These past 10 months in Japan have provided both Vaughan and me with plenty of opportunities to try out new things, and last Saturday I got to add one more to my list: my first ever Prom. North Americans are pretty used to this high-school tradition of playing dress-up & circling around the opposite sex, but I went to a Belgian, all-girls Catholic institution where the only males around were unattractive, middle-aged teachers! This might somewhat explain my excitement, especially when my neighbour Evania, uber-fashionista par excellence, offered to style me for the evening. Although make-up is still not something I'm super comfortable with, I loved the result, thanks again :-). 
The organisers followed the rules of prom-structure but added a subversive twist here & there, including graduation certificates for departing JETs, randomly electing a Prom King and Queen, cheesy eighties music, saccharine slowdancing and a surprising helium-induced version of the George Michael classic 'Careless Whisper' (kudos to Ian & Greer for this!). Vaughan didn't feel like attending the prom festivities but joined me at the after-party until 4am, together with such fine people as Erik, Nathalie, Evania, Roman (see photos below) and heaps more.
2 comments:
Good on you Vaughan for resisting the American cultural imperialism of the 'Prom'!
Our good friend Eric has quite the "chops" on his face. Nice prom, whish I could have attended.
Also, sorry about not making it to your Bday party. Say hello to everyone for me.
~Mario
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