Disneyland Adventure - The new ride "Graduation"
Yeah, so the whole updating LJ thing ain't really working out as I thought. Who would have known how much stuff one could accumulate in 5 years of uni study? I have an entire cupboard full of lecture notes and textbooks which by the end of the week I plan to have it either all burnt, sold or at least down to 50%.
Anyway, today is and was the day I graduated officially from the ANU System. WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!! kasneeze was there and so were a few people I thought graduated already. But it's great to finally see the official end to this part of education. Spend $25K over 5.5 years (or more), get decked out in a gown you can't keep and recieve a piece of paper that comes rolled up in a hollow cannister that gets framed for an extra $90. Great to know and see that the system of bueracracy works in "our" favour.
It was good to know that I, along with many other would be engineers, have slugged through and made it alive (or as alive as can be really). So after the official photo taking and standing around and mingling, and buying that koala bear and framing the degree and returning the gown, a big CONGRATULATIONS to all who have survived and the biggest hugs go out to all my friends (you know who you are as you probably read LJ at least once a week) who have supported me through the toughest 5.5 years of my life. Never would I have thought that so much could happen in such a short time span, but I am glad to have known you all and you guys just don't know how much I appreciate all your support. THANKS HEAPS for helping me survive! And thank you for putting up with the last year of me yammering on about alot of crap concerning just me. Can't stress enough on how patient you guys have been. I especially have to give __happy__ a big hug'n kiss.
In other news, going to see pirates next tuesday, going back to work tomorrow, mum's heading off to S'pore for 2 weeks and I have graduation photos. Must show them to people before I forget about them and also show them the wanky, but cool koala bear (expensive as it may be). I think I mentioned I'm planning on starting the whole fiction writing thing again, although I have lost touch with normal books lately.
On the 18th, it will be exactly one year since __happy__ and myself became a couple and exactly one year, one day since we were in Sydney drinking at the Lowenbrau and other outlets on The Rocks, Sydney, and exactly one year since __happy__ and I had our first official date, with me in a hospital bed from a head injury caused by an ADFA boy.
Other than all this mentioned above, it still hasn't hit me that I am no longer a student and I am now going to watch some Dr. Who? One final note, imagine this joke with a Chinese accent (like the one on Team America, if you have seen it)
Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?
Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.
Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!
Operator: You are talking to someone! Who is this?
Caller: I'm Sum Wan ..And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.
Operator: I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?
Caller: Well just tell my sister, Annie Wan that our brother,
Noe Wan was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now
Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.
Operator: Look if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital from the accident that isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!
Caller: You are so rude! Who are you?
Operator: I'm Sau Lee.
Caller: Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!
In words of __happy__... *SIGH*
Anyway, today is and was the day I graduated officially from the ANU System. WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!! kasneeze was there and so were a few people I thought graduated already. But it's great to finally see the official end to this part of education. Spend $25K over 5.5 years (or more), get decked out in a gown you can't keep and recieve a piece of paper that comes rolled up in a hollow cannister that gets framed for an extra $90. Great to know and see that the system of bueracracy works in "our" favour.
It was good to know that I, along with many other would be engineers, have slugged through and made it alive (or as alive as can be really). So after the official photo taking and standing around and mingling, and buying that koala bear and framing the degree and returning the gown, a big CONGRATULATIONS to all who have survived and the biggest hugs go out to all my friends (you know who you are as you probably read LJ at least once a week) who have supported me through the toughest 5.5 years of my life. Never would I have thought that so much could happen in such a short time span, but I am glad to have known you all and you guys just don't know how much I appreciate all your support. THANKS HEAPS for helping me survive! And thank you for putting up with the last year of me yammering on about alot of crap concerning just me. Can't stress enough on how patient you guys have been. I especially have to give __happy__ a big hug'n kiss.
In other news, going to see pirates next tuesday, going back to work tomorrow, mum's heading off to S'pore for 2 weeks and I have graduation photos. Must show them to people before I forget about them and also show them the wanky, but cool koala bear (expensive as it may be). I think I mentioned I'm planning on starting the whole fiction writing thing again, although I have lost touch with normal books lately.
On the 18th, it will be exactly one year since __happy__ and myself became a couple and exactly one year, one day since we were in Sydney drinking at the Lowenbrau and other outlets on The Rocks, Sydney, and exactly one year since __happy__ and I had our first official date, with me in a hospital bed from a head injury caused by an ADFA boy.
Other than all this mentioned above, it still hasn't hit me that I am no longer a student and I am now going to watch some Dr. Who? One final note, imagine this joke with a Chinese accent (like the one on Team America, if you have seen it)
Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?
Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.
Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!
Operator: You are talking to someone! Who is this?
Caller: I'm Sum Wan ..And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.
Operator: I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?
Caller: Well just tell my sister, Annie Wan that our brother,
Noe Wan was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now
Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.
Operator: Look if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital from the accident that isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!
Caller: You are so rude! Who are you?
Operator: I'm Sau Lee.
Caller: Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!
In words of __happy__... *SIGH*