key moment

tonight i had dinner with matt's family to celebrate jason's graduation from uni. we went to a place in new farm called himalayan cafe. the food was amazing and so was the atmosphere. we were sprawled out on cushions and carpet while sipping champagne and eating an array of delicious food. i was extremely tired so wasn't very lively but i still throughly enjoyed the night. matt's mum made a beautiful little speech for jason. she's so proud of what all her of kids have achieved and i love watching her admiration for them. the graduation ceremony is tomorrow so no doubt there will be lots of photos, as most of us have experienced first hand! graduating is one of the best feelings i've experienced. to know that i don't have to go back to study for a long time floods me with relief every time. despite my love and longing for uni holidays i don't miss much about it. i am so glad that i did it though. without my degree i wouldn't have been able to do the graduate program and wouldn't have gone on to meet such wonderful people in melbourne. that's what i think about the most when i look at that very expensive piece of paper. where it's got me, not what i had to go through to get it. although that is also a huge part of it... many hours were spent at the qut computer lab the night before an assignment was due! i've decided to frame and give my degree to my dad for christmas as a side pressie. he can hang it in the garage or something and i can admire it when i come home. for me graduating was one of those key moments in life, alongside things like getting your licence, buying a house, getting married and having a baby. most of which i am still yet to achieve! anyway that's enough about me (except for the below pic! wearing a mortarboard is the smartest i've ever looked and felt) this post is about congratulating jase. i really have no idea how he worked and studied full time but i do know it will be worth every painful second and every hour spent in the computer lab.

my graduation day