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| Being single on Valentine’s Day | What goes around, comes around as Internet search yields to friends doing the matchmaking | Traditional matchmakers - family friends or known members in the community - are being replaced by agencies and online websites |
| Valentine’s Day has just never been a big holiday for me. I know what you all are thinking: She must be some bitter and jaded hag who only tells herself these things to avoid an emotional breakdown every year. It might be surprising then to know that I’m not resentful from years of loneliness, rejection, and neglect. Actually, for some odd reason (two long-term relationships, each about four years in length), I’ve never been single for Valentine’s Day. That is, not until this year. I can remembe... | FORGET the treacly TV testimonials and all the hype about online dating sites. No refined search engine or Dr. Phil endorsement can guarantee that a mug of Mr. or Ms. Right is waiting on the next Web page. Singles on the lookout for a partner are setting aside Internet searches and returning to perhaps the oldest coupling conduit known to humans: the matchmaker. Unlike the gossipy Yenta of "Fiddler on the Roof," today's matchmakers are often tech-savvy amateur cupids who run through a range ... | ARRANGED marriages are a dying practice here among the Chinese. So say matchmakers who spoke to The New Paper on Sunday. All five Chinese matchmaking agency owners we spoke to said they hardly hear of traditional matchmakers nowadays. Said Mr Jansen Ong, 44, who runs Life Partner matchmaking agency: 'The last time I heard about this 'meh ren' was during my parents' time, maybe 40 to 50 years ago.' Agreeing, Ms Goh Lee Hoon, 36, of Forever Love Marriages Point, said this tradition has all bu... |
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