The Faculty invited me give a speech on graduation day and I was nervous as hell. I've been a MC before, given lectures and all sorts of things, but I was genuinely nervous on this occasion.
During rehearsal, I was a mess; screwed up so many times and just blanked out. BUT! When the time came, I delivered like no other =D Everything came out perfectly – exactly how I’ve envisioned it. I’m glad I did a good job and didn’t embarrassed the Faculty. My parents were there. Chris was there. They sat in the front row. We were one lucky bunch. <3 Thanks for everything.
For me, this graduation was a little anti-climatic. As most of us know and I think it’s the case for most PhDs, the happiest day for us is actually the day we finish our thesis and send it to the printers for binding. That’s the day we put the last punctuation – the period – to the several hundred pages of text. The next most important day is the day we defend our thesis. Once that is over…………well, it’s really over and there is ----- (the most important word ever) ----- closure.
So this graduation ceremony feels external to me precisely because I feel like I’ve already graduated a year ago. Nevertheless, this was one of the best things for my parents and I’m glad they were there to see it.
Now that everything is done and I’ve formally received my Dr. status, I can……?
Well, that’s the funny part. Nothing is all that different. I’m still in my office everyday pumping out lecture ppts, struggling with article ideas, and hoping that I will find the research light ;)
In any case, I know I am lucky and I thank you for everything.
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