While boarding a jeepney to the office where I worked,traffic started to go worse. It was the early morning scenario I've seen for the past two days.
Neither an accident happen nor any event that would hamper the flow of the vehicles. Magnifying what was going at the end of the road I could see vendors with baskets of corsage and garlands, rushing here and there trying to outdo each other, chanting to passers-by and convincing them to buy their flowers. I realized instantly that it's graduation time. A university in the city held it's graduation rites that morning.
Neither an accident happen nor any event that would hamper the flow of the vehicles. Magnifying what was going at the end of the road I could see vendors with baskets of corsage and garlands, rushing here and there trying to outdo each other, chanting to passers-by and convincing them to buy their flowers. I realized instantly that it's graduation time. A university in the city held it's graduation rites that morning.
This month of the year makes the city livelier. The influx of people from nearby provinces and cities as well added, to the already crowded streets.
Primarily, most of them will attend their son/daughters graduation rites. Our enterprising fellow countrymen had their part too. Vendors sprout everywhere, near the vicinities of the graduation venues, they sell corsages, garlands, native fans and of course, water.
Primarily, most of them will attend their son/daughters graduation rites. Our enterprising fellow countrymen had their part too. Vendors sprout everywhere, near the vicinities of the graduation venues, they sell corsages, garlands, native fans and of course, water.
It has been the yearly tradition which I think will continue as long as there are graduates, as long as parents continue to value education for their children, and as long as teachers are still eager and willing to mold the minds of the youngsters. I have no doubt this tradition of ours will not end.
Who will forget the delicious foods prepared for the entire family and the wishes from relatives and friends? Doing away with your usual school paraphernalias which you hated most. The burning of midnight oils during exams and cheating. You will miss your friends , favorite teachers, and somebody close to your heart.
Graduation marks another milestone in our life. It's not the end but the beginning. It leads us to another level of our existence.To the real world and the real battle. To put into action what you've learned within the four walls of the room for the past four or five years. Let it be your shield and armour from this day forward.
I myself tucked the memories of my graduation in a special part of my cranium, where I want to, for once in while I can open it with a smile.
The purpose of graduation is to kindle a light in the darkness of the mind. Yes it is not an end but a new birth to a new and better if not higher dimension of learning.
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