(Who knew a class photo would be this interesting/weird from the back)
My Thai friend graduated with a Masters in Nursing today and so I went to take photos. I don't remember what it's like back in Canada, but it was crazy how many photos all the graduating students wanted. There were people infront of signs, trees, other people, banners… all with smiling faces (I must be in the land of smiles). I didn't even go to my graduation and I guess I know why.
It's an important time for people and most likely a once in a lifetime kinda thing. This atmosphere is suppose to be for celebration, but the noise, smiley people just isn't for me. But who knows, maybe I'll want to go to Melbourne for my graduation. Or maybe, like it was for my Bachelors, I'll just go to the adminstration office to sign for my graduation certificate and be congradulated by the secretary… much quicker and less of a headache.
(On our way to Ko Kret, an island in the middle of the Chao Phraya River about an hour by boat north of Bangkok, a squirrel, yes A SQUIRREL, and her owner taking a ride. FYI, the squirrel is wearing a dress… how cute! :))
It's a little sad to think that as you get older, the less imaginative you get. The ability to think beyond what you know and come up with good ideas is something that is important in everyone's lives. But as people get older, they seem to lose that ability to think "outside the box"… is it because of just our brains maturing and not being able to react to the world around us? Or is it because as we get older, we tend to be less daring and have to follow the social norms and rules that are laid down in front of us? According to a few books I've read, ideas do not come out of thin air, but rather ideas are the connections we make with the experiences we have. So, then with more experiences, will you come up with more ideas?
(One of the walkways in Hong Kong Airport at 7am – can you tell I like lines in my photos?)