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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!

November 7th, 2007 by Violet

It has been a very interesting 2 weeks!

Did I mention that we have recently launched a brand new portal… Eteract.com, a place for like-minded singles to meet? We are the first to bring online speed dating to Singapore and Asia. :) Anyway, that has been keeping me busy for the past couple of weeks. If you would like to chat with me, sign up now, and you probably will catch me there from 10pm at night. ;)

And last week, I was at the Partner Connection Trade Seminar organized by MCYS. It was a really insightful event! Met up with matchmakers from all around Asia… and interestingly, all of them are men! Among the speakers who attended the seminar last week were Dr. Jason Tian from Baihe (China), Mr. Ishizaka from Bridalnet (Japan) and Mr. Lee from Sunoo (Korea). These gentlemen shared with me many insights about the dating industry in their respective countries. Gave me lots of pointers on how I could do better! Learnt lots from them.

Anyway, I am embarking on an interesting project. I met an interesting and eligible guy from Eteract.com, and I have decided to take up the challenge of finding him a suitable match. He’s in his early 30s, and yes… he’s really quite eligible… ;) He’s looking for a lady who is intelligent and he can relate to on an intellectual level. In his own words, he does not mind if she’s more intelligent than him. He enjoys the challenge! :)

If you are interested to find out more, drop me an email using the form below, stating your name, age, profession and a short description of yourself… and if I think you might be a good match, I will be in touch with you! :)

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Looking forward to hear from you soon! :)

Meanwhile, have a great week ahead!

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If you were Susan, would you choose Mike or Ian?

July 31st, 2007 by Violet

Watched Desperate Housewives on TV last night. Hubby and I rarely watch TV nowadays, and one of the sitcoms that we watch is DH. :)

So, anyway on the episode yesterday, Susan had to make a decision.

Both Mike and Ian are as her daughter put it… madly in love with her. And, she loves both of them too. She fell in love with Ian when she thought Mike was in a coma. Now, she has to choose only one. At first, she chose Ian, because she made a promise to him. Ian was overjoyed. However, his happiness is shortlived. Because he heard Susan listening to a voice message left by Mike, bidding farewell. He could sense that Susan is still deeply in love with Mike.

He did what he felt was the honourable thing to do. He let her go.

He said, “I cannot stand the thought that every time you have the faraway look on your face, I will be wondering if you are thinking of him. Susan, you deserve to be happy. I deserve to be happy too.” And he packed up.

There are quite a lot of things that led up to this. Ian proposing to Susan when he found out that Mike intended to so before he lost his memory. Mike and Ian agreeing to bet in a game of poker… whoever who lost, will have to stop contacting Susan. Mike lost. But he broke the pact, he met up with Susan, grabbed her and kissed her. And hence reliving her memories about their time together.

There are 2 sides to this I guess… on one side, Mike really loves her, and hence could not give her up. On the other side, he is not exactly very honourable, as he broke the pact. Another question, if Mike really loves her, then shouldn’t he let her go? Because she probably will have a better life with Ian. Before Mike came barging back, and giving her that kiss, Susan was contented, and happily engaged to Ian.

And based on what has happened so far in the various episodes… Ian seems to be better for Susan… he is more matured and more stable. Mike on the other hand seems more like the ‘bad boy’.

If you are Susan… would you have chosen Mike or Ian?

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Accreditation for Singapore Dating Agencies

July 20th, 2007 by Violet

To ensure quality and professionalism, bona fide dating agencies in Singapore can now apply for the SDU (Singapore Development Unit) Trust Mark. Was at the press conference yesterday when MCYS (Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports) announced the accreditation framework together with SDU.

Starting from January next year, singles can look out for dating agencies with the SDU Trust Mark.

After being in the industry for 3.5 years, we welcome the accreditation with open arms as it will definitely help weed out fly by night operators which create a bad name for the industry as a whole. We are one of the 4 dating agencies that is in the pilot batch of accreditation. :)

Click on the following links for more info:

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/201197.asp

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/289187/1/.html

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/289286/1/.html

http://www.xin.sg/article.php?article=7369&category=75

http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_140830.html

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Do you believe in the Law of Attraction?

June 11th, 2007 by Violet

Incident 1 

2 weeks back, I was at the KL branch, and my staff told me that a client is on the phone for me.

I was taken by surprise actually. I have not been at the KL branch for some time, hence there usually would not be a client looking for me directly. Nevertheless, I picked up the call, and was pleasantly surprised to hear that it was Mr. T.

I was like, “Hey, Mr. T, how are you doing?”

“I am good! We are getting married this Oct you know?”

“Yes, yes. You told me.”

“You are invited ya?”

“Yes, yes, I already have it marked down in my calendar!” I said. “Hey! I thought you have registered your marriage earlier this year. No photos-ar?”

“Got got.”

“Why you never send any to me?”

“Aiyah, actually I want to send to you, but I am worried that you will use it for advertisements…”

“Ha? No-la. I will only use for advertisements if you allow me to-la. You think I anyhow will use for advertisements-meh?”

“Hehe, ok ok, I will email to you right away!”

“Ok, good! Hey by the way Mr. T, how come you decide to call me today ar? Did you know that I just happened to get back to KL yesterday.”

“Ooh, is it? I just happened to pass by Plaza Damas, and I thought of you!”

Note: Plaza Damas is where our office is located.

“Oh wow ok! Such a coincidence isn’t it?”

Incident 2

After reading the book “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” by Robin S Sharma, I decided to find out more about meditation, and to incorporate meditation into my daily life.

The only ‘challenge’ that I face is… I have no clue how to meditate. I went through some websites, but frankly, I am not really sure how to go about it.

And then… 2 weeks after I made the decision to find out more about meditation, I met this guy who has been meditating for the last 10 years, and have been teaching meditation all around the world. And he actually gave me a free lesson one day!

I mean… what are the chances of that happening?

Incident 3

I attended National Achievers Congress 2007, and I heard so much about ‘The Secret’. Actually I never heard about ‘The Secret’ till that very point. It got me quite curious actually…

And then 2 weeks later, I met someone who actually handed me a DVD where Oprah interviewed the producer and author of ‘The Secret’.

Stroke of luck or what?

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After watching the DVD, I realised that these 3 incidents might not be what we call coincidences after all. It is about the law of the universe, the law of attraction. By giving specific orders and commands to the universe, your thoughts will attract the other thoughts that are vibrating at the same frequency as yours. 

For e.g. My presence in KL gave out certain vibrations to Mr. T who wanted very much to share his happiness with me. My wanting to learn about meditation brought a meditation guru into my life. And because I wanted to know about ‘The Secret’, it has been told to me.

I thought one of the examples given in the interview was pretty good. You know when we are having a tough week, or we are really running low on cashflow, and we say, “If only I can make it through this week…” and usually we do only make it through that week, nothing more, nothing less.

The law of attraction, shared by some of the experts is when your thoughts, your feelings and your actions are congruent. One will not work without the other.

This makes me realise that, the law of attraction is something that we can apply to our dating and love life too. If we keep thinking to ourselves, “Aiyah, all the good men are either married, attached or gay. Good things will never happen to me,” well… you are actually telling the universe that. So even if you make all the efforts in the world e.g. taking part in activities and events etc., but your actions are not congruent with your feelings and thoughts, things just will not work out.

I have been trying to explain to some of my friends and clients about why certain things happen because of their mindset e.g. being positive or being negative. And to a certain extend, I have been quite bewildered why some of my friends try so hard, yet not yielding any results.

E.g. You want to be wealthy, and you work really hard towards it. But somehow, it just does not happen. Then you find out that it is because you have always thought that ‘money is evil’ or ‘rich people are bad’. So of course you want to be good, so you are sabotaging yourself subconsciously as you do not want to be bad or evil.

And now it makes sense. Because our thoughts, feelings and actions are not aligned. Even though our actions are moving us forward, our thoughts and feelings are holding us back. And sometimes, we are not event aware of it, because these are underlying commitments.

Have you experienced anything like that? Do share your thoughts! :)

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Yay! Eteract.com is one of the recipients of The Partner Connection Fund!

March 30th, 2007 by Violet

Dearest readers,

Sorry for the long absence. Have been extremely in the past week preparing for the announcement of our new project - Eteract.com

Read more about it here:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/267193/1/.html

We have been awarded The Partner Connection Fund, and are in the midst of developing the portal. If you are interested to be informed about the launch, visit http://www.eteract.com and subscribe to our updates.

Will be blogging more in a bit…! Have a great weekend ahead!

Sincerely, Violet

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This Man’s Declaration of Love

March 23rd, 2007 by Violet

This actually appeared in the news a few days back… I kept wanting to blog about it but kept forgetting, so here goes…

Hubby declares love with ads

For those of you who are too lazy to click on the link :p this is a story about a businessman who took full page ads with major newspapers in Malaysia to declare his love for his wife on their 35th year anniversary!

Ain’t that so sweet???

When asked by the journalist why he decided to buy ads in the newspapers (Full Page Full Colour ads aren’t cheap), this was his reaction…

Chan admitted that he could have bought jewellery or taken his wife on a shopping spree abroad but he said
giving material goods would not have the same impact.  “When you have a wife who is willing to go through good and bad times with you, you have to give her something out of the ordinary,” said the managing director of Kamco Aluminium Sdn Bhd.

Aww….

To see how his ad looks like, check it out at Angel’s blog. Hi Angel, I hope you don’t mind me linking you! :)

Post Note: Realised that I should not have titled this post ‘How deep is your love?’ Just that when I was writing this post, the song came into my head… and I thought it is a cute title. Everybody has a different way of showing their love, and as long as it is appreciated by the person whom they are showing their love to. :) There’s no superior or inferior way. :)

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Thursday Thirteen #3: 13 Favourite Love Movies of Mine

March 1st, 2007 by Violet
 
With the biggest night of Hollywood - The Academy Awards just come and gone,
I thought it would be fun to list- 
13 Favourite Love Movies of Mine
   
1. Forrest Gump: One of my favourite movies of all time. It is not only about unconditional love, it is about a man who might not have big brains, but have big heart, and how he managed to be such a wonderful inspiration to people around him. 

2. Jerry Maguire: This is the show that propelled Renee Zellweger to fame. I fell in love with her in this show. She just has this endearing quality, not very sure the exact word to describe it. And who will ever forget the line, “You… you complete me…”

3. Love Actually: What a fantastic show! Very heartwarming. A movie with love stories that intertwined. So many different aspects of love - romantic love, fatherly love, puppy love, love that transcends beyond borders and language, love for a sibiling, unrequited love, and even love in the most unlikely places, between the rock star and his manager!

4. While you were Sleeping: Love Sandra Bullock in this show! Watched shis show like 10 years ago! Wow, now I feel old! :)

5. Bridget Jones Diary: This is such a funny show. Yes, another Renee Zellweger show. I think eventually you will see a trend in the love movies that I love. Haha! They usually feature the same actresses. :) Love this show for the plot, the actors and actresses and the fact that it is real. One of the very few shows around that they feature the lead actress to be 60kg and above, even though Renee had to fatten herself for it.

6. Pride & Prejudice (2005 version): This is a classic, and I love the portrayal of Elizabeth by Keira Knightley. 

7. Ever After: I love Drew Barrymore’s spunk in this show. The epitomy of the modern woman even though it is in a medieval setting. Love the scene where she outsmarted the rogues. They said you can leave with whatever you can carry on your back. And she stunned them by whipping the prince off his feet onto her back! Haha! :)

8. 50 First Dates: Yes! Starring Drew Barrymore. When I first heard of this movie, I thought what a dumb name for a show. But after I watched it, I just couldn’t help tearing. It is just so sweet! Imagine your husband having to make you love him everyday because you have no memories of anything that happen everyday when you wake up. Have a box of tissues with you when you watch this tear-jerker.

9. City of Glass: The only Chinese show featured in this list. Hubby have asked me once, “Why do you like this show? Isn’t it about 2 people who are having an affair?” Actually - yes, it is about 2 college sweethearts who parted ways because of long distance, and 20 years later, met again, and realised that even though they have chosen to live separate lives, have their own family, their lives are unfulfilled without each other. Actually, it is a love tragedy as they died in a car crash. And it is because of that car crash, their respective families found out about their love tryst. The story is told in the eyes of their children, who eventually fell in love. Actually, what I love most about the movie is the cinematography. The director managed to capture the essence of Hong Kong I felt. It actually spurred me to visit HK! :)

10. Sleepless in Seattle: Another classic. Tom Hanks + Meg Ryan. Amazing combination. The part where Tom Hanks talked about his love for his wife over the radio show… always bring tears to my eyes.

11. Pretty Woman: Understand why people are so crazy about Richard Gere. He looks dashing in this show! And Julia Roberts… she looks so great in that red dress! And for some reason or other, I always remember that scene where she was crying watching that opera which she does not understand a word of.

12. My Best Friends Wedding: Another Julia Roberts movie. I think it is just so amusing how she tried so hard to win over her best friend, who was going to get married to Cameron Diaz. And yes, I love the songs! And Rupert Everett as her gay friend, he was fantastic for the role.

13. 13 Going on 30: Jennifer Garner played a very convincing 13 year old stuck in a 30 year old body. The reason I love this show is the fact that even though her best friend from school Mark Ruffalo was totally bowled over by her and her change of heart, but he stayed true to his fiance and went ahead with his wedding. Unlike some other Hollywood movies where they simply run off with the new girl and ditch the old girl. Love afterall, is not just the instant sparks, but a commitment. :)

Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
Gette | Annie | Rose | Sparky Duck | Janet | Nancy the Romancechick | ali | ancsweetnsassygal

 

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