(above) Formal

(above) Informal

After the ceremony is over, most of the graduand took pictures with their friends and classmates. My class, K508, took a class photo together. This was done professionally by the photographers in Photography Club (I think only). After that, we took some pictures among ourselves. By the way, we remove the coat/gown after the class photo as we were sweating like hell. I didn't return the same time as I wanted to take picture with Jie Ying. Besides that, I am also taking a professional photo taken with my parents.

(above) Xue Ling, Miaoyan, Joyce, Mei Ling

I want to comment about the professional photo taking session. My parents and I waited for more than an hour for our turn. Then, we also have to wait for another hour for the person to burn the photos into the CD. We didn't wait for the CD as we were tired and hungry. My sister will take it tomorrow as she is schooling at TP.

(above) Jie Ying and Mei Ling

My picture taking with Jie Ying was a bit rushing as she need to attend her graduation ceremony. I didn't blame her as we can have many other opportunities to meet up. I must compliment her. She bought the largest family members to witness the ceremony. I say that I envy her. She really made her family proud by graduating with a diploma.

There were a few surprises. I saw Zuozhi. I didn't expect to see him. He was there to witness his brother, Zuoren, getting his diploma. The weird thing is that his brother is not witnessing his but Jie Ying and He Ting are. The next surprise was Jacinda. I didn't expect to see her there too. She told me that she was a replacement 'relative'. Too bad we didn't chat much but not much worry. There are many ways to keep in contact.

After a long 'speech' about my graduation today, I must tap myself on the shoulders and say that I can leave the school with a big smile on my face. Now, the future is what I have to look forward to. I need to beware of the challenges, betrayers, etc. Stay on full alert most of the time so as not to get bullied easily. From sec sch to poly might be a turning point to ourselves, as said by many lecturers. I must say that from poly to work life is the biggest turning point of my life. This is when I learn to save and aim higher in life.

I hope I will make the right decision. Lastly, thank Allah for all the help.

I had not seen my pri sch friend since I started poly 3 years ago. By the way, I only kept in contact with one pri sch friend. I had 3 best friends in pri sch. I tried to keep in contact with them during my sec sch days but only one did. I snail mail them, wondering how are they, but only one returned my mail. Well, at least I knew who is a true friend to me.

I met her aft my work. When we saw each other, we had lots to talk about. We talked and walked from Orchard MRT station to Shaw house. She suggested to watch a movie as we didn't know what else to do. At first we wanted to watch "What Happens in Vegas", but we were one step slow. We couldn't watch the 1920 show as we reach Shaw House at 1910. In the end we watched the 2045 Speed Racer.

I have not watched a movie for more than a year. This is the first movie I watched this year. The Speed Racer movie was average. There was too much graphics or CGI. At certain scenes, I can really see that it was fake. The only thing worth watching was the lead actor. He is damn handsome. I think they should not cast Christina Ricci with him as she looks like a doll when she is with him. YUCKS!

By the time the show is over, it was 2250. We headed home and continue our conversation. Luckily, we watched a movie at that time. If we were to watch any time later, I might not be able to go home. There will be no buses available then.

Overall, I enjooyed myself very much. I hope to meet her again and have fun. Thank you for being such a great friend all these years.