Behind The Mask

Last Christmas Party in SPC Bocaue!

I had been waiting for December 16 to come! I told myself that nothing could ruin that day.. but eventually something pissed me off. Moving on, I was excited for the exchange gift! We had one for our service and another one for the class exchange gift. I’m pretty stoked about the gifts I received.

As soon as we arrived, the first thing we did was to ask someone to take our group picture! Look at my gorgeous and handsome servicemates! I will miss them when I graduate!

Such a tall good-looking guy! Every time I see him, I would always compliment how tall he is! But I told him once that I will be taller than him someday (that’s when I wear heels, haha!) Maloy, my servicemate, offered to bring my gifts for me.. because I had 10 paperbags to carry. He’s such a gentleman for that!

Anyway, I’m loving my gold leggings and patent black pumps! I was torn between wearing the dress and the cover-up without this leggings or pairing them up with black tights. My last minute decision outfit wasn’t that bad.. I didn’t regret wearing black tights/stockings because almost everyone wore it with their ensemble. I don’t want to fit in with the crowd so I stood out.. literally! I didn’t want to look at someone wearing the same thing as mine. On the contrary, it sucked that I didn’t get the chance to have a solo photo because I want to upload something on my Chictopia and Lookbook.nu accounts!

From left to right: Me, Paula, Shanine, Margot (The BFF’s!)

When I entered our classroom, we instantly took some pictures! Then, we headed to the gym for the last mass for this year.

We played a lot of games.. but I still find last year’s Christmas party a lot more fun than this year. Our names will be picked for every game and you can’t say “No”. Luckily, my name got picked for the easiest game! Is it called Newspaper Dancing? Whatever, I’m not good at parlor games! Lucky enough, my partner was Margot!

Looks delicious, right? Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get one. What do you call this one? Is it Cinnamon?

Meet the Igna Boys! I just couldn’t get over how naughty they were.. how? By wearing jersey shorts! It was insane! They planned this way back in November and I overheard it. I never thought that they would take it seriously. Plus, I think they really enjoyed the party!

The amount we paid for the catering service was somehow worth it (P195.00 each!), look how empty the containers were! Ironically, I never like the food and drinks during our Christmas party.

Right after the party, we went to SM Marilao and had our pictures taken in a studio. Then, we ate at Pizza Hut. Afterwards, we went to Margot’s crib and watched Salt. I was pretty amazed by their modern and sassy house.

This was a stolen shot! I couldn’t help notice how big my tummy is.. that I look like a mad pregnant lady.

Ito yung sinuot ko nung Green Day namin. Baliw talaga ako eh, biruan mo ba naman na magsuot ng skirt sa ganitong okasyon. Wala kasi talaga akong balak pumasok, wala kasi akong green shirt. Yung sinuot ko nung isang taon, maliit na sakin, ang sagwa tignan kasi bitin na. Kaya naisipan kong suotin ‘to, hiniram ko lang sa ate ko yung top at cardigan. Yung skirt, akin talaga. Pag pasok ko pa lang ng school nun, ang tanong na kagad sakin, “Bakit hindi ka naka-green?” Eh yung cardigan, sa paningin ko, green naman siya. Nung nakita ko ‘tong picture, parang hindi pala talaga green.

PS: May nanunukso pa sakin nun. May tumawag sakin ng “Lola”, hindi ko alam kung bakit.. pero dahil na rin siguro sa suot ko dahil na rin siguro dun sa print at design ng skirt ko. Pero keri lang, choice kong isuot ‘to eh.. pinanindigan ko na! :)

Photo by: Wesley

I would love to wear these.

My own created Christmas party look-alike outfit in Polyvore.

I will never ever forget this day.. this is definitely included in one of my bad unforgettable moments in highschool.

I didn’t plan to wear a skirt because I feel conscious. The first time I wore a skirt in school was on 13th of August, our Acquaintance Party. Originally, I wanted to wear a pair of jeans.. but when we went to the mall with my friends, we saw this particular skirt. They coerced that I should try it on. And I did. Then, they said it fit me well.. I was having second thoughts but in the end, I bought it. Plus, I bought a pair of black heels and I’m loving it. I don’t know why.. but I’m prone to having blisters when wearing flat/doll shoes so I decided to wear heels.

When I got to school in the morning, my friends were commenting about my look and they looked immensely surprised. But my good mood ended after the Thanksgiving Mass because all those who were wearing mini skirts, short shorts and dress were instructed to be left at the gym. We were given orientation by our Christian Formation Head on how those things caused a lot of sins to the opposite sex. That we were some sort of temptation, we were wearing the ‘wrong’ outfit and a lot of things. The worst thing was, we were there for like an hour. At first, sister told us that we were not allowed to go to the building and we’ll be having our own Christmas party. We didn’t complain. There’s nothing else we can do.. but fortunately someone stood up and apologized. We compromised. We had options. We played a parlor game, The Longest Line. Luckily, our batch, the juniors, won quickly and we were granted to go back to our respective classrooms. I was pretty haggard and I didn’t feel like partying. I took off my accessories.

One good thing about this day, I saw my adviser laughed with us. He was really happy looking at us.. having fun. It was awesome.