Saturday, February 12, 2005
...a NiGhT tO rEmEmBeR...
Last night was the BEST prom ever, believe me!
A lot of things unexpectedly happened....
1. I won PROM QUEEN!
2. Daryl and I won BEST DANCING COUPLE!
3. Val won Ms. Senior
4. My bets for Prom King (Alvin and Alkaide) didn't make it. (Awww!)
5. Koko who wasn't able to ask me to dance last year was my FIRST DANCE!
Okay. Too much happened. I went inside the venue together with the rest of the barkada excluding Joanna and Judith because they still weren't there. Most of us were dateless, FYI. I don't know if I got it right, but Jessie told me that Alvin gave Val, his date, fifty roses. Not sure if it was true though. NOT THAT I CARE. ;)
Anyways, after dinner, it was the Grand Entrance. My sandal straps were like, falling off! But that was okay, I enjoyed seeing everyone else in their cute gowns. :)
After the Rigodon, it was dance time. Sure, being dateless had its perks. But honey, being dateless means you really have to WAIT for someone to ask you to dance. Koko was my first dance but the music wasn't really romantic. It was groovy. My first real slowdance was Alvin. Hah, yeah. Alvin. Actually we started off with groovy music too but the music suddenly shifted to VALENTINE, the very song we danced to last year.
Then came the selection of Top Ten finalists. Fortunately, I didn't try too hard unlike what I did last year. LOL. I know. I just POSED. Haha. Elegantly. Yes, more lady-like. :P
I kept waiting for Bugs to pick me up and ask me. But he never came. I changed partners several times but he never exchanged with them. So I sat down. And waited.
A few minutes later, Andrew called me from behind. I was like, "Yeeeesss??" and there was Daryl approaching me as he reached out for my hand. He was my last dance BTW. ;)
And then came the awarding of major and special awards. Juniors Dennis Caliwag won Stag of the Night, Aicha Cacho won Cinderella of the Night, Best Dressed were Adam and Tanya, my batchmates. But I could NOT believe my ears when the emcee called on Daryl Aldana and Chesca Sumilang as Best Dancing Couple. I was like, "Whaaaaaattt?!?". And we were both laughing it off. Worse, my mom awarded us. LOL.
Then it was the awarding of Mr. and Ms. Junior. Levi Dy and Monica Pastoral won. But what really surprised me was the announcement of Koko and Val as Mr. and Ms. Senior. They both really deserved the award. Jayson Yu, a junior, was Prom King.
I didn't really expect to win PROM QUEEN since I thought the awards were just distributed so that the finalists would feel like winners even without the main titles. I was just surprised when they announced that the Prom Queen was #15 from the Seniors.
After that, our barkada had this little disagreement. And GREAT. We weren't able to have our barkada pic because of that. :( While waiting for their decision, I was with Alvin and Daryl near the bridge. Actually, Alv was on the phone while Daryl and I still wondered who chose the both of us for the award. LOL.
After I finally had my solo pic taken, my mom and I went to Kicaco for a dose of caffeine. While we were talking, a group of guys from the other table popped my mom a question and the next thing you know, they were introducing themselves to her.
GUY: By the way, I'm ______.
MOM: Dr. Sumilang. And this pala is my daughter Chesca.
GUY: (looks shocked) Oh, I thought you were sisters!
So great. My mom's flattered again. You know, that wasn't the first time it happened.
*Prepping up
*Waiting in Vain. Maricris and I killing boredom through camwhoring. LOL.
*Fly Away? Joanna having her hair done. THE HARD WAY.
*Tha Gown. This was how my gown looked like. :)
*Final Touches. Mar getting polished for the prom.
*Prom Proper
*SLGP By Pairs. Sette and Pao. Jill and Les. Cony and Pam. Yani and Alkaide. Chesca and Joe. Jo and Judith.
*Bright Lights. SLGP in one big happy table. ;)
*Freaky Friday. This was during the Rigodon. If you look closely, all our eyes are glowing. Waaaay freaky. Daryl's my Rigodon partner too, BTW.
*Femme Fatale. Sneaking some camwhore moments. ;)
*Afterparty.
*We Like.
*Addict. She just loves coffee too much.
*White Lady. We just had to use the cam's flash coz it was too dark.
*Clickeroo. She just loves her cam, doesn't she? ;)
*Clothing Code. Another shot of the simple dress I wore to the prom. :)
*GOTH. Can you feel the gothic undertone?
I'm CRAZY FOR this prom. :)
