Although the title seems so exciting, but to be honest, I did not have a single sense of excitment at all until I walked down the street with my gown on me. I realised it's a special day for me and all of us who are graduating.
Deliberately turned off my alarm this morning and refused to get up until about 8:30am. I received quite a number of txt from friends who sent their greetings and congratulations. I was especially pleased with CC's txt(Calvin_Chan, my fellow cantonese photography buddy on skykiwi). He said something like he prayed to God for the weather and the weather was good! And it was really goooood!!!
Not long after I left home, I realised something was missing. My hands were too free! Where was my trencher(hat)??? So I had to go back home again. My slight lateness made me even more stand out on the street (being one of a few who have the regalia on).
When I arrived at uni I saw the overwhelming number of commerce students. After I found my property crowd, I was immediately requested(required) to be in cheers mode and take photos with different classmate.
We paraded from OGH along Bowen Ave, Queen St then to Aotea Square. I saw CC, KFC, Amy and a whole bunch of other people. Photos...photos...photos... It's really great to see and chat Colleen again. We havn't been catching up for a long time. Suddenly have so many topics to talk about(remember last time we had a chance to chat was after we finished our very last exam for our bachelor degree).
Then my dear dear Kathy came, with a big bunch of flowers which carefully prepared by her mum (thank you auntie T.T). With the flowers there was a card written by Kathy, celebrating my graduation and our 8th month. So sweet. *heart*heart*~~~
Had lunch, then chat chat chat, followed by graduation ceremony, then to we took a group photos of all students flying our hats. The classic one! Really thank the Property Department of the UoA for organizing everything so well. They've hired a professional cameraman to firm us.
Then it's Albert Park our photo section, Raymond, Peggy, Aurora (my professional photographer, really appreciated a lot!), also Ricky with his new Nikon D200 and 18-200mm VR lens! (I am darn jealous man! >___<) and dozens of others you name it! Here CC came to take photos for me again (so touched).
After hearing all these shutter sounds, we finally got to sit down at the korean "green bus" restaurant. Here I dropped my camera on the floor!!! My heart was frozen when I saw the camera hitting the floor. And my heart was as fragile as the glass! But Thank God for his merciful hand, only the UV filter whose main purpose is to protect the lens from dust was broken. Economic loss: $20. It was close. (I need to relax myself after typing in this paragraph -_-#)
Anyways, I had a really nice graduation experience today. Everything just turned out so well and smooth. And I really really appreciated those who gave me support and took photos with/for me.
I will need to somehow assemble my photos from different cameras from my friends. Its a big job! Once I got some photos I will post a few here. Thanks for your patience. :)
