::Event Organizer::
Hello peeps! It's now time for Anuar's monthly blog update! Now, having said that, do observe the phrase "monthly update", which kind of suggests that this blog will only be updated once a month, and anything more will be a bonus (you know what they always say..too much of a good thing is a bad thing? have to agree on that). So yeah,enjoy this post while it lasts...Haha...
This week hasn't been that good for me as far as organizing events are concerned. Ok as you all know I have my own football team where I'm the manager/captain/organizer/money collecter/kit supplier/ball picker/etc,etc ( not that I'm complaining though )and which a few from the gang are heavily involved in, like Dayat,our asst manager,vice-captain,deputy organizer - in short,assisstant to everything I do; Arip, the team clown and also our top scorer with 13 goals; Alhafiz,our midfield general and goal creator; and,well, Nashriq, who turns up for 1 in every 3 matches he promised he will play in (which is an improvement from 1 in 4 two years ago).
Due to a number of factors such as the rainy weather and a lack of playing fields, the team has suffered from some inactivity the past 3 weeks or so. The one who usually organizes matches for the team (who,by the way,haven't lost in 13 games) is a certain Mr M, a certified referee and of Indian descent (I don't know why but I'm compelled to state his race here). So when he texted me on Monday night at exactly 11.33pm to inform me that he has a slot available for the team to play on Sunday at 5pm I was delighted and told him that I will ask my teammates first and will get back to him the next day. However, I was working the pm shift on Sunday,meaning that the team will have to play without their star player *coughs,coughs*. But so determined was I to play in order to maintain our unbeaten streak (which I know would surely end if I don't play) that I was texting everyone I know at work whether they were willing to swap their am shift with me even though I prefer working pm because I have difficulty waking up in the morning. Imagine my elation when a kind soul agreed to the swap! So I proceeded to notify our superiors and fill up the necessary "exchange duty" forms, and marvelled once again at the maverick smiling back at me from the mirror.
Once I had secured my 11 players on Tuesday at 4.15pm,some 16 hours after Mr M's msg,I immediately text Mr M that my team can play. His reply to me was short and sweet,but left me completely speechless: "sorry bro...taken by some one". WTF? I asked him about the availability of other playing fields and his answer,again,was non-committal: "most of them either taken or closed for repair". Which meant that all that trouble I had gone through was rendered utterly worhless by a 5-worded text message.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, my plans for "Football Frenzy" night was cancelled due to poor response which in turn, came about because of time constraints and budgeting issues. I had expected about 12 of us to go, and so I had invited some friends from work to join us to spread out the cost and they were really looking forward to playing at the CAGE.It seems now I have to tell them that its not happening.
And the holiday I had been planning in Dec with Nozie,Aiz and Sri (which apparently,some of you had gone for - whatever happened to "Oh yes, we should ALL go for a holiday TOGETHER?) looks to be hanging in the balance due to our conflicting schedules. Haiz... isn't it frustrating to plan something only to see it fall off at the end?
I wondered,once again,at the loser frowning back upon me from the mirror.
This week hasn't been that good for me as far as organizing events are concerned. Ok as you all know I have my own football team where I'm the manager/captain/organizer/money collecter/kit supplier/ball picker/etc,etc ( not that I'm complaining though )and which a few from the gang are heavily involved in, like Dayat,our asst manager,vice-captain,deputy organizer - in short,assisstant to everything I do; Arip, the team clown and also our top scorer with 13 goals; Alhafiz,our midfield general and goal creator; and,well, Nashriq, who turns up for 1 in every 3 matches he promised he will play in (which is an improvement from 1 in 4 two years ago).
Due to a number of factors such as the rainy weather and a lack of playing fields, the team has suffered from some inactivity the past 3 weeks or so. The one who usually organizes matches for the team (who,by the way,haven't lost in 13 games) is a certain Mr M, a certified referee and of Indian descent (I don't know why but I'm compelled to state his race here). So when he texted me on Monday night at exactly 11.33pm to inform me that he has a slot available for the team to play on Sunday at 5pm I was delighted and told him that I will ask my teammates first and will get back to him the next day. However, I was working the pm shift on Sunday,meaning that the team will have to play without their star player *coughs,coughs*. But so determined was I to play in order to maintain our unbeaten streak (which I know would surely end if I don't play) that I was texting everyone I know at work whether they were willing to swap their am shift with me even though I prefer working pm because I have difficulty waking up in the morning. Imagine my elation when a kind soul agreed to the swap! So I proceeded to notify our superiors and fill up the necessary "exchange duty" forms, and marvelled once again at the maverick smiling back at me from the mirror.
Once I had secured my 11 players on Tuesday at 4.15pm,some 16 hours after Mr M's msg,I immediately text Mr M that my team can play. His reply to me was short and sweet,but left me completely speechless: "sorry bro...taken by some one". WTF? I asked him about the availability of other playing fields and his answer,again,was non-committal: "most of them either taken or closed for repair". Which meant that all that trouble I had gone through was rendered utterly worhless by a 5-worded text message.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, my plans for "Football Frenzy" night was cancelled due to poor response which in turn, came about because of time constraints and budgeting issues. I had expected about 12 of us to go, and so I had invited some friends from work to join us to spread out the cost and they were really looking forward to playing at the CAGE.It seems now I have to tell them that its not happening.
And the holiday I had been planning in Dec with Nozie,Aiz and Sri (which apparently,some of you had gone for - whatever happened to "Oh yes, we should ALL go for a holiday TOGETHER?) looks to be hanging in the balance due to our conflicting schedules. Haiz... isn't it frustrating to plan something only to see it fall off at the end?
I wondered,once again,at the loser frowning back upon me from the mirror.
posted by Anuar @ 2:30 PM
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