"Runaway Bride"

“Runaway bride” was directed by Gary Marshall and Scott Marshall. It was released in 1999. As Richard Gere and Julia Robert are my favorite actor and actress, I chose “Runaway Bride” for my movie review blog post. We can enjoy both comedy and romance in this movie. The sound tracks and movie scenes of Maryland are wonderful. The scene that I like the best is when Maggie (Robert) was riding the horse in her wedding gown. It is an amazing scene.

Julia Roberts acted as Maggie Carpenter, a woman who ran a family hardware store in the small town of Hale, Maryland. She was known for running away from the wedding three times at last minutes and leaving heart broken grooms behind. It was because she felt that she didn’t love them deeply. Finally, she found the one who knew her very well.

Richard Gere’s role in “Runaway Bride” was USA Today columnist “Ike Graham”. He was told about Maggie and Ike wrote it on the paper. For this inaccurate article, Ike was fired by his editor, his ex-wife (Rita Wilson). In order to get back his job, Ike decided to go to Maggie’s small town to prove his story was true. It was the time Maggie was planning for her 4th marriage. But they two had the same character which was lack of self-understanding. And finally, Maggie and Ike were together and got married.

Though, “Runaway Bride” was not the top American romantic comedy movie, it is nice to watch and is really entertaining.

Problems & Solutions !!

Many people find interpersonal relationships the most challenging aspect of their personal and/or work lives. How can such relationships be enhanced by the development of emotional intelligence?

There is a saying “No One Is perfect” likewise; it is very difficult to have perfect interpersonal relationships among people. However, we, students at a multiracial country like Singapore, can enhance such imperfect interpersonal relationships with the development of Emotional Intelligence. As we all are living in human society, clear communication is one of the most important interpersonal skills. First, sometimes we might have disagreements and wrong perception due to miscommunication. If we can listen to people carefully and have empathy for others; we can solve this problem easily. We should always clarify whenever we have doubts on others’ opinions. Second, impatience can make conflicts occur among us. To avoid conflicts, we must practice to be patient and adopt understanding mind. Thirdly, sometimes, we think our ways of working is the best and this thought may lead to problems when we need to work in a team. By transforming this thought to negotiability and leadership skills, we can perform our tasks well in group. Being able to take responsibility and having self confidence can add to our interpersonal relationships values. Lastly, flexibility or adaptability can make us feel comfortable in any community. As we all speaks different languages and have different cultures in Singapore, we should always be careful in criticism and discrimination on others. Therefore, I strongly believe that interpersonal skills enable us to work with others harmoniously and efficiently and with that we can achieve our goal.

Compare & Contrast

Comparison of the different aspects and/ or degrees of emotional intelligence needed by two different professions between "a doctor and an engineer"

There is no person whose profession is successful without having emotional intelligence. I believe everybody has interpersonal skills except the level of skills he/she has may vary person to person. As everyone has different professions, the emotional intelligence that each person needs is different. For example, the emotional intelligence that needed to have in a doctor and in an engineer is different in many ways though they have few similar points.

No patient sees a doctor without trust and respect. A doctor must also be easy to talk and willing to listen carefully to health care concerns. He also should have interpersonal skills like how to question the patient in order to diagnose and make the right medical judgment for the patient.

As for an engineer, he needs to have good communication skills to present his innovative designs or creativity to his customers or client. He must be able to integrate his ideas with surrounding influences and business objectives. The good leadership, influential and negotiability skills are also important for an engineer.

Both a doctor and an engineer should be respectful and trusted by their patients and client but in different ways. An engineer is to be a good project planner while a doctor is a fast decision maker to cure his emergency patient. Teamwork, ability of being able to control stress and time management play important roles for both doctor and engineer too. Lastly, commitment and interest are essential facts for an engineer and doctors to be successful.


References:

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=850

http://www.auxiliumtraining.com/essential_skills_2day.htm