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Graduation musings

A sure sign of an eventful week is when my Google Reader has been left unread and the new post count hits the 700s. A busy and fulfilling week it was indeed.  

I can go on and on about SYLers' trip and graduation, but I think the graduation dinner shall suffice! 
Oh my. Did I mention I hated dinners? I really did and dreaded last night, especially not having any of my closest friends in attendance (*coughs* Sarah Nat was invited!). 

But alas, last night was just utter brilliance. 

I arrived much earlier than I intended because Uncle Bernard gave me a lift and so I had a lot of time at the reception to spend talking to people. I tend to believe I am a lot more socially-awkward than I really am, HAHA. So... during the reception, it turns out I'm not socially awkward at all HAHA! I had a great catch-up with Rox, Wilson, Mr Mun, Dr Tan and my MBIO coursemates (: The dinner activities that followed made for a hearty session of laughter and hilarious tension (think the guillotine and the awkward couple acts). It was such a blast ;) Spirits were high and now here is my closure as I leave Ngee Ann. Then we had good chat on the way home home with the TCP woodlands kakis - super-tall Thomas, Joey and Meiyi! <3 Arrived home a happy goober who crashed in bed like a beached whale. Can't believe the rest still hit Zouk after!  

I'm really so proud to graduate from Ngee Ann. I received a piece of good news after I got home on graduation day. The timing was amazing, given that graduation is a day of gratitude to the beautiful people who have walked with me. I am still immensely filled with gratitude for so many people: Mr Chia, Dr Choy, Dr Lau, Ms Looi, John, Mr Mun, Ms Ann, Adrian, Audrey, Jane, May Goh, Mr Mak and so many more. <3 I'm ready to take the next step forward.

Never have I heard anything more divine

“What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!’ Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, ‘Never have I heard anything more divine’?” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Never have I heard anything more divine. This journey has been well worth every step. For the gems that were placed in my path for me to seize, for the most beautiful of people I have met, for being the one institution I pride myself so greatly to graduate from - thank you, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. 

There is so much to be grateful for. Though my chapter has now closed, my journey with Ngee Ann has yet to conclude - it will not, not until my youngest batch of juniors graduate and leave their lasting imprints on the next. I have been given so much by Ngee Ann, that much as I had served through Ambassadors and served through performing my best in my academics, I never feel it is enough. And so my commitment as I approach official graduation tomorrow is to keep this connection spirited and vital - my journey shan't end, for through all possible capacities, I commit myself to being an active serving alumni.

Labour of love? No doubt, but never has it been nor ever shall it be regrettably so.   
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