i know this is a bit late but ... the formal was REALLY FUN!
katrina's dad drove us there and we actually got there around 5 to 10 minutes late ... but it didn't matter =/ but we (maggie, kelly, katrina, vanessa, me) didn't get any photos with the place (all the cool SGHS YEAR 2011 stuff) in daylight (unlike alicia, rhiannon and alison).
it was really cool cause there were photobooths and my group just kept taking photos lol. the place was quite small ... Ms Jukic described it as 'intimate' but there was more than enough space and it just made everything more fun. there was a balcony-like thing and the view of Sydney Harbour was really beautiful!
most of the photos in this post are stolen from alicia's camera (from facebook), so kudos to her.
here're the two best photos which show what the place looked like ...
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| it was colder inside than out cause it was really hot that night ... |
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the wooden bit was the dance floor and the really bright light comes from the 'photobooth' ...
at the very end you turn right and there's a bag room :) |
so the food and drinks were served by waiters and waitresses and it was really cool :D i think they were italian or something (cause Ms Brown is Italian and she was telling us how to pronounce L'Aqua?) so it was really awkward when we asked them what the food was and they'd tell us with a really heavy accent and we would be like 'pardon?!' and they'd look at us weirdly and repeat it but we wouldnt understand it and yeah ...
anyway. the first thing i had was a mocktail AND IT WAS SO SO SO NICE! it tasted like really nice soft drink and i really wanted another one but i couldnt find anymore :( didnt see any nice waiters walking around with them. so yeah, that's how i got my food for the rest of the night.
the photobooths (which werent really booths) were really just a camera and a bright light with a touchscreen and keyboard. the lady (in the second photo) was really nice and worked slower cause she'd make sure we filled in everything we needed before going to the next screen. but several times she forgot to tap the screen so we were all like posing and it wouldnt take the photo and some of us had to remind her to tap the screen. the guy in charge of the other photobooth worked much more quickly and liked to assume things. like he'd ASSUME we wanted the photo in colour, only one copy and that we didnt want the photo emailed to us. which is why i had to say WAIT! when he was about to click the next button on the 'enter email address' bit ...
anyway. i took photos of the photos (ehe that sounds funny) before i got the emails ... but i might post the not-so-clear and more grainy photos cause even though they arent such good quality, the original highlights more pimples and stuff. wait or maybe i'll just post both. yeah both :)
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| the original (we didnt know it was taking a photo in the second one ... hence the weird expressions) |
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| very grainy one of third photo |
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| whenever we couldnt think of a pose for a photo, i would suggest an asian one. yeah. |
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| alicia's edited photo of our bunch :D |
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this was meant to be an 'everybody right foot over left foot' photo but it didnt really work lol.
other than that, this is my fav photo from the day :) everyone looks so happy! |
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| our first group photo! really good compared to our last one in which we were all dancing to that YMCA song ... |
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| close up of third pic :D maggie's flower thing kept blocking people in the photos and it was funny :D |
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| and yes, i managed to kind of slip in between rhiannon and katrina one second before this photo was taken :D |
i think i cant be bothered uploading anymore since they're similar =/ i took photos with selena and carolyn too :) OMG YEAH. AND THE PRIZES.
i'm so sorry if i spell names wrong :( and if i missed something out :(
best couple: michelle and danny
best moves: darren (this guy from sbhs) who i heard was 'ripping up the dance floor'
highest heels: josie
shortest dress: jaffa (it was actually a tie between her and aidan in the votes ... and we had to vote by screaming and emily, who was announcing the prizes, would put the tiara over jaffa and see how loud the screams were and put the tiara over aidan and see how loud the screams were ...)
longest short dress: carolyn
'best goodies' (took me so long to figure this one out): malithi
best dressed: siena (she was wearing bright red, yellow and blue and bright red shoes!)
and other cool things included them putting on the chicken dance and everyone dancing to it ... the toilets which had like frosted doors but you could still see the shape of the person inside and it was awkward cause you could kinda see what they were doing ...
