responsibilities, I genuinely think I could do so much more. I want to contribute. I just need to actually be given the space and opportunity to do it.

Of course, if we're talking about adding significantly more responsibilities, then hopefully the pay grows with it too. The USD rate right now is already crazy, so let's be realistic here.

So to maximize my role, I started handling our social media as well. Marketing, designing, editing photos and videos, creating posts none of that was really part of my original job, but I actually enjoy doing it.

The problem is, it can get so confusing and draining.

We have the main company and several sub-companies, and sometimes I genuinely don’t know which product belongs to which account or which company is supposed to post what. One product can’t be posted on a certain account, but another similar product can. Sometimes nobody tells me beforehand, so I have to keep asking.

And I hate having to ask for approval for every single thing.

“Can I post this?”
“Which account should this go to?”
“Is this product under this company?”
“Can I use this photo?”
“Is this okay to post?”

Then I have to wait for replies and approvals, and by the time everything is clarified, the momentum is gone. It starts feeling like I can’t really take initiative because every move needs confirmation.

Then there’s also the expectation to help make sales for the products I handle. But how am I supposed to be proactive when every potential sale can turn into:

“How many are they buying?”
“Who are you selling to?”
“Why do they need it?”
“The quantity is too small.”
“We should focus on bigger accounts.”

Like okay 😭 so do you want me to sell or do you want me to submit a thesis before selling one box?

I feel like I want to do more, but at the same time, the way things are handled has slowly pushed me into doing the bare minimum. Because every time I try to take initiative, there are restrictions, approvals, questions, or complications.

So yeah, maybe my boss or colleagues think I’m lazy because I leave exactly at 5 PM. But honestly… why would I stay longer when I’ve finished everything I can do for the day?

I didn’t choose to have such limited involvement. I actually want more responsibility, more exposure, and more opportunities to grow. I just don’t want to constantly fight through unnecessary layers of approval to do something productive.

Anyway, at the end of the day, I’m an expat. I’m here to survive, gain experience, and make a living. And despite all my rants and frustrations, I’m still grateful. The company has been good to me in many ways, and they pay me on time.

But yeah… maybe I just want to feel like I’m actually part of the company, not just someone waiting for the end of the month to get paid. 😂

I know im not the only 21 year old guy without a relationship but given that most people around me have been in relationships, it kinda bothers me lmao. I have never been in a relationship, had one situationship but it didnt go anywhere.

Right now im studying medicine abroad and this makes it worse. My cohort does have a few number of maldivian girls but most of them are already in relationships. Plus there's like this weird divide between maldivians at my uni where everyone just sort of sticks to their own friend groups and dont really do anything together as a whole.

Im also too shy to go to like MSA meetups/events here.

Bit about myself, I have to study quite a bit 😭. Outside of uni I'm mostly into whatever show/movie I'm obsessed with at the time, occasional gym or hanging out with my friends.

Honestly the idea of being in a serious relationship sounds really sweet so yeah.

Edit: WHY is my username no friendship😭😭😭💔 i didnt realize

Any cool people wanna be friends? 27M...

What we gonna do?

1. Say hi
2. Ask "how are you?"
3.  Ask "What's your future plan?"

End of chat! :>

Is it possible to start yt and earn through views from yt from Maldives? If not is there anyway?

Need a good sunglasses. Something not too dark, usually I don't wear them but I need to start due to work. preferably gray-green tint to increase contrast and non-polarised. Large lense but thin temples

and something that's not expensive

give me your opinion on this.

A month ago, I met a local guy. We spent a week getting to know each other, then hooked up. We stopped talking afterward, but damn… I still think about that man sometimes. 😂 Some people are just a rare talent.

Yes I'm talking about the movie that came out This year. I watched it and it's still giving me Creeps. It's not a Jinni type horror movie. But it still creeps me out....I could have watched sijjin and slept fine. But that movie kept me up at night. Still traumatic. I thought It was gonna be a light horror movie. Cuz it was Romance genre and Horror genre. So I wasn't really thinking it would really get me.... I can still hear the sound of the ending. 😬.

What are your experiences????

Any Maldivian creators who inspire you or make content you like?

I was really inspired by seefromthesky. What about you?

Area: subang jaya/petaling/shah alam. Just lloking to share rent. Lmk if u want or know anyone that wants.

I'm honestly so tired of Maldivian men. This is obviously based on my own experience, but the pattern is getting ridiculous.
It feels like so many Maldivian men want the benefits of a relationship without actually wanting commitment. They want attention, loyalty, affection,emotional support and someone who is always there for them, but when it comes to actually giving stability or talking seriously about marriage and a future, suddenly they don't know what they want.
They pull you in, push you away, disappear, come back whenever they feel like it, and expect you to still be there waiting. Then when you finally react to being treated like that, you're "too emotional."
Like, what exactly am I supposed to react with? A PowerPoint presentation?
And I find the whole traditional expectation here interesting too. For generations, men were expected to provide while women stayed home and took care of the family. Women didn't always have the same opportunities for education, careers and independence. Now women are working, studying and becoming financially independent, but some men still expect women to do all the emotional work, household work and relationship maintenance while also contributing financially.
And somehow we're still supposed to make the man feel like he's the provider.
A lot of the men I've met also seem incredibly immature. They gossip, get offended easily, can't communicate properly, don't take accountability, and create unnecessary drama, then somehow women are called the emotional ones.
And when it comes to marriage, it genuinely feels like finding a Maldivian man who actually wants to settle down, have a family and build a stable future is ridiculously difficult. So many seem to want a relationship with no clear future, no real commitment and no responsibility.
Maybe I've just had an absolutely terrible sample of Maldivian men, but after seeing the same behaviour repeatedly, it's hard not to become cynical.
Where are the Maldivian men who actually want to be husbands and build a family?

Does anybody know where I can buy Hypochlorous
acid ?