Lunch Actually

A dating agency? Me? Never would have thought so. But Lunch Actually caught my eye when I breezed through the Sun over dinner, so it looked quite interesting from the concept of setting up people for lunches and since the concept took off in singapore, it must be of considerable success ... knowing the high demands and careful ways of Singaporeans.

(by the way, the name is quite cliche-ish since the movie Love Actually is one of my liked movies ... )

So, I went to the website, signed up and waited.

And they were quite prompt & persistent in calling ... all happened on Monday, and explained everything. And I thought it was simple. NOT. I had to go all the way to Hartamas & go through a full scale 'interview' for them to 'understand' my requirements, so while I thought it was seriously quite a lot of hassle for a 'date' company and asked for an RM250 deposit ... which is quite an amount considering if you know nothing about it. But since I was in a sporting mood, I thought why not just go have a talk out and if everything looks ok (meaning not dodgy), why not ... right?

OK, so I went ... the place is quite hard to find as the place is not fully occupied (luckily or the parking would be a hassle also) but it looked ok inside (once I got there) & in fact, it's got a bright cosy feel.

So, the question ... did I sign up? Yes. The questions were quite detailed and the way they arranged requirements and ranking of them is quite professional (I done my bit in AIESEC before, so I know how the answers will affect the system 'matching') and it did answer my part that it was not dodgy. And they were also quite serious in taking details and also to analyze me, so in that part, I thought they were seriously more serious than me. So, the deposit is for a trial period of 3 months, so let's see how it goes ... if not, I can always get it back, let's see how effective it will be.

I would recommend it to my SAD friends, who are seriously more desparate ... they only want to go hang out if I bring ladies, but they just stick in their own social circle with mostly men or married & attached women. Talk about limited options.