PROM

Who would ever think that yung pinaka-aantay mong Prom night can turn into such a big night(mare)? I think mostly it is my fault, you'll know why mamaya, read on.

Yung tipong chamita talaga and you'll never ever forget? Yung Junior and Senior PROM na pinaka-aabangan mo, will turn into a nakakacrayolang disaster, and will haunt you forever? So if ever somewhere out there, if you're in High School and you ever happen to read this! Learn from this blog! Listen carefully! I don't want you to end up like this...

Feeling like this after the Prom.

Ako kasi iba talaga ang standards ko of the concept PROM. Since warla nga ako sa mga magazines like Candy Mag (Every Filipina Teen's bestfriend) before,

and since marami na din akong movies na napanood na PROM ang ganap,

WATCH!!!

Nag-iba na yung idea ko about that big night...

When PROM comes to mind 'eto ang sentiment ko. The Prom should be the most magical night. It should be the highlight of your High School Life. You are supposed to have so much fun with whoever your date is and it should literally be the most amazing thing ever. :)


My fantasy about prom includes the picking of the right outfit, 

Showing up in a perfect gown and make all evil sisters jealous.

But the ultimate goal was to WOW my crush! CHOS! :)

I'm all over the idea of finding the right dancing shoes... 

and accessories to go with my dress,

Exaggerated naman 'sa diamond 'to 'te!!!! Hahahaha!! Girls don't you dare copy this!

and its also about making the colors complement one another.

And before I forget, sa standards ko din, meron dapat corsage...

and for my date a boutonniere...

The corsage and boutonniere was provided by our school. It would have been sweeter if we purchased it ourselves...

and If you're a sweet guy, a bouquet of flowers would've lit up my face...

Kahit nga Santan lang nga sakin eh keri na eh!!! :))

Yung tipong susunduin ka ng date mo ng ganito...

and yung tipong isasayaw ka lang nya buong gabi at tatanungin sayo...

and just have fun with each other's company...

and maglolokohan lang kayo buong gabi...

Tapos bigla ka nalang tatawagin kasi Prom Queen ka pala, yung mga tipong ganon ang ganap!

(Oh nagmamaasim ako oh!! Oo na!!) eh ang ganda ko eh! Kung maka imagine naman noh? Parang ganda-ganda ko eh? Eh bakit ba blog ko 'to, walang basagan ng TRIP!!! CHOS!!!

And then just go to some place and party after the prom with my closest friends and dance like...

Okay so there you have it. Yan ang ultimate CONCEPT ko of PROM. So I gave you a brief idea on how I would like my perfect night to be.

In reality, If I remember correctly, weeks before the prom, I just love how almost all of my friends I'm going with to the prom have dates and I'm losing hope na may mag-ask pa sakin 'til the last week. Actually, wala talaga akong maalala na may nag tanong saakin, to go with them to the PROM. That just makes me so sad, na hindi pwedeng mafullfill ang aking fantasy about my perfect date and my perfect prom. Gusto ko pa naman sana ng ganitong effect:

Then a few days before the prom, I tried casually asking a few guys, but unfortunately they have dates already and I'm sort of disappointed in myself, na bakit ba kasi wala akong shala na ganders at ang super kirara ko noon at medyo makyonget nung High School. Kung super ganda ko lang siguro, baka may mag attempt na magtanong pa. 

Then sabi sa'kin nung isang friend ko na si Kamille, na yung supossedly partner nya, eh wala ng partner kasi, she's going to the prom with someone else, so she proposed sakin na baka pwede kami nalang dalawa mag-partner. ;)

I find the guy okay naman, I think I did have a little crush noon sa kanya, according to Andrei, eh marami naman kasi akong crush noon. Try crossing out some guys here... LMAO.

So the Prom's venue was at Ninoy Aquino Center in San Miguel, Tarlac City.

February 11 2006. This was 5 years ago.

We were all required to wear a gown with any shade of Blue/ Blue for Seniors and Pink for Juniors.

Me and my Blue gown and yellow clutch. My mom did my hair and make-up.

But it all boils down to who my date was to the prom.....WHO WAS MY DATE?

Any guess???

But you see, I didn't have the luxury of choosing my own date ('cus, my school pairs people up by height and the guy I wanted to ask already had a date).

My partner by height, Philip Richard Dizon

Actually, nandyan lang sa tabi-tabi yung Super Crush ko DATI. :))

Full view of my gown! :)) I love those shoes!! :)

Before the Prom, I didn't know if I should ask someone else, or just go alone and try to enjoy the night with some of my friends who also didn't have a date that time...

Maybe at one point I decided nalang to go to the Prom all by myself, but then again, I realized it was going to be a once in a lifetime event, and maybe my super ego, wanted to live the fantasy I had since I stepped in High School, and that was, to go to the Prom with a date.

I so can't remember how I ended up going with Gab, my Prom date.

Its either he asked me or I asked him.

Well I really can't remember. The thing is, I would be so embarrassed right now if ever I find out that I was the one who asked him. I don't really like girls asking guys to be their date for the freakin' PROM! For me its just so wrong in so many levels. The guy should be the one to ask, if not, just go solo.

If a girl asks you to prom, that's saying a lot. Because it's wrong yet she still asked.

According to Kam, we got paired naman daw. So I'm relieved naman kahit papano, na hindi naman ako yung nag ask. :))

Okay so here is the bottom line, this is more likely an advice to all the girls/guys out there who don’t have their prom date. I KNOW you have someone in mind to ask. The hottest person you know, your secret crush, your best friend, etc… 

For the guys JUST DO IT! I am not kidding, if you think that the person is going to say no, seriously, what is there to lose? Just act casually when you're asking your potential date to the prom. It's okay to be nervous, but don't eat your words or burst into a fit of giggles after popping the question. Don't wait till the last minute to ask her either.

Behind us was K . Isa na nga lang, hindi ko pa sya nakatapat sa heigt at naging partner. LOL (Me  Acting like I don't give a damn.)

For the girls, Don't go asking guys out to the prom!! It's them who should be asking you!! If no one asked.... then by all means, just go on a group date with some of your closest friends!!!

I'll teach you how to to choose the perfect date. Your long-time crush or your guy BFF? Just keep this in mind!! When choosing a date, consider how well you get along. Don't choose a guy just because of his looks. Make sure to go with someone you'll be comfortable with. Trust me, you'll end up having a lot more fun!

Don't ever manipulate him into asking you to the prom or manipulating him to buying you flowers or corsage. If you do that, it is going to haunt you forever. Whenever you remember going as low as manipulating him into doing anything, I promise you, you are not going to forgive yourself. Please save yourself from a lot of embarrassment.   

I think I did my best to be a good date, but I keep asking myself then, was that date maybe only for the sake of having a prom date? Sucky thing is that maybe he’s just being too nice to say no most likely. I can't freaking remember.

My prom date and I weren't really that close... so, you guessed right! Super Awkward namin!! Hahaha! And actually parang ngang walang meaning yung Prom Date-Prom Date ekek eh, kasi, mostly ang nakasayaw ko is si PR, dun sa cotillion.

Obvious bang hindi kami close? Nu ginagawa mo sa braso ko 'te :))))

He was the silent type, and I was the ate madeska type. Feeling ko nga ako nalang ang tumatalak all night. LOL. Everything was really awkward. I don't know why I’m this awkward, I think its by birth and not by choice. As much as I wanted na daldalin s'ya, parang feeling ko di naman nya ako masabayan.

We would be like...

Ummmm.. Nothing to talk about.

And I would be like this for an hour or so...

Then he'd be like....

Enough of the awkwardness na nga! Already had enough of that nung Prom!! Pero you know what, Gab and I now are friends naman eh. No awkwardness naman na I think. nakakachat ko pa nga minsan eh, tapos  magchichismisan lang kami. :) Don't get me wrong guys, if ngayon naman yung prom, and s'ya yung ka-prom date ko ngayon, I think madami na kami mapaguusapan. We're in the same course din kasi. Atsaka, nene pa kasi ako nun, I don't know how to act in such circumstance ;))

Back to the topic... Mostly, Prom is all about the cotillion, dancing, and having fun... 

Ganito dapat ang eksena!!

Actually, sa limang nakasayaw ko, dalawa ang awkward na slow dance... LOL!! Oh and by the way, not knowing who I was going to dance with next was like having an Arrhythmia. Just stay calm. If they want to dance with you, they'll ask. Just wait :)

Kayo na manghula, Kung sino dyan. ;)

Big THANKS to May Anne! Pinaalala nya sakin some moments in prom practice.. :) I've asked a few people kasi, on what they can remember about the PROM, and some said they can't remember a thing...


Nakikita nyo ba 'tong picture na 'to?

I'll tell you what my friend told me about our Prom Practice. So, in order for us to know who our partner will be for the cotillion, we have to line up by height, and kung sino yung magiging katapat mo, yun ang partner mo!!!



So, ako naman, hindi ko inexpect na I'm one of the tallest sa batch namin. Kasi, I'm just 5'2. Maybe the case was, maraming mas smaller sakin, and kaya nalagay ako sa likod. So what happened was, according to M: "'Diba pilian ng partner sa cotillion, find your height yun 'di ba? 'edi pumipila na, tapos akala mo si K na ang partner mo kaso sumabit pa kay PR."--Exact words from my source. LMAO. (K, used to be my super crush)


And I'm like....

Bakit sumabeeet!!

So ang nangyari, nasa likod namin ni PR si K, no big deal naman eh, its okay na hindi ko naman s'ya maging partner kasi, macoconscious lang ako at mahihiya, but then again, talagang kampi talaga sakin ang tadhana eh. Yung dance eh paikot, so that means, PALITAN NG PARTNER!!!

So during Dance Rehearsal namin, pag kami na ang magka partner ni K, ganito sila...

Daig pa nila yung reaction ko eh!!

Talagang hiyawan pag umikot na sa part namin...

Eh ako naman, kunwari deadma lang like this....

Ah basta.. Lahat sila hiyawan 'te!!! Pati mga teachers hiyawan din, alam din kasi nila kung sino yung crush ko. Wala na nga akong reputasyon kung di yun nalang eh. LOL. Pero that's all in the past guys.. :)) I used to do embarassing things in High School!! :))

Yown oh!!! :)))

I know others who have just simply asked and made no huge deal out of it. It doesn't have to be this big of a deal naman talaga really. Pero ang masaklap kasi eh yung group picture mo na nga lang with your barkada, eh masisira pa yung mukha mo sa kaka-edit nila sa photoshop! Ay 'te nag-init talaga ulo ko dun. Weeks after the prom, nadevelop yung mga group pictures namin, tapos, yung fez ko, na-edit ng di tama!!! Edi ako na yung walang matinong picture!!

Wag mo tawanan picture ko!!! Biktima lang ako ng palpak na pag photoshop ng Armando's. Ka-imbey 'te!

Buti pa to!! Matino pa!!

Tapos may sinabi pa saakin si Sir Steve nung graduation naman.... Sabi nya if ever 'eto daw yung naging suot ko nung prom....

SIGURO AKO DAW YUNG NAGING PROM QUEEN!  FML!!!

Sa loob loob ko....

Getting back to my point though, THINGS DON'T USUALLY GO ACCORDING TO PLAN. It may not be the perfect night, or the perfect date, pero, at least I have something to write about now right? Its an experience. It didn't go as smoothly as I wanted it to be but, that's what life brings us to the table eh and maybe a way of telling me nadin na we should learn how to expect less. Kasi naman 'te tignan mo naman concept ko ng prom. LOL! Medyo OC kasi ako ng konti. Sakit ko din yun. :)) 

PROM doesn't have to be special to be special. If no one asked you to be their date. It's okay!! Its not the end of the world, you can still have fun with your friends and make it the best night you'll never forget!!

If you don't have prom in your school...

Just some thoughts I had today. Yan ang drama ko, but I guess for a second there I was delusional..... Thinking na ang PROM ay ganun kadaling puntahan, that in reality it's not that easy... to just go and approach your prospect date and ask, and kung torpe pa yung guy, mamumuti na talaga mga mata mo, bago ka pa isayaw (just like some guys I know) and hindi talaga ganap yung concept ko of prom in reality. Hay!! Hirap maging teenager!! Just dance the night away and have fun. 

Oh well... So, I think that's it for now. I'll just keep you guys posted. Ta-tah!!

Smooches, 

P