Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Desperate in four seasons

I know it is a good title, thanks.

Been 2 years since Mary Alice Young put the triger, the finale of the fourth season still hooked and the drama came to prove that writers still can draw some fucking bravos from the audience even like me, after the long fucking run of writers guild strike - good break though, for both writers and audiences used to be a coach/laptop potato - money seems still keeps inspirations going.

Non-exceptionally, all plots and pieces of threads finally come together to form a whole one piece with, again, unexpected and surprising ways, which indicates the won of editors over IQ competition with mass audiences. It happend all the time as previous 3 seasons, but is still, working quite efficiently - after relatively fragmentary parts of prior-finale and it always reaches climax as it comes to finales. It has turned out to be the core competency for lots of TV dramas - unexpected and surprised season finales. In another hand, drama is supposed to be dramatic aye?

Rationally speaking it is just a commercial play, but why is this so-called comedy-drama attracts so many tears off me? Apart from being Emo, it is part of my natural of sensing the touching moment by certain scenes and scripts, and yeah, writers teach me a good lesson on how to express the feelings of love and passion and etc, to someone you have a crush on at least. When then plotline is somewhat predictably dramatic, those quotes still are able to incur the weeps from me.

Touching scenes those I can recall now include Rick's death, Lynette's captive and now, Tom's self statement.

Maybe it is enhanced by recent changes I have been through that caused me even much more emotional and sensitive, sometimes can be catalogged as sentimental, fuck it. However, I don't believe any person would not give a thumb up after hearing what Tom said in the scene of facing off two gay couples at nearly end of the season finale episode, here is the quote from what Tom said:

"If you're willing to break up over an ice sculpture, You guys should absolutely not get married. Because who gets to choose the ice sculpture, who should take out the trash, who has to stay home and make the mini pizzas - That's the little stuff - What are you gonna do when the big stuff comes along? What are you gonna do when a tornado hits your house, or you have problems with your kids, or one of you gets cancer? At some point,the crap is going to hit the fan, and that is why now, before you make the commitment, You have to ask yourself, 'Is that person in bed next to you worth the trouble?' Do you love him... Or her so much, that no disease,no disaster, could possibly pull you apart? Answer him."

And by the exact moment of hearing what Tom said, it brought my tears down accurately as a spring. I realise in line with this sentence and in this world, there is one and only girl so far I know, that can be like that way, and sorry she is not from China.

I also realise this english-written article will freak some potential readers' ass off and incur less numbers of readings, but just be it, I'd rather write in any languages I can handel with and be emotional with, so, just be it.

I wish all of stop-by readers of this article, can share some of my feelings and pardon me for being so over-saying in terms of emotion. That is what I want from writing this, thanks for reading.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Define: Marriage

Religious or western moral version:

I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my [opt: lawfully wedded] (husband/wife), my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward.

In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

I (name), take you (name) to be my (husband/wife), my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before. I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.

In the presence of God and these our friends I take thee to be my husband/wife, promising with Divine assistance to be unto thee a loving and faithful husband/wife so long as we both shall live.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my friend, my lover, the (mother/father) of my children and my (husband/wife). I will be yours in times of plenty and in times of want, in times of sickness and in times of health, in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in times of failure and in times of triumph. I promise to cherish and respect you, to care and protect you, to comfort and encourage you, and stay with you, for all eternity.

I, [name], choose you [name] to be my [husband/wife], to respect you in your successes and in your failures, to care for you in sickness and in health, to nurture you, and to grow with you throughout the seasons of life.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my partner, loving what I know of you, and trusting what I do not yet know. I eagerly anticipate the chance to grow together, getting to know the (man/woman) you will become, and falling in love a little more every day. I promise to love and cherish you through whatever life may bring us.

After both have said individual vows, they may wish to say something in unison such as:
Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you, For where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried. May the Lord do with me and more if anything but death parts you from me.

 

China Version:

I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for best, for richer and richest , but not for poorer, in health and wealth, to benefit and to cherish; from this day forward until divorce do us part.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my [opt: lawfully bounded] (husband/wife), my constant sex friend, my faithful business partner and my one of many  loves from this day forward.

In the presence of Max, our investor - family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful business partner in health and only, in good times and only, and in joy as well as in sorrow of mine only. I promise to love you but conditionally, to support you in your profitable goals, to use and cheat on you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to manipulate you for as long as we both shall live.

I (name), take you (name) to be my (husband/wife), my business partner in life and my one of my true loves. I will cherish our cooperation and bore of you more each day than I did the day before. I will try to trust you and respect you, laugh with you and still when you cry, loving you at times through good times and only, regardless of the obstacles you may face solely. I give you my hand, my money, and my family burden, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.

In the presence of Max and these our friends I take thee to be my husband/wife, promising with Material assistance to be unto thee a hopefully loving and faithful husband/wife so long as we both shall engaged.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my friend, my lover, may be the (mother/father) of my children and my (husband/wife). I will be yours in times of plenty but not in times of want, in times of health but not in times of sickness, in times of joy but not in times of sorrow, not in times of failure but in times of triumph. I promise to cherish and respect your fortune, to care and protect your treasures, to comfort and encourage your investment on me, and stay with you, for as long as we still have the money.

I, [name], choose you [name] to be my [husband/wife], to respect you in your successes but not in your failures, to care for you in health not in sickness, to make you nurture me, and to grow with my greed throughout the seasons of life.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my cooperation partner, loving what I ask from you, and trusting that you do not know yet. I eagerly anticipate the chance to enrich together, getting to let you know the (man/woman) I will become, and falling out of love a little more every day. I would let you promise to love and cherish me through whatever life may bring us.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Too hot for university news (from stuff.co.nz)

By JONATHON HOWE - Manawatu Standard | Tuesday, 06 May 2008


BEACH BEAUTY: The picture of Rhonda Grant that was pulled from the Massey University website.

This is the picture Massey University didn't want you to see.

Miss Universe New Zealand contestant Rhonda Grant, who is a Massey science graduate, said yesterday she still finds it hard to believe a picture of her at the beach in a white bikini caused such an uproar.

The photo accompanied an article that appeared on the university website celebrating the 22-year-old's third placing at the national beauty pageant.

When it was pulled from the website late last week after Associate Professor Maureen Montgomery complained the picture was inappropriate, Miss Grant found herself in the middle of a media frenzy.

The Hawke's Bay dietician cannot understand why Dr Montgomery criticised the merit of her being the subject of a Massey news article.

"I'm still a bit shocked.

"It was one lady's opinion really."

If Miss Grant were to come face- to-face with Dr Montgomery, she would just like to have a chat.

"I would just like her to get to know me and then she could form an opinion.

"I think all she could see was me in a bikini with my hair straight and I just think she should see me for who I am and for what I do for my community."


Good to hear something new and hot from our Uni, keep rockin'.

External Link:

Article origined from http://www.stuff.co.nz/4513142a10.html

For more scoops u may like also check out more "appropriate" article at

http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-us/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=science-graduate-a-finalist-in-national-beauty-pageant-29-04-2008