PROMO!!

    Well. When in Rome -Peru, right? hahahah okay. Here goes.

    Right, Tuesday. So at 9am Tuesday morning, we had our final dance ensayos to learn the 4th choreographed dance hahahh. New moves and dances on the last day (DAY OF OUR PROM) of ensayos? Hora Peruana, as always. Anyways, it was also the first and only time I brought my tacos (high heels) to try and dance in. Kinda scary to run in those ankle eaters. BUT I'm very proud to say -I didn't fall once. :)

     Then I went home, ate, washed dishes, slept, got up, showered, bought credit for my cell phone, took money outta the bank, dried my hair, and was dragged to a hair salon thingy close to the casa. For 25 soles or something, this hairdresser lady made my hair all fancy and done up as if for a ball or something insane. Of course, we had to be at Tumbao (the location of our prom) at 8:30, and my hair-do was finished at 7:45. Then after a short walk home in my flowy casual clothes and crazy fancy hair (followed by too many whistles) I super speedily changed into my panties/tights things, fancy silk pink short dress, (with shorts underneath hoof) high heels and was forced upon with overly shiny jewellery. Thank god I stopped her from piercing my ears for this. I'm not even kidding. Nancy was determined to pierce my ears so I could wear earrings. Hooooooo no thanks! :P Anyways, at 8:30 Yessenia came by my house and we rode in a taxi with her pareja and older sister to Tumbao. They wouldn't let me go with my flats and camera in my hippie bag (psssh unappropriate not fancy enough ayayaii) so instead I just shoved my cell and camera down the front of my dress and off we went.

       The event was supposed to start at 9pm EN PUNTO (sharp) but. We're in Peru. It started more around 11:30 hahahah. The local was all decorated in pink/coral and white fabric and tables and chairs and there was a huge table with 20 some cakes (one for each student to take home :O what delicious calories those were!) After everyone's families and partners arrived and everything, the students & parejas descended pair by pair (as we were announced) down the two staircases to the main floor. I don't remember how my name was pronounced, but it evoked much laughter and it's a good thing I didn't trip being filmed riendo down the staircase xD Then everybody present was given a glass of pisco sours I think (some lemony alcohol with a foamy crema on top) for the brinding. We toasted, sipped, and then performed our first choreographed baila of the night, as well as the dance of the padres. (I danced with a weird teacher  that I never really quite liked/understood, instead of my father) Many thanks to Jhoselyn and Nancy, who filmed pretty much everything and took over 200 photos oh my :) After our first dance, us alumnos went back up the staircase to eat our two course tasty meal and sip a glass of wine with our awesome Napoleon-esque firecracker physics profesora. Afterwards, with slightly bulging stomachs I'm sure, we performed the second dance. Or maybe then came the toast. Or speeches. And then our last choreographed dance of the night; where I was picked up and twirled around laughing because my dress was too short and I was trying to hold it down haaha. Yes. All on camera.

       After that the techno booming reggaeton came on and the strobe lights came out and we had a blast dancing our little butts off. My partner and friends and some random parents were also helping teach me how to salsa, and dance to cumbia and meringue as well. Much laughter :P Then came something that probably would have scarred the old Mia for life. xD Luckily, the new Mia just laughed her ass off but wasn't too embarassed! Luckily :P

       The "hora loca". Something only done in Peru. And it started off with me, hurray. Everyone was cleared off the dancefloor for a moment and a single chair was placed in between the two staircases. The announcer was asking for one lucky lucky volunteer to go sit in the chair, and obviously my friends love me very, very much, because they all forced me to go sit in that chair. I tried to avoid it. "Noooo no! Tengo miedo! No, gracias, no quiero hahaha." But I had no choice. I totally knew something um.. let's say bad.. was going to happen to me. Hahahah after my painfully slow and cautious walk,right when I sat down, everybody started winking, laughing, smiling and clapping. Seconds after the lights went out and the song "I'm too sexy for my shirt..." started playing. I started laughing  because it was obvious what was going to happen next. Justo, dancing down the staircases came two tightly dressed and muscled men. Oh my god. Then, after some more dancing, they started stripping. At this point... I couldn't even breathe I was laughing so hard. This is prom we're talking about. Anyways. I then was um "gifted" xD with lap dances. Hooooray.. lucky me! And with every second of it being filmed and photographed xD Then they tried to get me to feel them up. I politely declined. Then out came some creepy ass clown thing on stilts and he did some awkward dancing that I didn't see because he was standing above my head. Oh greaat.. I can only imagine how that went from peoples' faces and stories afterwards hahahaha. THEN the hora loca started started and we all ran around screaming to the songs and jumping up and down in circles and being psychos. Awesome; not to mention slipping in the confetti and silly stream and bubbles weird fluffy snow stuff and who knows what else not. Theeeen we danced some more (Nancy too) but I was pulled away from my girl friend to dance with one of the male half stripper dancer guys until we went home early at 3:30am with my cake (breakfast). Viva, Peru!

      Definitely a blast and a half that was !! Still can't believe Mia was barbified and didn't have her grump face on all night. She is much more relaxed and easy going now... which is a good thing. But the barbie part. Well --she didn't get to choose the dress, or the colour, or the jewellery or or or or :P But she has learned that it's okay to do something like that for other people. And to suck up a smile for the 6000 photos her peru mother took of her and the xmas tree and the cake and her cacti and such afterwards. xD And to participate fully and rawrf. Didn't expect an experience like this!! She's super tired and sick right now and the words aren't flowing so well, but chyea. The eeend! :)

P.S. (she actually enjoyed herself and didn't complain about a thing! :OOOOO or felt the need to complain! *applause*)