My Graduation Day

that's it! my graduation day... it's finished. Hope i'll hv another one at the end of next year for honours :P

the excitement started when a lady called me yday 6 something in the evening, asking me how to pronounce my name. it's hard for her to get the middle word 'sze' but wat she could pronounce is close enough :P but anyway, today when they call out my name, it's diffr from yday

this morning i still went to work for 1.5 hours. need to check out the flies lar and luckily i went coz i managed to do a cross today! :)
when i was half way checking for any virgin female flies, i suddenly remember that i hvn't charge my camera!!! so i called home to ask my mum to do it for me.
and then the excitement increased when i was abt to leave work, i told ppl in the fly lab at that time that i'm going off to hv my graduation in the afternoon. and they said to me like... 'enjoy ur graduation!' bla bla bla. and my supervisor said that too before i left.

seeing my parents dressing up for my 'big day' make me feel really happy :)
coz they usually wont dress up mar,
dad was wearing a long sleeve shirt (bro bought for him, he told me) and mum wore a red blouse and white pants :)
then in the lift, dad was 'practising' his smile. haha! and we think his smile looks a bit funny :)

arrived in union hs at 12.45pm. went up to 2nd floor, queue up for the regalia. there were not more than 5 ppl there when i first arrived. then met a fren who did science so we were chatting while queueing up
after putting on the gown and the hood, picked up the tix for our guests.
went down to ground floor, met SuangSuang, then Hari and Jason.
after that me and my parents went to take those studio photos.
then saw HweeNgee, then LeeXin and KengSeng (thnx for the flowers!)
After the photos, TzeChien, HweeNgee, and Jeanette also came along. so we all went outside union hs to take photos. luckily it wasn't as hot as it was in the mid-day. :)

we went to the 'old harry-potter-like corridor' took a few photos there, then Charlotte came too. she's another biomed ppl who's graduating today. and i met Jill (a good teacher in my sem2 Experimental Genetics project) who walked pass us, so drag her for photo too of coz :)
then saw dad's fren, his son graduating today too. photo photo...
that old building near south lawn is really nice for photos!!
then Benson came, met WingYan too (another biomed ppl graduating today, altogether there's us 3 girls and another guy whom i dunno)
then SamSam and Elaine came (thnx for the flowers and the bearbear!! it's sharing my bed with me tonite :P)

then we went to Genetics building to take photo with the word 'genetics' plus the melb uni logo
while we're on the way back to Wilson Hall at 3pm, met Jocelyn (graduating today as Bach. in Optom.) and then Alvin came too.

the ceremony in Wilson Hall wasn't that boring. i was sitting next to Charlotte and another biomed guy (whom i dunno). i was a bit hungry but luckily my stomach behaved well :)
before we 'went up the stage to shake hand with the Chancellor, receive our cert, then nod with the Dean, come down from the stage', a mother-ly lady was there 'tidy-ing up' our look. from hats (for those masters ppl), ties (for guys), to the gown and hood.
and when it's my turn, i only realise that my hood is 'inside-out' all the time!!!!!!
which means my studio photos are stuffed up! >.<
blame the guy in 2nd floor union hs who helped me wear the hood!!!!! :(

the ceremony started at 3.30pm, finished at 5.15pm
each of us got our cert plus a melb uni logo pin. :)
after it finished, the Chancellor, Deans and all those 'big ppl' left the hall first, walking down the middle aisle, followed by us graduates when all the guests had to stand up. felt so proud!! :D but too bad when a fren tried to take photo of me walking down the middle aisle, i was coughing, so couldnt see my face clearly :(

then, outside Wilson Hall was crowded with ppl, all looking for our own parents, frens...
JeePing was outside the hall waiting for me
and saw KahWai too
after we found my parents (camera is with them), took photos with JeePing,
while still waiting to take photo with KahWai n JingYi (thnx for the melb uni koala) (and their fren joined in too), took a few photos with my cert :P

before returning the gown at 6pm, Alfred came just on time (thnx for the flowers).
after taking a few more photos, of myself also, returned the gown at 2nd floor.
met Fabian there. he graduated today too.

went home, put down the stuff, went out for dinner with my parents and my dad's fren and his son's hsmate+family
it was raining not too heavily.
after the dinner, i was soo soo sleepy. i can hardly open both of my eyes at the same time when i came home >.<
spent like 20mins (or more?) to fix up the flowers... put them into jars, bottles...
so now, my whole living room smells like flowers :P
i hv one 'jar' of flowers on the dining table, the other 'jar' in the toilet (no offence to the flowers wat so ever)

after shower, uploaded the photos looo... and to msn space too :P

time to sleep now.. :)
once again, thnx everyone for coming!!! i had a great day today :)

to be honest, i was worried if noone ever turned up! :$