06 MUSCAT DAILY MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009

NATION

BOOKSHOPS

Borders 24558089

Family Bookshop, Qurm 24564391

Madinat as Sultan Qaboos 24600084

Turtles 24696217

House of Prose (Used books) 24564356

muSicAl And tHeAtricAl

ASSOciAtiOnS

Associated Board of the Royal

Schools of Music 99440441

Muscat Amateur theatre

Judith Razek 24562511

Su Pattison 24497502

Muscat Singers, Kate Clarke 99473709

RAH Music Ensemble

Katherine Cole 99272417

Art gAllerieS

Al Madina Art Gallery 24691380

Bait Muzna Gallery 24739204

Omani Heritage Gallery 24696974

Omani Society for Fine Arts 24694969

Raj Relics 99329842

Yitti Art Gallery 24564297

FlOriStS

Bella Rose, CCC 24566766

Caravans, Al Asfoor Plaza 24566795

Sadaf Flowers, MQ 24602123

The Flower Shop, Sabco Centre 24560043

The Little Flower Shop 24603383

mAllS

Al Araimi Complex 24566180

Al Asfoor Plaza 24564686

Al Harthy Complex 24564481

Al Khamis Plaza 24562791

Al Wadi Commercial Centre 24564782

Capital Commercial Complex 24567351

Centrepoint 24698988

Jawaharat A’Shatti Complex 24692113

Khimji Megastore 24708075

lulu Hypermarket

Barka 26886855

Bausher 24504504

Darsait 24701401

Al Burj complex

Seeb 24423771

Sohar 26843040

Markaz al Bahja 24540200

Muscat City Centre 24558888

Qurum City Centre 24470700

Sabco Centre 24562761

trAVel

Airlines

Flight Information (24 hours) 24519456

Aeroflot 24704455

Air Arabia 24700828

Air France 24562153

Air India 24799801

Air New Zealand 24700732

Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128

British Airways 24568777

Cathay Pacific 24789818

Egypt Air 24794113

Emirates Air 24404400

Ethiopian Airlines 24660313

Gulf Air (toll-free number) 80072424

Indian 24791914

Iran Air 24787423

Japan Airlines 24704455

Jazeera Airways 23294848

Jet Airways 24813321

Kenya Airways 24660300

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737

Kuwait Airways 24701262

LOT Polish Airlines 24796387

Lufthansa 24796692

Malaysian Airlines 24560796

Middle East Airlines 24796680

Oman Air 24707222

Pakistan International Airlines 24792471

Qatar Airways 24771900

Qantas 24559941

Royal Jordanian 24796693

Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485

Singapore Airlines 24791233

Shaheen Air 24816565

SriLankan Airlines 24784545

Swiss International Airlines 24796692

Thai Airways 24705934

Turkish Airlines 24703033

tOur OPerAtOrS

ABC Tourism 24582663

Adonis Travel and Tourism 24693371

Advantage Travel and Tours 95220095

Airborne Travels 24479295

Al Azure Tours 24565745

Al Hashar Tourism and Travels 24836100

Al Hasn Araimi Travel 24799966

Al Raya Tourism 92282533

Alwan Tourism 24594002

Al Maskry Tourism and Travels 24595241

Arabian Sea Safaris 24693223

Arise Travel and Tours 24605825,

99642291

Ast tours

Muscat 24571311

24-hour service 99484003

Salalah 23298085

Bahwan Travel Agencies 24797405

Desert Discovery 24493232

Desert Thunder 95555153

Eihab Travels 24683900

Elite Travel and Tourism 24485020

Empty Quarter Tours 99387654

Explore Masirah 25504442

Gulf Leisure 24693561

Gulf Ventures 24559985

Kanoo Travel 24700249

Khasab Travel and Tours 26730464

Mark Tours 24786882

Mezoon Travel 24796680

Nomadic Adventures and Tours 99336273

Oasis Tours 24499922,

99440441

Tour Oman 24799966

Oman Geo Tours 24600914

Oman World Tourism 99252680

Orient Holidays 24478902

Shanfari Travel and Tours 24786916

Sumahram Falcon 95774166

Sun and Sand Tours 99373928

Sunny Day Tours, Travel and Adventures

Steps Travel and Tourism 24488891

United Tours 24787448

Zahara Tours 24400844

AccOmmOdAtiOn

Muscat

Al Bahjah Hotel 24424400

Al Bustan Palace

InterContinental Muscat 24764000

Al Khuwayr Hotel Apartments 24478171

Al Madina Holiday Inn 24596400

Al Fanar Hotel 24712385

Al Falaj Hotel 24702311

Al Qurum Resort 24605945

Beach Hotel 24696601

Bowshar Hotel 24491105

Coral Hotel Muscat 24692121

Crowne Plaza Muscat 24660660

Crystal Suites 24826100

Golden Tulip Seeb 24510300

Grand Hyatt Muscat 24641234

Haffa House Hotel 24707207

Hotel Muscat Holiday 24487123

Hotel InterContinental Muscat 24680000

Majan Continental Hotel 24592900

Marina Hotel 24711711

Midan Hotel Suites 24499565

Mina Hotel 24711828

Muttrah Hotel 24798401

Nuzha Hotel Apartments 24789199

Oman Dive Center 24824240

Park Inn 24507888

Qurm Beach House Hotel 24564070

Radisson Blu Hotel Muscat 24487777

Ramee Dream Resort Seeb 24453399

Ramee Guestline Hotel 24564443

Ruwi Hotel 24704244

Safeer Hotel Suites 24691200

Sheraton Oman Hotel 24772772

Shangri-La’s Barr al Jissah

Resort and Spa 24776666

The Chedi Muscat 24524400

The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel 24502570

A-Z LISTING

let me start off by giving you a personal exam-

ple of being rejected. i must have approached

over 100 publishers for my first book Winning

the Game Of life. i had enjoyed an array of re-

jections. there were folks who never replied,

some who kindly rejected it and then there

were those who weren’t so kind about it. But

being a person with a Winning Mind, i would

rather fail moving forward than fail by simply

standing still. so i kept on pushing past all the

rejections until my book got to the hands of a

much known publicist in the states who said,

“Hang on a second, you’ve got something

here”, and within days we had a publishing deal

on the table.

As i travel the world training individuals and

organisations, i come across

some immensely talented peo-

ple in different fields. their tal-

ent is however buried under the

pile of rejections they have re-

ceived and sadly they have taken it personally.

in every challenging situation where rejec-

tions are offered left, right and centre, the first

exit door that appears is the one that reads,

“Give up now. save yourself further headaches

and heart burn”. the difference between those

succeeding and the ones who give up is one:

their ability to deal with rejection. the majority

of people take rejection personally whilst win-

ners know that rejection is part of the process.

Just because a few people don’t share your

views about something, doesn’t mean that your

idea has no value. All it takes is for one person

to see it, and that person is you. there are

countless examples of people who started off

being the only ones who visualised the power

of the skills, abilities, products or services they

had. it took them several rejections before they

had a breakthrough. Here is the key though,

they persevered past all the rejection and kept

pushing forward without taking it to heart.

if we were all to take rejection to heart then

we wouldn’t have the pleasure of having a com-

puter on every desk, we would still be riding

horses instead of cars, we wouldn’t have the

pleasure of emails, the Harry Potter franchise

wouldn’t be around, Will smith wouldn’t be one

of the highest paying actors of his time, and

certainly we wouldn’t have many of the things

we take for granted that were initially laughed

at and blatantly rejected in their infancy.

Always remember that what is being re-

jected is your idea or your offering, not you. Re-

jection stems from other people’s limitations,

beliefs, fears and different

perspective on things. think

of a time when you are in a

plane and the steward or

stewardess do their rounds

offering tea or coffee. We have all at some

stage declined their offer and it would be fair

to say that they face numerous rejections.

However i don’t believe that they take it

personally. they understand that their offer

of tea and coffee is what is being rejected,

nothing more.

those with A Winning Mind always weigh

up the pain and ask themselves, “What would

feel worst, knowing they never gave it their

best because they got affected by rejection? Or

doing whatever, however long it takes to reach

their goal?’

For A Winning Mind, there is only one an-

swer.

Don’t take rejection to heart and follow your

dreams.

Have a Winning Week.

A MuscAt DAily cOluMNist

MIND NUTRITION

Kevin Abdulrahman

Kevin Abdulrahman is an in-demand leadership development and performance acceleration

speaker and trainer

DEALING WITHREJECTION

You can mail him on kevin.abdulrahman@apexstuff.com

Send your comments to muscatdaily@apexstuff.com

Our CorrespondentMuscat

Omani adventurer Nabil 'Nabs' al

Busaidi will be releasing a

documentary of his walk to the

magnetic North Pole. This

was announced at a photo

exhibition of his adventure at

the Muscat City Centre, which

began yesterday.

“A film documentary funded

by Sabco will be coming out in

December,” said Nabs. It will be

launched at the Dubai Interna-

tional Film Festival, which will be

held from December 9-16. The

film will then be screened in

Oman. “A VIP screening event

for ministers will be held and I

hope to later have screenings

for school students,” he added.

It is hoped that the photo ex-

hibition, followed by the docu-

mentary, is hoped to inspire

people. It will also help people

understand the difficulty of com-

pleting such a trek. “The weather

conditions were -80 Celsius, and

it was not easy for us to accept

him doing it, as his family, but we

still supported him. At that time

of year, a lot of polar bears were

coming out of hibernation. There

was also a risk of getting wet and

stepping on thin ice, as they were

crossing terrain close to the

sea. It is extremely difficult to

warm up in those weather con-

ditions,” said Riyadh al Busaidi,

Nabs' father.

Nabs explained that most of

the coverage to date had been in

English, and they hoped to reach

a bigger audience by putting the

commentary on the photographs

in Arabic as well as in English. He

plans to make trips to schools

within Oman with the pictures to

inspire students to aim higher.

“He's the first Arab to reach

the North Pole and in fact the

first Omani, so this is very impor-

tant,” said Ross Cormack, CEO of

Nawras.

Omani adventurer to release documentary

A visitor views a photograph at the exhibition

Our CorrespondentMuscat

The competition in the skies is

heating up with Air India intro-

ducing Airbus A319 aircraft on

the Muscat-Mumbai–Ahmed-

abad sector after Oman Air's

much hyped fleet expansion.

The Airbus A319 is equipped

with various amenities, which will

enhance comfort and passenger

convenience, said Mohit Sarin,

country manager – Oman, Air

India.

The plane has a capacity of

122 seats in a two class configu-

ration of eight executive and 114

economy class seats.

Air India gets Airbus A319

‘Nabs’ will launch a film on his trek to the North Pole at the Dubai International Film Festival