Monday, June 19, 2006
NYP Graduation
The NYP Graduation has been, in many ways, a rather eventful event for me.
First off, the court shoes that i wore today decided to give me a very straight and direct to the face answer that yes, it is old, and i should not have dug it out from its 3yr+ slumber: it detached its heels from its sole. Fine. maybe i should have gotten the hint when i found the surface of the right shoe full of cracks, but hey! i was thinking this can be the last time i'm wearing it! Anyway, yar, luckily it gave way while i was filing my way to the seat in the auditorium... i can't imagine what will happen if it were to happen when i'm on stage with the VIP and the whole auditorium staring at my klutz!
Secondly, we were told to bring our I/C with us while we go on the stage, so that we can claim our diploma straight after the "shaking hands show". Being one of the few who happened to have pockets, i was the keeper for my 4 other friends' I/C. However, while i was lining up to go on stge to get my diploma, i realised, to my horror, that i only have 4 I/Cs with me!! and guess whose I/C was missing?? wahahaha... yep. it's urs truly. i was like, wth?? RIGHT. at LEAST the one i lost is mine. at LEAST i nv get others into trouble. HA. HA. HA. What great luck.
I attempted to hold on to my hopes that yea, maybe i dropped it on the way to the queue. So after collecting the diploma, i passed the I/Cs back to my friends and asked for permission to search for mine in the vicinity of my seat. but OH NO~~~ i can't find it. damn. now i gotta go report lost. SHIT!!!. and as i was once again about to lapse into hysteria, one of my friend came running to me and said that my I/C was stuck to the back of hers. I was like.. speechless. Speechless at how lucky that my I/C is found, and also at how lame the whole episode is.
(the stupidest thing, however, is that they didn't even check our I/C when we collected our diploma.. so idiotic right? my i/C could haf just stayed safely in my wallet, and i wdn't hafta freak out.)
Anyway, after the whole thing was over, and after the round of phototaking with the "Graduation 2006" board as backdrop, i brought my hungry parents to the lunch reception. Eat, eat, eat... and Charmaine came along.
Charmaine: Congratulations on ur graduation!
Me: Thank you!
Charmaine: just want to check with you, will u be working or studying?
Me: Oh studying. Going to Sydney.
Charmaine: Oh! ok so maybe just check your particulars... *shows class list* any changes?
Me: eh... nope!
*dad walks over*
Me: oh Charmaine, my dad. he speaks cantonese.
*a round of broken cantonese (from Charmaine) and chinese (from dad) exchanged*
*mum joins us*
Me: and this is my mum. *charmaine looks at me* oh. she's an english speaker.
*launches into an interrogation of Charmaine, as my mum decides to dig information about Sydney from her... Areas discussed focused mainly on 1. safety of neighbourhood, and 2. whether the roads are well-lit at night*
Conversation ended with Charmaine concluded that "Lidcombe is a dead town, Burwood has more asian shops and is more alive", and "actually, sometimes the things mothers worry about are justified."
After Charmaine left, i disappeared for a while as i went to chat with eliz they all. When i returned to my parents' area, to my big big BIG surprise, i saw
HUA BENG standing beside my mum.
i was lk. er. eh. huh? how come hb is there? i mean, he wasn't there when i left, so
how on earth did he know those 2 are my parents????i bet i had one of those funny expressions that he always associate me with. at the very least, i think my mouth was opened in shock.
Anyway, turns out that Charmaine introduced him to them. -.- some sort of conversation went on, as my mum again tried to understand how is the weather like in Sydney in July. oh, but the highlight of the conversation was:
Mum: do you happen to know how much does an average pillow cost in Sydney?
I was lk.. think eyes nearly popped and fell out... i think hb also abit "cua dio", but gave a rather diplomatic answer...
HB: (after a momentary pause)well, there is a range of pillows available in Sydney. Some will be expensive, but there are cheap ones as well. (seeing that my mum is expecting more details)... i think it can go as low as AUD$8.
i was practically screaming in embarrasment in my head!! PILLOWS!! OF ALL THINGS!!! ARGH!!!!!! omg omg omg omg omg. with that i took practical actions and decided to distract them wth photo taking. omg. PILLOWS.
ah.. so as u can see, although i was quite happy that my parents came, i was also rather happy to see them leave for home first. After that was a series of photo taking, chattin with friends and lecturers alike. And as the crowd slowly n gradually dispersed, we (meaning eliz, joanna, ser and me) were left talking with our dear Mr Lim HB.
it's actually quite funny, the things that u'll do when tt power relationship of lecturer-student dissolved... eliz was taking her long awaited lunch, while jojo, ser and me were happily oscillating in a row, telling huabeng about our plans for positive attrition to librarians after jojo's 6 yrs bond ends. and of course, we talked about alot of other stupid things, but hey, tt's just us trying to be friendly yeah?
ah ah.. and so, my life chapter in NYP has finally concluded with a rather interesting note. And as i type this entry with the sky so dark and wind (from the fan) so cool, who knows? maybe later i might actually start missing my days as a student from NYP.
but tt's really all quite understandable, right?
è¯å yawned @ 9:55 PM
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