Sunday, October 7, 2007

Story concept – real-life example/audience

I found an article that describes the story I want to tell or my target audience.
現代 article series
Unfortunately, it's in Chinese, but here is the relative translation:

“Living Environment/Lifestyle Stops Marriage, Matchmaking Isn’t Old-fashioned at all”

Nowadays, every time someone asks the people in the “Singles Clan” about their love life or love-related issues, they always smile and reply, “Just letting it be, it’ll happen naturally!” This answer has become the automatic response for a single person.

Still, the lifestyle of staying home and watching TV everyday, year after year, until one day when wrinkles start appearing on the face, things don’t seem too natural anymore.

I-Mei is the real-life example. As a single woman in her fifties, she ignored love and relationships while she was young, spending her time working and building a career. At that time, she felt it was unnecessary to have a life companion.

Year after year, people around her got married. Friends she could shop and hangout with became less and less until it was just her alone, falling asleep in front of the television, waking up to go work the next morning, and come homing at night to the same routine. This type of dull lifestyle was starting to make her go insane.

Until one day, under the encouragement of friends, she joined the dating club (matchmaking organization). Never mind her first time in a dating club, she met her current husband in the first club event.

“She was ready to spend the rest of her life alone. Even when she joined the club, she didn’t have very high hopes. After all she was already in her fifties.” The Kuala Lumpur Singles Organization founder, Lei Li-Mei, said.

“She was so happy she thought she was dreaming, always calling to thank me over the phone.” Lei- Li-Mei said, smiling.

This true story has probably occurred to many single people nowadays. Of course some people still pretend to be strong, comforting themselves, “What’s wrong with living a single life? Free and without responsibilities.” Many times, they are simply deceiving themselves because people need love, that’s nature.

“According to our country’s census report, there are more and more people still single over the age suitable for marriage. I believe although these people are not married yet, deep down they want to find their life-companion.” Secretary of the National ECM Women’s Association states.

As time advances, the pace of lifestyles accelerates, expect for the marriage age, which is delayed longer instead.



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