Now, I'm in the mood to write about the prom. I really don't want to edit my previous post so I'll just make a new one. Grabe. After weeks and weeks of preparations after missing classes for a week, after spending thousands and after a lot of pressure, excitement and disappointment, the JS Prom has come and gone. So? My previous post was not about the promenade although it was entitled that. It was just about how I felt that night, a few hours after the prom. It was not really how I felt about the prom. So let me make it up to you and I'll tell you the real deal about this year's JS Prom.
Let's start with the preparations. It has been a month ago since the presidents and VPs of each section had meetings about the prom. We were just on the planning stage and everything was still a blur. After some time the parents had arguments as to the prom planning. It was a bad example for the students since our own parents were fighting about our prom which shouldn't be the case since the students are supposed to be the ones who are planning and the parents are only our guides. Anyway one major issue before was the buffet style or the set plate style of dining. That became a major issue and almost all were for the buffet style though many parents wanted the set plate dining. During the prom night, I realized that parents are always right. It would've been better if we had the set plate type of dining.
A big part of the program is the cotillion or recently called the rigodon de honor. At first, the presidents and VPs were the once who will be dancing until the teachers who are in charge announced that they'll be the ones to choose. It was a big thing for me since I really wanted to dance and I really love dancing. In the end after much anticipation and after much disappointment and insanity I was a part of the dance. Practices were torture at first since my blood always boil during practice but in the end it brought out something good.
The essentials of a girl during the prom night are her dress, bag, shoes, hair and make-up. My dress was a bit of a disappointment at first but it turned out fine. My bag was bought the last minute, a few hours before the prom. My shoes were really great though expensive and they didn't last long. After the first two dances they were ruined. My hair and make-up came as a shock since I was late in arriving at the salon. (David's Salon Vito Cruz Branch) The hair was fine and the make-up was light so I was happy about it.
My day started fine, I woke up at 10:30 though my original plan was 8-8 but since we went to the mall the previous night and I waited outside our house for 30 minutes because my sister fell asleep. I had a pretty bad morning because there was a problem as to where I'll dress up, what salon I'll be going to, what time will I go to the salon, what time will I be arriving and as to who will take me to the hotel. I was really in a bad mood but after going online for a couple of hours my mind was set. I was in a fine mood until I arrived at the shop. My mother dampened my mood because while I was being fixed she was scolding me for not going there earlier. I couldn't help myself but tell her to shut up because even if she talks a hundred miles per hour she can't rewind the time. Anyway we arrived at the hotel with me dressed up in well jeans and shirt. We rushed to the ladies' room and that's where I dressed up. My mood was getting worse until I finished dressing up and left my aunt and mom there. I'm such a bad person I know but then after I saw my friends I was good again and excited.
The prom starts. Registration then I had a few pictures taken with Abychu then entrance with Maritoni then we had a bit of difficulty finding our table. People were having their pictures taken so we joined in and then after that we sat down since they were mentioning our table over the microphone. We settled down and the program started. Dinner came and went. I wasn't able to finish my food. I wasn't able to eat dessert but I was full. Anyhow the AVP (audio visual presentation) started and the cotillion dancers were asked to line up. The dance started off well and I was thinking of Abychu and Baby M the whole time because of my senior partner. Anyway after the dance was the time to party.
The party started with My Humps so everyone was dancing and grooving. After 2 songs they asked everyone to sit down first. That's when I realized that the rings on my left shoe were gone. I was a bit down since I liked my shoes but hey, that's life. Anyway after much argument everyone was back on the dance floor. The Mendel gurls got wild. Haha. Not really but then we didn't rest for any song. The fast songs were a chance for us to party. When we were already tired we removed our shoes and danced the night away. Suddenly the first slow song kicked in. My partner was missing. Not my date or dance partner cause I didn't have a date but I already talked to someone and we agreed that we'll be each other's first dance. So I waited for him. He arrived in the middle of the second song and so we danced. After that Nikko asked me to dance and then Mike. It was a group of slow songs then a group of fast songs. So after those slow songs we danced the night away again and then after that, slow songs once more. I was able to dance with all the Mendel boys, then 3 boys from Badillo, 1 guy from Urey and then 1 from Ptol, 1 from Burbank and 1 from Hertz. So all in all there were 25 of them. I was glad and I danced with some of them twice. I was just a bit devastated cause I missed the last dance. I was just at our table because well, you don't have to know the reason. Then we had some mor pictures taken and then we set off for Alyssa's house for the post prom party.
There were only 6 of us, Angelie, Cristina, Alyssa, Gaux, Maritoni and I. Upon arriving at the Arciaga residence we partied by singing using the Magic Sing Videoke microphone. We took turns going online and then I suddenly slept. I was only resting waiting for Gaux to dress up when I fell asleep with my gown, make-up, hair and all. After that I dressed up, washed my hair and we all fell asleep at about 4:30 am. We woke up at about 10:30. After that everyone was to timid to take a bath but since they were going skating everyone rushed and after about an hour we were ready to go. Gaux and I watched Pink Panther and it was really funny. I was able to go home at about 6 pm.
So, all in all prom night is a happy, exciting, exhilirating experience. For others it was quite depressing and disappointing but for me, it's a mixture of both. You can't have everything you want so there is no perfect prom night there can only be a great one or a bad one. As for me, it was a great night. It's a night worth of all the time and effort everyone placed into it. All in all, it was a nigh for friends and lovers. It was a night to socialize, dress up and it was an excuse for everyone to party. I can't wait for next year's prom but now, I'll have to go back to reality first and face all the work that got piled up. Now, I have to face all my problems first. Now, there's nothing infront of me but the real deal.
[p.s. I'll be posting a pic here of the gorgeous girls]
