GRADUATION DAY

Today is my graduation day. A day I've been waiting for years to come. But it was over before I knew it. Maybe its because of the fact that its just a ceremony afterall. The hard work has already been put in before that.

Anyway, I screwed up the testamur presentation award. I forgot to bow to the academic party when I stepped forward to collect it. You know why? I was friggin' urgent can? My mind blanked out loh, I just hurry the process up and ended up messing it up. Hahaha, not like they are not gonna give me like that. And I thought the best thing that could happen was they give a toilet break in-between the presentation or at least give me a rubber band can? >_< hahahaha...

When the ceremony finally ended, I sprinted like roadrunner to the nearest toilet and let it all out. It felt heavenly, I found the surrounding walls and cubicles transforming into a lush green field and the blades of grass with their shiny morning dew were swaying along with the cool gentle breeze, and I was amidst the vastness of it all. What a relief, what a pleasure it was. o_O" I proceed to join my parents who were busy helping themselves to the spread of food laid out before them. I didn't even grab a single bite leh, sad. To think I paid $15 for it. *Puiii!* After that I scoured around the place looking for people to take pictures with, but I had to leave early because my mum was not feeling well and so I had to drive her back home to rest first. A pity I missed out on the group shot of the entire class, but I guess my mum's health takes precedence before everything else's. Later on, I had dinner back home before I drove out to meet Charles and quite a few others at Swensen's.

Talking about driving, I had borrowed a car from brother-in-law for the big day. It was nice to have a car and drive people around in comfort, but on the other hand, considering how insanely expensive it is to maintain one, it really makes you think twice about getting it, unless of cos you happen to be loaded. In just 2 days, I have spent slightly over $30 on petrol alone, and close to another $10 for parking charges and coupons. Crazy right? I might as well stick to my 2 wheeler, where $10 worth of petrol can sometimes stretch me for a week. I can also squeeze past vehicles easily, and breeze through even the most congested of jams.

Not to mention the feeling of driving a car alone. Man... it can get soooo lonely inside when there's no one around, even when you have the stereo on for company. But then hor, its different when riding a bike leh. When you ride a bike alone, the feeling you get... is freedom... and liberation. Like there's nothing to stop you, or hold you back like that. Not in the speeding sense, but the feeling is just different and I find it hard to put down in words here. Hmm...