Graduation

I had my graduation ceremony today, receiving my Bachelor of Social Sciences Second Class (Upper) in Communications and New Media, as well as the NTUC Income Prize for being the top student in my programme.

The graduation ceremony was good, but I think it meant much more for the family of the graduand than for the graduand. Many brought not just their parents but their grandparents as well. I think for many of families, it’s really a proud moment. For my own family, it’s too a proud time. My sister and I have become the first graduates of my family. The graduation ceremony is really more for the family, especially the parents, to feel proud and happy of the achievements of the graduands.

It is also a day for friends to gather together for one last time. It’s not going to be easy to meet up as much as they used to. Classes, tutorials and ECAs brought everyone together regularly for the past 3-4 years. Now, there are no such things to bring people together as often. So, the graduation ceremony is the time for friends to get together for one last time, taking pictures to preserve for eternity the final moments of one’s university life. Thank goodness that digital cameras make it so much cheaper and easier to keep memories of special moments. Here are the pictures taken today: