I just got back from spending less than 24 hours with my family. Albeit short, I really did a lot of things. My brother, sister, dad, future brother in law and I went to watch Eclipse at midnight. At the graduation scene, I was thinking that the valedictorian speech is beautiful, when dad exclaimed quite loudly that it is so wrongg!!! Adoi, nasib baik cinema tu gelap....and I'm so used to him buat commentary sendiri while watching movies....anyway... am posting the speech here. I like it, do you?
"When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were thing like astronaut, president, or in my case… princess.
When we were ten, they asked again and we answered - rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist. But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how 'bout this: who the hell knows?!
This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions, its time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love - a lot. Major in philosophy 'cause there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent.
So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be… we won't have to guess. We'll know."

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