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You rock, don't ever change,
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If you're out of the loop, today was Canada day.

Can I just take a moment to explain how proud I am to be Canadian? Just kidding. It is utterly inexplicable how proud I am to be a Canuck! Hooray for free health care! Hooray for maple syrup! Hooray for saying "sorry" and "excuse me" more than five times a day!

We went to Wonderland in the morning. The place was more packed than the last time I had gone (which was on a weekday, while most kids were still in school), but we still got to ride the Behemoth twice in a row because for some reason, the line up there was really short.

We left after a while for lunch at home, and also to tackled a few chores. Then in the evening, two of my siblings and I went out to a park somewhere in the city to watch These Kids Wear Crowns! We missed the three other acts that came before them, which was fine, because I really wanted to see TKWC only.

(Low Q photo courtesy of my cell phone, because I didn't want to risk the bazooka getting damaged. )

I haven't been a hardcore fan of TKWC, but I do quite enjoy their music (did you read that in a British accent? Because that's what it sounded like in my head). To this date, Jumpstart is still the most played song on my phone!

The verdict is, they are AWESOME live. The small talk in between was entertaining. Their harmonies and pitch were in tact, and the energy was very, very high. My other sister had actually told me that they got too excited when they performed at her Orientation Week concert, but, nope, I think they were decently enthusiastic (of course, this might have been because I was too excited? Hah).

At the end of the concert, we got their autographs!~~~

Yes, they all have red eyes because the drummer thought it would be funny to draw everyone with red eyes. He drew one of the guys as a zombie on my sister's poster...

I also took a picture with the bassist Alan. He's my favourite.

I had to edit this because I was ridiculously flustered. HE'S SO HANDSOME. AND HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY BACK. AND I JUST LOOK RIDICULOUSLY UGLY BUT IT'S OKAY. Oh, and you can kinda see my little brother attempting to photobomb us.

During the concert, they were talking about hockey, and asked whether anyone wanted Luongo to be traded to Toronto and after a period of silence (during which I shouted GO LEAFS GO), they were like "Yeah, that was more of a joke for the dads in the audience". At the signing session, after saying hi, he pointed to my shirt to say that he liked it and when I turned around to show him that I was wearing my Luongo (Team Canada) t-shirt, and he (and the rest of them) cheered; and he asked me if I was a Luongo fan. I told him I bought the t-shirt to celebrate the win at the 2010 Olympics and that I wasn't quite a fan of him since he's been slumping. He concurred, but then added "But Luongo's still the best!"

After that, we went home, had dinner, then went back to Wonderland to catch some fireworks, because in my life, it ain't Canada day without fireworks!

Still in the process of learning how to use the new camera. These were probably the best of the night.

Hope you had an awesome Canada d'eh!

Started from the bottom now we... still at the bottom... sorta.

CONVOCATION! was two days ago, but I've finally gotten around to sit down and blab about it.

My day started at 5:45 a.m. to give myself a little more than two hours to have breakfast, dress, do my make-up, and calm my nerves before heading off to campus to pick up my regalia and report to the location we were supposed to report to. In actuality, I finished preparing in less than the two hours I had set out (it's a thing I do - giving myself way more time than I need!), and ended up leaving the house later than I had planned, but I was still on time for everything.

The weather was pretty dreary when I stepped out - it was cold, dark, and rainy; but by the time the ceremony was over, the sun was out and it was definitely warmer (maybe it was because I was baking underneath my black gown)!

My school is better than yours. ;)

It was also pretty windy, which was bad news for my hair, but yielded cool hair flip shots.

Dress from Winners; shoes from the Bay; Allegro bracelet from Joseph Nogucci;
crystal beaded bracelet from F21; birthstone earrings and matching bracelet from some Chinese jewelry store at Pacific Mall.

Here's a question: what do you do with your diploma? My mom bought a frame for it, so my diploma is currently framed... but where on earth is it supposed to go? I know my doctor, dentist, and optometrist all have their diplomas hanging in their offices, but does anyone ever put up their diploma at home?


One last thing to say.

After stepping out of the bookstore with my regalia, it suddenly hit me why part of me had dreaded convocation: as I stopped to look around for a familiar face, the loneliness I had felt during my entire university career came back. I had forgotten about it when I came home for the summer, but seeing how each person was with at least one other person congratulating each other and making post-ceremony plans, or talking about how they had all made it to whatever schools they had been hoping to get into just reminded me how pathetic I was at making friends and everything over the past four years.

Which is why I am so, so, SO grateful for the friends that I did happen to come by and I can't thank them enough. I don't know if they'll ever read this, but VL, BL, JL, MC, RL, BS, CK, ES, WS, GW, JW, SJ, and anyone else I may have missed who was kind enough to give me the time of day: thank you all for taking a chance on me and being awesome.

Congrats, class of 2013!

 

For a free tassel that didn't even come with a cap. Preposterous!

Forever a Mustang,
Yours truly.