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Now Even SDU Cannot Help the Malc
Trying out the small font because Malcolm said should all use small font on his blog. It actually looks ok. Hmmm... Shall see the post later.
Malc has received the letter for his complimentary SDU membership upon graduation from NUS. But, SDU is now going to leave matchmaking to the private sector (The Straits Times, 17 Nov 2006). So the Malc will have to find a gf/wife by himself, or pay for matchmaking services from some private agency. Awwwwww.......
Actually, I don't actually know anyone from NUS who has actually gotten a date through SDU. And I only personally know one NUS graduate who went for an SDU session. He said that all the girls there were old and supremely ugly, and the only average looking female there was being swamped by a bunch of guys, so he just sat at the corner with some other guys and drank. This same guy went to a private matchmaking agency and got himself a pretty girlfriend (never met her before, so can't comment on her character). I've never made any use of my SDU membership. The only event I even considered going to was some bridge event, but I was going to be overseas at that time, and noone actually wanted to go with me ("What? You want to play bridge with noobs who are more interested in each other than the game? You SIAO ah!"). Come to think of it, not going was probably a good move - the advertisement actually said 'bridge is played in pairs' o.O; imagine playing with people who didn't already know that.
I have no idea if this is some government conspiracy to get university graduates to get married to each other and produce a more elite next generation, but I've learnt from a friend that it was rather impossible to reject the complimentary membership from SDU upon graduation from NUS. My friend (single, unattached, don't ask me why he didn't want the FREE membership) emailed SDU, telephoned SDU, and was finally told that to stop being an SDU member, he had to send them a SEALED letter stating his wishes. So my friend happily went out, made himself a seal (I think he was rather pleased with having his own seal), and sent off the letter. (Edit: My friend has MSNed me to tell me that it was actually just a stamp he bought, because SDU didn't have any self adressed envelopes. In which case, I really don't know why I remember him being so happy and pleased with himself. He must have really wanted to not be a member of an organisation that couldn't even afford self-adressed envelopes.) He received the next newsletter, which he thought came only because they had yet to do the update. They failed to update anything for the next 2 years, so my friend continued to be a member of SDU. Come to think of it, this could be the reason he ran off to Japan to do his phD before the 2 years were over.
One female friend of mine, not a graduate of NUS (she went to UK on a PSC scholarship) actually came back and signed up for SDU. She went out with quite a number of guys from there, but as yet, she's still not married to any of them. And I don't particularly remember her getting into any long term relationships with any one she met through SDU.
Hmm... So much for the efficacy of SDU.
But would SDU really have helped Malcolm find himself the girl of his dreams?
Going on the recent happenings, I am starting to suspect that the girl Malcolm wishes to date is not eligible to join SDU, unless she is some child prodigy, in which case she'd probably not be from NUS (and hence not get freeforced SDU membership).
There is now some standing joke that Malcolm likes Ruixian, who is 15. But it's amusing how the frequency of Ruixian spotting me increases when Malcolm is around. Maybe she IS looking out for Malcolm after all! =P And in both instances, Ruixian saw us, but we did not see Ruixian. Malcolm asked Ruixian why she was spying on him. She retaliated by asking why we always appear where she can see us. And the 2nd part of that SMS was 'And I was thinking of you also. Eeeks so creepy!'. So I asked her why she was thinking about Malcolm (haha) and as expected she replied that she was thinking of me not him (ehhh don't anyhow assume. She passed by my house so she thought of me.). I told her that Malcolm was disappointed that she didn't think of him, so she said next time she would think of the both of us, which made Malcolm grin insanely and utter incoherent noises.
Heehee ok maybe I exaggerated on Malcolm's response to future moments where Ruixian would think of him. But I'm sure he was happy =D.
And then there was that incident where I asked a J2 from HCI to come read this blog. He said:
Which I of course told Malcolm (I believe in letting people in on their own scandals, especially if they happen on their own blogs =P). Malcolm asked me who said that approximately 10 hours later, and I told him it was a J2 from HCI. To which he replied that 'Hmm... She is legal age..Lala'. When I told him Liangzhen was male, he said 'oh damn...'
And then there was this really weird time on Bridge Base Online (BBO) when Malcolm said he didn't want to partner me because he wanted to be a cradle snatcher like _____.
Hmmm....
Maybe it doesn't really matter much that SDU isn't really there for Malc anymore, because he couldn't possibly have gotten the type of girls that interest him from there.
Malc has received the letter for his complimentary SDU membership upon graduation from NUS. But, SDU is now going to leave matchmaking to the private sector (The Straits Times, 17 Nov 2006). So the Malc will have to find a gf/wife by himself, or pay for matchmaking services from some private agency. Awwwwww.......
Actually, I don't actually know anyone from NUS who has actually gotten a date through SDU. And I only personally know one NUS graduate who went for an SDU session. He said that all the girls there were old and supremely ugly, and the only average looking female there was being swamped by a bunch of guys, so he just sat at the corner with some other guys and drank. This same guy went to a private matchmaking agency and got himself a pretty girlfriend (never met her before, so can't comment on her character). I've never made any use of my SDU membership. The only event I even considered going to was some bridge event, but I was going to be overseas at that time, and noone actually wanted to go with me ("What? You want to play bridge with noobs who are more interested in each other than the game? You SIAO ah!"). Come to think of it, not going was probably a good move - the advertisement actually said 'bridge is played in pairs' o.O; imagine playing with people who didn't already know that.
I have no idea if this is some government conspiracy to get university graduates to get married to each other and produce a more elite next generation, but I've learnt from a friend that it was rather impossible to reject the complimentary membership from SDU upon graduation from NUS. My friend (single, unattached, don't ask me why he didn't want the FREE membership) emailed SDU, telephoned SDU, and was finally told that to stop being an SDU member, he had to send them a SEALED letter stating his wishes. So my friend happily went out, made himself a seal (I think he was rather pleased with having his own seal), and sent off the letter. (Edit: My friend has MSNed me to tell me that it was actually just a stamp he bought, because SDU didn't have any self adressed envelopes. In which case, I really don't know why I remember him being so happy and pleased with himself. He must have really wanted to not be a member of an organisation that couldn't even afford self-adressed envelopes.) He received the next newsletter, which he thought came only because they had yet to do the update. They failed to update anything for the next 2 years, so my friend continued to be a member of SDU. Come to think of it, this could be the reason he ran off to Japan to do his phD before the 2 years were over.
One female friend of mine, not a graduate of NUS (she went to UK on a PSC scholarship) actually came back and signed up for SDU. She went out with quite a number of guys from there, but as yet, she's still not married to any of them. And I don't particularly remember her getting into any long term relationships with any one she met through SDU.
Hmm... So much for the efficacy of SDU.
But would SDU really have helped Malcolm find himself the girl of his dreams?
Going on the recent happenings, I am starting to suspect that the girl Malcolm wishes to date is not eligible to join SDU, unless she is some child prodigy, in which case she'd probably not be from NUS (and hence not get free
There is now some standing joke that Malcolm likes Ruixian, who is 15. But it's amusing how the frequency of Ruixian spotting me increases when Malcolm is around. Maybe she IS looking out for Malcolm after all! =P And in both instances, Ruixian saw us, but we did not see Ruixian. Malcolm asked Ruixian why she was spying on him. She retaliated by asking why we always appear where she can see us. And the 2nd part of that SMS was 'And I was thinking of you also. Eeeks so creepy!'. So I asked her why she was thinking about Malcolm (haha) and as expected she replied that she was thinking of me not him (ehhh don't anyhow assume. She passed by my house so she thought of me.). I told her that Malcolm was disappointed that she didn't think of him, so she said next time she would think of the both of us, which made Malcolm grin insanely and utter incoherent noises.
Heehee ok maybe I exaggerated on Malcolm's response to future moments where Ruixian would think of him. But I'm sure he was happy =D.
And then there was that incident where I asked a J2 from HCI to come read this blog. He said:
爱 X 无限大 Shelly和小Ernie whoa
爱 X 无限大 Shelly和小Ernie Why I Think Malcolm has a Crush on Ruixian
爱 X 无限大 Shelly和小Ernie best post of the year haha
Which I of course told Malcolm (I believe in letting people in on their own scandals, especially if they happen on their own blogs =P). Malcolm asked me who said that approximately 10 hours later, and I told him it was a J2 from HCI. To which he replied that 'Hmm... She is legal age..Lala'. When I told him Liangzhen was male, he said 'oh damn...'
And then there was this really weird time on Bridge Base Online (BBO) when Malcolm said he didn't want to partner me because he wanted to be a cradle snatcher like _____.
Hmmm....
Maybe it doesn't really matter much that SDU isn't really there for Malc anymore, because he couldn't possibly have gotten the type of girls that interest him from there.
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