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Understanding Beloved Women

We don't understand Women : Their "Whatever" "Anything" OR "You Decide"

1 . (Whatever) Men: What should we have for dinner?Women: Whatever..Men: Why don't we have Mexican?Women: No not Mexican, the last time I got pimples on my faceMen: All right, why don't we have Szechwan cuisineWomen: Yesterday we ate Szechwan, today too?Men: Hmm..... I suggest we have seafoodWomen: Seafood is not good, I got diarrheaMen: Then what do you suggest?Women : Whatever..

2. (Anything) Men: So what should we do now?Women: AnythingMen: How about watching a movie? It's been a long timeWomen: Watching movie is no good, it's a waste of timeMen: How about we go for bowling, or some exercises?Women: Exercise on such a hot day?Men: Then find a cafe and have a drinkWomen: I am off caffeineMen: Then what do you suggest?Women: Anything
3. (You decide) Men: Then do we just go home?Women: You decideMen: Let's take the bus, I will accompany youWomen: The bus is dirty and crowded.Men: OK; we will take a cabWomen: Not worth it... For such a short distanceMen: All right, then we can walk. We can enjoy the weatherWomen: I am hungry, can't walk.Men: Then what do you suggest?Women: You decideMen: Let's have dinner first?Women: Whatever...Men: What shall we eat?Women: Anything..

Lanka rejects visa for Akon

By Jamila Najmuddin and Gandhya Senanayake

The government has decided to reject a visa for popular international R&B singer Akon to perform in Sri Lanka over allegations leveled against him regarding a controversial video which showed scantily clad women dancing around a Buddha statue. Akon was to perform in Sri Lanka next month and a major tourism drive was also launched to bring down fans from Asia for the concert.

Tourism Minister Achala Jagoda had met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening to discuss the issue regarding Akon performing in Colombo and it is believed that the decision to refuse the singer a visa was taken following the discussion, Tourism Ministry sources told Daily Mirror online.

Earlier in the day the Tourism Minister had also met with other officials involved with the concert to discus concerns raised over one of his videos.

However, Lasantha Samarasinghe Director of Platinum Entertainment, the organizers of the Akon concert said that he has not been officially informed of a visa being rejected for the singer.

“We will take this up with the relevant authorities tomorrow,” Samarasinghe told Daily Mirror online. Akon is featured in the video 'Sexy Chick' by David Guetta and the making of the video shows bikini clad women dancing around a Buddha statue near a pool. Buddhist monks had called on the government to cancel the concert on the basis Akon appeared in the video and the video degraded Buddhism.

However organisers of the concert had said that Akon respected Buddhism and that the video was not his work. Earlier in the day Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau, Dileep Mudadeniya told Daily Mirror online that the Tourism Ministry held discussions with the concerned authorities over the concert.

“There are many anti Sri Lankan elements who are trying to prevent such an international star from coming into the country. But at the same time there are some strong religious sentiments which are being raised. Both aspects are being studied,” Mudadeniya said.

When asked if the bureau was pressurized to reconsider facilitating the concert, Mudadeniya said the ultimate decision they take was not a result of outside pressure.

“There are a lot of concerns but that does not mean we are pressurized by anyone. The decision the minister makes is not a result of any pressure,” Mudadeniya said. (Daily Mirror online)

Akon (born Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam), is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination of the single "Smack That". He has since found two record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He is known as one of the most successful and versatile R&B singers of the 21st century, grossing over 30 million dollars a year according to Forbes. Akon often sings hooks for other artists and is currently accredited with over 300 guest appearances and 40 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. He has had 6 Grammy Awards nominations and has produced many hits for artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis and Leona Lewis.

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