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Sunday, August 14, 2005
so on friday, i gave away 88 dollars.
deceptively little money, but if you include the hidden costs of glam and after-activities, 88 is just a fraction of it. so why then, am i going for something which
bao en, and to a lesser extent
tim ng, have slammed to no end - especially the former? in fact, i was originally one of the proponents for skipping prom. i didn't see the point, i hated school anyway. (well
hate is a strong word.
indifferent might be a better alternative.) the quicker i got away from it, the better. it's amazing that i suddenly changed my mind.
since my econs is in a deplorable state at the moment, i can't offer up any impressive arguments about utility or whatnot. and even if i get A* grades for econs for that matter, i wouldn't bore you out with jargon that the more sensible populace in rj decided not to even try tackling.
mel said that she's only going because she happened to have a dress that she might as well use. just shows you how much we all feel about this. it is quite ridiculous to pay almost a hundred dollars for the opportunity to use some articles of clothing or to look glam and take a few photos.
i accept most of the points put forward, so i'm pretty surprised at myself. it's just that i realised that
someone is going (ok i didn't even know then when i agreed to join the table, i was just going on a hunch), and the possibility of having a photo taken together is rather alluring. there's nothing logical about that, it's a purely emotional reason and if said person wasn't going, i probably wouldn't be giving a shit about prom (ok besides the fact that most of my close friends will be there too, which is another counterpoint that firms up baoen's case since hers would be mostly with her somewhere else).
but oh. consumers are assumed to be rational decision makers, so i guess economic theory doesn't even apply to me. thank god i didn't make a fool of myself attempting to use it.
mike just took up your time at
6:19 pm
th time!