Sorry-ology

About the Engagement (II): Some Technical Facts I started feeling that it will be a long journey before I can actually finish writing everything that I want to write about the engagement. At the same time, I am feeling the pressure of writing as the preparation for the wedding reception in September is now taking place. I didn't organize every bit of the engagement reception on my own, and the entire event was a final presentation of many people's professional assistance. It is not a commercial entry, but I do owe a big thank you to the professionals who were involved in the organization and preparation. At the very early stage of the preparation, I resisted some nuptial conventions that have been commercialized and over-emphasized in the last few decades. However, in the end, I followed some of the ' chessy ' fashions. (The term ' chessy ' reflects nothing but my snobbery, I confess.) Although I still feel quite ambivalent about the significance of these nupt...

About the Engagement (1): About Writing the Engagement SSS_8118.jpg Originally uploaded by Wanchen Tai It has been more than 2 months by now since the engagement between I and K in the end of March in 2009. I have been thinking about writing about it but have been either kept busy with other tasks or indecisive about how the event can be represented. It felt like a dilemma of writing, which I never could avoid ever since the moment when I learned to write. The writing school that I attended in my childhood taught us to be always committed to a good opening, an opening that would surprise readers and that would tantalize their anticipation. This principle, however, has made every writing difficult. Of course, it is also true that I am yet far from good at 'writing' after all. Hurdles are always there not to be overcome. So an entry about the engagement has been postponed. Yet I found the 'non-writing' of the engagement quite a serious problem for me since my settlement i...