commencement is so.....

... TOUCHING!!

i'm NOT exaggerating k!! i went to liyan's commencement and i wonder if i would feel as touching next year.. coz it really felt like all urs sufferings pay off.. (T_T)

then i was smsing dear dear:

me: dear dear, i think commencement is a very touching thing

dd: really? dear dear next year is our turn

sounds scary i think.. coz it make me wonder if i can graduate next year.. haha..

anyway, there is lots of pictures to come, only if liyan send me.. coz all is in her digital cam.. This reminds me that i insist to my DD that next year i wanna get a digital cam before commencement. A digital cam that is officially mine.

a few things that i learn from commencement:

1) all robe carrier has to be deposited at the "front of house"
yan and i was thinking that depositing was a trouble coz after that u have to queue to get it back, so her mum hold for her during the commencement. and within mins after seated, one lady came and told yan's mum that she cannot bring the carrier in, so i had to bring deposit it.

2) arrange to meet your friends earlier for photo taking
after commencement, there will be tons of ppl trying to take photo etc which make things a super mess. It is (instead) easier to take photo before the commencement. Some nice place will be the NUS musuem located in UCC. so i decided that i had to arrange an earlier meeting next year to take photos with DD, sf, dap, kim as i think it is a lovely thing to have 5 ppl taking a photo in their robe and the 5 ppl suffer together in the hands of 3214.. haha

3) pre-arrange transportation
we waited for some time before we decided to take bus 96 to clementi to take cab back coz it was super difficult to take cab from UCC (as there were many ppl with same intentions) and then the cab centre is also busy (since many ppl 'll also call them) so advance booking is generally safer (in my opinion)

best of all, i learn how to wear the robe and that safety pin is very impt..

at the end of the commencement, i suddenly think of my 2nd sis-in-law who is afraid of balloons as tons (i suspect there is 1 k) of balloon drop from the ceiling as many ppl were busy bursting it. It sounds like horrible fireworks.

i really thank yan for inviting me to her commencement as it was super interesting, touching as well as a very nice feeling to witness your best friend going to the next phrase of her life. And also yan's parents who were super-duper nice ppl. i really like them!! Thank for the dinner treat too!! (o^_^o)