Deepavali

SO.
the malaysians in my university had a deepavali celebration today...

my day started off atrociously. like seriously.
i woke at six because of a nightmare that is still creeping me out now. an hour later "someone" decided to pay me a visit almost two whole weeks early. then when my friend came over to borrow my tube top, i couldnt find it at all even though i ransacked my place.

make up was giving me such a bad time this morning... after multiple tries of attaching my falsies, i had to remove all my make up on one side and start all over. i was running sooooo late.

then i went on and did my hair (which even after a ton of hairspray were straight as sticks by the end of the day)... my friend and i were thiiiiiiiiis close to just staying in, but we decided to just buck up, and finish preparing since we went and bought sarees just for deepavali. Anyway, after doing hair and make up, i grabbed my clothes to meet my indian friend who was to help me with my saree.

anyway, i put on my saree.

and everything was so worth it.

all the bumps on the road and the hiccups in the morning were forgotten as my friend draped the saree and pinned it into place.

we got over there, and most of the event was unremarkable...
But, toward the end, the MC announced that we would have to watch just one last video, and then the dance floor would open.

we were really excited because after most events we'd be rushed out of the hall so they could clean up and return it etc...

so after the clip ended, i sort of exclaimed "Dance floor!"  and i didnt realize that it was so quiet in the hall, or that so many people would hear me. So many heads turned to us and my friend and i both tried to duck and hide our faces. here's the funny thing. even though i was the one who yelled, people turned and looked at my friend because she's an indian and naturally it's in the indian blood to want to dance or something. hahahahha.

dancing in a saree is no joke. i salute the girls who do it. even though my friends helped me tuck the ends in, they'd keep falling out as we danced. in the end i just ignored the saree and danced. and man its HOT dancing in a saree.

after that we were lazy to change back to our boots so we braved the weather in our strappy heels and sarees. my friends were pretty alright since they were wearing leggings or long johns underneath. i was wearing spanky pants under my saree so my legs were freezing by the time we got back to the hostel....


oh and one more thing that made my day! i found out that i was one of the five nominees for best dressed :D wheeeeee.
many people were upset with the winner of best dressed female and honestly speaking, her saree isnt that special or pretty.... but this year they didnt announce all the nominees since the event was running late, so they just called out the winner... i'd bet if they did call out all the nominees, and the audience could see and compare the sarees, there would have been an uproar at the results... haha.

But i was nominated! :) and there's a hugeeee smile plastered on my face now.