yo pple... (this is really long but i hope you take some time to read carefully.. ty)
after two long days of thinking things thru, we(BTS) have come to a conclusion.
we are going to hold the prom at the SAME PLACE and on the SAME DATE and SAME TIME.
BUT without teachers and principals.
and this is going to be a PRIVATE PARTY.
things will do carried on from where we paused to make this decision.
we had a meeting with the VP last thursday,
to try to get the school's approval and support.
it was a relaxing one and we enjoyed the meeting in his presence.
however, both parties had some issues we had to iron out.
the first was the school's support.
i can't make things too clear to prevent the damage to any party.
but generally, we dun have the school's support in this matter.
then a compromise was intiated, to hold the Prom in school and we MIGHT receive the sch's contributions.
contribution like financal assitance, roping external organizatios to teach us how to do ballroom dancing and decorate the multiple-purpose hall.
the second was to provide a chance for all the pupils, interested but missed the chance or can't afford to go to the prom.
that is theorically right for a 'school event'.
but it's really difficult to find somewhere that's good and nice for the prom now.
plus we have already confirmed with the hotel and we really dun want to dissapoint the nice catering manger.
these was the two main issues involved with other factors implicated.
today we are supposed to announce our decision during the graduation ceremony but i think there isn't a suitable time slot.
now that we have declared our decision for a private event
let the explaining begin.
the decision to plan the prom was definitely an impromtu one.
we only started after the prelims. which means that we dont have much time.
during this short period of time, we advanced rapidly with much efforts of the BTS and the sweat plus saliva of our trusted class-coordinators who haven failed the task we requested them to help in.
we can't afford to start all over again for the remaining pple who have not confirmed earlier
initially EVERYONE had equal chances to get involved in this event.
rmb the survey?
you guys said you dint want to have the prom in the school hall.
we still have to study and sit for our o levels just like all of you.
and we can't afford to make a whole group of pple with hopes disappointed.
we cannot pump in a whole new supply of efforts to start all over again.
sry for any inconvinence caused..
we had tore up the teachers invitation list and made more space for students.
the actual list will be updated tmr afternoon to see any vancant seats avaliable.
but the limit remaines. MAXIMUM: 110PERSONS.
some have backed out because of some factors and some are getting more attracted by this idea.
if you wanna come for prom and dun have a seat, add ong lai(
onglai1990@hotmail) on msn.
or you want to back out like some, let him know as well.
more seats are subjected to avalibility.
no promise made.
from today onwards, we will pick up from where we paused.
since we missed today's chance to collect the money, we will do it
ASAP, probably on the day of the English o level.
because this is one of the rare chances we will gather as a cohort again.
we still cannot confirm the price yet. sorry for the delay again.
because now that we do no have the school's support, we'll need to sort out the accounts again.
ps: mr lim our VP is a really good person who understands how teenagers feels and knows what we want or hope to acheive and is sensitive to our needs.
thank you, mr lim.
we tried but there's just too little time.
