mismatched?

for the very first time in my life,last night, i went speed dating.this was all courtesy of michiko, who's parish group was doing a fundraiser.

a little description on how it was done:

there were 13 pairs, all seated at different tables, of course there were 2 to a table. you are all given 5 minutes to chat up your partner and try to learn has much as you can.when a bell rings, it means it's time to wrap up and move one to the next person. the women were stationary while the guys moved from table to table.everybody were given a guide questions and a track card, where you can write down the names of the people you meet and any other comments you might have.the whole thing took about two hours.once you've met everyone, you can make little marks indicating who piqued your curiosity, and then you rank them. as for the matching part, i have no idea how they'll do it, because the organizers said that they would just email the results to us.

hmmm....5 minutes?! what can you learn in 5 minutes?!suprisingly, just the right amount of info from the person. it's too short a time to run out of things to say but long enough to keep you interested. funny thing, i found myself repeating things i've said before. but i couldn't help it, everytime the damn bell rang you had to start all over again!hehe! but the whole thing was fun and a very different way of meeting new people.