Oh Shoot: Ivy Rocks at 18

Jna, Crissel, I

Ivy Torres @ 18

July 24, 2011

Gracious Resort Park

Ivy with her brother, Kuya Joshua

I've known Ivy since pre-elementary and, I think, we were even classmates in nursery. We went to the same school for our pre-elementary, elementary and high school. And to say that I witnessed her transform to a chubby kid who likes to ask my mom some wafers when we were younger (at least that's what my mom told me) to an athletic, hot and friendly lady, is an understatement.

Pritzy, Bea

Everyone started taking chatting and taking pictures of each other upon arriving at the venue. Here's a photo of me checking out the shots.

When two people are taking pictures of themselves, my friends and batchmates would always have the urge to sneak in and, eventually, take up all the space in the frame. That's what exactly happened to Micah and I when we were taking some pictures of us. You could see me laughing real hard at the side to the point that I could no longer smile for the camera.

So we had to take another shot.

Anyway, the party's theme was soft-rock. And one unique thing in Ivy's party was her 18 candles & gifts and 18 roses and shots. The people who were part of the program had a dual function. (i.e. candles & gifts or roses & shots) LOL Dual function seems a bit weird in this sentence Hahaha

Here's a photo still of Xenia's video greeting from Singapore. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take a photo of Benjie's video for Ivy. He's in Canada so obviously, he didn't make it. But yay technology! It was so sweeeet! Benjie was our elementary batchmate and Ivy's best friend but I like to ship them. So, I'm shipping them! Haha Team Ivy and Benjie FTW! <3

Check out June while solo partying :))

My favorite part of the party was dinner! Specifically, the dessert <3

This was such an awwwwww moment for everyone. Ivy's nephew was her first real dance (first was Benjie who was stuck in the video LOL). Every one knows I have a fascination for tiny human beings in the form of cute babies so next to the dessert, this was my favorite part. <3

Ivy's 3 brothers

Her father was so cute wearing a leather jacket and a bling

Bands played before and after the program.

And look who was present- Sir Baclor! He's my high school Social Studies teacher.

I was quite surprised that my guy friends asked me to take a photo of them. Usually, they would smack my camera but I don't know what happened to them that night.

These guys were playing with the glass of water when suddenly, Paulo and Jv began pouring the water into Joboy.

Poor thing ended up like this. Haha

I sat with Pritzy and Paulo while some bands were playing. We talked about a lot of stuffs- majority of which are funny that I literally just laughed the whole time.

We tried taking a descent group photo of us three but failed. I think there are 10+ fail shots in my hard drive.

Funny scenario: there were 3 tables playing cards! Now I remember, one of the topics that Pritzy and I discussed was our lack of interest in cards.

I went outside with June and stayed with Elma and Jna.

We got bored so we maximized the walls and took shots.

We got bored again so we went to our room in the third floor. It was spacious but not enough for around 20 people to fit in. Some of my friends stayed in the room in the 2nd floor while Ivy's friends from Diliman were in the 1st floor.

Our room had a cute little cabin! Haha