Last weekend was the 10th convocation for MMU and i was there busy kaypo-ing on the 1st and 2nd day. For the 1st day i was there to see Steven and on the 2nd day i was there to see Lih Ren. This time around, there were more soft toys and different flower vendors unlike previous years where it was all under one person.

With the current economy situation (though it’s getting better), people do tend to get something cheap but worth the money. Flowers are just overpriced.

But then again, it’s not going to change anything. This coming Saturday is Dolphin’s convo and i am definitely getting her flowers. Wouldn’t want to know what’s the after effect of not doing so.

Just after 12pm, graduates came gushing out from the Grand Hall and everyone was looking for someone. Phone calls, yelling, some with signboards …

The sweltering heat made finding friends or family member harder. But it’s definitely better than if it’s raining. The first day of convo saw less graduates and i assumed that’s because most graduates are from Faculty of Management.

Most of the time on the first day, i roamed around with Weng Choong and Corrine and occasionally bumped into Wendy.

More and more people were with DSLR

Speaking of DSLRs, yesterday night i was at the Ogawa function in the Pavillion and had the chance to use Nicole’s 500D. It was really nice lerrrrr T.T But there’s no way i am gonna jump from 400D to 500D, kinda ridiculous. To make matters worse, just before the function ended i got to know Casey and he showed his 50D T.T

Torture man. The 400D shall stay on until something else appears, like 60D lol.

Was suppose to be at the Curve for Digi’s Music Revolution then last minute changes with Yat and i was in Pavillion.

Back to the topic, after some hunting around i finally bumped into Steven and Jess. With so many things going on, we had to snap pictures fast cause everyone is constantly moving around. I also had the chance to meet Steven’s family and help them take a family photo

Congrats Steven!

Second day of convo started off the same, just that there were slightly more people. Flowers like the above were selling fast. It seemed to be the ‘in thing’ to give artificial flowers nowadays

After a few failed phone calls, i finally got through and found out where Lih Ren was waiting with his family. Seriously right, Lih Ren’s brother looked so much like him. Right down to the goaty !

When i got back that day, i was kinda bored and ended up with the picture below.

It’s not that perfect but it’s better than nothing

I did a few more with his family shots and it was quite easy to do since the original background was a white wall. Congrats Lih Ren !

You see the girl in yellow shirt ? I thought she looked like Li Wei

You see this girl above ? I thought she looked like Jess. LOL

Happy Birthday Jess

Didn’t really take much shots this time around. Getting lazier and lazier -_-”

Next year is my turn

So last weekend was MMU’s convocation and i was there to help photograph for William. I reached the Grand Hall close to 12.30pm which was when the graduates will be allowed to leave. The place wasn’t as pack as previous years where part of the buildings surrounding the Grand Hall wasn’t fully completed.

I met so many people, those who have graduated years back and those who are still in MMU.

For the first time, i tried editing using photoshop. Previously i have only used photoshop to watermark and resize my pictures. Since William and David had been telling me how they have used PS (photoshop in short) to edit their photos, i thought of giving it a try. I didn’t do much except play around with the filter to get the effect of the first picture you see in this entry.

Back to the convocation, as much as i wanted to snap a lot of pictures i returned with a disappointing amount. Neverthesless, i i think it’s more than enough to have an entry written.

William and Harry

As i was browsing thru my pictures, i stumbled upon this and noticed someone familiar. The graduate on the left is Sim’s brother if i am not mistaken

Other than Valentines Day, Convocation is the other day where flowers are overpriced -_-”

…. and also soft toys -_-” LOL

This is a common scene in any convocation. When i was at UM’s convocation last Thursday, a lot of graduates got thrown into the air

Jonathan was kind enough to help me snap a few pictures of me and my fellow friends, thanks man

Pik Jian and Jessie. Last week while i was waiting at a TM Net center in Bayan Baru, Jessie actually stood beside me and called me a few times but i was too busy daydreaming into space until i got nudged from my mum -_-” LOL thousand apologies Jessie

Sue Anne was also there. Lingster and her MGS girls were all there for Sue Anne

William, Calvin and KingYu

For once William was in need of a stool

JinBoone was also there with his *coughs* D80. aiseh. LOL

The Ever Ready Aun Pein

Finally everyone is ready WengChoong and Bernard M.I.A -_-”

William was saying how can he not take a photo with his photographer, lol

That was for the first day of convocation which consisted of Engineering and Management students. The next day i dropped by for a while to see Jess who was graduating from the IT faculty. Sunday was meant for Engineering students from the Melaka side and IT students from Cyberjaya campus.

Steven and Jess

Alvin and Satwinder over at the DJ-booth

Sue Anne and her sis were there too

Steven – in the middle of everything, lol.

I was barely there for 20mins before i had to leave. So sad. If not i would have had gone round taking more pictures.

To those who have graduated recently, from both UM and MMU – congratulations

MMU Enchanted Night 2008 @ Marriot Putrajaya was quite disappointing @_@ That’s the only thing that i can say about last Sunday’s prom night. The food was terrible, the deco was out and somehow i felt there was no flow in terms of the program. As i was talking to Chee Way, we both agreed that last year’s Prom Nite was much better, i mean REALLY BETTER.

Thank God for the crowd and luckily my table kept cracking jokes if not i would have bored myself to death.

Just as i was getting ready for the night, i realized:

1) I brought a short sleeve shirt instead of long sleeve -_-”

2) I brought the wrong pants for my coat -_-”

3) I brought white socks instead of black socks -_-”

Probably by now most of you would have skipped what i have said and zoomed into the pictures @_@ I barely took any pictures in the ballroom because 90% of the time, my cam was hijacked by Leau @_@ Yeah hijacked, not even kidnapped. So i had to resort to using my handphone to snap pictures @_@ Our table had a great laugh because Leau basically went to any group of girls and snapped their pictures. He was so adamant in getting it that he even shoved a girl to the side who was about to take a picture of her friends and instead he went up and said Cheese ! Snap ! LOL

So Leau ! Thanks for being the cameraman most of the time, hehehe. And as requested i never deleted any of your shots, LOL

Obviously by running around and snapping, a lot of pictures didn’t turn out well. Further more with me not having my flash, it just made matters worst @_@

I won’t be writing much and i’ll fill the entry with pictures instead

Leau, Adrian, Fabian, Me, Tharan

Just because i didn’t wear my coat throughout the night, i was given nicknames for how i looked @.@. Here are a few of them: The Librarian @_@ Convent boy @_@ The one …. with short sleeves @_@ …. potong stim -_-”

The Prom King

The Prom Queen

I was so busy yesterday that i didn’t bother cropping nor editing the pictures @_@ i resorted to using batch work from photoshop to resize and watermark the pictures -_-”

Adrian and Meisan

My picture with Mei San was kinda bad @_@ Mei San send me your version of the picture @_@ Leau stood too near and picture also kena butchered @_@ Btw, why ler you come up to me and ask in front of Yit Meng if i knew him, LOL. I have bugged him a couple of times while he was the IT Soc president and i was in EngSoc. So Mei San, now you know

Me and Printha

Murali and I. Lighting also koyak @_@

Cavi and I. As requested those pics aren’t in my blog, hahaha. And let me make it clear that i wasn’t the one who snapped you and Tharan dancing -_-”

Yen and I

When we left the ballroom, everyone started posing around for pictures and when i started taking Hsiu Fuh’s portrait, the rest followed suit @_@

Hsiu Fuh

Datuk Lim Boon Chew, Man of the Year nominee.

Datuk Adrian

Datuk Tharan

Datuk Fabian

Then it was my turn. I requested for a full body shot and this is what i got @_@ LOL

Before leaving we went to the ground floor and goofed around. And when i say goof, i mean really goofed around ! The next 3 pictures could be disturbing, ROFLMAO !

This was definitely done on purpose

LOL this looks soooo wrong and this was moments before Adrian lost his car keys which we eventually found it tucked at the side of the sofa

@_@ Tharan dropped something i think and Fabian posed ? I also dunno ler, ROFLMAO. Tharan gone case ler, agagagaga.

Even the phones weren’t left out …..

Fabian said that while posing with the phone, the operator actually spoke to him @_@ He said he was using the phone to pose and he hung up, LOL.

I was asked to revive my Coppermine gallery again to have the remaining pictures stored there. So after doing some clean up, here it is again

::: REMAINING PICTURES :::

I would be lying if I’d say i don’t feel a thing about my friends going their separate ways soon. It has been bugging me these couple of days, thinking of the prospects of not able to see them again. And i am not saying this to only the people whom i have gotten close with during these past few years but i am also referring to the rest, even my hi-bye friends.

I would be lying if I’d say lunch and dinner are still gonna be the same. Next time around, i will be on my own for all meals. No more surprise outings, no more eating at funny places …

Time passes by so quickly that i never manage to bid goodbye to some of my friends. So i am taking this opportunity to wish to all my fellow friends who are graduating, all the very best in your future undertakings and good luck !

To my fellow EEP members, Alpha 1 & 2 and of course Alpha housemates – thanks for being part of my life and i look forward in meeting up in the near future, hopefully.

Finally to my fellow Gayaz … i dedicate this short video to all of you

P/S: Lingster, where is my bak kut teh ler ? Five freaking years already and every year you said you will bring …. apa ler lu …

P/P/S: This marks the last entry on my blog with blogspot

Someone was making so much noise that his photo wasn’t up. Claimed that he has passed me his photo and that i overlooked it. But he later found out that he sent the wrong photo >_<" Blame me some more. It will be insane for me to add on more photos to my previous post, so i decided to have a second entry for additional pics or info that i can add on in future.

Chen Shang and Lingster. Chen Shang, how now ? Never take picture with me also, some more bising at me. Aih apa ler lu

Lingster, ME and Han Teong. Got this pic late last night. Sorry i couldn’t add in earlier

P/S: For more pictures, please view my previous post on e-nite
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