Graduation day @ UMS on Sunday, 24 August 2008

I'm late in updating my blog again ... it’s been 3 days late! Anyway, once again, a BIG Congratulation to Kelly from the entire Tan family here in KK. Wishing you a super bright future in years come by.

Mum & I ordered a bunch of flower from Damai Florist on Saturday morning, we actually wanted the whole bunch of Sunflower (sunflower = bright future) but unfortunately they only left 2 stalks. I saw there were more, but someone else actually booked that 5 stalks of sunflower. How I wish I could bribe her by buying over the remaining 5 stalks with a higher price … *cunning smile* … Of course, we didn’t do so lar, we’re educated human being! lolz … Anyhow, take a look at the flower enclosed, we mixed the sunflower with various colours of Daisy, it turns out pretty outstanding. Hope Kelly likes it …

The sun was hot on Sunday morning, I wasn’t sure whether I could take it but I just walked under the sun, wandered outside the Chancellor Hall looking for Kelly & other family members, while I settled my mum at a cooler spot (under the tree) for her to rest. Thank god I didn’t ‘melt’ & faint down but I had a minor headache after that.

The Chancellor Hall where the actual ceremony took place

Everyone tried to paint smiles on their faces during the photo session although it’s very hot, especially Kelly with her long sleeve shirt + the bulky graduation robe. UMS should attempt to have the entire ceremony including all these photo shooting sessions with family & friends in a big hall or ballroom like how all other universities do. A tropical country like Malaysia definitely not fit for this kind of outdoor graduation. When Kelly was walking round the campus to take photos with her friends, I started to re-call my graduation day few years back, we were so happy walking round under a fully air-conditioned premise without the feeling of HOT. And suddenly the scene flashed back to UMS …. Oh my goshhh …. Can you imagine the heat that we encountered that day?

More photos …

Everyone getting ready for photo session

Family pics

With the cousins

Pretty gals under the hot sun

One for the album

Kindly browse Kelly's Graduation for more photos.