2007 Reflections?

Nah... not going to do reflections... I think people should've read enough of those in other blogs...... So~ Today's topic is about 尴尬 vs 给面子.

Weird topic? I beg to differ lah... when was the last time you were invited (or received an sms from a friend) to attend an event...and there was an "air of awkwardness" when you arrived? Could be that you didn't know 99.9% of the people there (except the one that invited you)? Perhaps the event wasn't your cup of tea?

Received an sms from my friend, but it turned out to be his gf who was doing the messaging. It was an invitation to attend her 21st birthday. My first reaction was: "Eh? I'm actually invited?"

(Sidenote: My friend's gf is very quiet when she goes out with us, the "Marist" people. So we don't actually know her that well...... Maybe it's because we're too chinked out? hahaha......)

So, I did what most people would do in this situation. Wonder if the others received the invitation as well, and most importantly, if they would be attending the event. I asked around and managed to get a few "see first" or "haven reply yet" haha...... and then I decided to wait for a day before replying.

Later that night, before our regular DoTA session, I was chatting to "that friend" (let's call him C for convienience sake) over MSN. He was lamenting how no one had yet to reply to the original message that was sent. C said he was frustrated over how long people were taking to reply, to which I replied that it could be that they were still trying to see if the birthday party would fit into their daily schedule.

I guess it wouldn't be too nice to confirm immediately, and then not go at the last minute right?

C said that he would be more than happy to receive a "ok, but I'll re-confirm with you later" as a reply. A long debate over what constitutes "pang sey" (放飞机) continued...... but in the end we both realised why the replies were taking so long to come in......

"Eh? I'm actually invited?"

Although we weren't close with C's gf, but after receiving the sms, I guess we all had an "obligation" to attend the event, in order to 给面子 to C. However, we were also wondering WHO ELSE was attending the party as well... quite sian right if you realised that you were the only one going?

That could happen to me wahaha... Off to check who else is going...