the pretty little things in life*

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Y 1:05 AM

The much awaited day finally arrived...

Convocation 2008
23 July, 10 am

I got all flustered up first thing in the morning because it had to rain on that day and I was caught in the terrible jam. Everybody was anxious that I wasnt able to make it in time for the ceremony. Arrived at 9.30am and robed with the help of my parents and love*!

Start of Ceremony

Was seated right at the first row with Jianxiang beside me, and thus, the ceremony didnt get too boring. I clapped with all my might for Hubby, Shirley, Cookie, Cuixia, Keeve, Zikai, Girish, Arun and sooooooo many of my other friends! Chek Papa caught my love* and yours truly on his video camera when we were up on stage! After two hours, it was finally over!

At the reception area, nobody was interested in the buffet anymore! It was a mad rush of grabbing people to pose in front of my camera and calling people to locate where they are hehs...

Photos Galore!

My Pride. My Joy.

With Chek Papa and Chek Mama!

With my dearest Daddy and Mummy!

YY came slightly earlier before her ceremony to take pictures with us! She's the only one who's in a different slot from all of us. And of course, I wouldnt miss taking pictures with her. We went through thick and thin, the best and the worst. Enough said.

Lovely Shirley! Didnt manage to take more pictures with her as she had to rush off after the ceremony for her job training.

Cuixia! She has always been such a sweet friend to all of us...have a blooming career in ST Electronics, babe! And I know we will be meeting up real sooooooon!
Cookie Ken Koh! How can I ever attain my Honours without him? This guy is not only a good mentor, but also our daily source of laughing medicine! All the best in your research work and in future, my kids will be calling you Professor Koh someday! Hehs...

Zikai! Mr Helpful and Master of Bakery! HRM classmate turned good friend! Although we were in different groups during HRM class, got to know him through Cookie Ken Koh and became close pals! Blading and baking sessions will always be remembered!

More pictures with the usual gang!

More and more friends!

Keeve, followed by Jun Ming! My fellow Professional Communicaion project mates!

The F4 of Infocommunications! Hehs!

Professor Siyal, Ah Guan, Yours Truly, Hui Zhong!

Professor Peter Chong! One of my favourite lecturers in Year 4.

Professor Chang Chip Hong! Super Nice FYP Moderator!

The EEE Graduation Yearbook!

Spot my reflections inside! Teeheehee...really surprised that the school decided to publish it. But I'm secretly happy! Dedicated to my lovelies! You guys know who you are! :)

Spent some time after the ceremony to reminisce old times around the school with my love*. A feeling of sweet bitterness lingered from every tutorial rooms and every lecture halls that we went back to. Part of me longed to go back to school as a student, when everything was carefree except having to worry about exams. But the other part of me was relieved to enter the next phase of life as a working adult, earning my own keep.

NTU has left me many beautiful memories, and these memories are definitely here to stay. All the friendships fostered, they will be greatly treasured as well.

Graduated!

Saturday, July 26, 2008 Y 1:00 AM

Sorry for the lack of updates! Been real busy with work and all. Hopefully, this long and picture- intensive entry will make up for it!

*The last two weeks were nothing short of fun, laughter, joy and of course...LOVE!

Got the studio shots from Serangoon Broadway three weeks back. Totally forgot about them. So here goes! Just a few for viewing pleasure! These are my personal favourites! Pardon me for the lousy quality because I was lazy to scan the pictures. Took them with my camera instead! Hehs...

18 July (Friday) - Joanne's birthday celebration!

Rushed down to Clarke Quay after work to meet my dearest girlies for dinner at Ricciotti Italian. They serve pretty delicious pasta and their desserts are a must try! And the whole lot of us headed down to Fashion Bar after dinner for drinks! Not much pictures for the night. I guess most of us were tired after work!

19 July (Saturday) - Day with my love*

It was a really simple day, but simple days are always the sweetest! Went over to Jurong and we caught the much anticipated Red Cliff! I thought it was pretty good! And I cant wait for the sequel to be out. Back to his house for dinner and we played Scrabble and watched DVD to pass our time. It was already late at night when we made our way back to Tampines. Home-Sweet-Home to our love nest! Whee!

20 July (Sunday) - Dinner at Lau Par Sat with NTU girlies!

Has been a really loooooooong time since we gathered! Rushed down to Raffles after my event on Sunday to meet the girls for dinner. It was a great meal and we ordered everything spicy to our own liking! I havent met Kaijing and Cuixia in like 3 whole months or longer!

Updates till now! This entry has taken me way toooooo long and it's time I turn in after one whole day of work! Meeting my love* for breakfast in 8 hours time!

Convocation entry up next really soooooon!

Sunday, July 13, 2008 Y 9:24 PM

Work has started for a week!

My bosses are all very nice to me! And my colleagues are friendly and helpful!

Not too busy for now, but I guess my workload will start to come in from next week onwards!

No matter how busy work is, my love* and yours truly always set aside time for a simple dinner affair on one of the weekdays after work and over the weekend! He never fails to cheer and perk me up after a whole day of tiring work! Times spent together are never enough, but we learn to be contented. Quality instead of quantity.

Cant wait for Joanne's birthday celebration next Friday! Seems like a long time since the ten of us last gathered together. I will hurry to finish my work on that day and rush over for the dinner!

Lots of misses and love to all my blog readers! xoxo

Thursday, July 03, 2008 Y 11:26 PM

KTV with my girls yesterday!

Huihua drove over to fetch YY and yours truly for KTV at Downtown East after her interview and Joanne joined us shortly after that! Love the KBOX there. New and spacious.

Went shopping with YY after that at Bugis and Suntec as both Huihua and Joanne headed home. Spent a bomb on necessities for work. Parted with YY and met my love* for dinner after he knocked off! Dined at our favourite place and to our ultra pleasant surprise, we saw Mr Cookie Ken Koh! Hehs...he joined us at our table and the three of us caught up with one another a great deal! It's always nice to meet up with old friends.

My convocation ceremony will be on 23 July 2008 at 10am! So many of my beloved peeps will be in the same session as me! Zikai, Joseph Situwali, Keeve, Shirley, Cuixia, Cookie Ken Koh and my love* will be convocated together with meeeee! Uber YAY-ness!

Was greeted with a slice of home-made yummylicious strawberry cheesecake when I went for tuition with my girl just now. Looked good, tasted even better! I love strawberries!

The Gohs has always been very kind and generous towards me for the past two years, and there is no doubt that my girl is hardworking and adorable. I really wish I do not have to give up my tuition after I start work next week. But, I will have to see how the situation goes.

Enjoying my last few days of freedom!