Woot! It’ll be a treat. SMS Text News‘ Ewan MacLeod is going Speed Dating!
However, he did say he’s only in it for ‘research’ — he’ll be taking down notes on mobile phones used by the participants and he’s even hoping to get photos to document the phone sighting.
I’m a bit curious, though. He called it speed networking. Tis the first time I’ve encountered it being called such. Made me think twice if he’s indeed going on a speed dating event. Heh. (Er, perhaps you can check it out for me and tell me if I got it wrong..? If …read more

Mark your calendars. The infamous date-a-paloova will be coming ’round on the 9th of September, here in the Metro.
Eeek. Not sure what’s making me tell you to go. Oh, don’t mind me — it’s just brought about by my own not-so-good speed dating experience. Heh.
My cousin did a little shout out about the event:
The next speed dating event by Six Degrees is on Saturday, September 9, 2006, 7:00 to 10:00 pm at 10/F Somerset Millenium, 104 Aguirre Street, Legaspi Village, Makati. Interested? Visit their website or call +63-917-853-8168.
If you’re interested, I suggest that you brush up on your people …read more

We all know that Speed Dating isn’t named that way for nothing so it’s important that you’ve got it together when you’re participating in the event. For those who are not aware of what happens in one, let me give you the gist of it.
You’re given a certain amount of time to get to know an X number of guy or girl participants and make a decision if you’d be interested to see them again.
Based from experience, I was only given 5 minutes each and there were 25 guys, so do the math! Since it was my first time, …read more

According to a speed-dating experiment at Edinburgh International Science Festival, many women take about half a minute to make up their minds about a potential partner.
Following tests involving 500 `dates’. The findings revealed that women were twice as likely to make up their minds about the opposite sex than men.
According to the professor that was behind this study, men are often characterized as being shallow and tend to judge women too quickly. However, this particular study indicates that this particular common belief may be way off base – and that in reality; women are shallower and judge more quickly.
At least …read more

I’ll be honest, I’ve never tried one of those Speed Dating Events, though they look fun and interesting, it wasn’t something that had developed much interest during my dating career.
So when it comes to Speed Dating, I must live life vicariously through the experiences of others and what an experience it’s been.
Not only does Sasha take a leap and move to a new town, but she braves the wilds of dating and participates in a local event which she has kindly shared with us.
If you’re interested in exploring the option of Speed Dating, check out Sasha’s story. Granted, there …read more