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I was surfing the net yet again and found an interesting story of a boy who goes in search of a girl which he lost sight of at the subway station.
Patrick Moberg was travelling in a subway where he saw the girl of his dream. He hesitated for awhile before picking up his courage to approach Camille Hayton. By then, she has already alighted the subway and out of sight. This triggered his determination to find her by setting up a website with detailed re-enactment of the situation and even a sketch of the girl.
He sought the help of fellow New Yorkers to spread the message on his behalf. His effort paid off as a friend of Camile identified the girl and eventually, they met up and has gone on to become friends and had a short relationship together.
Sketches of NYgirlofmydreams.com and Girlonbus.com
I pondered upon a similar situation locally by a guy named Neil Xu. He also setup a website in pursuit of the girl which he lost sight on a bus.
I think this is a very novel idea here. Neil received encouraging messages on route, but also had to put up with numerous hate mails which described him as ‘unattractive’, ‘stalker’ and ‘gutless’. However, I think he is courageous and innovative enough (although he took the idea from Patrick) to look for her. I totally understand how it feels when he lost sight of that special someone and eventually had to be content with “What if, what if”.
New media has indeed taken on various new roles in the ever-changing times, and this is one great idea which people have leveraged on in recent times. I wish Neil all the best in his search for that special girl (:
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1. http://www.nygirlofmydreams.com/
2. http://girlonbus.com/
We have seen a number of issues presentation regards engaging the new media to achieve several useful purposes, and also some issues which needed addressing due to the danger lurking from it. I read about this and find it interesting that someone is using new media with a twist.
Natalie Dylan and her elder sister, who was her inspiration for this auction
22-year old San Diego girl Natalie Dylan (pseudo name) is planning to auction her ‘Virginity’ online. She plans to use the money she raised to pay off her Masters Degree Course in Family and Marriage Therapy. She was inspired by her elder sister, who had worked as a prostitute for 3 weeks and earned thousand of dollars to finance her studies.
Since her announcement on the Howard Stern Show, there have been 10,000 bids received at her website with the highest bid at 2.6 million dollars. However she emphasises she reserves her right to choose who she wants to sell it to.
Online auctions has helped revolutionised how we buy and sell, but who would have thought virginity could also be auctioned?
Personally, I think she just degrades herself by selling herself online. In Asia or Singapore context, such idea is hard to materialise as we live in a conservative society. Many people will start condemning her action and faces a lot of criticism. In the US, this does not apply as they are really open and tolerable towards such matter. Which is why she refuses to barge even when there are harsh criticism against her as sections of the society accepts such action.
Maybe when she looks back at a later stage of her life, she may or may not regret her decision. That money could do her good in the short term, but she may live with guilt and regret that she could have practiced abstinence for her future husband. Or maybe, her reputation could have long gone down the drain.
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