I know other universities call the graduation ceremony Convocation but in Mount Holyoke (and possibly other American schools) call it Commencement.
And the ceremony at the start of the school year is called Convocation.
This is because Convocation actually means ‘gathering’ so it’s like everyone is gathering to begin the new academic year.
And Commencement is called such because it is the commencement of our lives T_T (apparently our lives before didn’t count wtf)
So the pictures in the last post were of the Laurel Parade (not Commencement)
These are the real Commencement pics!
Angela and Mild swore that I would do something to screw up like fall down when I went to get my diploma wtf.
And I really felt like I would trip!
Angela already has doubts about me being her maid of honor because she said a maid of honor is supposed to help the bride organize and arrange everything, and that would not be possible with me wtf.
I promised fervently to write everything down in a notebook just please don’t take away my maid of honor-ship wtf.
She said she can just imagine herself picking me up from the airport for her wedding and my first words to her when I get into her car will be “Eh Angela how ar I lost my notebook la” wtf.
So anyway sure enough I screwed up on stage as will be shown later wtf.
But first more pictures from Laurel!
My hair on the first day was so red I seriously thought I looked like the Wicked Witch of the West or some trampy prostitute who gets killed by Jack the Ripper wtf.
Ya it’s just only occured to me that it’s not good to step on someone’s grave. But I think Mary Lyon wasn’t really buried there I think it’s just a symbolic resting place!
I love candid shots! But none of us look that good here.
With Kerning, Yen and Li Duan wtf (I have no idea which is her last name and which is her first)
And Monet!
The Harry Potter library. It even has banners of phoenixes and lions and centaurs (our class mascots?) 2008 is the lion yo Gryffindor wtf.
Me and Mom inside the library.
Then on to the Art Musuem in which Fat Her decided to take photos of nearly every exhibit there I think it’s his dream to go to a proper university T_T
Outside Clapp. Honestly what is with our names. First Hooker now Clapp wtf.
And then we went to the President’s backyard for a picnic. This is where Fat Her became too greedy and took too many cheese and crackers so a bird shat on his head HAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHA he was so calm ok he just said in a strained voice “aiya bird shit” and tried to use a napkin to wipe his head hahahahahahahahah.
Real graduation pictures! I still have curlers in my hair and Angela is zipping up my dress for me oh my lord I seriously miss her so much how ar how ar T________________________T
All the graduating seniors assembling.
Spot me! Obviously the shortest one by far. My parents said luckily my hair is so red or they would never have spotted me in the crowd. -_-
And then sitting down.
The sun was terrible that day! The whole week it was drizzly and miserable and on Commencement the sun shone and shone and everybody nearly died of heat stroke.
Due to my intense fear of the sun and tanning and melanin spots I spent the entire ceremony with my head under the itinerary like a roof T3T (pictured like the guy above wtf)
And then the faculty assembled and I nearly cried here T3T everyone was cheering them on and they all looked so clever (with their different robes and honors from their respective universities) and kind and not human like gods WTF.
And then here comes my diploma acceptance!
Waiting for my name to be called. (still normal)
Name gets called! Cap starts falling off. Have to walk out holding my head T________T
Take hand off hat long enough to accept diploma from Jojo (President)
Instead of walking past the podium to the other side of the stage before getting off it, I veer towards the stairs IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STAGE where THERE IS A POTTED PLANT IN FRONT OF IT because NOBODY IS SUPPOSED TO WALK THERE and HITCH UP MY SKIRTS TO STEP OVER THE PLANT in full view of thousands of people honestly why am I like this I really hate myself at times T______________T
Every other normal person of course walked to the other end of the stage where there was a photographer waiting to take pictures of them with their diplomas so I missed that photo opp too T____________T
I am so angry! I am going to take another degree just so I can get my graduation right you just watch me wtf.
After the ceremony! (With flowers I chose myself the day before wtf where is the fun in that you tell me!)
With Yamashita Sensei, who is my 2nd favorite teacher after Lipman.
Speaking of Lipman I am so angry omg. I was waiting for him after the ceremony so I can accost him and take one last photo with him and give him a thank you present wtf but he had left immediately to attend a wedding!!
How can he do this to me! I will never ever see him again *disillusioned over first love WTF
Fat Her says Yamashita looks like Woody Allen wtf.
With Angela and our diplomas wheeeeee. Damn cool okay the entire certificate is written in Latin so instead of a regular Bachelor of Arts I now possess a Baccalaureate of Artibus wtf.
Fat Her also wants to graduate (which he already did ok just not from a proper campus like MHC) Argh look at my hat hair.
Us with Patricia and parents mingling around.
And Lisa-chan the sweetest girl ever!
With Beth again!
Yen and her family.
Still haven’t gotten other pictures from Mild and Angie yet:( Must put more pictures of the biggest day of my life when I walked down the wrong steps T________T
Comments (27)
WHY IS EVERYONE WEARING FLIP FLOPS WITH THEIR GRADUATION GOWN!!!!!!!! I AM BAFFLED!!!!!! (why didn’t yen graduate wtf)
my love so pretty if a bit shiny /boo and why la can u walk down the wrong steps sigh what am i gonna do with u! no way you’re being my bridesmaid now wtf sit at the front row and watch wtf
at least you didn’t fall down the steps! congrats on graduating.
hehe… you dint listen and watch what is going on the stage? hehe.. oh well, dont worry, dont do that in your masters commencement..
I think most liberal arts school call their graduation ceremony commencement.
Congratulations btw!
Lmao seeing the evidence that you walked down the middle steps XD
You are famous now!
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Btw, congrats.
i’m so proud of you ah sou! /boo
because you graduated ok not because you embarassed yourself on stage *prays it doesn’t happen to me when i graduate WTF. hahahahahaah!!
i ALMOST bought the same dress as beth!!!
congrats audreee!! and you look so pweeettty! (:
u look so pretty! congrats 😀
Wah! So nice. I graduated already but still haven’t had my convo yet. Looking at this, I can’t wait!
eh couldn’t resist myself lar-the candid shot:
mild: slap you kao kao!
audrey: yay i got slapped!
angie: ahyeah y din slap harder!
hahaha!
hhahaha linfoong comment damn funny! ur dad picture with the cap is also funny .. u guys r too cute ^^ yeah -and regarding the mistake of walking down the step – both me and angela got vdo of you doing that ==:
congrats…it’s great to see that u’ve graduated..I hope I can be the same as you graduating young :-(.. anyway congrats and its really funny that you walked the wrong direction..haha
So this is the entry you did and left me alone on msn la wtf! Aaah, you looked so pretty! I love both of your dresses so much, so classy… :))) And hahahaha I think the funniest part is ’cause you hitched up your skirt and climbed over the plant hahahah… But it’s ok! The main point is you graduated wtf. I feel all teary just looking at the pics, made me emo about my graduation… T__T
Congradulations!!
haha ur dad looks so cute! so does yamashita hahaha
congratz!!!
eh why didn’t you run back to the photographer and ask him to take picture of you??
hahha that would be cute!! =p
CONGRATULATIONS AUD!!!!
we shud meet up okay we should !!! with huiwen n whoever else!
i wurve you audrey ooi even if you hitched up your graduation robe and stepped over potted plants in order to leave the stage 😀
HAHAHHAHAHAHA sometimes we all do silly things like that ha!! so cute la omg…. congrats 🙂
congrats!!! hope you get a job soon!
Aud so pretty I’m so proud /boo
HAHAHA at what Tze said and ya at my wedding you can be the official seat warmer 😀
u look gorgeous, aud !!! congratssss ! ur red hair is rockin ^__^
tze: yalah i dunno la crazy ang mohs wtf. WHY U DON’T WANT ME TO BE YOUR BRIDESMAID I PROMISE I WON’T SCREW UP
charl: thanks!
crash: no i was covering my face from the sun wtf
anon: how about other american universties? thank you!
742: haha there’s even a video of me going down the wrong steps. and then i stopped because my friend yelled over to me that i was in the wrong place T_T
eeflin: thanks mei mei /boo faster goo study now so u can graduate too WTF
elise: really? where is it from?
esther: thank u!
tricia: thank u!
arshana: congrats to you too! good luck for yours hehe
linfoong: WTF WHY SO RANDOM HAHAHA
mild: haha why is your sense of humor like that = = i want the videos! i can’t get it from ur picasa >< beemby: what do you mean graduating young? thank u! hui wen: i thought u were emo over us being old wtf T_______T anna: thank you! lin: haha my dad thinks yamashita looks like woody allen! waterlily: if i ran back then its more obvious that i made a mistake! haha sigh jean: thank u! where are u now? carol: do u still love me despite me ffking you and not going to broadway with you / taking pictures of you T3T abby: haha thank you! corrine: thank you! Ya imma pray so hard for this haha jia meei: HAHA JAMMIE WHY CANT I BE A BRIDESMAID I WILL BE GOOD TO LATAT I PROMISE
audrey ooi of course i still love you even though you ffk-ed me and as a result i had to camwhore by myself in central park today hahaha i still love you /boo we go kai kai when i go home okay mwahh.
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bandwidth exceeded!!! no pictures!