HELP University College's A-Levels Annual Ball :
Afterglow @ KL Hilton , Kuala Lumpur - 30th June 2008Yup , the theme got changed alright ! Thank goodness hahaha (: Well , I have to say that the ball wasn't that bad , but I definitely think
last year's was a lot better ! Let's start from the beginning , shall we ? (:
At slightly past 3 (because the mother was late) , I got my hair done by yet again the same stylist as the year before , and was only finished at about 5.15PM ? Basically it took about two hours , and once again the hair looked like a complete disaster before she started pinning it back etc etc , I was super horrified ok ! I looked like a poodle having a bad hair day S: Rushed back home after that to change and all before heading to Elyn's house since I was gonna get a lift from P to KL Hilton , and arrived to see both Elyn and Nic still in the midst of getting ready . Chong Shen , Nic's date was relatively on time , while P showed up at 6.45PM cause he thought Elyn said 6.30 , when she really said 6 . -_-"
Anyhow ! The registration area outside the ballroom was really really packed , basically cause it was kind of bottle necked , only after registering do you proceed to this relatively huge / empty area outside the doors of the ballroom . The event was supposed to start at 7 , so said the itinerary , however due to everyone being late and all , it only started at about 8+ . They skipped almost all the speeches and after a brief introduction by the emcees , and a dance performance , it was time for the appetizer ! It was disgusting btw , despite looking good . S:
There was a dance performance by Dennis Yin , from "So You Think You Can Dance (Malaysia)" , and frankly , I don't see why everyone thinks he's really good , but then again , that's just my opinion . Maria's Margaritas was the best of the night , performing a number of songs , including David Cook's "Time Of My Life" . The crowd loved them ! App they've performed for HELP events quite a number of times , and they didn't fail to impress (:
Nominees for Prom King and Queen were then called onstage , I was pretty disappointed with the way they were presented to the crowd , Mischa was the only one who actually had to do sth sporting , which was to shake his booty for everyone ! :p The nominees for Prom Queen were asked why they thought they should be voted Prom Queen , the guys if they think they're hot , and why . The titles were won by Jin Ern and Vineeta respectively , both previously Prom King and Queen at their Form5 prom (SMKDU) . Coincidence much ! Haha . On the other hand , nominees for Best Dressed had to flaunt their skills by dancing ala Bollywood around a "tree" . Now that was amusing !! But I don't think that that was an apt way for people to decide on the "Best Dressed" title though , as there were clearly more well-dressed people that night .
The dance floor was opened by the Prom King & Queen , but Nic and I avoided it at the beginning , neither of us being good dancers :p Joined in for a song or two after that before leaving the ballroom because I felt super bright ! What with P & Elyn in front of me , Elaine & JunHann to my left , Nic & ChongShen to my right . Wtf . Started yet another photo spree outside and kept it up til about 12.30AM when the parentals picked me up ..
Photos ! (:

Before leaving Elyn's house , with Elyn and Nicole .
Look how long my dress is when I'm not wearing my heels ! S:
Having arrived at KL Hilton . Me , Elyn , Amelia , Sara (Tung)

Reshma , me , Elyn and Piyachai (P) .

Jack , Suet Mey , me , Elyn and P .

Kim, P , Elyn , me , Nic , Elaine , JunHann (JH) , Sook Yee (SY) and Jon (Siao) .

P , Elyn , Elaine , JH .

Nic and Mischa .
Check out the (almost) non-existent back of Nic's dress O_O
The awesome trio in diff hues of red , Me , Elaine and Elyn (:

With Nic , JoChee , VeiVern , Elaine , Elyn and Kim .
Loving Chee's outfit ! (;

Elias .

Emir , Nicholas (Nicky) , Elaine , me , Elyn , P .
Nicky should've been nominated for Best Dressed !!
John Lee was there too !

With Liang Hoong and Kar Leng .
Note how one arm is around Leng , and the other is inches away from me HAHAHA
Super cute Christine ! :D

Aaron (William Chai) , who then ran off to look for his girlfriend :p

Nic and I
(were avoiding the dance floor :p)
Koon Tsing from the Ticketing Dept last year ! Hehehe .

With Lauren the Chem classmate and Nic .

Half of Tana , Elizabeth , me and Nic .
Lousy photographer ! S: And omg Liz is super tall S:
Kim dear <3

Wei Lim !

Emir and Wei Lim hahahaha

Me , Kim , JoNgiam , Maybelyn , VeiVern , SarahJean , SaraTung .

With Elaine , Amelia and Kim .

Steffie , me , WeeNie ,
somebody , LiQing , KahMay , Kim and Elaine .
HAHAHA wtf I'm sorry Elaine but I don't have any other copies of this picture :p
Kim , Elaine and I with Arthur :p

Jason and Chrystal
make me look like a dwarf ):
Wei Lim , me , Jack and Elaine
, with LH in the background , kacau betul :p
SY , Kim , me , Elaine , JH and Jon (:

Amanda , Audrey , Amanpreet ,
somebody , Jessica , SY , me , Elaine , Kim .

Elyn , P , me and Elaine .

WeiLim , P , JH . Me , Kim , Elaine , Elyn . Misch .

Chrystal , Elyn , JoChee , VeiVern , Elaine , me .
Bad face angle ):
With VeiVern (:

Elaine and Nic
, reenactment of our camwhoring spree in the gym LOL .
Donny !
You can't really see it in this picture , but he has the coolest hair ! Think Guy Sebastian (;
VeiVern and Jon .
Love her false eyelashes ! <3
Jon Siao
, who was one of the nominees for Best Dressed despite some mockery at his suit . Must say it's different tho , and not in a bad way . (:Washroom shots :
Kim and I hehehehe (:

Me <3

Elaine

Elyn

Me , Elyn , Elaine , Nic and Kim (:

Everybody looking in diff directions , heehee ! (:

My hair :D
Photo lightened so it doesn't look all black haha .With the lecturers / staff :
Mr Sam Lock , one of my coolest lecturers ! <3

Ms Aw , our Stats2 and 3 lecturer .

Faisal , the super nice Chem lab assistant (:
As for my Chem lecturer , Mr Yeap .. He left before we got a chance to ask him for a picture with us ):
Couples of Table 10 :
Jack and Mey .

Misch and Kim .

Elaine and JunHann .

Elyn and P .

JunHann and Elaine (again) :p

ChongShen and Nicole .
Although they're not really a couple , and he didn't sit at our table , but they went with each other :pAmong my fav shots of the night (:
P and Elyn , cause she looks so happy <3

Elyn looking super adorable in P's coat <3

My gym buddies ! Elyn , Nic and Elaine <3

The Thursday family . Me , Kim , Misch and Nic <3

Daddy dearest <3

Elaineeeeeee <3

Misch and Kim <3

Being childish wtf <3

Portrait of the night <3

HAHAHA ELAINE ACTING CUTE XD Me falling off my chair , Kim looking pretty and WeiLim looking stoned :p <3333333
Conclusion : The ball was enjoyable , but last year's kicked ass in terms of venue , turnout , sponsorship , etc (;
I mean seriously . This year's "goodie bag" contained an issue of A-Voice (the A-Levels newsletter) , a packet drink (mine was Yeo's green tea which expired on the day itself) , a Body Shop discount voucher for some mask product , and a small tube of face wash of an unknown brand . Last year we had a magazine (either Seventeen or some guy-ish magazine) , a sample sized Stila product , ok I can't remember the rest -_-" But it was deffo better ! Plus our lucky draw prizes were heaps better too (more glam) , including a stay at Mandarin Oriental etc . The best prize this year was either an oven or a rice cooker , you pick . Haha . Apart from that were backpacks , Yeo's green tea hamper (all of which must've expired on the day itself too HAHA) , food vouchers .. Didn't bother listening to the rest heh .
Neverthless ! The venue was still gorgeous (albeit smaller) , and organising an event like this takes effort , so a big thank you goes out to the committee (:
PS , Comparing this year and last year's photos , I think I've deffo shed some weight , woohoo ! :DDD
PPS , I have a whopping 200+ photos from the event itself , O_O .