Stacey Stowe, Vows: Ming-Yi Chuang and Alan Smith. New York Times, Jan. 31, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/fashion/weddings/31VOWS.html
Note:
(1) bank examiner (n): "a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction." Random House Dictionary 2010.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bank%20examiner
(2) kumquat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat
("The English name 'kumquat' derives from the [same] Cantonese pronunciation [for both] 金橘/柑橘.
(3) TriBeCa "is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is an acronym, meaning 'TRIangle BElow CAnal Street." Wikipedia.
(4) cinematography (n): "the art or science of motion-picture photography"
(5) Sergei Prokofiev (Russian, 1891-1953) "came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century." Wikipedia.
(6) The Love for Three Oranges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_for_Three_Oranges
(An 1919 opera. "Probably the best-known piece in the opera is the "March", which was used by CBS in the series The FBI in Peace and War that was broadcast 1944-1958.")
(7) Cho is a common Korean family name, representing 趙 and 曹 ("the first is nearly three times more common"). Wikipedia.
(8) Regarding the statement, "Her father, a retired senior vice president of the Central Bank of Taiwan." The head and deputy heads of Central Bank of Taiwan 中央銀行 is governor and deputy governors (there are two), respectively--not president and "vice president"--though Chinese titles are 總裁 and 副總裁.
I suspect her father is Mr. K. Casey Chuang 中央銀行理事 莊國欽.
http://www.cbc.gov.tw/content.asp?mp=1&CuItem=36032
(9) Il re pastore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_re_pastore
Quote:
"Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio
"Elisa begs him [Alessandro, King of Macedonia] to give her back Aminta who declares his love for Elisa ("L'amerò, sarò costante")" where Elisa is a Phoenician shepherdess and Aminta, a shepherd.
(10) Beatrice Portinari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Portinari
(In Florence, Italy, Dante met Beatrice when he was 9 and she, 8. At 21, she married banker Simone dei Bardi, in 1287 and died three years later. "Dante continued to hold an abiding love and respect for the woman after her death, even after he himself married Gemma Donati in 1285 and had his own children.")
(11) I find her page at a social web site Friendster.
http://profiles.friendster.com/1391933
----------------Separately
In all likelihood, she will earn more than he for the entire marriage. In a sense, the latter-day women seek men who provide love, much like the old days when men are bread-earners and women, homemakers. See
(1) Two letters to Editor: Marrying Up and Down. New York Times, Jan. 28, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/opinion/l28marry.html?scp=1&sq=marry%20up%20down&st=cse
(separately by Benedict A. Smail and Alexander Saunders)
(2) Kate Shaw, Letter to Editor. Wall Street Journal, Jan. 26, 2010.
http://keithburgess-jackson.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/from-todays-wall-street-journal-6.html
My comment: In my youth, I dreamed of the qualities of the woman I would marry. Throughout the years, I have picked up most of the skills I want my wife to have, to complement my shortcomings--except playing a music instrument.