Speed Dating

[Shambles]

Has anybody been on a speed dating*? What do you think about it?

I personally think that if you cant impress someone during first 30 seconds with your appearance and demeanour, then remaining 2-3 minutes are waste of time for both parties involved... A pure psychological thing...




*Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchmaking) process or dating system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_system) whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating)

[corsair]

i did...some years ago... :lool:
as u said it was "A pure psychological thing"...

it doesnt work...

[Пушкарева]

chto to ya ne ponyala. skaji po russki, chto takoye speed dating? :rolleyes:


Has anybody been on a speed dating*? What do you think about it?

I personally think that if you cant impress someone during first 30 seconds with your appearance and demeanour, then remaining 2-3 minutes are waste of time for both parties involved... A pure psychological thing...




*Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchmaking) process or dating system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_system) whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating)

[Frida]

chto to ya ne ponyala. skaji po russki, chto takoye speed dating? :rolleyes:

mana description:
Men and women are rotated to meet each other over a series of short "dates", usually lasting from 3 to 8 minutes depending on the organization running the event. At the end of each interval, the organizer rings a bell or clinks a glass to signal the participants to move on to the next date. At the end of the event participants submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact information to. If there is a match, contact information is forwarded to both parties. Contact information cannot be traded during the initial meeting, in order to reduce pressure (especially on women) to accept or reject a suitor to their face.
These events typically require advance registration, often an online prepayment by credit card. However, they may accept a few walk-ins when needed to balance the gender ratio. Some services make use of waitlists when signing up to strive for exactly the same number of men and women, while others have a more "party" atmosphere and only aim for an approximately matching number.
There are many speed dating events now in the UK and the US. Many of these simply specify an age range for ladies and gentlemen; sometimes a slightly older range is specified for men. On the other hand, many organizers offer niche events such as nights for graduates only, gays and lesbians, older men with younger women and vice versa, book lovers, ethnic events, and of course the original niche event, religious affiliation.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating




kinolarda ko'rsatadi-ku, Sex and the City da ham bor, xuddi shunaqa.
Bizni univerda grad studentlarga shunaqa speed datinglar bo'lib turadi. Bechora grad. studentlar umuman kutubxonadan chiqamasa kerakde, shuning uchun ularga kerak. A undergrad.lar bo'lsa bir-biri bilan tannafusda ham hook-up qilib olaveradi... :lol:

[Пушкарева]

endi tushundim. kinoda korgandim. :)

mana description:
Men and women are rotated to meet each other over a series of short "dates", usually lasting from 3 to 8 minutes depending on the organization running the event. At the end of each interval, the organizer rings a bell or clinks a glass to signal the participants to move on to the next date. At the end of the event participants submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact information to. If there is a match, contact information is forwarded to both parties. Contact information cannot be traded during the initial meeting, in order to reduce pressure (especially on women) to accept or reject a suitor to their face.
These events typically require advance registration, often an online prepayment by credit card. However, they may accept a few walk-ins when needed to balance the gender ratio. Some services make use of waitlists when signing up to strive for exactly the same number of men and women, while others have a more "party" atmosphere and only aim for an approximately matching number.
There are many speed dating events now in the UK and the US. Many of these simply specify an age range for ladies and gentlemen; sometimes a slightly older range is specified for men. On the other hand, many organizers offer niche events such as nights for graduates only, gays and lesbians, older men with younger women and vice versa, book lovers, ethnic events, and of course the original niche event, religious affiliation.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating




kinolarda ko'rsatadi-ku, Sex and the City da ham bor, xuddi shunaqa.
Bizni univerda grad studentlarga shunaqa speed datinglar bo'lib turadi. Bechora grad. studentlar umuman kutubxonadan chiqamasa kerakde, shuning uchun ularga kerak. A undergrad.lar bo'lsa bir-biri bilan tannafusda ham hook-up qilib olaveradi... :lol:

[Пушкарева]

So did you do that? Had success? :D Tolko ne vri.


Has anybody been on a speed dating*? What do you think about it?

I personally think that if you cant impress someone during first 30 seconds with your appearance and demeanour, then remaining 2-3 minutes are waste of time for both parties involved... A pure psychological thing...




*Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchmaking) process or dating system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_system) whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating)

[Prince]

Bizni univerda grad studentlarga shunaqa speed datinglar bo'lib turadi. Bechora grad. studentlar umuman kutubxonadan chiqamasa kerakde, shuning uchun ularga kerak. A undergrad.lar bo'lsa bir-biri bilan tannafusda ham hook-up qilib olaveradi...


hahaha, i like this part :)

[Shambles]

So did you do that? Had success? :D Tolko ne vri.

Lol!!!!

Nezabudkahon, tushundingizmi speed dating nimaligini???:D

Mne ochen' ponravilas' chast' "tol'ko ne vri"... Lol!!! Ok, ne budu, obeschayu... Nedelyu nazad zdes' byl odin "Festival of World Cultures" i my s druz'yami poshli na "Rhythms of Uzbekistan" s Karenom Gafurdjanovim vo glave (nostal'giya po Rodine zamuchila)... Nashi vystupali sredne, no mestnaya publika byla v vostorge... Eto tak liricheskoe otstuplenie...:)
Takje v ramkah etogo festivalya byl "international speed dating", na kot. my s druz'yami reshili zaglyanut' iz chistogo lyubopytstva (ne sovsem znali s chem eto yedyat)... Nu i viyasnili, chto bilety nado bronirovat' zaranee i t.d. i t.p. Tol'ko hoteli uhodit', nam govoryat "ne uhodite, obychno devushek vsegda bol'she, chem parney, podojdite 5 min i my Vas pustim (vol'niy perevod s angliyskogo)"... Nam stalo yesche lyubopytney i, deystvitel'no, cherez minut 5-7 nas pustili...

Ya bystro soobrazil chto k chemu, t.k. videl eto v kakom-to fil'me, nu i poshlo-poehalo... Pervie 10 devushek bylo veselo, razgovarival s kajdoy ne bolee 2 minut, sled. 10 normal'no, a poslednie 10 uje bylo ne sovsem interesno... T.k. pochti vsem nujno povtoryat' odno i to je... Otkuda ty i chem zanimayesh'sya... Tri devushki byli ooochen' daje nichego i ya ih otmetil, a yesche dvuh devushek ya otmetil, t.k. oni okazalis' dovol'no veselimi sobesednitsami... Dnya 3 nazad ya poluchil rezul'taty, gde iz 5 vybrannih mnoyu, menya vybrali 3, no vot kakaya problema, ya ne pomnyu ni kak oni vyglyadyat, ni otkuda oni, ni chem zanimayutsya, v-obschem nichego... Teper' u menya yest' ih contact details, no, priznayus' chestno, osobo zvonit' ne hottsa, mojet tol'ko poka, who knows?:)

Nezabudkahon, ne sovral ni na yotu, chestnoe pionerskoe...

P.S. Tam byla para-troyka jenschin iz serii "komu za sorok" i prosto nudnie devushki, nu ya ne mog dojdat'sya, kogda eti grebannie dve minuty istekut, hotya milo ulybalsya i vejlivo interesovalsya ih personaliyami...:D

[dauphin]

I read read this article couple days ago, found interesting.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks.
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In the dating game, men know what they want.

And guys won't be surprised to learn that women are much choosier about partners than they are.

"Just because people say they're looking for a particular set of characteristics in a mate, someone like themselves, doesn't mean that is what they'll end up choosing," Peter M. Todd, of the cognitive science program at Indiana University, Bloomington, said in a telephone interview.

Researchers led by Todd report that in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that their study found humans were similar to most other mammals, "following Darwin's principle of choosy females and competitive males, even if humans say something different."

Their study involved 26 men and 20 women in Munich, Germany.

Participants ranged in age from 26 to their early 40s and took part in "speed dating," short meetings of three to seven minutes in which people chat, then move on to meet another dater. Afterward, participants check off the people they'd like to meet again, and dates can be arranged between pairs who select one another.

Speed dating let researchers look at a lot of mate choices in a short time, Todd said.

In the study, participants were asked before the session to fill out a questionnaire about what they were looking for in a mate, listing such categories as wealth and status, family commitment, physical appearance, healthiness and attractiveness.

After the session, the researchers compared what the participants said they were looking for with the people they actually chose to ask for another date.

Men's choices did not reflect their stated preferences, the researchers concluded. Instead, men appeared to base their decisions mostly on the women's physical attractiveness.

The men also appeared to be much less choosy. Men tended to select nearly every woman above a certain minimum attractiveness threshold, Todd said.

Women's actual choices, like men's, did not reflect their stated preferences, but they made more discriminating choices, the researchers found.

The scientists said women were aware of the importance of their own attractiveness to men, and adjusted their expectations to select the more desirable guys.

"Women made offers to men who had overall qualities that were on a par with the women's self-rated attractiveness. They didn't greatly overshoot their attractiveness," Todd said, "because part of the goal for women is to choose men who would stay with them."

But, he added, "they didn't go lower. They knew what they could get and aimed for that level."

So, it turns out, the women's attractiveness influenced the choices of the men and the women.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/04/dating.mating.ap/index.html

[The Reaper]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks.

Said Prof. Sherlock Holmes of the No Sh*t University. Seriously, how is this a surprise, and how is it even considered worth publishing on AP or CNN?

On topic: Personally, I think speed dating is for people with poor social skills, short attention span, and a whole lot of issues.

TR

[benq35]

Lol!!!!


Ya bystro soobrazil chto k chemu, t.k. videl eto v kakom-to fil'me, nu i poshlo-poehalo... Pervie 10 devushek bylo veselo, razgovarival s kajdoy ne bolee 2 minut, sled. 10 normal'no, a poslednie 10 uje bylo ne sovsem interesno... T.k. pochti vsem nujno povtoryat' odno i to je... Otkuda ty i chem zanimayesh'sya... Tri devushki byli ooochen' daje nichego i ya ih otmetil, a yesche dvuh devushek ya otmetil, t.k. oni okazalis' dovol'no veselimi sobesednitsami... Dnya 3 nazad ya poluchil rezul'taty, gde iz 5 vybrannih mnoyu, menya vybrali 3, no vot kakaya problema, ya ne pomnyu ni kak oni vyglyadyat, ni otkuda oni, ni chem zanimayutsya, v-obschem nichego... Teper' u menya yest' ih contact details, no, priznayus' chestno, osobo zvonit' ne hottsa, mojet tol'ko poka, who knows?:)

Nezabudkahon, ne sovral ni na yotu, chestnoe pionerskoe...

P.S. Tam byla para-troyka jenschin iz serii "komu za sorok" i prosto nudnie devushki, nu ya ne mog dojdat'sya, kogda eti grebannie dve minuty istekut, hotya milo ulybalsya i vejlivo interesovalsya ih personaliyami...:D

Ну как? Обордизми кегин, кафе-киноларга? результат борми?
среди тех кому за 40 - тоже классные девчонки бывают.:D

[Пушкарева]

Shambles: ok, veryu. obratis v org komitet, poprosi ih fotoes prislat s imenami, ili hotyabi iz kakoi oni strani. poslednee mojet toje pomoch, yesli ne pomnish lic.

Frida: pro grads v univere. eehh, kech bilibman "speed dating" nima ekanligini, a to bi bistro iniciirovala u sebya na kampuse. Usha bibliotekada 2,5 yil o'tib ketibdi, kitoblarga komilib.. :rolleyes:

PS: kajetsya vesh fun, mojno poprobovat. :lol:

Lol!!!!

Nezabudkahon, ne sovral ni na yotu, chestnoe pionerskoe...

[Пушкарева]

I disagree with you. The research is quite interesting and confirm my personals thoughts and observations for others; and I observe a lot.

Speed dating might be a good alternative for people, especially in the west, who work 9-6 (with overtimes) and travel. If you ever worked in an organization/company/entity in the US, you might know how different the notion of job is here from the one that exist in Uzbekistan. Here, people work out every single cent they earn, whereas in Uzbekistan (and maybe other post-soviet countries) people tend to lead a more laid-back work life. They can resolve their personal issues saying they are on lunch, do not follow the schedule, and etc. and etc.

Summary, one may have be a very easy going and sociable person, but work and study and have no time for dating. In such a case, the speed dating (that does not deduct much of one's tight time-budget) can be a good alternative. That's why online dating, blind dating and (now I know) speed dating is quite common in the west. People can meet during 1 hour lunch break to seek for a mate.



Said Prof. Sherlock Holmes of the No Sh*t University. Seriously, how is this a surprise, and how is it even considered worth publishing on AP or CNN?

On topic: Personally, I think speed dating is for people with poor social skills, short attention span, and a whole lot of issues.

TR

[The Reaper]

I disagree with you. The research is quite interesting and confirm my personals thoughts and observations for others; and I observe a lot.

This "research" is nothing more than a waste of time.
Their next "research" result will probably be described like this, "Scientists from the University of Obvious are confirming what most people know: After daylight, there comes night."

Speed dating might be a good alternative for people, especially in the west, who work 9-6 (with overtimes) and travel. If you ever worked in an organization/company/entity in the US, you might know how different the notion of job is here from the one that exist in Uzbekistan. Here, people work out every single cent they earn, whereas in Uzbekistan (and maybe other post-soviet countries) people tend to lead a more laid-back work life. They can resolve their personal issues saying they are on lunch, do not follow the schedule, and etc. and etc.

Summary, one may have be a very easy going and sociable person, but work and study and have no time for dating. In such a case, the speed dating (that does not deduct much of one's tight time-budget) can be a good alternative. That's why online dating, blind dating and (now I know) speed dating is quite common in the west. People can meet during 1 hour lunch break to seek for a mate.

I guess I'm too old school, but I cannot imagine someone choosing potential soul mates after a 2 minute session of facing each other, and talking about irrelevant things, while the timer is ticking in the background. Besides, from what I heard, majority of people who participate there are old, among them many ex-alcoholics and drug addicts, strippers and ex-hookers, people of questionable mental state, and of course, complete and utter failures.

Anyway, my opinion stands.

TR

[Пушкарева]

Mine too.

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Anyway, my opinion stands.

TR

[Royal]

speed dating

answers by itself

[Vezunchik]

Said Prof. Sherlock Holmes of the No Sh*t University. Seriously, how is this a surprise, and how is it even considered worth publishing on AP or CNN?

On topic: Personally, I think speed dating is for people with poor social skills, short attention span, and a whole lot of issues.

TR

ya soglasen s etimi umni`mi mi`slyami.
.... only with poor social skills....

[erkak#1]

Odamla bir birini bilvolishi uchun, ba'zida 1 sekundam ko'pli qiladi :) ba'zida bir umr kamli qiladi

[corsair]

ya uchastvoval v speed dating "event" i to potomu chto znakomaya rabotala v etom bare gde eto vse proishodilo. ya pripersya navestit ee i vipit gorichitelnogo... ona mne predlojila pouchastvovat chto bi ponyat "what the hell it is"... pochti vse uchastniki bili businessmen and businesswomen...

i dont think it works...

PS: speed dating eto ne znachit chto u tebya est tolko neskolko minut chto bi uznat cheloveka... mojno obmenyatsya vizitkami i td i tp...

[Shambles]

On topic: Personally, I think speed dating is for people with poor social skills, short attention span, and a whole lot of issues.

TR

Yes and no. Initially, I expected that most of the participants are hopeless loosers who cannot find someone in real world. To my surprise, 95 per cent of girls (no idea about male part) were highly educated, smart, intelligent girls and some of them were really good -looking*, namely three of them. Only one Estonian girl admitted that she had decided to join this event, since she's too shy in real-life... Other girls' social skills were just fine, however, it might be the wrong impression I've got, since I am not aware of their disguise skills...


*Please refer to my biased opinion...:D

[Shambles]

Ну как? Обордизми кегин, кафе-киноларга? результат борми?
среди тех кому за 40 - тоже классные девчонки бывают.:D

Hali obormadim... Bilmadim hali qaysi beri mani tallagan... 3tasi zur edi-pol'shalik, braziliyalik va irlandiyalik... Qolgan ikkitasi bilan hi-hi-ho-ho qilasiz dey va hayir yahshi yotib turing deysiz...:D

Sorry, te, kot. daleko za 40 opredelenno ne v moyem vkuse, da i vryad li ih devchonkami nazovesh'... Lekin gapizni tushundim, net-net "hotlar" bor 40 yoshlarda...;)

[Shambles]

Shambles: ok, veryu. obratis v org komitet, poprosi ih fotoes prislat s imenami, ili hotyabi iz kakoi oni strani. poslednee mojet toje pomoch, yesli ne pomnish lic.

Frida: pro grads v univere. eehh, kech bilibman "speed dating" nima ekanligini, a to bi bistro iniciirovala u sebya na kampuse. Usha bibliotekada 2,5 yil o'tib ketibdi, kitoblarga komilib.. :rolleyes:

PS: kajetsya vesh fun, mojno poprobovat. :lol:

Spasibo za okazannoe doverie...:) Imena mne prislali vrode i telefony toje, no fotki tochno ne prishlyut, t.k. nikakih fotok pri registratsii my ne davali... Po imenam uje pochti dogadalsya..

Vesh' fun na odin raz ili yesli delayesh' research po psihologii, to fun i ne odin raz...

Ya vot podumal, chto yesli v Uzbekistane takoe zamutit', to u devushek toje poyavitsya vozmojnost' vybora, a to u nas vybirayut tol'ko mujchiny... Guys, I'm trying to be objective here.

[Shambles]

Eng kulgili narsa, bitta uzbek urtogimni hamma "chinese" devordi speed datingda... Sukib sukib chiqib ketdi ohira...:D:D:D

[Пушкарева]

vot i ya o tom je - eto alternative dlya ochen zanyatih ludey.

pochti vse uchastniki bili businessmen and businesswomen...

[Tokugawa]

I didn't want to get involved in this "fight" :D, but I totally support The Reaper's opinion.

Speed Dating is a business that mostly wastes your time. The more you waste time, the more money "they" make.

Speed Dating is close to "molni bozorda sotish" (fraza uchun uzr).

[Vezunchik]

Yes and no. Initially, I expected that most of the participants are hopeless loosers who cannot find someone in real world. To my surprise, 95 per cent of girls (no idea about male part) were highly educated, smart, intelligent girls and some of them were really good -looking*, namely three of them. Only one Estonian girl admitted that she had decided to join this event, since she's too shy in real-life... Other girls' social skills were just fine, however, it might be the wrong impression I've got, since I am not aware of their disguise skills...


*Please refer to my biased opinion...:D

esli takie umni`e devushki za 2 minuti` hotyat nayti svoyu Sudbu v takih neponyatni`h mestah s neponyatni`mi lyudmi, to chto im meshayet nayti svoyu Sudbu za 20-30 minut v obedennoe vremya gde ni bud v prilichnom kafe i restorane (vozle ili v u sbeya na rabote ) ili hotyabi` v seminare/meeting/confrence????
Esli oni do sih por ne vi`shli zamuj, znachit oni iskali Podhodyashego cheloveka. A v takih meropriyatiyah razbros na million i shans na uspeh esho menshe stanovitsya. Ne tak li??

[Shambles]

esli takie umni`e devushki za 2 minuti` hotyat nayti svoyu Sudbu v takih neponyatni`h mestah s neponyatni`mi lyudmi, to chto im meshayet nayti svoyu Sudbu za 20-30 minut v obedennoe vremya gde ni bud v prilichnom kafe i restorane (vozle ili v u sbeya na rabote ) ili hotyabi` v seminare/meeting/confrence????
Esli oni do sih por ne vi`shli zamuj, znachit oni iskali Podhodyashego cheloveka. A v takih meropriyatiyah razbros na million i shans na uspeh esho menshe stanovitsya. Ne tak li??

Good point, Vezunchik... No ne vse tak prosto... Situatsiya u mnogih iz nih vyglyadit priblizitel'no sled. obrazom: Oni rabotayut kajdiy den' s utra do pozdnego vechera, inogda daje po vyhodnim... Na rabote, znakomit'sya i stroit' otnosheniya strojaaaaaaaayshe zaprescheno, t.e. etot variant otsekayetsya srazu... Ne znayu, kak u nih delo obstoit s seminars, conferences, etc.

Hotyat li oni zamuj? Ne znayu... No somnevayus'... Kak ty znayesh', na zapade s etimi zamorochkami prosche... Dumayu, chto oni hodyat v svobodnoe vremya v razlichnie uveselitel'nie zavedeniya i ischut drugimi putyami toje, no yesli yest' i takaya vozmojnost', kot., chem chert ne shutit, mojet srabotat', to pochemu by yeyo ne poprobovat'...

[dauphin]

Looks like speed dating is a bar without beer and music.

[Shambles]

Looks like speed dating is a bar without beer and music.

Wrong assumption... Lots of beer and some music I dont remember...:)

[Vezunchik]

Na rabote, znakomit'sya i stroit' otnosheniya strojaaaaaaaayshe zaprescheno, t.e. etot variant otsekayetsya srazu...

razve???:rolleyes:

no yesli yest' i takaya vozmojnost', kot., chem chert ne shutit, mojet srabotat', to pochemu by yeyo ne poprobovat'..

dlya menya eta polni`y Nonsense, tem bolee v usloviyah zapada. Esli oni do sih por ne nashli, znachit ih strogaya (tak kak na zapade eta je tak legko) Sistema Tsennostey ne pozvolyalo. No esli oni teper govoryat chem chert ne shutit ... to ili eta Sistema Tsennostey perestalo rabotat ili oni sami dobravolno otreklis ot nego. V lyubom sluchai eta i est protivorechiya.

[dauphin]

Wrong assumption... Lots of beer and some music I dont remember...:)

Then it must be Saturday night in a bar...

[Shambles]

razve???:rolleyes:

Zdes' vo mnogih mestah tak...

dlya menya eta polni`y Nonsense, tem bolee v usloviyah zapada. Esli oni do sih por ne nashli, znachit ih strogaya (tak kak na zapade eta je tak legko) Sistema Tsennostey ne pozvolyalo. No esli oni teper govoryat chem chert ne shutit ... to ili eta Sistema Tsennostey perestalo rabotat ili oni sami dobravolno otreklis ot nego. V lyubom sluchai eta i est protivorechiya.

Lol!!! Siz ham yomon qilarkansiz dey... Bechora qizlar qiynalib qidirvotti, siz esa, ularni harakatlarini nonsense deb tashadiz...:D:D:D

[Vezunchik]

Lol!!! Siz ham yomon qilarkansiz dey... Bechora qizlar qiynalib qidirvotti, siz esa, ularni harakatlarini nonsense deb tashadiz...:D:D:D


Net, ya soglasen i daje ZA chtob oni nashli svoyu Sudbu. No ya somnevayus v effectivnosti i neRisskovonnosti etoy Metodiki. Hotya, deystvitelno, chem chert ne shutit:P:P:P

[Maroon]

vot i ya o tom je - eto alternative dlya ochen zanyatih ludey.


If a person is too busy finding a date, then how is he supposed go out and get to know that that person in the future if she/he is that busy?

[Shambles]

Net, ya soglasen i daje ZA chtob oni nashli svoyu Sudbu. No ya somnevayus v effectivnosti i neRisskovonnosti etoy Metodiki. Hotya, deystvitelno, chem chert ne shutit:P:P:P

a v chem risk?

[Пушкарева]

Two busy people with similar busy schedules who already found each other can meet late after work, during lunch time and weekends. These short periods are not quite enough to find a person, but its enough for meeting/dating once you have him/her. :)



If a person is too busy finding a date, then how is he supposed go out and get to know that that person in the future if she/he is that busy?

[Tokugawa]

In Japanese word (symbol) busy consists of 2 elements - "Lose" & "Heart", hence a meaning "to lose a heart". To say "I'm busy" is very impolite in Japanese culture, because everyone is busy with their work and problems. It's just a lame excuse to say "I'm busy".

[Frida]

the usual forum fight. the discussion is getting more and more personal.

on: Nezabudka, even though I am in Grad. Students' commitee, I never really went to those speed dating activities. I think I am a very private person and do not really like meeting people randomly. :) But everyone is different, you might find it interesting and useful. you should try, and find out for yourself. but be careful, its still just random people who you meet first time :) nobody can vouch for them.

[Shambles]

By the way, one Brazilian girl from the speed dating event gave me a call last week... Was busy but agreed to meet her this week... Hope, she won't be boring...:D