In preparation for Valentine's Day

Just to make this occassion doubly depressing...

If you are over 30s and single (and overly educated as a female), you are called 剩男/女 or Leftover Man/Woman in China.

To check how much 'attraction' you have left, do try the survey below, especially designed by a Chinese dating agency for 剩男/女s. Also read this.

Leftover Women Survey:

1. Age
   23 and under (10 pts); 23-25 (8 pts); 25-27 (6 pts); 28-29 (4pts); 29-32 (1 pt); 32 and above (0 pts)
2. Features/Appearance
   Fair skin, beautiful appearance (10 pts); fair skin, proper/correct features (8 pts); fair skin, features collectively are relatively harmonious (6 pts); beautiful appearance, poor skin (4 pts); proper/correct features, poor skin (1 pt); poor skin, features not harmonious (0 pts)
3. Height
   165-172 (10 pts); 158-164 (8 pts); 172-174 (6 pts); 155-158 (4 pts); 174-176 (1 pt); the rest 0 pts
4. Weight
   45-50kg (10 pts); 50-55kg (8 pts); 40-45kg (6 pts); height 165cm and above 55-60kg (4 pts); height 158cm and below 35-40kg (1 pt); the rest 0 pts
5. Body/Physique
   Front protrudes, back perky, waist and legs distinct (10 pts); long legs, ample breasts (8 pts); fine and well proportioned (6 pts); airport + proportionate (4 pts); plump and smooth skinned + relatively poor proportions (1 pt); Either long waist and short legs, out of proportion, entire body dull, etc. 0 pts
6. Education
   Bachelor’s Degree in popular major (10 pts); 211 Bachelor’s Degree (8 pts); Associate’s Degree (6 pts); high school or vocational school (4 pts); Either third-rate Bachelor’s Degree or Doctorate and above 0 pts
7. Place of origin
   Prefecture level city (10 pts); average provincial capital city (8 pts); first-line cities (6 pts); county seat (4 pts); small town (1 pt); rural 0 pts
8. Background
   Rich/powerful family (10 pts); high-ranking government child (8 pts); parents have high positions in companies (6 pts); civil servant household (4 pts); relatively well-off (1 pt); the others 0 pts
9. Personality
   Gentle, considerate (10 pts); gentle, a little temper (4 pts), not gentle 0 pts
10. Chastity
    CN (20 pts), Not-CN (-20 pts) [CN = 处女 or virgin]
    

Leftover Men Survey:

1. Occupation
   Profitable entrepreneur (10 pts); small family business (8 pts); back office civil servant (6 pts); medium to high position in company (4 pts); low-level white-collar worker (1 pt), the rest 0 pts
2. Assets
   10 million or above (10pts); 5-10 million (8 pts); 2-5 million (6 pts); 1-2 million (4 pts); 500k-1 million (1 pt); less than 500k 0 pts
3. Height
   178-183 (10 pts); 183-186 (8 pts); 175-178 (6 pts); 170-174 (4 pts); 186-189 (1 pt); the rest 0 pts
4. Age
   26-32 (10 pts); 32-36 (8 pts); 23-26 (6 pts); 36-40 (4 pts); 20-23 (1 pt), the rest 0 pts
5. Appearance
   Relatively handsome (10 pts); proper/correct features (8 pts); average (6 pts); relatively ugly (4 pts); extremely ugly (1 pt); no such thing as zero points for men’s appearance
6. Education
   Famous university MBA (10 pts); “sea turtle” returnee (8 pts); Famous university Bachelor’s Degree (6 pts); 211 Master’s Degree (4 pts); 211 Bachelor’s Degree (1 pt); third-rate Bachelor’s Degree and under 0 pts
7. House/Property
   N [many/multiple] houses (10 pts); 2 or more houses (8 pts); 1 un-mortgaged fully owned house (6 pts); currently paying mortgage (4 pts); paying 3k or above rent (1 pt); the others 0 pts
8. Car
   Audi A6 or better (10 pts); Passat-grade (8 pts); Elantra-grade (6 pts); Peugeot 307, Fit-grade (4 pts); Geely, Chery-grade (1 pt); other 0 pts
9. Place of Origin
   Europe or America (10 pts); Singapore, Hong Kong (8 pts); Korea (6 pts); China city (4 pts); other (1 pt); rural 0 pts
10. Sexual Ability
    No ED (20 pts), ED (-20 pts) [ED = erectile dysfunction]

Check out how much the criteria varies for men and women!
And how 'of good character' does not appear at all.

Personality = "Gentle, considerate" = 10 points! Heng ah! =))
But... I don't think I passed the test at all. *depressed*
The max allowable BMI for female = 16.9 leh! How to have a BMI of 16.9 and yet still be 前凸后翘? Must be artificially recreated with NASA materials.

And even though Singaporean men scores 8 points for Place of Origin, I don't think many Singaporean men can pass the test. House = Currently paying mortgage = 4 points only. KNN!

I wonder what the Singaporean Criteria will look like. O_o
We are much more complex...
Criteria ought to be weighted unequally.
E.g. For males, if Assets > SGD100million, the rest of the criteria does not matter.

The antithesis of the above is 裸婚.