Akon in Sri Lanka

Well you all know that the International Rap star Akon has been refused visa by the Sri Lankan government. The "Official Reason" is that he has criminal charges against him, but as you all know it is not the reason. The real reason is that in one of Akon's music videos there is a scene where half naked girls are dancing in front of a Buddhist statue.

Click here to see the video for yourself. (Rated R)

Well my opinion is that not giving Akon the visa is bullshit. You cant blame him for the video. He doesn't film it. The director does. What the singer does is dance around lip sinking the lyrics while the director captures it on film. He was just doing what he was told to. So if you want to scream at someone it should be the director and the other thing is that its not even Akon's video. Its David Guetta's. Akon is just featured in the song.
































In western countries statues of the Buddha and Hindu gods are used as decorations, normally near pools and ponds(where there is water). Its said to bring peace and harmony to the garden. So the statue appearing on the video, in my opinion, was purely coincidence. Nothing else.

Canceling Akon's visa for a thing like is this is either stupidity or religious extremism, and the Buddha himself preached that not to go into extremes of anything and he never told his followers to worship a statue of him. Later on after King Asoka's reign only were statues of the Buddha made. He said that worshiping statues was pointless, that it wont help you attain Nirvana.

There is also some politics involved in this matter as well. The people who invited Akon to come are now nowhere to be seen. And those people are the Tourism Development Authority( I think thats their name)Anyway it was the government who invited Akon to come to Sri Lanka as a part of "Visit Sri Lanka Year 2011" and now they've screwed it up so they are trying to blame it on MBC studios(The media sponsor for the event). After the announcement of the visa cancellation a mob of about 100 people attacked MBC Studio complex in Pannipitiya. Several employees were injured in the attacks as well.

The actions of the government in this situation were useless. They spoiled the good name of our country. Now no one is gonna want come here after this.

I heard that Akon is going to be performing in the Maldives. So if u really want to see him live in concert go to Maldives. One more thing, the refunds for the tickets is not going to happen, so just let it go. I feel sorry for all the guys who bought the tickets, Its the governments fault. Not just the government's you have to blame the monks as well. They should've just kept their mouths shut without getting involved in this matter. They are just doing it to get a good name for themselves. Not all of the monks but the ones in the JHU(Jathika Hela Urumaya). Monks shouldn't be doing politics.

I don't think that tourism can be improved by doing things like this. We need change.

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Uncharted 2 - Among Thieves

Three words OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! This is probably the best games Ive ever played in my entire life. It just so awesome. Not just in one way but in many.

Graphics and Presentation

Well its better to show you than to explain.

As you can see the graphics are top notch. Best there is. The environment looks awesome. The texture and detail are just superb. I haven't seen anything like it. Not just the environment the character animation and detail look awesome. And the best part is the cut scenes are not pre-rendered. Everything is real-time. All thanks to the awesome power of the PS3.

The best part is that the games isnt limited to one location. It moves from Italy to Borneo to Nepal which have very different environments. All these places are recreated in this game with great detail. Thats makes it so special.

Story
Well basically the story revolves around Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter, who is on a mission to find Shangri La (referred as Shimbhala in the game). On his great journey he meets some"OLD FRIENDS" who were with him in the first game. And he has some new friends as well. But are they really friends???? Find out for yourself.

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Well its really simple actually. Move from one point to another by solving in game puzzles, ranges from simple to hard. When you get through the puzzle you kill the guys there and move on. The best part is there are different ways of killing your enemy. First of all you can take a bazooka and blow everyone sky high or slowly sneak behind enemies for a stealth kill. And in melee combat there are a number of cool looking combos you can try out. Except for you normal enemies, you will face some boss characters as well. There is one thing I couldn't mention. This game is quite funny. Its got it all comedy,action and romance

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The Black Market

The black market refers to the underground economy which can be seen in many countries around the world. The black market is not a place but a system, like a huge network where goods ranging from LCD TV's to heroin can be sold tax free at very low prices. Not just goods but sometimes people as well as animals are sold.

Illegal traders all around the world use the black market to sell their goods,But some people use it just to buy goods at cheap prices. With the rise of prices all around the world people tend to use these illegal ways of buying or selling goods to save money. Which is kinda acceptable. People don't have much money with them, the government wont take off the taxes, so naturally people use illegal methods to buy goods. For example the tax on cigarettes and alcohol are very high, therefore people tend to smuggle them in to the country, and sell it at the same price as the normal shops(sometimes slightly lower to increase the demand) and earn a huge profit. So to stop the smuggling the taxes should be reduced, but then another problem arises, the cigarettes and alcohol will we freely available to anyone due to its low price, which may cause social issues.











































But the government doesn't take off the taxes because they cant afford to lose all the money that they get from it, and not because they care about the people.

Not just alcohol but stuff like weapons and drugs can also be brought in to the country through black market vendors.

But there is also a good side to it. As I mentioned earlier people use the black market get goods at cheaper prices.Other than drugs and alcohol the next best selling items on the black market are counterfeit DVD's and CD's. Hundreds of movies and music are copyrighted every year and sold to buyers at a very cheap price. Which might be a bit unfair for the studios and production houses but is reasonable for the people at a time like this. Although a lot of people say that billions of dollars are lost every year due to copyright infringement Hollywood and its Indian counterpart Bollywood have been able to stay afloat without any problem. The reason for this is the people who sell fake DVD's and music are also the highest buyers of the original product.

















And how can we forget the counterfeit goods. Almost every brand in the world has a fake counterpart. Not just one but many. From football t-shirts to perfumes, everything is counterfeited. Although these goods are cheaper than the originals they might not have the same quality. There are some exceptions though. From recent times the counterfeit products have improved in quality and still remained at the same price. But nothing beats the original.

The Black market economy has it's ups and downs but I like it being there. The way I see it without the black market economy no one can survive. Specially the ministers of our country ;)

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