Organizing day outs = early gray hairs

During the span of the holidays i have come to learn one thing... organizing "get-togethers" are really hard to do.

STEP 1: get people
I don't know about anyone else but I have been brought up with the idea that "get-together" actually involve people attending.
Throughout this week alone i have been invited to 4 unsuccessful outings. When i say unsuccessful i mean that they were compiled of either under 5 people or that only 20% of the invited people attended. (plus also the fact that i didn't go to any of the unsuccessful outings aided to it's unsuccessfullness)

STEP 2: picking a date
Picking a day to hangout with friends can make or break an outing. I found out that some people
actually have a LIFE...
Like on one invite (that i actually accepted and went to for that matter) we had all decided to go on the 15th. Because Smokey wasn't free on some other days, i was going to be out of town for the first week of holidays, and Theo pointed out that, at towers, movie tickets are cheaper on Tuesdays (and to think only Asians were cheap - no offence intended)

STEP 3: picking a venue
Going to place that is both easily accessible and close to everybody makes life a whole lot easier for everyone.
Damn going to a selective school and not having the convenience of having everyone live near you. Deciding to go to a place that is very difficult to get to is one of the main reasons people don't have outings more often. The majority of my friends rely on public transport, so if it isn't accessible by bus or train, it is a no-no.

STEP 4: decide what to do
Having things to do majorly help when it comes to hanging out with a group of friends.
One of the outings that I didn't go to actually didn't end up happening because a) hardly anybody wanted to go and b) hardly anybody want to go was because the only thing that we were supposed to be doing was maybe watch a movie, lunch, and shop for a couple of hours - no offence Boston but you're a guy, you are not supposed to like shopping for hours on end. (also the fact that many of the people invited are povo or just cheap Asians may have been a turn off)

Get-togethers are way to difficult to organise and to organize it well. When in the off chance that they are organized well they are really fun. Just because organizing an outing is a hassle that doesn't mean it should be done. So if you are ever organizing a get-together just the remember the information above...

from a deranged lunatic... i bid you farewell