NUS Commencement Class 2009
Goodbye to silly 5000 words essays,
Goodbye to the ever-so-hard to understand readings penned down by illustrious academics (to date, I cannot comprehend why scholars refuse to write like Don Norman),
Goodbye to my favourite lectures who did not turn up for the convocation (Dr. Tim Marsh, Mr. Alex Mitchell, Mr. Alfred Low, Dr. Chung Siyoung, Miss Halcyon Liew, and Dr. Xiuping Li),
Goodbye to two of the best foods in NUS; spicy Vietnamese beef noodle soup (at NUS Business School canteen) and the dry fish-ball noodle (at FASS canteen),
Goodbye to being one of the many people waiting in line for bus 96 or 95 (totally dread this when I’m rushing for 8 a.m. lecture or tutorial),
Goodbye to those lovely moments spent with some of the nicest classmates that I called friends,
And finally, goodbye to NUS.
*PS: Baby thanks for the flowers! Totally adore them 
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Congratulations! I am truly proud that you have graduated and from your twitter, must have a job too. Thank you for remembering to thank me. I enjoyed teaching you and your fellow classmates. I now live in Boulder, Colorado up in the mountains in a campus town. No, I am not teaching. I work for a philanthropist who believes in funding alternative, progressive media. And his board has just approved the creation of a Free Speech New Media Lab and Incubator where we will gather the best minds in the country to develop alternative, progressive media for hand-held devices.
Do write to me and tell me about your last year at NUS and your new job. I am glad to see you with Daniel Wang – I remember him too!!
All good wishes for your future.
Halcyon Liew
Halcyon Liew
August 1, 2009 at 6:10 am
Hi Ms Liew,
It’s a real surprise to hear from you! How did you manage to find my blog? My last year in NUS was not as taxing as I thought it would be. I applied to the Ministry of Education after I graduated and was offered a position to do contract teaching (Before heading to NIE). However, the letter of appointment has yet to reach me and as such I’m still uncertain about which school I will be teaching at. I’m looking forward to my first day at work (Definitely keeping my fingers crossed that the students will not give me a hard time!). Anyway, I hope that everything is going well for you over there. Do keep me updated
PS: Daniel sends his regards. He is now working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; an aspiring diplomat who is covering the Latin American continent (for the time being).
Regards,
Bridget
Bridget Chang
August 2, 2009 at 9:23 pm