Friday, 5 June 2009

I love E2 (V2.0)

last Sunday (1st of June) we had E2 very first outing, which we have dinner and some fun at Alicia's house. it was one of the tough time and decision I've to make for this event. well, you guys might think it just a dinner, what can be so tough? why so complicated just to organize an event? yes! at first I thought that way too and I think it is easier to held compare with outing to watch movie at cinema.

well, here come my tough time and wise decision I have to make.
  • our budget too high
  • facing financial problem
  • is it worth to held an event with this amount?
  • should I still go ahead or just cancel everything?
at first my plan is to have pot bless, but none of my cell member reply me what dishes are they bringing except Sherah. then last minute during Friday and Saturday I change my plan to do catering. I meet all of my co-members and Cathy to discuss and in conclusion: 3 votes for catering, 2 votes for pot bless. so we go for catering.

ordered food and everything done, here comes our problem-financial problem. Saturday night after Eklektos Celebration, I gather all E2 members and just telling them the truth that we're facing financial problem. I told them that I'm going all by faith and we pray together after that. at midnight, Calvin called me and ask me about the whole process and stuff about the catering. some complicated discussion and decision, decided to cancel the whole thing.

it was tough for me to call Alicia and tell her we've to cancel everything. cause I'm the one to call and tell her everything about our planning and to ask for food catering. then I have to call her again that we have to cancel everything. tears trembling down my cheeks and I couldn't stop it. felt like you have to destroy your own plan that is working half way through, in a more direct way, feel like killing your own baby. could you imagine that?

after quite a number of phone calls, uncountable tears, some discussion, some prayers and at last we're still having the dinner catering. a zillion thanks to Alicia and her parents, we appreciate it a lot. we have great food and more than enough.

after dinner we introduce ourselve to others and had some fun. behind every game we played, there's a valuable thing I want them to learn about. while them playing I also want them to learn about unity and how important a team is.

Together
Everyone
Achieve
More

yeah, thanks to everyone who came and support, that mean a lot to me. and the game we played I do hope you guys have fun and learn something that you'll use it for your lifetime.

add on: that night right after all our programs, there was a torrential down pour. Praise the Lord! everything went smooth...

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