Datalogics Acquaintance Party 2010.

Mob of people but still missing a few. Photo by Lyka Alfafara.

This is gonna be a personal post just for my remembrance. The other night was the acquaintance party for us Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Associate in Computer Technology (ACT) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) students.

I must say I particularly enjoy our acquaintance party for many reasons:

1. I get to see my usually very simple classmates get all dolled/suited up and dressed to kill.

2. The teachers end up presenting something really entertaining and out of character.
3. There are lots and lots of talent showcases like student-made music videos, commercials and trailers. A lot of people are talented in singing and dancing too.

4. I get to take nice photos of my coursemates and teachers. (but the photo above was taken by Van Luey Banasing using my camera)

5. I can come late and still not miss anything! (I arrived three hours late and was just in time for dinner)

So first I’ll talk about the girly preparations for the party (of course)! In my four years of uni, I’ve only spent for my outfit once and that was during my freshman year. And it was only because I had zero retro-themed clothes in my closet! I think my thriftiness comes out in occasions like this.

I wasn’t able to take a full photo of myself with my outfit since I was already really really sleepy when I arrived home. My dad and aunt even chided me for coming home at 2am but it’s worth it since this was my last ever AP.

But anyway it wasn’t anything special in particular.
Photos by Carla Signe.

So I was wearing a lacey off-shoulder blouse I got from Bangkok, a pink tule skirt, black belt and gray oxfords from Korea. I was gonna wear a white alternative to the blouse, but since Ian was my partner for the fashion show and he was wearing black, we decided that I could just match him with my black one. And I think it went best in the end.

Awesome college classmates! I’m really blessed to have such nice and fun ones.

And yes, I did my make-up myself! Matched my eyes to my skirt by picking pinkish shades. My very cool Nudy Golden Blue contacts are from Bhi Xtina. I loved how it was so convenient to buy them from her since her brother could just meet-up with me at school. I’m thinking of getting the Nudy brown ones too! These contacts are way more comfortable compared to my previous gray ones.

My original plan was to wear a long darker-haired wavy wig coz I didn’t want to style my hair anymore. It needs much deserved pampering really. But I decided to ditch the idea when I remembered that I gave my wig cap away along with my blonde wig. Here’s what I kind of looked like with it.

Waaah I look so different! Haha!
This is me dolling up once a year.

Moving on, I had a lot of fun with my classmates talking, taking photos, watching the performances and stuff. For our last year, Reyn wanted us to present something for the party since our batch has never participated in the performances. It was supposedly a dance number but later due to obvious circumstances (it took too much practice time and full cooperation was difficult to achieve), she decided on a fashion show which was simpler to put out.

The fashion show in pairs.

Also, I tried helping out with one of the movies in the flick fest, Team Pahamak’s Ground Zero. I contributed a bit to set extension where I wreaked havoc on school grounds using Photoshop. I’ll post a video of the flick if ever the guys upload it on Youtube. They rendered 3D aliens and all to fight against! CG was really awesome. Those guys are really talented along with Sir Lavin.

Another popular video from the party was the music video these guys made. The director asked me to contribute a photo of myself holding my camera. He already explained to me the concept so I understood it was just for laughs. I’m really touched how everyone was so concerned when the guy made it his profile picture. Thanks everyone~ But don’t worry, this time it’s fine. XD

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Mahal Kita Ka C by Team Pahamak.

It’s inspired from the song “Mahal Kita Kasi” by Nicole Hyala. The lyrics are sooo witty if you get our course! I was really impressed by everything. Good job guys!

Random shots from the night. My non-IT friends came by too!

So yeah, looking at it as a whole, I’m really thankful that I chose to take the Information Technology course. (My alternative was Information Design in Ateneo but my dad didn’t allow me to study in Manila even though I passed the entrance exam) The programming is challenging and brain-racking at times but it’s also intellectually enjoyable. The multimedia stuff are still awesome (I’m still pining on mastering 3D Studio Max but maybe Imma try Blender). Web development is interesting and pay-wise, good enough too.

Now that this is done, I’ve gotta work on my backlog. By Details photos due next week! Keep watch guys. 🙂

Normal wash day attire.
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