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HALLO TWILIGHT FANS, YOU ARE NOT ALONE :)

I never thought vampires, werewolves and the weak human self could be such an interesting combination until there was Twilight. Stephenie Meyer's work is pure brilliant! I'll show you my Twilight book collection if you don't believe me ;)

The highly-anticipated trailer of New Moon (second series to the Twilight saga) is here, and the video you've just watched (or couldn't be bothered to watch maybe because (a) you're a vampire-hater, (b) you're a werewolf hater or (c) you hate yourself) is the extended trailer of New Moon, fresh from the VMAs :D 

It took me quite awhile to find the extended trailer, and when I did I almost cried. Seriously. It was like having waffle with the best ice-cream on earth at our school's MegaBytes Cafe.

So what has all this gotta do with Communications' this week? NOTHING.

I'm kidding.

This video simply shows the concept of miscommunication. We all know that Edward leaves Bella in the beginning of New Moon, and she experiences severe pain, what she describes as a "gaping hole through my chest" in Edward's absence. In addition, she is convinced that random adrenaline rushes is the only way in which she can hear or see Edward's face/voice again. It all starts when Bella dives off a cliff and does not die (Jacob to the rescue, yipee!), but unfortunately Edward got the wrong message and thinks Bella is really dead. He then wastes no time in getting to the Volturi ("higher-class" vampires who do not subscribe to the vegeterian diet unlike the Cullens, so beware!) and asks for instant death because there was no more reason for him to live anymore. Keep in mind that the Volturi will not spare any vampire who choses to reveal his identity to the human race :( The Volturi denies Edward's request, for they find his special abilities useful and rare (for instance, his ability to read minds). The climax is, of course, when Bella has to rush to Italy with Alice (gotta love those eyes) in a nice posh yellow car which she very conveniently stole in order to stop Edward from doing anything stupid a.k.a stepping out into sunlight at twelve noon sharp during a festive celebration to display his much admired shimmering glittery body. As for whether Bella managed to stop our hero, I shall leave it to you so please please do watch the movie :D

All in all, we can easily see that miscommunication can lead to unecessary action and thoughts. Here, Edward had misunderstood about Bella's "death"; his mind at that point of time became too clouded up in order to think straight, leading to impulsive actions. To be effective communicators, we must be aware of the accuracy of the message and our response to it. In other words, encoding and decoding should be carried out as precise as possible to prevent any miscommunication. Should one be unsure, a perception check could be carried out; that is, to rephrase the message and justifying if it is truly correct.

Alright, it's 1.01AM now and I still have Mid-terms to study for. 

TWILIGHT FTW!

And mug hard all you Buffalos :)