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Our good friend from our undergraduate days has graduated successfully, and now we have to address him as Dr. JW Chai.

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to him, a fitting and deserving recognition for his years of labour and hard work.

Somehow he obtained quite a few invitation cards, so a small group of us manage to attend the convocation ceremony along with his family members.

We arrived early in anticipation of the crowd but the situation was alright. The first day is only limited to Ph.D graduates, and there are not many of them per year.

1. Members of the Navy Palapes drilling before the U.M. Chancellor (HRH Sultan of Perak) arrives.

2. We purchased a bouquet of sunflowers, and added the customary toy bear that resembles a graduate.

3. Dr. JW Chai received his scroll from the Chancellor. The pink scarf indicates the colour of the Faculty of Medicine.

No hand shakes or palace gestures, just a simple bow before accepting the scroll.

4.Group photo with all the fresh Ph. Ds.

The official photographers were at a distance on an upper level of the hall.

I wonder how did they manage to fit everyone’s face and still be recognisable.

Perhaps it’s time for medium format and print out in super size dimension.

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6. Group photo with family and fellow laboratory mates. It’s a tradition to have the UM logo and date stamp as backdrop in every convocation events.

Got an invitation to help out in an interesting pre-wedding organised by Through Our Eyes.

The couple had approached my friend and requested to have a photography session at University Malaya, the place where they both first met each other. How sweet.  

We shot around the campus, particularly the Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information. Although the couple had already obtained prior permission from the university authority, it was still a bit of a challenge to shoot as most lecture halls and computer laboratories were locked (it was a Saturday). To further compound that, it was a drizzling later in the morning and a particular security guard was not that co-operative.

Here are some shots to share:

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8. The following were shot at the herbarium at Rimba Ilmu.

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Related link:

1. Favourites from Meng Han & Woon Yen by Through Our Eyes