A Night To Remember

Prom night is something that has always been discussed among students since secondary 3. It was an anticipated night for everyone. The concept of hanging out with friends, teachers, and possibly a date for a night at a hotel sounds like fun and interesting to us. 

Well, like everything that we always wait for, the prom night finally commenced last night. 

The prom night was eventful, due to a couple of reasons... 

Firstly, it was possibly the last gathering that we could have with all of our peers and educators who have been accompanying us throughout the secondary school phase of our lives. We could still meet up with a handful of them after graduating, but those chances are usually rare. It officially marked the end of our secondary school lives and what better way to end it than to have the Guangyang ( that's the name of my school ) family come together and enjoy this joyous event. 

Secondly, it was sort of a reward for us. A reward for doing our best for our national exams and preparing very hard for it. It was also held as a form of celebration to mark the end of the stressful period. But no matter how exhausting it was, we got through it. 

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Guangyang secondary school prom night 2014 was held at Hotel Fort Canning at 7 pm on the 17th of November. It was Disney-themed and honestly, when it was first announced, most people were pretty shocked by it. 

" Out of all themes to choose from, why Disney? Do they think we're kids? How are we supposed to dress up according to that? " were some of the responses that we gave. But, there's nothing we could do so, like what they say, we just have to ' suck thumb ' 

( suck thumb : To accept an undesirable or unwanted situation as it is because it can't be changed) 

The prom started out with some games which required us to identify the names of some Disney characters and movies based on their pictures and theme songs respectively. And it was at this moment, that I found out that I had very limited knowledge of Disney. Man, what was I doing during childhood? .__.

After the games, which I had little involvement in, it was time to fill our stomachs for the night. It was a typical buffet-style dinner. Nothing much to comment about it. 

Then there was a lucky draw where we could win some attractive prizes. Apparently I wasn't very 'lucky' during that session. 

The next segment was probably when I started to get a lot of attention from the crowd. Basically, what happened was ALL of my playful classmates decided to vote for me to be the Prom king. 

And... this was the outcome.. 

It was hard to escape when you had like 20 people voting for you.. 

And you thought that all I had to do was just to collect the crown and shake hands with the principal? Well, you thought wrong. 

Guess what? I had to DANCE.  

Yeah, DANCE! Like this... 




With who you may ask? Since I was the king, there had to be a queen too, right? 

When I was told to dance by the prefects, I was a little apprehensive at first, and a bit awkward too. I had absolutely no prior knowledge in dancing and I was watched closely by the crowd, who expected something from us. 

So, after a few minutes of smiling like an idiot to my ' queen ' and the crowd, I decided to get on with it. 

I just applied what I normally see in the movies, hold the hands and waist of the girl, walk a little bit and spin her around, and that was it. It only lasted like what, 14 seconds? 

The rest of the night was just a bunch of youngsters taking selfies and photos with everyone they see. 

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WOW, what a night. It was defintely a memorable episode and I guess everyone had their share of fun, no matter what it was. What I could certainly take away from that though, is that I need to learn some dancing skills to save myself from future embarrassment.