Showing posts with label cotillion de honor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cotillion de honor. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Masquerade Ball

A night of glamour
A night of enchantment
A night of splendor
The MUHS Junior-Senior Prom


With the theme Strangers in the Night, Misamis Union High School held its annual Promenade last February 23, 2013 at Casa Esperanza.  The event was held to expose their students to social gatherings and teach them how to behave appropriately in such events.  From the word itself promenade, the students walked with grace and finesse showcasing themselves in their most impressive get-up.  
Albeit the impression that the prom was just about the extravagant ball gowns and fancy masquerade masks, it was actually an event of customs and traditions.  One of these is the turn-over of the key of responsibility.  The key of responsibility symbolizes the authority of the seniors to take charge over the whole student population of MUHS.  This means that seniors must act as role models for the younger ones.  They must conduct themselves well in public, show proper behavior, and obey school rules and regulations.  In this way, the younger students would imitate them thus creating harmonious relationships within the campus.   
Senior Class President Darylle Jade Cabataña and Junior Class President Chanel Rose Baluyos
Another tradition is the exchange of candles and roses.  The juniors gave the seniors roses as tokens for their journey to a new chapter in their lives.  As the seniors leave the campus for their upcoming college adventure, they were given remembrances to bring along with them wherever they will go.  Meanwhile, the seniors gave the juniors candles as light to their path.  This served as the juniors' guide on how to become good leaders next in line. 
Additionally, there was also the reading of the class history and class will by the seniors.  The class history told their story from preschool to senior high.  It was about their triumphs and defeats throughout their schooling years in MUHS.  On the other hand, the class will stated what the seniors would want the juniors to inherit from them.  It could be a certain thing, a hobby, or an attitude.  The point was to show that despite their differences, the two classes relate to each other somehow.   
Class History Read by Gussie Yvonne Dolloso & Al-Shariff Lim
Class Will Read by Hannah Joy Lim
Nevertheless, the prom could not be a prom without the much awaited Cotillion de Honor.  The ball dance provided a platform for the youngsters to practice social grace.  It also taught them conversational skills, proper coordination, and how to conduct formal interaction with the opposite sex.  
Another highlight of the event was the singing of the JS song which symbolizes friendship.  The song was their real-life theme song just like in movies, some kind of a national anthem for their kin, or an alma mater song for their class.  It was something to hum in the future to bring back sweet teenage memories.    
And of course, the bestest must be awarded accordingly.  With the scrutinizing eyes of our judges, the deserving ones garnered the major awards.
Ms. Marie Celle Mosqueda, Mr. Nell Benjie Manlegro, and Ms. Merry Pearl Rupinta
Junior Prince - Ferdinand Chiong
Junior Princess - Sophia Lauren Lim
Senior Prince - Raphael Loreto
Senior Princess - Darylle Jade Cabataña
Prom King - Michael Uy
Prom Queen - Darylle Jade Cabataña

Then prom won't be complete without the dance for all wherein I got the chance to dance with my anak Lowell, my bb EJ, and my son Vincel.
The Proud Ma'amy, Ma'ama, and Ma'amsky
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

My Prom Song

Prom night is for ball gowns.  Prom night is for cotillion de honor.  Prom night is for love songs.  Prom night is a date with your first love.  But prom night for me brings a sentimental longing for the past.  

In times like this, I remember more of him.  The night of secret glancing, the night of secret yearning, and the night of secret loving.  A love forbidden, a love untimely, a love unjust.....    

As I am writing this now, I couldn't help the tears from falling.  It's still him and him alone.  Him and his smile, him and his jokes, him and his nonsense!  

But he's long been gone, he's long been lost.  A lost love that I was so scared fighting for.  

Exactly at this very hour under the moonlit sky, I reminisce the most precious moment of my life!  Posting this at exactly 12:51 AM, here's my prom song dedicated only to him.....


Krissy and Ericka

I'm scrolling through my cellphone for the 20th time today
I'm reading the text you sent me again
Though I memorized it anyway

It was an afternoon in December
When it reminded you of the day
When we bumped into each other
But you didn't say hi coz I looked away

And maybe that was the biggest mistake of my life
And maybe I haven't moved on since that night

Cause it's 12:51 and I thought my feelings were gone
But I'm lying on my bed thinking of you again
And the moon shines so bright but I gotta dry these tears tonight
Cause you're moving on and I'm not that strong to hold on any longer

And I saw you with her
Didn't think you would find another
And my world just seemed to crush
Shouldn't have thought that this would last

And maybe that was the biggest mistake of my life
And maybe I haven't moved on since that night

Cause it's 12:51 and I thought my feelings were gone
But I'm lying on my bed thinking of you again
And the moon shines so bright but I gotta dry these tears tonight
Cause you're moving on and I'm not that strong to hold on any longer

As the sky outside gets brighter
And my eyes begin to tire
I'm slowly drowning

The memories of him
And I know it shouldn't matter
As my heart begins to shatter
I'm left to wonder
Just how it should have been

12:51 and I thought my feelings were gone
But I'm lying on my bed
I'm not thinking of you again
And the moon shines so bright but I gotta dry these tears tonight
Cause you're moving on and I'm not that strong to hold on
Cause I'll prove you wrong that I can move on through this song