Priorities.

"Get your priorities straight" is something we hear often. At least I always say it.

Recently I got involved in a carnival project where I and a few classmates had to discuss about a game stall for the carnival (held by my school)... everyone was enthusiastic at the beginning, but then when it came to the meeting, a few actually turned down on the rest of the team.

We got an afternoon off today and for some reason some people had someone else that seemed more important than a school event to attend.

Is that so?

One thing I know for sure, the whole morning was swimming gala and, as a finalist, I had to wake up at 5.30am just to go to the swimming pool for a warm-up. All I looked forward to was the afternoon where we can have this first meeting. It was called off because too many people were engaged with something else.

Someone even said they "suddenly" got notified of a tutorial class and wasn't able to attend the meeting. The first thing that came into my head was - why can't you call off that tutorial, instead of this meeting? It seemed completely ridiculous to me.

And the deadline for the proposal is 30th this month. I wonder if we can actually complete the proposal within these two weeks, given I am not available this whole week due to other things.

Of course, one would question why I can't turn down these "things" too. The answer is simple - because I was notified earlier than the meeting and it is an art exhibition so I cannot turn it down. I don't think tutorial or similar is as important as an exhibition, especially being someone who would be helping to decorate the exhibition venue. If I turned them down they'd be really pissed off at me - their "reservation" was 2 months ago so I cannot say no the last second.

So I have no idea how the first meeting would actually begin. Bleh.