My big day - graduation day @ world trade center, pasay

This is it! My big day! A week before graduation, I thought I won't meet the deadline for the candidacy for graduation, this week and the previous months has been hellish, but it's worth it because today is my graduation, and Yey! I'm a certified bachelor degree holder now! :D

I woke up late, (thank God it didn't rain!) because I can't sleep last night (excited? LOL) I don't have much time to fix myself because the car is already there, and I still have to put my make-up on.  Anyway, this is a graduation, not a party, so I decided to fix myself when I got at the venue later.

on our way to World Trade Center

The ceremony will start at exactly 8:00a.m., and we got there around half past 6a.m. (am i being too early? haha) mind you, there's already a traffic jam because they don't allow cars to be inside the center (that's why dad hired a cab.)

Yesterday during the rehearsal, we were advised that we shouldn't bring any bag inside because it is prohibited, and I don't know why on earth it is!  So if you saw that pink paper bag behind me (above), that causes the security personnel of the venue to argue with me.  She said that it is not allowed, and I said it's ok, I will just leave it to the table behind them.  She pushed me (yes, it's a SHE.)  and have my back pressed against the metal barrier.  It really pissed me off, so I just told the other security personnel to take care of my belongings.

Moving on, the ceremony is solemn than the other graduation ceremony that I attended few years ago.  I wasn't able to take pictures with my former classmates because frankly, I'm not in the mood, and i can guess that you know why.  

drat, what happened to my digicam? i looked like casper with a ceremonial robe!

A few photos for my classmates (they are not my real classmates since I transferred to the other block)

Block III

w/ Shar Lynn

After the ceremony, we will go to Duty Free 'cause dad just came home from abroad...

too tired!

Graduation rehearsal

The day before our big day - our graduation day, there's a low pressure area approaching the country, and the weather is not good, I just hope that the sun will shine tomorrow.  I was late (as usual) there are about 3000 graduates that will occupy the venue in the A.M., and another 3000 in the P.M.

The venue is still not properly set-up, we rehearsed from 9a.m. up to 1p.m.  I am familiar with the World Trade Center since it's not the first time that I went there.  I go there every time they have Car shows, Photo Exhibits, Job Fair, Bazaars, etc.  The place is huge enough to handle 4000-5000 people.

The rehearsal started exactly 9:00a.m., and we repeated the flow of tomorrow's program about 3x.  They decided that we will not have the student's procession (meaning, the students will proceed to their respective seats) because it is a waste of time.  

After the rehearsal, the rain is out.  And even it's raining, we still have to rush to school to get our ceremonial robe...