Q: What do Borat, Sailor Moon, Zorro, and the Queen of Hearts have in common?
Stumped?
A: They all attended the Vientiane College holiday “glitter party” on Saturday night.
The Glitter Party is a VC tradition that was revived this year–a celebration of the end of term and the holidays for all of the teachers, before the long break. Each year there is a different theme, for those who want to venture beyond glittery holiday attire. This year was Heroes and Villains, and there was a motley crew in attendance. I chose to dress as the Queen of Hearts, from Alice in Wonderland, and constructed a fairly elaborate costume with the help of my friend and coworker Sam, who is a costume extraordinaire. Step 1: purchase red and black satin fabric from Talat Sao. Step 2: visit the tailor with a sketch of our vision for the costume (which had a high “vampire” collar and hearts on the front and back). Step 3: give her 2 weeks to work her magic. Step 4: pick up the costume and marvel at her handiwork, decorate the skirt with playing cards. Step 5: attach cards to a headband and walk to the salon across the street to style my hair around it (for less than $5).
Other attendees included: Christmas Borat (green man-kini, Santa Hat), Sailor Moon, the devil, Zorro, “Stardazzle,” a fairy, Scott Pilgrim/Ramona Flowers and “Beerlao Man,” as well as several people decked out in sequins. It was a nice opportunity to get to know the other teachers outside of the staff room, and felt like the holidays were really here.