Last Friday, I hurried to Caffe Vivere at around 7 pm for the speed dating event. I. WAS. LATE.

When I arrived, I saw three guys, two of them were already my friends. After a while, the other participants arrived. Meantime, me and my guy friends chatted while eating some food. I wanted to eat more but I was you know… trying not too eat too much. LOL! I also had some of their fabulous iced tea. YUMMY!

I was kinda worried though because as moments passed by, more and more guys started arriving. It was kinda intimidating to be the only girl. Good thing other girls also started arriving after a while. Peculiar thing though, some participants arrived in twos, but according to them they’re not a couple. ANYWAY…

Around past 8 pm, there were enough participants to get the ball rolling. So there I was, armed with my score sheet and the #4. I took my seat and got to meet bachelor #4. After eight minutes… came bachelor number #5. At the end of the thing, I got to meet eight guys. All of them were interesting… but in different ways, and at different levels.

Would I consider dating those guys? Definitely.

It wasn’t perfect though. A couple of the guys loved dogs. Ohhhkay… Needless to say, I’m not a dog person. And some were just out of my age range.

Good thing was, I had something or somebody in common with them. Times like those, I was thankful that Davao is quite a “small” city where everybody knew most everybody else. It also helped a lot that I had diverse interests and were open to things I wasn’t really interested in.

All in all, it was an experience I thoroughly enjoyed. I got to meet new friends, enjoyed good food, and had great conversations.

I think the secret to enjoying speed dating is to be open, not judge on the first minute, and be interested.

Will I go on speed dating again? WHY NOT?!