Or should I say practice for my future wedding?
Last Saturday's grad party was pretty huge. Mom likened it to a debut, which is a huge party when a Filipino girl turns 18. This was better than a debut because it probably was way cheaper than one and I didn't have to learn how to dance, haha.
We had it at a Chinese restaurant in Cerritos. 14 tables of people! Crazy. Mom set up a table with all my grad photos, from grade school through college. Embarrassing. I greeted people as they entered and told them where to sit. We even had assigned seating!
The food was good, and I think everyone had a good time. I was seated with all my friends from school. EVERYONE LOVED THE CAKE! It was honestly the best cake I've had in a long time. And I'm not a cake fan. Got it at King's Hawaiian bakery. People were getting seconds and thirds. They designed a movie screen on it with curtains and all and my name in the middle. It was nice.
After, all my girlfriends came over and we opened up a bottle of Coppola (not the Rubicon, I'm saving that for later!). Then we saw "Star Trek" at the Garden Walk in Anaheim. This was my 3rd time seeing the film, but one of my friends hadn't seen it, so we decided to see it again at the Sky Lobby which is 21 and over so you can drink in the theater. Plus no annoying teenagers.
So, overall, what an amazing way to celebrate the end of formal education. When my aunt said grace before eating lunch at my grad party she announced to everyone that I had graduated cum laude. Everyone started clapping and yelling, and it was nice. I haven't been telling people just because I don't want them to know, and I didn't think it was a big deal, but I guess it really is. People were surprised and really happy for me.
Mom was telling people how I went to Paris and lived there for a year, and everyone was like, "Wow, that's amazing! How did you do that?" It's like they saw me with different eyes after hearing about these things. None of it would've been possible if I didn't have such a supportive and loving family who believed in my dreams of living in Paris and studying film.
I feel so super blessed and lucky. There are times where I stay up all night thinking, "What did I do to deserve all this? To experience this?" And it just boggles my mind.
What also keeps me up at night?...How do I pay it all back?
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3 comments:
Wow congrats on the academic honors! Again, I know I keep saying this as if I'm your kooky old sentimental aunt but "I'm proud of you".
:) You deserve everything you have by being YOU!
You are blessed with supportive parents. Never take that for granted! Most kids would finally find resolution in their lives if their parents looked them in the eye and said "I love you for who you are...I love you for being YOU, utterly totally YOU. I mean that sincerely and the way you are now...you make me very happy."
Cum laude..." with honor ".." with praise " ..wow! But I'm not at all surprised! You followed your heart and forged ahead to do what you always loved. You make us all so proud! Now let's pop that Rubicon bottle!! ha ha
Thanks so much, Catherine! I'm proud of you too for tackling your first feature screenplay! I don't even have any ideas for some short films right now. Sort of at a writer's block. How's it going, by the way?
Thanks too Auntie Fely, but I want to save the Rubicon for something bigger!
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