It's just a small party in the neighbourhood

Yesterday when we were going for a walk around the neighbourhood we noticed the villa down the street were setting up some serious looking stage lighting in front of the place. There were lots of outside lounges/seating being setup around the yard. Hmmm.....we figured they were going to pretty big measures for a party but then we remembered which part of the world we were in.

Last night when we heard music coming from outside and thought it could only be one thing, it must be the party they were setting up for yesterday and we were right, only we had underestimated the size of the party. As we got closer we estimated there were probably 50
cars parked out the front and they weren't just your ordinary sedans, there were some pretty pricey cars. And we saw what the stage lighting was for, a live band playing and a light show was being shone onto the front of the cream coloured villa (remember a villa in this part of the world equates to a small mansion back home).

To show you there’s no such thing as “over the top” around here, there were doormen/security guards at the front gate and to finish it off nicely were poles with red velvet ropes on either side of the drive way to guide you to the front gate.

This is quite similar to “Sweet 16” on MTV. It’s a TV show showing the extents wealthy families go to celebrate their daughters 16 birthdays - from buying expensive cars as gifts before their daughter have a driving license to hiring famous singers to perform at the party.

I’m sure the only reason why we didn’t get an invitation was because it got lost in the mail.