I shall never forget how I spent my 18th birthday on the 18th of august in this year. I never thought that I’ll be having a debut party,  a traditional Filipino coming-of-age celebration which celebrates a young woman’s 18th birthday. It was really difficult because I only have a month to prepare the whole party, it was just a simple debut. A one night celebration of legality with closest friends, family and neighbors.

On the big day, I came early to my venue with Cednick, Cath, Jairuz and Adrian, my friends,to help me prepare for the party. Well my party didn’t start with the typical flow of the debut, were the debutant will have an entrance with her beautiful ball gown. What I did was, I started with the unexpected production number, which the whole crowd was really amazed and surprised of how I did my entrance. I’m really nervous that night because I only had two days of practice of a 7 minutes performance, were I danced and sung. But I was thankful that it turns out well. During the performance, I can’t help but laugh while dancing , because of the reactions of my relatives and neighbors, well the dance was a little bit sexy so no wonder why everyone was really shocked and clapping.

After the debut, I had this after party, which I know all of my friends are excited for. The pool is open for anyone , there’s a comfortable room, foods, drinks, and even a karaoke. My family just let me party all night and they leave the party as well. So I was responsible to accommodate every single person who stayed just to party up all night. I have a lot of group of friends ,so I was roaming around had a short conversation to each of one of them not showing how exhausted I am. Around 4 am, it’s already the 19th, most of my friends are already in their own rooms resting, while some are still partying and enjoying the night. I decided to go to my main best friends’s room, I lay there with them feeling the tiredness in my body. We talked about things that happened during the debut, but my eyes slow shutters and had a 30 minutes sleep. Then the sun came up, I woke up every body, made my other friends to get out of the pool, and made them to start packing up because it’s time to leave the resort. When I got home, my relatives welcomed me and greet me once again a happy birthday, I bond with them for a short time then I immediately go to my room and had peaceful sleep. My body was tired but it was indeed a special, memorable and unforgettable night.

A lot of things happened during the event, but the most memorable for me was, when my mom gave her message for me that made me cry like a baby, I had river of tears that night. A thousand thank you will never be enough to show my gratitude and love for my mom. And that sums up of what happened during the night of 08 . 18 . 18 .