I didn’t really plan on marching for graduation. All i cared about was i was finally finished with the course and with the school. I was also going for less expenses, but i was told that it was compulsory to pay for the graduation fee, as well as with the yearbook. I even told the registrar:
Ma’am, do i really need to pay for the yearbook? I don’t need it. I don’t know anybody who’ll be in it.1
I paid Php 2,700 for the graduation fee, Php 1,500 for the yearbook, and Php 700 for the toga. Money that could have been used to pay the bills. But since i had to pa, i decided it wouldn’t be bad to march especially if i do it for mom. She would be really, really happy. All was going well and mom even planned how things would work out for her and work so that she’ll be able to attend my graduation.
I really thought it was going to be on May 20. My mind had was set and i was prepared for Tuesday and mom was going to be with me along with ate Liza. Last Thursday was the Baccalaureate Mass held at The EDSA Shrine. I didn’t want to attend this as well but i was told that they will give out the tickets there and that we should really go. To my disappointment, you could skip the whole thing and just get the tickets in school the next day. I wasted 3 hours waiting and listening to the mass which bored me to death. There was a reception afterwards that i didn’t bother to attend. I felt tired and i just wanted to rest. Mind you, i already paid Php 350 for the reception and my classmate used it instead.
On Friday i went to school, 5 minutes before 5pm, yes before closing. I was looking for the registrar when one of the professors said hi and we chatted a little. I then found out that the graduation wasn’t on Tuesday, but is on Saturday! I felt so stupid not making sure of the date. Mom won’t be arriving till Sunday afternoon and i felt so sad that i cried a little in the car. I sent mom a message right away and she was sad too, but she said, “it’s ok. what to do? text ate Liza to accompany you”.
I thought of not sleeping, because if i did, i was afraid that i won’t hear the alarm and wake up late. But around 2am, my eyes were failing me. I then realized that since ata Liza will be coming over ay 6am, she’s wake me up if i stil haven’t. So i slept and woke up when the alarm went off at 530am, went back to sleep and was up when i heard ate Liza opening the gate.
We arrived in PICC around 7am, looked for the Dean, then the students were asked to line up according to school, course, and trimester finished. There were 11 branches and ours was 9th, we were let in around 9am and a few minutes later, the ceremony started. There were a lot of speakers, and majority of the people inside the PICC weren’t really paying attention.
At 1130H, they started calling the students up the stage. By 1230H, they weren’t done with the first branch yet. I finally decided to get up and go home. I didn’t want to waste any more time sitting there, waiting to be called, only to be given a piece of rolled paper. I didn’t pay to get my picture taken, and i only have one companion. I think i was being practical. I was tired, hungry, and starving. I bailed, sue me.
- i knew some people but weren’t really close to any of them so why would i want a stupid yearbook? [↩]
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congratz babaeng seksi!
ayan, di na ikaw kukulitin ng nanay mo.
finally, nakatapos ka na!
congratz daw sabi ni kuya arnold mo. kinuwento ko kasi ikaw sa kanya.
ingatz
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That is an unpleasant graduation experience… *hugs* When I graduated, the day before, when we were practicing the march, I found out that my name wasn’t listed on the list of graduates! I WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO PAID FOR IT! (records shows) — I was so mad, but I still had to attend the ceremony for my parents. The next day, the pamphlet had stickers with my name on it… pathetic!