Mr Lim told me about the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It was a very inspiring talk by this Carnegie Mellon computer science professor, who died of pancreatic cancer on 25th July this year. Although it lasted for more than 1 hour, it is definitely worth watching. I was nearly going to this school!
Today can be considered a very important day in my life. After all the interviews, rehearsals, and plus the essays and sleepless nights, this chapter has ended, with a 'bang'. Woke up 7 in the morning to attend the last dance practice. Everyone was looking a bit blur somehow, but effect of the music was immediate; all seemed to be high and starting to concentrate. Out of all the performing groups, we are by far the most dedicated and hardworking one, practising during the 'peak' hour after lunch, the time when all the rest were falling asleep. A pool of hyper-active reds and blacks, outshining the Storm and choir. Another funny thing is that, everyone seems to know the entire dance already. Though most of us would only appear less than 1 minute, not counting the starting pose, we were getting our hands on the entire thing. We guys were mimicking the girls' part rather professionally, and we were all laughing at our ridiculous frivolity.
Then comes the real ceremony. I changed to a very formal attire with tie just like the rest. I haven't touched a tie since JC, and obviously had to ask someone to help me with it. An astounding discovery was made. The guys were wearing shirts with all the colours under the sun, and in contrast, the girls, who by conventional wisdom, were supposedly to dress in greater variety, were monotonously attired in black and white.
The video by the seniors were very interesting, making a joke out of Uncle Yeo and Super A*. Wonder how much A* Star spend on advertising and promotion. The Guest of Honour, Minster of Manpower, gave a very long speech. I must admit his words make a lot of sense. Soon it was my turn to go up the stage and take the scroll from him. He was nice enough to say 'Congratulation' to me. Later I learned that he didn't even open his mouth to a lot of the scholars. Of course I replied "Thank you very much".
Later was the dance. I tried my best to do everything properly, but at the point of time, I wasn't even thinking about the moves. My head was blank; my body just moved. The lighting was so flashy and bright that I can't see much at all. Technically speaking, lots of mistakes were made, and synchronisation for running in and out was mess up also. When it was all over, everybody were euphoric and trying their best not to scream at the backstage.
Lastly must thank Dax and Yan Shao for coming down to watch the ceremony. Sadly my parents could not make it. Really grateful to them. At the reception we dancers went a bit crazy, posing in all sorts of formation for photos. It attracted so much attention that everyone was taking photos of us. Felt really shy at the point. Didn't know I could have joined done all that.
