Love Episode Five

The meaning of love differentiates between selfish love and selfless love. Some people believe that the more you love a person, the more selfish you will be with your love. This argument could be possible but my idea of love is just the opposite. A true love is founded on how much one can sacrifice for his/her love. There are live examples of selfless love. The article "Selfish Love vs selfless Love" shares with you more about Love. 

As an online article, the choice of a suitable title is crucial. Internet users may not stop to read an article unless it is surprising or meaningful for them. To me, this title "Selfish Love vs selfless Love" itself is not surprising, yet the intention of the author on the title attracts me. Look closer! 'selfless Love' with a small letter s for 'selfless'. Why? I guess the author is trying to convey the meaning of 'selfless'. It means you minimize your own need for the sake of others. In contrast with 'Selfish', someone being 'selfless' is more humble because you do not see yourself more important or 'bigger' than others. 

Frankly, this article is just too colourful in terms of its presentation. Colourful words give people a sense of brightness and cheerfulness. They also separate subtitles, paragraphs and examples to make the article easier for readers to understand. Thus, it is more convenient for readers to scan information they want. However, I feel dizzy as my eyes blurred after reading the article for five minutes. 'Well, nothing is perfect!' Good techniques can have side effects anyway; love sometimes hurts too. 

The effective use of fond size is another advantage. The author deliberately altered the fond size to deliver her messages. Apparently, she used lots of love icons and pictures for decoration. I appreciate her effort as I guess people feel warm with dozens of hearts. See one of the pictures here! 

Apart from the fond size, the use of word capitalization happened to function as 'mix & match' in bringing out focuses. It is an appropriate way to show contrast on meanings, yet I do not find those capitalized words meaningful. Verbs, prepositions and connectives are usually not the key focuses in a sentence. Maybe the author aims to make her own emphasis on the words.

After reading this article, do you know what kind of love you are having now? Congratulations if you have 'selfless Love' in yourself and around you!

     

 

Love Episode Four

Let's talk about love for plants in this episode! A lady named Rosemary Ponte is really a plant lover. She has been serious about gardening since she was around twenty. She enjoys having the gardening lessons and talking to other gardeners. The article written by Laura Gwinn describes how Rosemary feels about gardening. Imagine how much love can be devoted to plants by humans!

When you go to the webpage (simply click "Love Episode Four"), you could be attracted by the picture at once. It is a slideshow of six images about Rosemary's vegetable garden. By inserting a slideshow, more space can be saved for the article. The use of a slideshow succeeds in allowing readers' to stop watching the pictures any time they like. Just quit the slideshow by clicking a cross (it's handy)! As the slideshow is placed at the beginning of the article, the beautiful pictures of the garden actually function as an eye-catching spot and a mean to arouse readers' interest in the article. This is in fact a very powerful technique for designing a webpage.

Laura chose to quote Rosemary's words for her entire article with some narrations. She used a single spacing between quotes which made her article clear and easy to read. This kind of layout is effective for presenting quotes and dialogues. It is also a clever way to include lots of quotes, so that the readers can share the authentic experience of Rosemary in gardening. I guess all readers of online articles are curious to know about others' experience. They may expect to read a direct, precise and concise layout of an article because this will save their time. As a reader, I feel Rosemary's enthusiasm for plants.  

Taking care of a garden is never an easy job. Time, love and passion should be devoted to gardening. You may start to cultivate some species of plants instead of a garden. Eventually, you may become an expert of plants!

Love Episode Three

Many pet lovers consider their pets a member of the family. Pet lovers often share their experiences as a pet owner with others. Sometimes their memorable moments with pets explain how much humanity pets can have. It is not surprising to hear people say, "I saw my dog looking at me with tears in its eyes while I was crying." We all know that even pets have emotions. They know who their owners are! They know they are the 'beloved' ones! What about human love for pets?

I just notice that the human-dog relationship can be tested scientifically. One article "Pet love is similar to motherly love, say experts" shows a positive result to prove that social contact does exist between human being and dogs. Frankly, the tone of the article is quite academic with some terminology. It is difficult for someone who does not study biology to fully understand the experiment. However, I appreciate its news angle.

It is an attractive news angle which pet lovers are eager to know (at least for dog lovers). The news value is there in terms of human interest. I guess very few people may have heard about the test on oxytocin levels. By introducing the experiment precisely, readers believe how fascinating our relationship with dogs is. Maybe cats, horses ... not just dogs!

Effective use of quotes can be useful to arouse readers' interest. The author deliberately added the quote by Kikushi, "Miho and I are big dog lovers and feel something changed in our bodies when gazed [upon] by our dogs". The quote leads to a certain curiosity of what exactly the change in the bodies is. The layout of this online article is very concise. The picture of a cute dog and a girl appears to be an appropriate complement of the article. It is just the right size! Actually, I appreciate the use of a white background with words in black for this particular article. It gives me a sense of pure love for pets.      

If you believe the social contact with pets, why not try to feel your pet's emotions by heart from now on? Somehow you may aware of how much you love your pet.

She's so lovely!

Let's hug, my owner!

Love Episode Two

Learning to love is an endless journey throughout my life. If there is a psychologist who can give me BIG tips, I guess things are easier for me. Surprisingly, I found the relationship articles written by Dr. Grace Cornish Livingstone (one of America’s foremost Relationship Experts)very fruitful. Let's share one of her articles 'Why Use Your Finance to Buy His Romance?' together!

I've never thought of paying for a man's presence but things may change over my boosting age. Dr. Grace did not advise readers not to engage themselves into a "pay for play" relationship directly at the beginning. Instead, she shared her real case observation and analysis by the use of powerful word expression like 'cry with excruciating pain', 'a cash-machine for a gigolo', 'sweat at a nine-to-five job when I can get a Honey to dish out some money', 'leaves you broke, alone, and sorry' etc. To me as a reader, I feel impressed with what she said about love relationship.

Furthermore, I guess results from surveys are meaningful for readers in all situation. The survey summary of the three hundred women brings forth the notion of why women are persuaded to use finance to maintain men's romance. If I were the one who was surveyed, I would have known myself more after reading the four categories of personality types. OH! I'll then start questioning myself: Do I really love a man with THIS personality? 

I totally agree to what Dr. Grace mentioned in the last paragraph. Learning to love and value yourself is the key to a healthy love. Love is founded on trust and selfless care but absolutely NOT MONEY. Thank Dr. Grace for giving me this very last sentence - ... instead of one who tries to squeeze your finances dry like an orange in a juice extractor. It really strikes into my heart!

Love Episode One

Love is all around us. The most common type of love appears between males and females. Last night, I read an online love story. It is no more than ordinary but in fact it gives us room to think about 'Love'.  It may be true that most of the world's biggest and famous love stories don't have happy endings, yet they are just a fabrication. What about the reality? I guess the author's answer is still negative.  

The story attracts me in the way it is presented. A true story narrated by a girl who is waiting for a guy to love her. Through her words, you can feel how anxious and eager she is to develop a relationship with Lee. I feel pity for her not because Lee rejected her but the lost faith and courage in her. Her experience teaches us a lesson: It may be coincidence that love falls on you and your lover but somehow timing can drive you away from his arm. Why not learn to treasure your love now? Catch the best timing to say I LOVE YOU.  

People who believe in Internet love may have similar stories. They are readers who share similar feelings as the girl in this story. Either or not they succeed in an online love relationship (actually there are lots of happy endings), at least they learned and experienced.  Love across boundaries is not easy but possible. Imagine how powerful technology is to link people all over the world!

You may start questioning yourself like what the author does! I guess the more questions you have for yourself, the more critical you will be on handling love relationship. Actually, the author reminds me of my past experience. To change friendship into love relationship is not rare but most people fail because they are afraid of losing a friend. I agree to the author's intention of keeping an important friend, yet personally I find it more important to face my true feeling towards love.

"To be continued" happens to be the last sentence in the story. As a reader, I prepare to wait and see if fortune gives her a different story. Good luck!