Diploma in Hand at Last!

[aadil]

I finally graduated today (i.e 29th of June) when I was officially awarded a Professional Diploma in E-Technology certificate. There were no graduation ceremony involved; no long dark gowns, no square caps thrown in the air, no laughters and hugs between graduating friends, and no cheap camera clicks either. Nothing. The thick brown envelope containing the precious document was handed to me by my father this morning, who went to pick it up at the training center.

Therefore, after nine months of forced patience, administrative hiccups and threatening phone calls, I am now an official web application designer and developer - as written in gold on the blue plastified diploma certificate. As the relief brought by the anticipated but late arrival of this document from India descended, I found myself reliving the memorable moments of the two years spent at NIIT Mauritius: the afternoon smoking time in the forbidden stairways, the detours through the lax Windows NT network restrictions to gain proxied Internet access, unspoken (and later buried) crushes, collaborative exam work hair-pulling software debugging class project sessions, first-ever job distributing flyers to the vehicles on the motorway in the capital, and enjoying occassional fast food dinners with mates after class, namely. I miss these moments from time to time.

I have six more months before my actual advanced diploma in computer science course terminates. This time, I am studying at another (local) professional and private training institute. Next year is the final undergraduate course year. A mari usque ad mare, per ardua ad astra.

[cold]

From all the conversations I've had with you, all I can express it this:


\(^ ^)/

[Teep]

congrats man

[idbeholda]

Congrats dude :P

[aadil]

Thank you, people!
And nice avatar, Teep. (^^)b

[Teep]

Originally Posted by aadil

And nice avatar, Teep. (^^)b

Yep, thanx to cold who uploaded the thing for me

[cold]

I did a good deed for the Teep =D

Let's all pitch in and get Aadil over here for celebrating his diploma! Yeah!

[aadil]

Fuck yeah! \(^^)/

[spacegecko]

Congrats! If you're ever in the states, be sure to stop by and say hi!

[aadil]

Originally Posted by aadil

A mari usque ad mare, per ardua ad astra.

For those who don't know the meaning of the above Latin proverb, it translates as: "from sea to sea, through difficulties to the stars".

Spacegecko, of course I will drop by - I have some beards to shave (jefe and cold namely), chicken and waffles to taste, and friends (all of you) to get drunk with! ;D

[cold]

Originally Posted by aadil

Spacegecko, of course I will drop by - I have some beards to shave (jefe and cold namely)

Hey! Careful man. My beard gets feisty with Mauritians. Prepare to get Judo-chopped! =P

[aadil]

You sound like a tough sheep to shave, Cold. It's not that baaaaa really. =D