Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Dating services....

Ok ok...last posting of blind dates......since not much respond on this topic :) read and give me some respond :)

Since I was writing on blind dates, and maybe some of you wanna consider doing it, You never know unless you try right? Anyway, this is not a paid advertisement but since this company is the only one I know I thot I could share about it.

Ok, I have never tried it myself but I have introduced friends to it. Only one guy friend I know actually went for it and he had good reviews. Errr..he also ended up marrying the boss :) no no, not the founder la.

Anyway, I have been encouraging my single girl friends to go for it. Great way to know people without feeling intimated. It's just lunch, short and sweet.

So, if you are one of the brave ones or you decide to do something different for a change....check this out. LUNCH Actually is Asia's first lunch dating specialist who arranges fun and quality dates for busy, pro-active professionals in a discreet, fun and no pressure environment.

So I think this is what happens, you sign up, they profile you, give you some profile dates, you agree, you go meet up for lunch with some of them and see where it goes...

Let me know if any of you actually go for it! Good luck!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Peb,
Accidentally came across your post on 5xmom's blog on dating.
You mentioned you have a lot of 30-something single girlfriends looking to date and socialise and maybe leading to something more. Guess what? Men too!!
It's really because the way the environment is i guess, where we have to work most of the time (the trap) and behold 'fate' if we meet any interesting potential mates at the office!! (good luck on that!!)
I'm 30-something as well, and having the same problem, not to mention most of my other male colleagues. The girls here are all taken!!
We are in the IT technical department -> 90% male. There are so few females, they are all top of the tree here. haha.
What to do? Cupid's club is a choice. Coz everyone is so shy, nervous, jumpy, scared, about meeting strangers. But how is that different from meeting, say, a pretty girl across the aisle at the supermarket right.
So i guess blind dates could work if you go in groups of small (6?) with no expectation but just as a meeting of new faces. But if you actually have to pay for it, (like on Lunch Actually, I'm not sure...)

Anonymous said...

Alvin - are you serious? You don't know how excited my girlfriends would be to hear this. So it is both men and women's issue. Somehow, when you are not meeting the right girls or guys, you end up feeling like there is no one available out there. So tell me....where do the single guys like you hang out??!! I can tell my single gfs to hang out there too.....hmmm maybe they should work for an IT firm :)

Anonymous said...

Sneaking into an IT firm just to scout guys out huh, Pebs, hehe.. that's an interesting thought... haha.

Know why your girls have a hard time finding us out? Coz most of us are at home sleeping hahaha!

Where do we hang out...Hmm, let's see, you might find some doing grocery shopping with mom and family, at the bookshop, at the movies, at the shopping center walking around aimlessly, chilling (at least pretending to but actually scouting out some lovely girls hoping that you'll catch their eye and they'll come on over) at Starbucks or Coffee Bean, comedy standup nights, art galleries, restaurants... oh Pebs, that's an open question :)

The central theme is still the same. Eligible guys and girls are everywhere, but, how do we meet? That's why I read somewhere 80% of Malaysian couples met during high school or college. That's when boys and girls are thrown together into one big pool. Nice! But if you missed that opportunity, well, the office is the next best thing. And if your office is dry, well, good luck!!

Yup, life is mundane enough as it is :)

Anonymous said...

quagmire - your suggestions all sounds really interesting but I think my gfs and even myself when single have tried it. And yup missed the highschool/college boat (though those who took the boat most are in the midst of divorce) and the office is currently dry! So is hanging out at an IT dept the solution :) LOL!