Last Thursday 21/08/08 Jun my PPT @ IPB rang me at the office to tell me not to forget to pick up the robe for the UMS' 10th Convocation . I have been invited to attend the 'first sidang' on Saturday 23rd August at 8 am.
When Saturday came, my colleagues and I had such a good time chatting about things ( of course when it is us, our so-called good chats were about the Geneva Innovation competition,IENA, and other boring stuff like that). It was quite a sight to see,us fully clothed in our academic robes making jokes and having fun like schoolchildren!
Now, I have always had it in the back of my mind that we were going to sit somewhere in the front rows just slightly behind the parents.When we were eventually called for the academic procession we all lined up and started walking down the dewan. There were about 50 - 70 of us as we kept on walking down towards the stage and that was when I decided to ask AP Dr Mike the clever question - when are we going to take our seats here ? (referring of course to the very front seats between the stage which was already the very front'est'. Then he casually said..no we are sitting on the stage.Huh?And that was my knees started wobbling.
It was really a nervewrecking experience.Throughout the time I was climbing up the stage witnessed by the whole Dewan I was hoping I was not going to stumble over my robe which was very long.All the same it was a wonderful celebration as we celebrated the success of the students.This was really my first experience attending the convocation.At one point I even asked myself..how did I get here?
The week was good.
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