Then, we realised that we only have 8 people going. Which means that we either just pay first and get 2 more people to go later, or we'll just have to split the costs among the 8 of us. Which is real bad, cos we couldn't think of anybody we want who would actually come. I mean, there are some quiter and less "on" people we can ask, but the chances of them coming is practically nil. Which then means we're only left with the 2nd option and each of us will have to pay $75. I really don't know if my friends will be willing to pay that kind of money, especially since $60 was already a little high for us. So over the phone, David and I were trying to make a decision.

Okay, I will probably have to admit that I wouldn't want to pay $75 just to go eat some nice looking but lousy food, play some stupid trivial pursuit game hwachong-style, do pathetic hwachong cheers in the Westin Stamford ballroom, blah blah blah. The dinner probably means a lot for the older alumni who have not met for a long time, or who genuinely love hwachong. There really wasn't a purpose to this dinner for my friends since we meet practically every weekend anyway and frankly I don't think any of us actually like to sing the college song. So David suggested that we organise our own little dinner, where we can still enjoy ourselves, but not pay that much. It made sense to me, so I agreed. So we're not booking the table at all.

Now the problem is, I know of people who really want to go. Or at least they look like they want to go. Will they blame me? Will they scream at me for not booking the table earlier? I mean, I was one of the first few to suggest going, probably the one they had assumed to arrange for such stuff since I was still teaching in hwachong then. Argh. I feel like I've been very irresponsible. If I had called earlier to book, we'd probably have more time to discuss this with the rest of them, which means I wouldn't have had to bear the burden to making a decision for 8 people.

Sigh...

Okay, let me think up of reasons why it makes more sense to organise our own dinner. Okay, more people will go since we can arrange the date and time at our own discretion, it wouldn't be so expensive and we can have more than 10 people and they won't have to worry about not having their own cliques there. We can probably even choose nicer but less fanciful food. We won't have to pay for any of the stupid games or the CDRom which might not be nice. Erm...so organising our own dinner is a good thing right?

Tell me the little dinner will be more fun than the Grand Dinner. Please please please...