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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Title: Graduation 2010
Time: 5:09 PM
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It's been two months since the last day of my senior year, or the last day of my high school years, or the last day of my entire stay in my alma mater. It took me months to finally write something that would hopefully last a lifetime so that I'll always have a memory about this day.

Graduation is the day I've been waiting for since the first day I stepped into the classroom on the first day of senior year. Seriously, who would want to be in a section that is full of strangers, a few old friends, and no one to run to during class hours? I never wanted to be in that section anyway, so why not just graduate and everything will be over. (So if you're guessing why my senior year section is included in the banner, it's just because I might get a lot of nasty comments there were a few good memories, I guess.)

Graduation was boring. There was actually nothing to look forward to on that day. I was bored; I wanted to tweet during my graduation but I could not do so. It was hard watching parents with my bacthmates going up the stage while I was sitting down. It was actually hard...

... knowing that I'm just a few points away from earning myself a spot on that stage. I'm just one rank short for class medalist and four ranks short of being an honor graduate. And after two months? The thought still haunts me. I'm sorry to say, but it's a big deal to me. I see myself as an achiever.

...but, if I were in another section, I might just earn a spot on being a class medalist. So why am I in 4E anyway? To live a life of misery and loneliness? To realize that I cannot achieve much? To be short of some things?

I never did enjoy my senior year. Looking back, I could say that I was alone. I had no one. Everyone had his or her own set of friends, and yes, I had mine, but my friends had other sets of friends too. If I were not separated from my former former section (from 3A), I just might have gotten a stronger bond with my junior year classmates. But no, they had their share of fun, while I am just at the sidelines, looking at how they bonded and just thinking that I might be there, only if I weren't in another section.

Graduation songs: 2 Chinese songs, Who Am I - religious song (Casting Crowns), Special Memory - song to parents, No Boundaries - batch song (Kris Allen). It was a noisy graduation song. I could say that it was fun; I mean, almost everything had its share of fun times.

Efren Penaflorida (CNN Hero of the Year) was our guest speaker, and I was glad to have shaken hands with him (while getting my fake diploma), have a pic with him and have him sign my fake diploma (just because I wanted to lol). :D

I threw my toga cap after graduation. I was the only one to do so, and it landed on the seat of a parent. :))

Overall, Graduation is... not equal to goodbye. Finally, I'm free of the burden that school has caused me. I'll be going to college next month, but that doesn't mean that I'm free of all the stress high school has caused me. It will still continue on.