Sunday, September 21, 2008
Its only logical that a good religious girl, with good habits and a decent background dates a good chap. One of the significant factors in relationship formation is Similarity. We tend to be attracted to those who are similar to us,for they offer stability and predictability.
Why then do we see good girls with bad boys?
One of the main reasons for a good girl to be attracted to a bad boy is the sense of adventure she sees in him. She's always played it safe. With him, she sees another part of life that seems fun, and it's working for him--and if it works for him, she thinks it'll work for her! There are however two kinds of bad boys, there are those who like to flirt with danger, and then there are those who are just dangerous. The first type are reformable(something which good girls love to do - helping the bad boy reform) but the latter type are just plain danger.
Dissimilarity can also be attractive, particularly when the differences between the individuals are complementary. It is interesting how similiarities and differences can both be cues for attraction.
Are there any complementary differences between good girls with bad boys (vice versa), or is it just blind attraction?
What is your kind? The same type or the opposite type? :)
Whirled Through 11:02 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008
The Jonas Brothers(rising rockstars) all practice abstinence and wear purity rings to prove it. Here’s a snippet from the very lengthy article on the JoBros featured in Details Magazine:
“On a quiet Friday morning in a dressing room at Madison Square Garden, the Jonas Brothers hold out their hands to show off their purity rings. Kevin(20), Joe(18), and Nick(15) Jonas—the teen-pop trio who stand, at this very moment, on the brink of hugeness—wear the metal bands on their fingers to symbolize, as Joe puts it, ‘promises to ourselves and to God that we’ll stay pure till marriage.’
Rock star celebrities are usually associated with sex, booze and drugs. We now have a new breed of stars who not only abstain from them, but also make a public statement out of it by wearing Purity Bands! Trends are indeed changing, but what has set tongues wagging about this simple statement?
It is the challenge of our perception! While we have been induced to percieve celebrities as rich, moral-free beings here comes a good looking band of brothers who uphold chastity.
Do you not agree that the prototypes of celebrities in our cognitive schemata have been challenged, thus amplifying the decent act by the Jonas Brothers!
Am i right in saying that Figure and ground in organization principals of perception have also come into play here. Against the back drop of "moral-free" celebrities, The Jonas Brothers act of brandishing a purity ring has to be the focus.
I believe that these could be a few reasons for why this(wearing the ring)has become a hot topic in the celebrity world. Anything which challenges our social perception is bound to get people talking!
Whirled Through 12:08 AM
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Thailand Horror films have always had a greater grip of fear on us, for the matter of fact, most Asian horror films all have the same degree of familiarity and intensity of fear for us.
4bia is one such movie, but the interesting change in this production which sets it apart from other Asian Horror films is that 4bia has four different stories, 4 different directors, 4 different plots and 4 times the SHOCK! I shall not do a review of the movie and spoil the thrill for my readers who have yet to catch it. But what i shall do, is bring to attention one particular story, "Loneliness", A young woman, stuck in her apartment thanks to the cast on her leg, communicates with the outside world via cell phone and text messages. She begins receiving text messages from a stranger, who seems friendly enough, and there’s no reason for her to read between the lines when he mentions that he’s currently dwelling somewhere “cramped.” After sending the mysterious stranger her picture, things become spooky.
The use of non-verbal communication in this story astounded me. I felt it not only heightened the fear for me it also lengthened the suspense. In the clip below you will notice the communication between the girl and the ghost.The ghost will be telling her, his location via the messages. This linear form of communication takes its pinnacle when the ghost walks from the front of her flat, up the stairs and into her home. Instead of actually filming the physical ghost's journey into her home,the director very cunningly used lighting. Thats right, he literally used the lighting tubes on the ceiling. As the ghost walked up, each of the passed light tube went off depiciting the movement of the ghost. This interactive model of communication, left everyone in the cinema grounded to their seats.
Watch the clip below and start paying closer attention from 1min 35secs.
Wouldn't you agree with me that the use of lighting instead of actually showing the ghost heightened the fear level? A beautiful exploitation of Non-verbal and Linear communication by the Director.
So the next time you get a message from a unknown number asking to make friends..be more discreet~!
Whirled Through 10:08 PM