My Packed Weekend

Over the weekend, I managed to experience many new and wonderful things. For starters, on Saturday, it was my convocation for my Bachelor of Computer Science. What a joyful occasion it was.

It started around the morning where I woke up, strangely feeling very well with little to no signs of my sickness. Dressed up, got into the car and head for Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel at 11. We eventually reached there at 12.15 after getting stuck in the jam for a very long time. Apparently, Jackie Chan was in Sunway Pyramid launching his new gym. In addition to that, New Straits Times was giving away free tickets to Sunway Lagoon.

We went in, and I met up with Marc who was there seeing a friend graduate there. We chatted, took some pictures and said bye. I then met up with Sean, Vincent and their parents. Their session was on 11am so they've ended and were about to have lunch and head to the photo studio for their family portrait. I took my academic dress and started taking a few photographs with my family. We waited till 2.30pm when we're allowed to enter the main hall. There was a quartet orchestra band playing some famous classical pieces which I like.

One of the photographs taken

The Quartet orchestra band.

At 3pm, the procession began. The chancellor, vice chancellor, pro-vice chancellor and all distinguished guess began to enter. There were a few short speeches and then the ceremony began. Row by row, the graduates takes their turn to receive their scroll. My turn was coming up and I was tensed. "This is it! This is what I've worked so hard over the past years. Yatta!" As I stood at the stop of the step facing the chancellor, my name was called (Thankfully he pronounced my name right). I doff my bonnet, waited for him to doff his and started walking towards him. I shook his hand received the certificate. I then shook hands with the dean of the faculty and walked down.

We sat down for a while and waited for the other students to receive their certificates. After that, there were a few more speeches and then it ended. We rushed to the photo studio to have our family pictures taken. We then head back. I quickly changed, took my dad's coat and drove to Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel again for the Cocktail party at night.

They made us wait for a while before giving a couple of speeches on welcoming us to the alumni and congratulated us. Dinner was served after that. The radishes and the fried rice were surprisingly delicious. Sean commented that he wouldn't mind having the chef to cook for his meals at home. Oh well, it was really good with the free flow of coke, sprite and wines. I couldn't drink as I drove and would be best if I do not get intoxicated. We left shortly after that to MacDonald’s to catch up with some of Vincent's & Sean's course mates and have "supper". After dropping everyone off, I reached home at about 1am. What a tiring day.

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On Sunday, I woke up at 7+ and had Dim Sum at Atria with my family and Jason. We left for church at 9.15. Church celebration was great! There were less turnout than last week but nonetheless, the message was awesome. There were many people who responded to the altar call.

After the celebration, I had lunch with Sean and we discussed about a few things regarding change. As we both knew, I am quite fixated on some things and can be called conservative at times. I was discussing with him and getting his opinions on should we accept some of the changes happening to the people we mix with. For example, when looking for a girlfriend, would he accept someone with say dyed hair, tattoo, piercing, lots of makeup, nail varnish and also if he'll accept someone who goes clubbing, pubs or bars regularly.

We then adjourned to Shah Alam to witness an autocross event beside the GoKart circuit in Shah Alam. We get to see Honda CRX, AE86, Toyota MR2 and assorted locally made cars. The idea of the event is to see who can set the fastest time to go through the circuit made out of cones in the car park. Some of the cones indicate that the driver must drive a 360 around it, some just for slaloms.

A MR2 going round the cone

It's interesting to see how some take the neat clean line with no drift while some would drift round it and some just get it all wrong; knocking the cones, going wide and stalling their cars. It was a hot sunny day but its still an interesting event to watch. I've never smelled the smell of burned rubber on the road. Suffice to say, it stinks. All in all, both Sean and I agree that the best vehicles there in taking those 360 turns were the Kelisa's. Their small and light weight allows them to be agile and clean on the turns. A soft touch of their handbrake allows their car to swing around neatly and cleanly. However they may be slow on the straights though. I didn't know who won as we left early.

A Kelisa going round the same cone

I was so tired after that with the previous hectic day and today standing under the hot sun. I was worried that I might get heat stroke or perhaps collapse due to tiredness. But overall, it’s been a great and packed weekend.