I had to make a decision. Either I could continue my present life wishing that someone will sweep me off my feet on the bus to work or back home (this is really far-fetched because everyone looks sleepy on the way to work and tired on the way home) or I could embark on my quest for Prince Charming.

Since we are the nanny state, I decided that maybe my nanny can put herself to good use here. My 2 year free SDU membership password arrived in the mail about a month ago and was presently collecting dust on my table.

I was greeted with a happy website with a big picture of a happy couple. On the top left was a successful love-matching story of how two people met through iChat, got so comfortable chatting to each other and decided to meet up, found each other familiar, realised that they were living in the same building but different levels and progressed to becoming each other's alarm clocks in the morning.

This looked promising.

My brother was waking me up every morning this past December holiday. He was so zealous in waking me that he woke me up on the 26th of December at 8:45am.

"Wake up! Why are you still sleeping? It's 8:45am! Don't you have to work?"

Now that he's going back to school, maybe it's time for someone else to be my alarm clock.

So I happily logged in.

Everything seemed fine. I was asked to update my particulars like preferred name, nickname, where I was working, my annual income... until...

I was perturbed with height and weight until I saw Type of Built. I saw the selection - Athletic, Average... Pleasantly Plump?

They do not have a selection for "Drop-dead sexy" or "Model-type". Or even "Others". (what do you choose if you were between average and pleasantly plump?)

I felt like I was signing up for a fashion model show. I can imagine single guys typing in their search criteria - include Pleasantly Plump, exclude Petite.

Is this the harsh truth of dating? Whatever happened to "Smart witty girl with a good sense of humour"?

A world of possibilites and body types, really just a click away.

Disclaimer: I was game enough to register myself on SDU because I have heard successful love-matching stories and also that they have good salsa dancing classes. Once you have figured out your body type, I think you should sign up too. Don't waste your free membership right?