On their 18th birthday, Philippine women throw a large party, complete with her own hand-picked debut court of 18 people. These 18 are 9 males and 9 females who the celebrant pairs off into partners. The celebrant's court usually wears a uniform formal outfit chosen by the celebrant similar to that of a wedding party, while the celebrant typically wears an extravagant ball gown.

The birthday celebrant along with her partner and court perform traditional debut dances for their guests. The most important dance that the celebrant and her court performs is known as the "Grand Cotillion Dance" which is usually a classic waltz. There is also an "18 Roses Dance" where 18 males picked by the celebrant beforehand dance with her after presenting her with a single red rose. This dance is almost always preceded with the memorable "Father and Daughter Dance".

During the celebration, the debutante also has 18 chosen "candles". These "candles" are females who know the celebrant and must give a short speech on either their relationship with the celebrant and/or any special birthday wishes they have for their celebrant. After all the food, entertainment, and Philippine Debut traditions for this wonderful occasion has gone under way, the celebrant brings the celebration to a close with a Debutante's speech in which she shares her life experience and gratitude with her beloved guests".

...................................

So now that you roughly get a gist of the whole Filipino tradition. I'm gonna move on to the rest of the blog entry! I met up with Mel in the afternoon and the both of us headed for SAF Yacht Club pretty early. The both of us were one of Ann's 18 roses and candles. But since we're the girls, we were the candles of course, and I must say, I am really very honoured to have been a candle and a big part of the event. Not only that, she gave me the responsibility to be one of the Emcees for the night, during the introduction of the 9 Roses. It was pretty nerve wrecking at first because I could barely pronounce the Filipino names, most of which I've never heard in my entire life. Thankfully, all went well!

Melissa, myself and Desiree Felsingher! :)



Jonas Matthew(my escort for the night) and Pierrson!
You're probably wondering why's everyone all decked in pink? Well that's cos, Pink was the party theme. Unfortunately, Jonas was a little colour blind uh.. cos that's not pink. That's purple. HAHAHAH.




Jonas, Erwin and Pierrson! :)







Samuel Felsingher! The lucky man in Ann's life. :)





All of them looked really dashing that night, especially my bestie Pierrson. He looked darn awesome in formal wear! Handsome lah Pierrson, all the girls confirm want you now(not that they didn't, before). Um... yeah.. hahahah!




Melissa and I! Gah, I loveeeee her dress.Mel always has tons of awesome outfits, I just wanna steal her entire wardrobe. My dress is very simple lah, nothing fancy.



After taking pictures, I finally had the Coconut I had been raving about all afternoon! If you guys ever go to SAF Yacht Club, try the Coconut. Super refreshing, and I love the fact that they serve it to you when it's still icy cold. Really quenches your thirst! The guys didn't believe it was THAT good at first, till I let them have a taste of it. In the end...



Matt bought one for himself too. hahah! Seeeeee... I never lie people.. *halo above my head*



My gorgeous girls! (:








I really think one of the highlight of the party was the Photobooth machine. YEAH BALLS, A PHOTOBOOTH MACHINE! How freaking awesome right? That must've costed a bomb to rent one for a few hours!



Spot the Photobooth machine! :D




Kay, yes there.you spotted it.



Loved the set up of the place. It really felt a wedding instead of a birthday debut. All of us(PBB Crew - Phuture Back Bar Crew) kept disturbing Ann and Sam. Actually it wasn't just us. Many people kept congratulating the both of them for getting "married". Of course they weren't la, but it felt like they were. Hahahah.



So since we were all still pretty early and the party only started at arund 6ish, we all hogged the photobooth machine! It was soooo cool! Like they had props and everything for you to wear as you snapped away, and we also received the photos in hardcopy! :D I want a photobooth machine too for my 21st birthday!!



Besties for lifeeeeeee.



Ok unglam shot above. HAHA, i loveee the smaller pictures though!! :D



PBB CREW! (part of it). LOVE YOU GUYS TO BITS AND PIECES!!!













I love all the Photobucket pictures! :D Thank you Ann for uploading them!





Ann getting all dolled up for the event! I remember how nervous she was in the room. But she did great that night! :) I'm so proud and happy for her.





The registration table.

So the party started with the entrance of the 18 roses and candles. Each of us had an escort to walk down the red carpet with. My escort was Jonas Matthew.
Then again, it was another nerve wrecking moment because it was a two by two thing. Moreover, I really felt like I was having sucha bad hair and face day already(you know... everyone has one of those days.. you can't look look ALL the time).



Heehee, we feel so special (:

So after the introduction, it was time for the introduction of the 9 roses followed by a birthday waltz dance with the birthday girl! :D




The roses waiting for their dance.



I was one of the Emcees for this part of the event, where I had to introduce the Roses to everybody and read out a short description about each of them. :)



Birthday girl doing a birthday dance with her dad! Awww..... he even sang a song for her you know. really awesome dad...:')





And finally, the dance with Ann's boyfriend, Samuel. It was sooo sweet lah :D









So this is why everybody kept disturbing them. Doesn't the whole set up seem too wedding-ish? HAHA. It was so funny luh, whilst everyone was busy having dinner, the "bride" and "groom" were sitting on stage watching everyone. HAHAHA





PBB Crew in da houseeeeeee! :D



Really love her dress! Ann looked so gorgeous that night! She really looked like some Disney Princess I swear! Soooo purdyyyyy.






So after the roses segment, a couple of performances, birthday videos and dinner, it was time for the 2nd half of the event. The introduction of 9 candles(the females).



Ann's 2nd outfit! :) I WANT THAT DRESS! My dress looked like shit next to hers. hahah seriously!! :(







How Ann and I met
.....................................................

I was pretty nervous during the speech. Talked about how Ann and I met in Habbo. The both of us go a long way back. Back when I was still a secondary school kiddo, almost 7, close to 8 years ago. Yes, that long. If you've never heard of habbo, it's a virtual online game ("www.habbo.com.sg"), where you get to meet friends from all over the world, create rooms and things like that.

I didn't get a chance to really elaborate much on how Ann and I met during the speech because I was just that nervous, so I pretty much shortened by entire speech. If I could, there'd be so much I'd want to say about Ann. So many wonderful things. She and I used to "rivals" in the game of Habbohotel. You see, in Habbo, we get to be whoever we wanted to be, make any room we want, practically be an entirely different person. The both of us, had a dream of opening up a school. So yes, we each had our own little Virtual School. You can pretty much say we were competitiors because both our rooms were always one of the really packed and full rooms in game. Hahaha, so obviously, we'd wanna outdo each other.

I still remember how I used to send my little spies over to her school to see how they were doing, how I used to spy on her school, using clone accounts and all.HAHA, those were the really lame days, but nevertheless, "Blackspark (Ann's username) and Molli04(my character)", we never got along, let alone talk. It wasn't till last year when Ann randomly posted on my Facebook wall asking me if I was the habbo character "Molli04". That was the first time we ever talked. :)

Soon after, we met once again during the CHIC Girl competition,where I got to meet her in person. We weren't close back then either. Read it HERE!


It wasn't till Ann and I met again for an AKS LivEvent to work for the Number 1 Costume Costume Shop, as witches and uh.. table girls, that we finally grew closer! :)
Read the entry HERE!

All in all, I just wanna say that I am very thankful to have Ann as a friend. From virtual rivals to friends, to good friends to being one of my closest friends ever! :) Love you Ann!




The candles. :) After the speech, we each had to hold a lighted candle, and wait for everyone to be done with their speeches. After which, Ann would blow out the candles one by one!



Jonas Matthew :)

So after performances(singing etc), it was finally time to cut the birthday cake! :)









Happy Birthday Ann Magdoza! :)

After the cutting of the cake and the final closing speech by the birthday girl, it was time to declare the dancefloor open!! WOOHOO!



Club music suddenly came on, and everyone started dancing! :D It was sooo fun! However, whilst the rest were still dancing the night away, I left earlier to head back home to change outta my heels and dress, to wear something more comfortable since I was gonna be staying over for the "AFTER PARTY", which was INSANE, and honestly one of the best nights in my life!!


THE AFTER PARTY
...........................................................

The after party was mad, that'sall I can say. All of us blasting music in the room, jumping on beds, dancing on the floor, loads of headbanging, hair swinging, even techtonik and shuffling(well i tried). HAHA.







Oh and not forgetting, the night was filled with loads of camwhoring. hehe



GROUP SHOT!! :D















Roslee went mad that night too. I don't know what came over him to wear that. HAHAHAH













Erwin and I! :) PIGGGYYYYYY AND POOOFYYYYY.





So as the night grew later and later, my contact lenses were started to annoy the hell out of me, so I decided to wear my glasses! :D





The partying didn't stop there though! It lasted till sun came up, and till everyone died and fell asleep. hahahah.










see lah, party so hard till my hair became so messy. Hahah!



Ann slept the earliest. She slept at around 2am plus. That girl had a loonnnggggg day.
As for me, I tried to sleep, but Matthew was being annoying as usual, he kept talking so much and tried to take photos.
He thinks he's a rockstar la.He comes in the room when everyone's sleeping, turns on the light, turns on the music, and talks like there's no tomorrow. Hahaha, Matt the radio :P







Ann & Sam!

I left around 6-ish, together with Erwin, Gary and Kieran. After the party, we had breakfast at Macdonalds. Super shiok lah! :) Definitely the best night of 2011 so far! :)
Hopefully,many more good nights to come!

So yes, this finally sums up the end of this super long blog entry! It could've been longer but nah...don't want you guys to fall asleep whilst reading. More blog entries to come! I've so much to blog about really, I just gotta try and find time! So...till the next blog entry everybody!

xoxo

Lots of Love,
Sofia Dendroff

Labels: ann's birthday

On their 18th birthday, Philippine women throw a large party, complete with her own hand-picked debut court of 18 people. These 18 are 9 males and 9 females who the celebrant pairs off into partners. The celebrant's court usually wears a uniform formal outfit chosen by the celebrant similar to that of a wedding party, while the celebrant typically wears an extravagant ball gown.

The birthday celebrant along with her partner and court perform traditional debut dances for their guests. The most important dance that the celebrant and her court performs is known as the "Grand Cotillion Dance" which is usually a classic waltz. There is also an "18 Roses Dance" where 18 males picked by the celebrant beforehand dance with her after presenting her with a single red rose. This dance is almost always preceded with the memorable "Father and Daughter Dance".

During the celebration, the debutante also has 18 chosen "candles". These "candles" are females who know the celebrant and must give a short speech on either their relationship with the celebrant and/or any special birthday wishes they have for their celebrant. After all the food, entertainment, and Philippine Debut traditions for this wonderful occasion has gone under way, the celebrant brings the celebration to a close with a Debutante's speech in which she shares her life experience and gratitude with her beloved guests".

...................................

So now that you roughly get a gist of the whole Filipino tradition. I'm gonna move on to the rest of the blog entry! I met up with Mel in the afternoon and the both of us headed for SAF Yacht Club pretty early. The both of us were one of Ann's 18 roses and candles. But since we're the girls, we were the candles of course, and I must say, I am really very honoured to have been a candle and a big part of the event. Not only that, she gave me the responsibility to be one of the Emcees for the night, during the introduction of the 9 Roses. It was pretty nerve wrecking at first because I could barely pronounce the Filipino names, most of which I've never heard in my entire life. Thankfully, all went well!

Melissa, myself and Desiree Felsingher! :)



Jonas Matthew(my escort for the night) and Pierrson!
You're probably wondering why's everyone all decked in pink? Well that's cos, Pink was the party theme. Unfortunately, Jonas was a little colour blind uh.. cos that's not pink. That's purple. HAHAHAH.




Jonas, Erwin and Pierrson! :)







Samuel Felsingher! The lucky man in Ann's life. :)





All of them looked really dashing that night, especially my bestie Pierrson. He looked darn awesome in formal wear! Handsome lah Pierrson, all the girls confirm want you now(not that they didn't, before). Um... yeah.. hahahah!




Melissa and I! Gah, I loveeeee her dress.Mel always has tons of awesome outfits, I just wanna steal her entire wardrobe. My dress is very simple lah, nothing fancy.



After taking pictures, I finally had the Coconut I had been raving about all afternoon! If you guys ever go to SAF Yacht Club, try the Coconut. Super refreshing, and I love the fact that they serve it to you when it's still icy cold. Really quenches your thirst! The guys didn't believe it was THAT good at first, till I let them have a taste of it. In the end...



Matt bought one for himself too. hahah! Seeeeee... I never lie people.. *halo above my head*



My gorgeous girls! (:








I really think one of the highlight of the party was the Photobooth machine. YEAH BALLS, A PHOTOBOOTH MACHINE! How freaking awesome right? That must've costed a bomb to rent one for a few hours!



Spot the Photobooth machine! :D




Kay, yes there.you spotted it.



Loved the set up of the place. It really felt a wedding instead of a birthday debut. All of us(PBB Crew - Phuture Back Bar Crew) kept disturbing Ann and Sam. Actually it wasn't just us. Many people kept congratulating the both of them for getting "married". Of course they weren't la, but it felt like they were. Hahahah.



So since we were all still pretty early and the party only started at arund 6ish, we all hogged the photobooth machine! It was soooo cool! Like they had props and everything for you to wear as you snapped away, and we also received the photos in hardcopy! :D I want a photobooth machine too for my 21st birthday!!



Besties for lifeeeeeee.



Ok unglam shot above. HAHA, i loveee the smaller pictures though!! :D



PBB CREW! (part of it). LOVE YOU GUYS TO BITS AND PIECES!!!













I love all the Photobucket pictures! :D Thank you Ann for uploading them!





Ann getting all dolled up for the event! I remember how nervous she was in the room. But she did great that night! :) I'm so proud and happy for her.





The registration table.

So the party started with the entrance of the 18 roses and candles. Each of us had an escort to walk down the red carpet with. My escort was Jonas Matthew.
Then again, it was another nerve wrecking moment because it was a two by two thing. Moreover, I really felt like I was having sucha bad hair and face day already(you know... everyone has one of those days.. you can't look look ALL the time).



Heehee, we feel so special (:

So after the introduction, it was time for the introduction of the 9 roses followed by a birthday waltz dance with the birthday girl! :D




The roses waiting for their dance.



I was one of the Emcees for this part of the event, where I had to introduce the Roses to everybody and read out a short description about each of them. :)



Birthday girl doing a birthday dance with her dad! Awww..... he even sang a song for her you know. really awesome dad...:')





And finally, the dance with Ann's boyfriend, Samuel. It was sooo sweet lah :D









So this is why everybody kept disturbing them. Doesn't the whole set up seem too wedding-ish? HAHA. It was so funny luh, whilst everyone was busy having dinner, the "bride" and "groom" were sitting on stage watching everyone. HAHAHA





PBB Crew in da houseeeeeee! :D



Really love her dress! Ann looked so gorgeous that night! She really looked like some Disney Princess I swear! Soooo purdyyyyy.






So after the roses segment, a couple of performances, birthday videos and dinner, it was time for the 2nd half of the event. The introduction of 9 candles(the females).



Ann's 2nd outfit! :) I WANT THAT DRESS! My dress looked like shit next to hers. hahah seriously!! :(







How Ann and I met
.....................................................

I was pretty nervous during the speech. Talked about how Ann and I met in Habbo. The both of us go a long way back. Back when I was still a secondary school kiddo, almost 7, close to 8 years ago. Yes, that long. If you've never heard of habbo, it's a virtual online game ("www.habbo.com.sg"), where you get to meet friends from all over the world, create rooms and things like that.

I didn't get a chance to really elaborate much on how Ann and I met during the speech because I was just that nervous, so I pretty much shortened by entire speech. If I could, there'd be so much I'd want to say about Ann. So many wonderful things. She and I used to "rivals" in the game of Habbohotel. You see, in Habbo, we get to be whoever we wanted to be, make any room we want, practically be an entirely different person. The both of us, had a dream of opening up a school. So yes, we each had our own little Virtual School. You can pretty much say we were competitiors because both our rooms were always one of the really packed and full rooms in game. Hahaha, so obviously, we'd wanna outdo each other.

I still remember how I used to send my little spies over to her school to see how they were doing, how I used to spy on her school, using clone accounts and all.HAHA, those were the really lame days, but nevertheless, "Blackspark (Ann's username) and Molli04(my character)", we never got along, let alone talk. It wasn't till last year when Ann randomly posted on my Facebook wall asking me if I was the habbo character "Molli04". That was the first time we ever talked. :)

Soon after, we met once again during the CHIC Girl competition,where I got to meet her in person. We weren't close back then either. Read it HERE!


It wasn't till Ann and I met again for an AKS LivEvent to work for the Number 1 Costume Costume Shop, as witches and uh.. table girls, that we finally grew closer! :)
Read the entry HERE!

All in all, I just wanna say that I am very thankful to have Ann as a friend. From virtual rivals to friends, to good friends to being one of my closest friends ever! :) Love you Ann!




The candles. :) After the speech, we each had to hold a lighted candle, and wait for everyone to be done with their speeches. After which, Ann would blow out the candles one by one!



Jonas Matthew :)

So after performances(singing etc), it was finally time to cut the birthday cake! :)









Happy Birthday Ann Magdoza! :)

After the cutting of the cake and the final closing speech by the birthday girl, it was time to declare the dancefloor open!! WOOHOO!



Club music suddenly came on, and everyone started dancing! :D It was sooo fun! However, whilst the rest were still dancing the night away, I left earlier to head back home to change outta my heels and dress, to wear something more comfortable since I was gonna be staying over for the "AFTER PARTY", which was INSANE, and honestly one of the best nights in my life!!


THE AFTER PARTY
...........................................................

The after party was mad, that'sall I can say. All of us blasting music in the room, jumping on beds, dancing on the floor, loads of headbanging, hair swinging, even techtonik and shuffling(well i tried). HAHA.







Oh and not forgetting, the night was filled with loads of camwhoring. hehe



GROUP SHOT!! :D















Roslee went mad that night too. I don't know what came over him to wear that. HAHAHAH













Erwin and I! :) PIGGGYYYYYY AND POOOFYYYYY.





So as the night grew later and later, my contact lenses were started to annoy the hell out of me, so I decided to wear my glasses! :D





The partying didn't stop there though! It lasted till sun came up, and till everyone died and fell asleep. hahahah.










see lah, party so hard till my hair became so messy. Hahah!



Ann slept the earliest. She slept at around 2am plus. That girl had a loonnnggggg day.
As for me, I tried to sleep, but Matthew was being annoying as usual, he kept talking so much and tried to take photos.
He thinks he's a rockstar la.He comes in the room when everyone's sleeping, turns on the light, turns on the music, and talks like there's no tomorrow. Hahaha, Matt the radio :P







Ann & Sam!

I left around 6-ish, together with Erwin, Gary and Kieran. After the party, we had breakfast at Macdonalds. Super shiok lah! :) Definitely the best night of 2011 so far! :)
Hopefully,many more good nights to come!

So yes, this finally sums up the end of this super long blog entry! It could've been longer but nah...don't want you guys to fall asleep whilst reading. More blog entries to come! I've so much to blog about really, I just gotta try and find time! So...till the next blog entry everybody!

xoxo

Lots of Love,
Sofia Dendroff

Labels: ann's birthday