It was 8th August 2009 translated into 8-8-09 an auspicious day for the Chinese and my Princess but it was a sleep deprived morning for me. My Princess is officially a First Class Honours Graduate in Bachelor of Communications – Public Relations and also a recipient of the Book Prize. It is indeed a very proud moment for us to see her receiving her scroll and with all that excitement I was still able to capture the moment on a video clip.
Just a week or two before I had to try on my son’s super large pants and shirt when he was at his largest for Princess graduation because I don’t think I could get into any of my old formal clothes. I had grown and was conferred the title of Big D by Princess. “OH MY GOSH!! That is not my body, why is my head on the wrong body!!” Yes, that is the actual words that came out of me when I turned around to look at myself in the mirror after putting on those humongous clothing but it was very comfortable and airy. Home minister did not want me going around looking like Humpty Dumpty so she got me a set of more fitting clothing.
We decided to go to Kuala Lumpur a day before because the graduation ceremony is in the morning and Princess had to be there like 7:30am and the guest by 8:00am. We left home at a leisurely pace and had Seremban beef noodle for lunch as usual. This time the old chariot was not packed to the brim unlike the last few outstation trips.
Princess seems to be very much interested about the durian kind of thingy in Mid-valley and was rambling about it many days before the trip. So the first stop was in Mid-valley and I waited by the road side because we were a bit push for time after I made a wrong turning.
Home minister friend from her university days offered to put us up for the night and bought us a delicious dinner in Chilis in Princess honour for her outstanding achievement. After the mandatory stop in Mid-Valley we headed straight for our hostess house to unload some stuffs and pick her up for the second half of the day’s itinerary.Fear of being caught in unnecessary traffic jams we left for the Mall a little early and took a leisurely drive arriving ahead of schedule. Did our business of payment for Only Child’s college and hostel fees and still had a lot of time before she finished classes. Since we were in the Mall which is a shopping complex, we tried hanging around aimlessly like teenagers but we got bored real quickly so we headed to the college’s waiting area.
At the waiting area we met the college student counselor and were told many tales about Only Child …… Wow!! Is she becoming famous or infamous?? Anyway it is nice to know that she is getting on comfortably and I am sure she too will make us proud.
By the time we retired to bed it was late, being in a new environment always makes it difficult for me to fall asleep and having only one pillow did not make the sleeping journey any easier. Before I knew it with a real heavy head I had to drag myself out of bed, yes it is time to wake up and everyone is already awake with lots of activities going on.
Hmmm!! The wonderful aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the sight of an assortment of Danish pastries must have kicked me back into life all ready to face the day challenges. After saying our goodbyes to our kind and wonderful hostess, we headed into Kuala Lumpur to Wisma MCA where the graduation ceremony is being held just before the first light.
We made it just in time for Princess to report herself and she was the very first one there in the room. After parking the old chariot in a secure and cool place we made our way to the main hall where the ceremony is going to be held and were ushered to be seated in the guest area. Attendance was only by invitation and Princess was able to get an additional invitation for Only Child.
After waiting and waiting and waiting as usual the ceremony started and my head started to feel heavy again from sleep deficiency. Trying real hard to catch as many forty winks as possible during the speeches so that I can recharge myself to capture on video the once 
in a life time moment of watching Princess receiving her scroll. She was called and in just a wink of the eye the whole process was over but it is embedded in my memories forever. We were all very proud to see her walking across the stage to receive her scroll.
Almost everyone were taking photos with those in Harry Porter’s uniform just outside the building when the ceremony was over, yes off course including us too. Then it was again to Mid-Valley for lunch and some quick shopping before we head back to home sweet home.
