"Whooooossssaaaaa".....if you have seen the movie Bad Boys 2 (with Martin Lawrence and Will Smith), then you'd know what this means. "Goosefraba"...... and, if you have seen the movie Anger Management (with Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler) you'll definitely know that I was a little pissed off today.
Why? Because of this dang Christmas party presentation of our department. This is the last Christmas party for our site before we are shut down and all the departments are required to have a presentation. We were given different themes to choose from and it was decided (via votation) that we'll do a TV series (btw, i voted for a fairy tale theme... just to set the records straight). At first, a Glee-like theme was what they wanted to do but we later on realized that there won't really be an impact to the audience if we do that since not all of them know this show. After series of deliberation, we all decided to use Ilumina as the theme given the grandeur of the costume and because people will recognize the show since it's being aired on a local tv station.
We are now on the last 2 weeks of the preparation before the party and the costumes are not done (not even started!). The dance steps are not even finished because not all of the dancers can attend the practice time given the conflict with meetings and other work-related activities (and that is another issue!). There had been a lot of discussions about the costumes and when we finally agreed, there's now the issue of the cost. I negotiated on getting a big discount without sacrificing the quality and beauty and ended up with Php1k cost per dress (originally at PhP1.5k). There will be 18 gals dancing and will be dressing up. Doing the math, that will be PhP18k plus the boys' robes of PhP1.5k. So the total cost for outfit alone is PhP19.5k. But this will be divided to 39 people, making it PhP500 each. We are still waiting for some pledges from the managers, so I'm hoping the 500 each will get lower.
Today I sent out the mail about the cost... and as expected there were reactions. Yes, the total cost is higher than the grand prize of 10k. Some think that it's not practical to spend higher than what we can possibly get in return. I understand and actually thought about that already when I got the initial cost, so I came up with a backup plan on how to lower it in case people will not agree to the amount. What upset me was that people just kept complaining without giving any suggestions! What cost did they expect with 24 people dancing in costumes? Even if the dress' cost was cut in half (500pesos), the total amount will still be higher than the prize!! And there's still no assurance that we will win!! I gave them another option which will lower the cost by PhP164 each and we voted on it. The original plan still won... I guess most realized PhP164 difference is not that big a deal...
*sigh* Now I'm thinking why did I even bother with this crap?! Why did I even bother to care?! I could've just shut my mouth up and let them do all the thinking of ideas and consolidating... *sigh*
Key learning 1 -- if you don't like how things are done, then do it yourself!
Key learning 2 -- if you're going to complain, make sure you come up with a suggestion to make things better!
I guess I'll just watch this and make myself laugh
2 comments:
hey CT! stick with the "woosaa!" for the sake of world peace hehehehe! anyways, did you just say that "ilumina" won? yihaa!!!:)
yeah, we'll proceed with the original plan... all the female dancers will wear the Ilumina dress... *sigh*
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