Prom Night: Mystical Illusion

July 17th; Friday.
My first prom, and definitely a night to remember!

Seeing that it was my first time going for prom, I opted for a "different" look. I went to the salon to curl my hair, and then had my darling best friend to do my makeup for me.
She's awesome!
(If you're reading this, Vi, thank you for taking the time to help me! :) I love you so much!!!)

Okay I'm gonna talk full-scale about the day. I stepped into the salon and told the guy I wanted waves in my hair, not curls. But he curled it anyway and then assured me that they would straighten within a few hours. By the time I left the salon, I think my hair resembled the Asian version of Goldilocks! Lol.

So curlayyy!
And I've never curled my hair before.

Alright. Moving on. I went to Vivian's house after that to get my make up done. She offered to help me with it, since she has a more complete make up kit at her place and she's better at it than I am. And she spent about 30 minutes on just the eyes alone, trying to create the smoky-eye effect, blending three colors: silver, blackish-gray and dark brown. I just sat there while she worked her magic. Like I said, she's awesome. :)

Me and Vivian :)

I had to rush home after that because Jia Yang was gonna pick me up and he was already on his way to my place while I was still at Vivian's. He got caught in a jam, so he came around 6.30 pm, giving me just enough time to head home and get dressed. While we were in the car, we were talking about going clubbing and then I told him that I can't dance spontaneously; as in, I can't dance freestyle on my own. I think I've tried doing it before, but I felt awkward. I can follow a choreographed dance, but not create my own one on the spot. That was one of the reasons why I never went clubbing - yet.

There was a long jam when we left Subang, leading into PJ. We reached the hotel around 7.30, I think. The ballroom wasn't open yet. The theme for the night was Mystical Illusion; a classy masquerade. Most people were wearing their fancy masks. Jia Yang brought this white plastic Jabawockee mask which he refused to wear -.-

He rather wore my mask :P haha!

We sat at Table No. 3 - whee, my favorite number! :)

Jia Yang and I.

Jean told me I'd been nominated for Prom Queen, and when I was told that all the nominees had to dance onstage for the showdown, I panicked. I didn't mind going up there, introducing myself or even doing a little catwalk; but dance spontaneously in front of so many people?! Haha seriously I freaked out for a while. The last thing I wanted to do was to make a fool out of myself onstage. Less than an hour ago in the car, I was just telling Jia Yang how I couldn't dance spontaneously!

Dana and Jia Yang

But then I calmed down and reminded myself that this was just going to be for fun. It was an experience anyway. Winning or not didn't matter; I just wanted to have a good time.
Later on, I was briefed along with the other nominees about what we had to do.
We were paired up and told that we'd have to do a 30-second dance. My partner was Szen John, also another AUP student. :) We got some dancing 'tips' from our friends and then we made up the rest.

Our song was La Bamba!

I was still nervous, but I forced that away and focused on having fun. And I'm glad I did. =)
The other couples did their dance too. And they were great.

Then we had to answer a question: "What is your favorite part of your body? And why?"

Okayyy. What should I say?
I was looking down at my feet and then I remembered that I was wearing my new white Vincci heels. So I replied: I like my feet. They are unique... because they're a size 3!
Then it was John's turn: Err I like my... hands? Because.. I can do stuff with them.

When you have a random question, you get random answers! :D

What is prom without pictures?! We spent half the time camwhoring. I didn't take any pictures of the food (the food was okay) because I was more concerned taking pictures with things that mattered; like friends :) Lol. I took lots of pictures with my faithful Ixus 80. The rest of the pictures are posted on Facebook.

Jay, Nick, Dai Lou, Joel, Jon, me and Dana!

It was kinda dim in there, so the pictures turned out yellow-ish without the flash.
But yellow's good.

Yen Loo, Yann Hooi, me and Thing Yan !

There was a Best Dressed contest too. I don't know any of the three nominated guys, but I know that the one I voted for went home before the award ceremony =/ He won! But he wasn't around, so the prize was given to the second runner up. Lol.

As for the girls, Shannon Keng bagged the title of Best Dressed female :) She wore this really nice black and purple dress.

Congrats, babe!!! :)

Guess who I met?

Steffi Chong Hui Ning! :D
We were primary schoolmates a long time ago. Then we went to different high schools.

I accidentally tagged another Steffi on Facebook, thinking it was her. =/ Shy.

Anuuuu! :D

She pierced her nose few weeks ago. And I was supposed to pierce my ears few days before prom. But then I was thinking: There will be good food at Prom. If I pierce my ears, I can't eat eggs, prawns and anything with black sauce for a month :( I'll just wait til Prom's over.
And now that prom's over, I'll be piercing my ears soon!

:D

Finally, it was time to announce the Prom King and Queen.

The nominees

The Prom King was Goo Szen John and the Prom Queen was me! :) Haha I was speechless for the next five minutes. I guess I was feeling the slow overwhelm of happiness and excitement growing within me. I won a pretty bouquet of flowers, along with a lovely tiara (my very first! :D), a 2 year supply of New Zealand Natural ice cream, a Clinique skincare set, a watch, and a few other stuff.
All I wanted to say was "THANK YOU!" :D

John and I had to dance a little while onstage to a slow song before the dance floor was opened up. Then we went offstage and started taking more pictures. Lol.

Nick Wong and I. He's leaving for Cali next month :(

Here's Foo Kai Bing, one of the Prom Queen nominees.
I just got to know her that night. She's so tall! Haha.
Plus I just realized that it was her birthday that day.
So, happy belated birthday, KAI BING! :)

Nate took this picture for us, and he had this new photography theory: if you want to look taller in photographs, you gotta tilt the camera at an angle. It's all about angles.

Does it really work? I'll try it next time :D

I left the hotel around 12 something am. Or was it 1 am? I can't remember. I was tired when I went home, but happy. It was a day full of firsts. First hair curl, first prom, first prom date, first time winning a Prom Queen contest, first smoky-eye make up, first spontaneous dance onstage... it was an experience that I would never forget :) The people, the fun, the thrill... exhilirated would be one of the words to describe how I really felt.

Toodles :)