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Curtin University Summer Graduation 2009
2 March 2009 | Category: Life Log
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The 60th open-air graduation ceremonies and possibly the last open-air graduation for Curtin University.
Just like any other graduation ceremonies in the world, we are bombarded with endless inspiring speeches. However, a speech gave by an old balding guy caught my attention. He started off by describing his childhood life as a country boy (Background sound: Moo! Moo!).
He went on to quote JFK’s speech on the Chinese word for ‘crisis’, which consist of two different character, ‘Danger’ and ‘Opportunity’. In times of danger, there are opportunities. Very inspiring but not quite true, the mandarin word for ‘crisis’ had been misquoted by many again and again.
Then again, the misquoted word for ‘crisis’ is much more meaningful.
The great old Lao-Tzu (Father of Taoism) said: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Here we go!
Slappy White has a really good advice for all jobless fresh grads, “The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you’re on the job.”
Tags: Crisis, Curtin 2009, Curtin Architecture, Curtin Summer Graduation, Curtin Univeristy Graduation 2010, Curtin University, Curtin University Graduation, open-air graduation ceremonies, Perth Australia, Western Australia
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Kris Zalavarria
on March 2nd, 2009hey calvin! congratulations! been following your blog for quite some time now. and i enjoy every bit of them. was considering taking up a masters there in australia. would like to ask that if you had the chance to take up your masters again, which university would you likely go, univ. of sydney, univ. of melbourne or curtin univ. would like to hear from you soon. thanks. congrats again.
sirsc
on March 6th, 2009hey calvin! congratulations!
keep up the blog ya will you :)
Alberto
on March 9th, 2009Congratulations dude… and keep up with the good work.