This is essentially a “slice-of- life” story from a Maldivian perspective. The author has presented the reader with three different time slices, adding up to no more than fifteen minutes, from the memory of a young Maldivian man who got to grow up in a country that itself grew up from a sleepy, almost medieval island kingdom into a modern fast-paced tourist’s haven in little more than thirty years. This story is a unique bioscope of the birth of an ancient island nation into a very modern world. The time slice presentation through the eyes of a local protagonist offers the reader what is probably the first-ever description and insight in the English language into this particular period of Maldivian history. Crucial to this story is a Philips B3G63A valve radio that slowly changes status from being an expensive marvel of modern science into a vintage collector’s piece. Crucial also is the young man who grows up in his uncle’s house and discovers the strength of his relationship not only to his uncle but also to the latter’s daughter. This story is the outstanding First Place Winner in the Fiction Writing Competition held by the National Library of the Maldives in 2007.