Dreamy bridals

Lovely model Dinali appears in this exclusive Mirror Magazine bridal spread with hair and make-up by Purnima and the striking bouquets being created by Veena of Supreme Flora.

Pictures by Anuruddha Medawattegedera at the 'Ambalama' Leisure Lounge, Hanwella. 



 

"@*<$@!!^~ring! ring!" ...er it's my phone!

By Norm(an) De Plume

But we should be used to these sounds by now, together with shrill versions of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony etc., cellular phones have become so common. It struck me just how common they were when one day I was going home on the bus (and as the regular commuter knows, a ten minute ride usually has about three or four people on the bus receiving calls). Well, the inevitable happened, and several people began busily reaching for their phones, when, the conductor produced a phone and leant out of the bus and had a brief conversation. 

Cellular phones have certainly come a long way since the so-called 'brick' model that debuted some years ago. Now they've shrunk to such minute proportions that sometimes it's difficult to spot them. Yet there is still one giveaway though. If you see someone stuck slam bang in the middle of the pavement forcing everyone else to move around him/her, the chances are that they are on their phones. And mind you, some owners go to great lengths to make it obvious that they have a cellular phone. It just goes to prove, as my friend Big Nose is fond of saying, that 'Cell phones are meant to be seen, not heard'. 

Another of my friends relates how a person was so intent on exhibiting his new phone that he pretended to have a conversation when to his embarrassment and everybody else's amusement, the phone started ringing. It must have been a painful experience for the poor fellow - literally too, since most of the time ringing tones are set loud enough to drown a siren. I can't imagine it going off right next to the ear. Ouch! 

But, of course, the more civic minded of users prefer to turn down the volume a bit, or even better, put it on to vibration mode. While the latter option will do wonders to the owner's social existence, it might be rather hazardous to the phone itself. I know a chap who lent his phone to his sister who put it in her pocket. When the vibrations began, she was so alarmed that she promptly took the phone out and smashed it against the floor, probably thinking that it was an animal of sorts.

But why have a cellular phone anyway? To keep in touch when you're on the move for one. So that you can be reached in an emergency for another. And most certainly it has its uses. But as one of the minority of non-owners, I say not being easily accessible this way and thus avoiding much hassle is the real luxury, not having a fancy phone.

J-Lo No.1 

As well as taking the title, the 30-year-old celebrity won a fully customised Jaguar XKR. It is the first time the same woman has won the poll twice in its seven-year history. Stevens is not the only British star to enjoy a high ranking - former Big Breakfast presenter Kelly Brook came fourth, while SM:TV host Cat Deely reached seventh place, five above page three model Jordan. 

Emma Bunton is the only Spice Girl to feature in the list, at number 71, while ex-band mate Geri Halliwell weighs in at 28. Former winner Sarah Michelle Geller drops to eleventh place this year, one below her Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Alyson Hannigan. Model and actress Liz Hurley only managed to take 83rd place out of the two million votes cast, while actress Kate Hudson rounded the list off at number 100.

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