fake graduation

I attended my Ph.D. commencement on June 10, 2010.
If it wasn't because my mom suggested that I do it, and that Kumitaa wanted to attend, I wouldn't have bothered with the whole affair.
Nevertheless, I must say that I enjoyed it.
Sitting through the whole event was kind of boring, but it was also quite touching to bask in the enthusiasm and gratification of the 700 graduating graduate students around me. One girl who sat two rows in front of me actually broke down and cried during the event. Her supervisor had to console. I presumed that the grad student was just overwhelmed that she was finally done. I can understand that, though my own emotions were surely much calmer.
My Ph.D. career has been a fortunate and fairly smooth-sailing one. When I began my Ph.D. 4 years ago, I had thought of writing the experience as a memoir. Good thing I was too lazy to execute the plan, for if I did, it would have been a VERY BORING piece of reading. Perhaps due to the lack of drama, I wasn't overly excited by my own graduation.
Well, I haven't graduated yet. Submitting thesis in September, exit seminar in October.
I won't be surprised if by then, I will be overwhelmed by emotions and cry too. If only because Sept will be so unbelievably hectic for me that living through it will be enough drama to compensate for the dull 4 years before.
Thanks to the Malaysians, Hanayo and Fabio who turned up to make me feel like a celebrity on my commencement. Thanks to Jay for making it in time hahaha.
Now let's hope I graduate in September :)

and to Kumitaa: your day will come soon too!