Graduation Part 1

7th Nov 2008

Finally i reached the November posts...hehehe...so i shall now blog about my graduation day at INTI University College in Nilai to complement the pictures that i uploaded earlier..

In a way...i was quite excited that i was finally going to accept that piece of paper which i studied so hard for in 4 years...and also to meet up with college mates again which i haven't seen for 2 months!!! (still miss you guys...)...

Days before i have been telling mom that we need to leave the house by 1145 as i have to be there before 1pm...on that day itself...after doing all my routine (wake up, exercise, makan...) and all the delays as since have to wait for everyone else to get ready...we finally left the house at 12pm!!!...only one prob...since bro lost his camera charger...we have to stop by at dad's office in Shah Alam to borrow the company's (lousy) camera!!!

With the stupid Klang jam...we finally left dad's office at 1220pm!!!...i had to be the driver as dad was busy talking to someone on the phone...plus i'm the only one that knows how to go there without looking at the map...so i had to drive fast...go through some jams...stick to speed limit (thank goodness for cruise control) due to me kena saman on that stretch before...(boo hoo hoo...RM 300!!!)...we reached INTI Nilai finally at 1.10pm...kk...got speed little bit...just a little bit...hehehe

After registration at the room below the sports hall (bloody damn far...)...me, faye and pek gee went to the sports hall...with all our parents tagging along of course...after putting on the gown and hood...i needed to go to the washroom...suddenly bro starting shouting at me to hurry up cause they calling d to take pic...prob was...with the gown so big and long...very susah la...to make things worst...my hood fell off...(and no...it did not drop inside the bowl...hehehe)...i rushed back to the hall...all blur...then i saw the BATUH people all standing on the stage d...so i was like wondering about...asking where is 18 (tht's my number)...then the photographer just push me in...then i ask the feller standing next to me how they stand...she said go by height and just simply stand...so i just simply stand at the side lo...then the girl next to me ask me to readjust my hood...senget d...and the tasle also must put left side...walaueh...so many things to do...then she helped me to adjust all...(THANK YOU!!)

After a while...the camera man standing far far away...shouted with a very angmo (orang putih but weird) accent..."everybody we are going to take 3 shots...look into this camera and on the count of 3 smile!!"..."1..2..3...GOOD...one more time...x3"...he said this thing everytime a diff group goes up...only thing i was disappointed with the group pic was...they didn't do a seperate one for ICSJ students only...go mix us up with Nilai people...i mean HALLO!!! WE DON'T KNOW ANYONE OF THEM!!! WE WANT OUR OWN GROUP PIC!!!...good thing is after every shot they take...the "parents" are allowed to take the pic with their own cameras as well...so free shot...too bad because of the lousy camera...the shots came out in my camera BLUR...WTH???

Anyway...while sitting down and waiting for the other groups to take their pic...we were all kinda mixed up based on our names...thank goodness i was seated next to yan yan and at the back of me were the crazy bunch in class (lena, yoke yeng, sau hang, gary, sheh nee...who got sesat...hehehe...etc)...so not so boring after all...hehe

About 2.15pm...some feller started to brief us on what will happen later in the convocation...and what we are suppose to do...blah blah blah...then about 3.15pm we started to walk towards the multi-purpose hall (MPH) and then they made us stand outside the hall at the corridor there for like...forever...kk...a bit exagerating...but it seems forever!!! (actually just 15 minutes la...heheh)...but it was FREAKING HOT!!!...we were virtually sweating...and the robes we actually making it worst...the staff there switch on the fans...but not helping...BECAUSE WE WERE AT THE CORRIDOR!!!...no fans there!!!...walaueh!!!

Exactly 3.30pm (thank goodness there were on time...)...we were asked to walk slowly into the MPH...procession began with the song LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY playing behind...i was thinking...why in the world are they playing the song that has almost same status as the British second anthem??...must be because UK degree...hehehe...while walking in nearing towards the centre before i had to turn right...someone shouted..."girl girl!!...your tasle!!!"...my tasle went all the way to the back...(and as the feller tht briefed us just now...he said...on the right...not graduate...on the left...graduated...behind...tak tau...own meaning...hehehe)...so i had to quickly adjust it while walking...towards the front...the person there ask me to sit at the second row at the end there with booklet...but then another person stopped me and the second last booklet...well...whatever...

After the academic procession where all the lecturers and angmos from UK are all wearing gown also...some look weird...some look ok...some look cute..hehehe...the ceremony began...sing the INTI Song...the song that nobody in the college knows how to sing (kennysia, 2007)(check it out here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96zUnzdcSmQ )...and is still true looking and hearing at the number of people singing...hehehe...good effort to those who tried to sing though...hehehe...then the speeches by Prof Tim Wilson and other people tak tau siapa...

Then comes the big and super long part...the award of the degree to the recipients....but first we must be presented by the whoever that is supposed to present us...so when Alfred (the Dean of Sobiz ICSJ) presented us...the whole right side first 3 rows all stood up...this continued for all the other programs...and then the first row of graduates started to line up at the side there to be ready to receive their degrees...while they were doing that...Prof Tim Wilson had to declare that he had the power and authority to give us our degrees...(never see that in my bro's convo also...the angmo didn't declare anything)...

One by one...all of us went up to take our degrees when our names were called and take picture with Tim Wilson...the first class graduates went up first...then its was all random according to name...and yes my friends...we really really got our degrees on the spot...and not some "Congratulations on your graduation...please collect your degree blah blah blah..."...

After about 1.5 hours...yes its that long cause of the super big number of people graduating...especially marketing and BA people...walaueh...pity the HOP that read out the names...hehehe...the award of the degrees ended...then came the industry award where the best students nominated by the HOP will get some award and RM1k CASH(!!!) from some company...can't remember got how many awards...but i know is the awards are given equally among ICSJ and INTI-UC graduates...so at least no bias...(JANICE...I STILL WAITING YOUR BELANJA!!!)

To be continued...Part 2...next post