Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- About a year ago, I was a wrecked, heart-broken character still hung up on a bad break up. So, my work best friend Abha, who is the goddess of whipping up the quirkiest of Nepali greeting cards at Little Things, pumped me up for a speed-date programme that she was to organise with her partners on Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, that year nothing materialised.

By the time 2018 came to an end, I had become a happy-go-lucky single woman, ready to mingle. Throughout the year, I often teased and probed Abha to organise the speed-date event and one fine day in January, I finally got 'that' call: "Get your best clothes on, you're registering for the biggest speed-date ever."

As date day approached, I was a mixed bag of em...