went straight to the little room beside the ballroom when Tanya and i arrived at Makati Shangri La. there were around 6 people from the cotilion already. asked Tanya if she could finish the powerpoint presentation for me. *thank you, Tans...so much!

we rehearsed when Roz arrived. my partner still didn't know one part ofthe dance...and it got really irritating.

saw Misssy and asked her if it was okay if i don't make an introduction for the video presentation anymore."Kriselda, you're the best friend." erg. erg. erg.

then it started.

saw My in her purple and green dress by Rollie Grasa...it was nice but wasn't as beautiful as the last dress that she wore for the night which was made by Leonard Co.

by the time dinner was served, half of the ballroom was still empty. when i presented the video, it appeared that 1/3 of the guests weren't coming.

thank you to Celeni, Lesley, and Rebie who helped me with that friggin introduction for the video. and to Tanya who took care of playing it.

i personally think the video was crappy...considering the time and money that was spent for it. it could have been better. way better. nakakahiya.

everything else went fine. i had a lot of energy even though i knew i only had 2 hours of sleep. but my friends told me i looked tired. it was after My's dance performance with Ros when i felt like i needed to go to bed. My was out changing her dress for the 4th and last time, and Misssy (who was the host for the night) was trying to keep the show going. she went on talking to the guests...and we (cotilion people) were telling her to call on Gary (who was one of us) knowing that he'd be a good entertainer for the crowd.

Misssy: who?
cotilion people: GARYYY!!!!
Misssy: oh, Gary...si Gary kilala ko 'to e...kasama namin sya nung birthday party ni My sa Zambales last year.
>>>>this part of the story to be continued in the next post<<<<>mukha na nga akong tanga sa kakaiyak e. to think her speech was mainly for her family...at yung mga kapatid nya, naluluha lang...ako, iyak talaga! sigh. right after her speech, i rushed to the room beside the ballroom and locked myself inside the washroom. cried some more. i heard her come in the room and tried opening the washroom door. didn't want her to see me crying. i hope the camera man didn't catch me crying as well.

i agreed to stay for the night, thinking that it was just the girls from cotilion. turned out, it was the girls, and the boys, and the friggin instructor, and Misssy. i badly wanted to go to bed that i was almost tempted to ask Tito Noel to pick me up. ang gulo-gulo. they were drinking all night. and of course, you can't avoid the fact that they'll make fun of you while you're sleeping! grr. there were 5 of us in the bed...was beside Aurea and Misssy. i think there were 12 of us in the room. sheeeesh. i should have known better.

i promised my mom that i'll be home by 1 pm since i had dentist appointment at 2. the cotilion people were planning to go to Glorietta after checking out, so there was no way they could bring me back to Quezon City. i decided to just take a cab (shhh...my mom doesn't know) around 12:30. a lot of things in my mind during the ride home. felt like crying.

went to the dentist feeling really restless.