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From The Loan shark of the Band:Hey guys, i've been wondering for quite some time. You know there are sometimes when i would just speak to the band regarding the spending of the band fund? Yea...i think that , alone, is not enough cos there 'll still be people who'll just forget and the next month....the whining starts ALL OVER again. Well, i cant blame you all, i will not. I mean, if i'm one of you all, and throughout the whole month , you can(a) see Angeline walking around collecting money from people. OR ,(b) have diff people collecting money for band camp/band chalet/band fund. All in all, they are still collecting money from me right?? Lets address symptom (a): You know, every begining of the month, it's band fund collection period? Yea, so the first week of the month, i'll go round reminding section leaders to collect money. In the 2nd week, 45% of the band still haven paid up. i go round reminding and pestering. Soon,the 3rd week is here! by then 90% of the band paid up , left those hard core ( like "blue's friend" and "orange____") who conviently forget to bring and they enjoy torturing me, forcing me to chase them all over the place and tag their sleeves until it becomes long sleeved shirts and they just LOVE to hear me pester and nag and nag and nag...... Finally, last week of the month 100% paid up and a few days later.......IT'S THE BEGINING OF THE MONTH AGAIN~!!! WOW~!!! so the cycle carries on and on and on and on and on..... Now you know why i seemed to be asking for money every time you see me right? Yea, that's why.....so the moral of story (a) is......PAY UP YOUR BAND FUND AT THE 1ST WEEK OF THE MONTH AND YOU'LL NOT HEAR ME ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THE REMAINING 3 WEEKS~!!!! Okay, lets move on to symptom (b): Especially during the months where there are many events. For instances, November. Chalet, band camp, tune in.....blah blah . you know, everytime you go out with your friends, you'll spend more then you stayed at home? yea, same logic. The more events, the more$ needed. Band camp and chalet, i'm not incharge, That's welfare. Band tune in, i'm in charge of the food. You know why ? Cos being in charge of the food, i'm able to have full control of the majority money spent on tune-in, in other words, i can budget well. In this case, we prepared food for 100 people. We spent approximately $120 on the food and cutlery (drinks sponsered by Mr david gloze) . In other words, each person will only need to pay $1.20 for the food. HEY, THAT'S A BARGAIN HOR, if you order catering, each person would need at least $5, which means....?$500 okay...We , the JURONG GIRLS GANG bought every thjing and cooked them, display them nicely on trays and slice them nicely......you know, carrying $100 of food is heavy? and ......STANDING IN THE KITCHEN FRYING NUGGETS AND WEDGES AND CURRY PUFFS IS NO JOKE!!! YOU'LL BE A LIVING OILYMAN AFTER 2 HOURS.....AND BAKING TILL MIDNIGHT IS NOT EXACTLY SIMPLE TOO....EVERYTHING SMELLS OF COOKIES EVEN AFTER 6 HOURS~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay, yar. Then as you all know , i'm very stingy with the band fund. Like during the open house, doing the posters. I insisted on using only 90 cents venguard sheets and not those hard hard plastic based black board. why?? okay, lets calculate...the nice glam black plastic board costs~~ $3 and the vanguard sheet $0.90. We used a total of more then 20 of them; lets make it 25. $3 - $0.90 times 25..... WE SAVED MORE THEN $52.50 !!!! AND THAT IS $1.12 EACH PERSON!!! So the moral of the story is, bit by bit save= a lot....(chinese proverb) . Okay, we'll practise transparency here. Hm.mm lets see....$3 per month band fund. Let me do a rough breakdown. Total band memebers: 47 Total band fund collected per month (full strength): $141. Stuff claimed from the band fund: Miscellious, = trash bags, batteries (very expensive okay, we spent $13++ on batt alone this month), stationary, air frenshener, loan to pay for scores ( thats a lot lar....) OK. SUMMARY: things not related to band music. EVERYTHING EXCEPT TUNNERS, STANDS, METRONOMES, INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR INGREDIANTS. Hm.mmmmm and you think $141 is enough for a active band of 47 for a month? Try going for shopping spree with $141 and survive for a month. Okay, those who think fast. till now, Question will be: Since you say we only have $141 a month, you spent $120++ on food for tune in....so you have no money now lar? Ans: Bingo!! yea...we busted the tiny cash box. Usually, when we are broke, we'll just ask for allowence in advance, but for the band....We'll wait for the begining of the month... Well, it is kinda different managing secondary sch band and a jc band. In the past if someone refuses to pay up, after the 3rd time, i'll just add interest. The record i have is $15 on top of the band fund. And, i'm able to have a minimum saving for the band of $300 in case of rainy days and camp month. So instead of collecting $15 at one go, they only have to pay like $5 for their band camp? Ya SAJCCB is dfferent. So many funny funny events. Band dinner lar, tune in lar, open house lar (sec sch open house is very very cheap) and parties.... as i said, each event needs money to operate. So in the end, i only can "yan zheng zzheng" just look at the cash in the box depletate as the days goes by. The funny thing about this band is, not a lot of thing is included in the sch band budget. You know, we paid the band dinner deco and stuff all by ourselves? All the events are not sponsered at all... And guess wad? Julius is considering to buy a vaccum cleaner and.....the school will not pay for it...Now, the analogy for this is: Imagine going out with your family and you have to pay for your own meals /bus fare/shopping.....Yea...that's the case Well, the events for december is kinda interesting, and not to mention, money consuming. Christmas is here, new year is here. There 'll be parties and fun laughter peace and joy. In the mist of that, a loan shark is calculating and try all ways and means to cut costs , she is a mean and stingy loanshark...muhahaha *evil laugh* Just bear that, this loan shark also have to pay what you all are paying. AND...WE NEED TO BUY A VACCUM CLEANER AT THE COSTS OF $80+++ In other words, Please prepare December / christmas band fund of $4.50. **Pls: And if you take taxi because you are late for band, no claims. Serve you right. And people like : Addison (owes band $4) , Julius (owes band $1.50) ....i want the cash asap or you 'll get it from me *evil grin* (hm.mmm how about whining?) Thank You for having the patience to read through this lengthy essay. Have a nice day, Scary & Horrible Loanshark : -+= A n G e L i N e =+- at 12:17 AM 0 comments 
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