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Playing the love game with itzamatch
Philippine Star,
Entertainment
Mar 4, 2005

Too busy to date? Longing to meet new people but just can't? Meet and late lots of people and have fun, food and drinks, all in one night; Join itzamatch Me at the Beanery, tonight at 7:30, at the Coffee Beanery, at the Metrowalk Commercial Complex, Meralco Qrtigas Center, Pasig City. This Speedmatching stint is a popular matchmaking game all over the world - and you can join the fun through itzamatch.com. This is a special invitation to our itzamatch members only." Food and drinks 'are available. Seats" are limited.

itzamatch.com adds more thrill and excitement to your singles lifestyle by bringing its fun and exciting Speedmatch event close to you. Hundreds of men and women will be randomly picked out of the thousands of itzamatch rnembers based in Manila to take part in this Speedmatch love game. With the fast paced lifestyles of today's generation, meeting, few friends and potential life partners may take a back seat with countless deadlines, client meetings, sales presentations and overnight brainstorming, your circle of friends may become smaller confining yourself to your officemates, college pals and high school Barkada. Realizing this situation, itzamatch.com, the country's fast rising dating website introduces Speedmatching, a popular mode of dating among youths in Europe and America, geared for busy singles who want to meet other singles in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

Speedmatching, also dubbed as, "25 dates in 1 night" will be held tonight at the Coffee Beanery, Metrowalk Commercial Center, Pasig. The event, organized by itzamatch.com in cooperation with Philstar.com is the biggest speedmatching event in the country. Anyone who is single can join.

Speedmatching is for anyone over, 18 and there are three age categories (20 to 35; 35 to 45; 55 to, 65). In the speedmatching venue, there will be rows and rows of tables for two. Couples sit opposite each and have only three minutes together.

They won't learn someone's life history in three minutes but that's not the aim. It's a brief encounter, a teasing taster and if you want to know more and the feeling is mutual, who knows what might happen?

Research suggests that chemistry can be felt within the first 30 seconds of meeting someone, and that is what speedmatching, is all about, knowing quickly if you are going to like someone. After three minutes, a loud buzzer goes on. The men get up and move on to another table. Then, they have three minutes again with a new lady. If, by the end of a conversation, you fancy a person or would like to see them again, you can use the itzamatch mobile score card. If the other person also fancies you, you'll receive a match notification with contact details such as e-mail address or cellphone number. Not only that� Itzamatch sends you to a Bay Cruise for you to get to know your date more in a romantic setting along Manila bay with colorful lights and view by Prestige Cruse-Manila Bay Dining Cruise.

Who says you can't have 25 dates in one night? But you can only get three minutes to make the magic work.

There will be food and drinks from 7 to 12 p.m., entertainment and raffle draws every hour. Main prize is a round trip Cruise ticket to Singapore via Star Cruise and PAL. Matches will be aired on Wave 89.1.