KUMAJET Auction

Every once in a while, us ALT’s get together and do something for a good cause. Tonight KUMAJET organized a Valentine’s Day auction to raise money for charities in India. They did it last year and it was quite good so a group of us decided to go again. This year they rounded up 12 ALT’s willing to auction themselves off for a good cause and once you get everyone else in the room to pay a tenner for a two-hour all-you-can-drink party, you are guaranteed a great night.

I can’t see the point of coming to something like this if you’re not going to take part or if you’re going to offer pitiful amounts of money. Thankfully most of the ALT crowd are a good bunch and I enjoy being one of the loudest at events like this. Even though you’re bidding against people you often end up sharing the cost anyway so that you get to look good shouting “I’ll pay 100 dollars” without having to actually pay the entire 100 dollars.

I went all out this year and ended up being the highest bidder for

Kitty – total price 6000yen – I paid 3000
Tommy – total price 10,000yen – I paid 2000
Luke & Jon – total price 20000yen – I paid 5000

At the end of the night everyone was very merry and an amazing 1200 dollars had been raised for charity. Maybe I should put myself up for sale next year…….