Tuesday, November 29, 2011
So I had my Graduation ceremony yesterday.
Hmm.. Before that,
I had to register.. And order my gown..
And pick it up.. [Which wasn't near.]
Tickets were expensive too. ):
[Which is why I say that it's a pain.]
Somehow, I managed to get my sister and mum to go.
So on that day.. [Yesterday.]
We were in a rush,
and I was late in registering my pass..
I had to robe myself too,
and all the time, I was thinking..
"Let's get this done with. Quick, QUICK, QUICK!! URGH!"
But as I got out of the changing room,
my mum waved towards me and insisted on taking lots of pictures.
I could see that she was proud of me,
and to confirm my presumptions,
she leaned in and whispered before we sat down in our allocated seats,
that she was so proud of me.
And I was stunned. Really.
Because to me, it's no big deal.
I'm just doing it to cancel it off my bucket list.
[Don't wanna tell my kids/grandkids in the future that I missed graduation, y'know?]
But she seemed to take the whole thing seriously,
and after we were separated,
[Guests and Graduands are to seat separately]
she texted me, saying that she was so proud of me [again],
and that she had just realised that I was much taller than her.
And I felt like I was in a movie.
Y'know, like one of them tear-jerkers.
And the parent suddenly realises how much their kid's grown.
It made me feel awkward.
But after the whole thing,
I guess... It's not as bad as I thought it would be.
And I'm really thankful that I have family who support me.
I feel blessed.
Moving on,
my future friends from Melbourne flew in today.
[Oh yeah, 4 more people to add to the list.]
The conference is only on Thursday,
so I had the opportunity of bonding with them over a dinner of hotpot tonight,
and a day and half of bringing them around.
I'm glad that we can get along alright. :)
So things are all fine and dandy now..
With the sun shining through the clouds,
[It's night time.]
and you know everything's gonna be just fine.
[Till conference, at least.]
Well!
Early day tomorrow!
I'll see you tomorrow? Maybe? :)
