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 [email protected]
Send your comments to [email protected]
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
Recommended
