Graduations!

Graduation to me, is a very happy and joyous ocassion! These were one of the reasons why I flew back to Singapore even though it was only for three weeks. definitely worth every moment to be there to congratulate your friend on their big day! Yes, you can send a text, send flowers from overseas but its nothing like being there! Although if you really cant make it, of course - these other gestures would matter a lot. I'm really really thankful for these friends that I have, these two people are also the same two that flew all the way to Australia to visit me! from Singapore and alone (: haha there's one more, but these two are from JC and they were so okay with my chill hosting - I'm not a very fun-filled, activity hype or crazy kind of girl so when my friends come to visit me its not like the super nosiy, crazy moments but its the quieter, just spend time together moments that I really cherish (: These friends have took the effort to listen to my story, without judging me, and were always there for me and for that, I'm always grateful(: My life in bris was very different from the one I had in Singapore, the steepest learning curve, the challenges, but I really thank God for their support, their encouragement, for their love and friendship, these are people that God put in my life to make life on earth a bit easier before I get called home! (: 

Anyway, graduation can sometimes be a mundane formality, but its also a day where we remember the three of four years we've been through, the people we went through it with and all the experiences we've had! I'm sure we all learn something out of each season of our life, and although yes - going on stage to get that same cert that everyone else has, you're just one in a million who has a degree, the ceromony may seem boring - but its not about that piece of paper or degree but about the four years of experiences - the sweat, the laughter, the joy, the tears. its an opportunity to pause and to think, to look back and smile, to celebrate the moments! to remember the growth and lessons, and to be thankful. :D 

As I was writing my card to carin, i also realised myself how very often i forget the faithfulness of God through the past twenty-three years of my life, of how often we worry about the outcome, but honestly, everything will be okay because God is in control and even if the outcome is not what we desire or want, it is okay because not everything is about us, or what we want, what makes us happy. Self-centredness creeps in like a thief at night and it robs us of more than we think sometimes.  But God is good and His will is perfect and though there are many things that we do not understand now, we will one day see Him and worship Him and share in His glory(: 

carin and i(:

Flowers for her! I also bought her a bear which I didnt take a photo of.

I like wearing other people's gowns, dont judge!

there! now its as though she came for my graduation too (: 

My lunch! at NUS student price no less(: I really love pepper lunch anyway. :D

i took less photos on that day but here's another important friend of mine! haha there were group photos too but another time perhaps. I've also had good friends accompany me to go for these grads so they were very good friends as well!!

 less than six months to my own graduation(: yay! once i get down to um, doing what i need to do