Graduated
March 18, 2009
I mentioned in my last post about the graduation ceremony. Well, it took place last Friday and it was as fun and sad as expected. Since I was no longer a student, and also, I was just enrolled as a foreigner already in Japan (and not one of the more official programs with a student visa), I didn’t get a spiffy certificate but it was good to take pictures with my classmates and friends.
It was also the last time the all of us would gather. From here on, everyone will be going onto different things. Most of them will be studying in universities and other schools and a few have left Japan already. I think my teacher and I are the only ones that can really say SSDD. It will be good to catch up with a few who are studying around Osaka but it just won’t be the same anymore.
The ceremony was as predictable as any of the recent Shyamalan films. The highlight was when Shou found out that he got into a university. He is the most serious person in class and is well liked by all the teachers. On top of that, he’s one of the nicest guys as well. He hadn’t had much luck getting into universities and he was down to his last application. In the middle of the ceremony, he found out about the good news and everyone was ecstatic. Our teacher was in tears when she heard about it.
That night we created several complaints by the staff at an all-you-can-eat yakiniku place. We were making quite a ruckus. It’s amazing to see young Chinese people get drunk and rowdy. Since I don’t drink I got to witness some rather bizarre things, like people passing sausages with their mouths only – mostly just some students, but when Shou did it to the very conservative Kanagawa Sensei, it was just bizarre.
It was a good end to a great year! Good luck folks!
