A Night That Has Left a Mark In Our Lives

The day drew closer than I thought...March 29,2008 that is...The much long-awaited Grad Ball of SSHS Batch 07'-08'....(well,for some it is...hehe..:P) Another part of our highschool life and probably one of it's lasts.But definitely one of the most memorable and spectacular.Not only in our highschool life but also in our life as a whole.For you guys....Here goes my entry!:P

The Whole Table of Friends

I wasn't able to schedule any appointment for that.Haha...Goodness gracious...It's really good that I needed to get my do done earlier since they are already full with appointments by the afternoon!After getting it done,we(with my mom and sis) walked in Shakey's to grab some lunch and headed over St.Stephen's Parish for a before-performance rehearsal.By 2:00 we already left for Liberty Hall for my performance.After rendering the song,I left right away to go and get ready for the grad ball.My friend arrived just in time to fetch me.We then dropped by at his house in Dynasty Towers to get changed and eventually, set-off for the hotel.We were already in Makati around 5:20.It was extremely early and I didn't expect that we'd be so!Since Ongpin area had terrible traffic that day!Me and my friends heard about last year's "early-bird" award and we wouldn't want to be awarded "that" this year sincAt first,I wasn't really planning to attend our Senior's Night.Well,there are probably countless reasons why I didn't want to.But here are just some of the few...First and formost....The price of the ticket was quite expensive and quite unreasonable.(I asked some of my friends from other schools and it turns out that theirs was cheaper.) Secondly,being a female....EXACTLY...Countless expenses...Dress,shoes,bag,accessories,hair and make-up....(Hay...hirap mging gurl...)Less expenditures are required if you were a male.Aside from that,it also came to my mind that for a one-night-only-event,you really need to spend a lot of money!Definitely not my kind of persona...That's why my mentality was different...When it comes to those kinds of things...I'm definitely out....etcetera......And despite all these "anti-prom" reasons that I had in mind,I still ended up going in the end!It was definitely a last minute resort! (upto now I still can't believe that I my friends succeeded in pushing me regarding this matter---you know who you are....haha...:P) Well....Anyways...:P Started the day by waking up early,getting my things ready,the works....I had to go to school that day by 1:30 p.m. to meet up with Achie Pat and Pan Zhu Ren since I will be representing the school and had to perform in Liberty Hall for their ("Tsing Dian Tsiat") gathering.So I left the house at 9:00 am and got to Masangkay by 10:00 and had to crash the nearby salons to get my hair and make-up done!Sincee all those to be awarded are required to dance...Just to escape that,we ended up making circles around Makati and even dropped by Starbucks Coffee just to get our caffeine-fix since we're all feeling sleepy!Haha...Loooong story...:P We got to the hotel at exactly 6:20 just in time...It turned out na wala nman kwenta since the program also started late!Upon our arrival,there were already people around walking in the hotel lobby...Exploring and waiting for others to come.Our faces that day showed the glow of excitement even upon arrival.Clearly we were all very happy seeing each other all glammed-up for the night.Nagpipic sessions lahat ng tao pgdating plng sa lobby ng hotel.And then grabeh...We only later found out na sponsored by Candy Mag ang prom and they had a photo booth setted up.Asyd from Candy Mag tlgang nghire pa cla ng proffessional photog for the event...Shucks...The night was full of different faces and mixed emotions...Haha...So time came na mguumpisa na yng program and before we went in,we registered and even got a lot of freebies.So upon entering na talaga,they even had a sort of a"red carpet runway" setted up.We were all required to go in one by one ata or pwede by twos and had our pics taken tlga!Since our theme was "Old Hollywood". Ako I hate photog sessions...di me marunong mgpose and all that...haha...nkakailang rn kasi eh...Upto a point na I almost cried nung solo-solo for the studio picz....Pano b nman...Kung anu anong pnagawa skng pose at kng anu anu rn pinatatanggal haha!:P and then the whole room was really full of people...each of them anxiously waiting for their turn...Our food...Isn't as we expected it to be.The only buffet part was the dessert course of the meal.The rest were served.We were all starving at that point of time...To our dismay...the food seemed have to have veggies all the time...There's the aftertaste from the soup...and also each meal served turned out to be involved with veggies...Even the smell...Well...atleast we finally got the hang of that.There was hardly any food.The dessert part was the best na ata sa meals nmin.Moving on...We also had games...Such as modified bring me and musical chairs type of game with a twist...After all these things...Finally,the slowdance time came...Probably one of the most na iniiwasan ko sa prom...I even promised myself not to dance...Turns out in the end I broke my own promise!Haha...The dance was really unexpected.From the person who'll be asking you...To the people or partners that you don't expect to see together...To most of us,it was definitely a dream come true...:P (No elaboration needed...you know what I meant..:P)
Votation for the Mr. and Ms. titles and tally of scores followed.Denise even turned out to be Ms.Metamorphosis!!!In which I'm so proud of!Haha...(Love Yah Den!!!:P) They were awarded sashes amd trophies.Tiara and flowers for the Prom Queen.
Since the program ended pretty late,we weren't able to set off to Martini's anymore as we early planned to do so...We left at exactly 12:20.Since some of my friends have curfews to catch.Yup!"Cinderellas" in the car so we had to leave much much earlier than the others.They didn't reach their house at their curfew time though hehe...I was home by 1:00 am and finally ended the day with a night's sleep @ 2:00...(thought that's considered to be morning na haha!:P)That night,though I was filled with mixed emotions,I didn't regret attending such an event as I always expected, and even enjoyed every bit of the night.It's a wonderful and happy memory that I'll certainly not forget even through the years to come.

On the way home...With Erica and Denise