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STOOD UP ON THE FIRST DATE: DEAL OR NO DEAL?
While busy preparing for your first date, your phone rings. The voice says, “I’m sorry, something popped up at the last minute and I had to deal with it. Would it be better if we could meet up another day instead?” If this happens just before your first date, how would you react? To find the answer, we asked our users for their opinion on what they would do if this happened to them.
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SUCCESS STORY: IT’S AS THOUGH WE KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE…
Written by: Flora and Bessie As Eileen Chang, the renowned Chinese writer once said, “Meeting someone amongst the endless sea of people, in the boundless dimension we call time, is rare. Nobody was early, nobody was late, and though neither had the intention to meet, two people met. Both of them couldn’t say much, only this: Oh, so you happen to be here as well?” These words reflected my emotions perfectly after I finished listening to Mr H and Ms M’s success story.
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STOOD UP EVEN BEFORE YOUR FIRST DATE: WILL YOU BLACKLIST THIS PERSON IMMEDIATELY?
Someone gave this analogy: Going on a first date is the same as going to an interview. Before setting off, your mind will be swimming with thoughts that seem to unsettle you. You start rehearsing your so-called ‘self-introduction’ in your head, which you spent a huge chunk of your time memorizing. You tell yourself you have to make a good impression. You might be a ‘strong hire’ or just a ‘hire’.
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FIRST DATE JITTERS: DO YOU HAVE THEM?
Meeting someone new in person for the first time would probably give you jitters. Some will feel extremely nervous, others will have the ability to suppress these feelings and not let them overwhelm them. Which group do you belong to? Does gender play a role in causing the difference? Does age affect your level of anxiousness? Curiosity got the best of us and we decided to create a survey to answer these questions.
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Q ZHAO, CEO OF 2REDBEANS INTERVIEW WITH THE ECONOMIST’S CORRESPONDENT ROSEANN LAKE
Our CEO, Q Zhao, had the privilege to interview The Economist’s correspondent, Roseann Lake, on her new book “Leftover in China, The Women Shaping the World’s Next Superpower”. The interview touched on several topics which include: the “leftover women” phenomenon, the marriage issues they are facing and other unique problems they encounter in China. The book explored lives of four individual women against a backdrop of colourful anecdotes, citing interviews and research to show how these ‘leftover women’ are the linchpin to China’s future.
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