Ark's Graduation

Some of you have probably seen these pictures on my Facebook page, but I just want to make a blog entry about this one, because I really want to share the experience with all of you. Thailand take their graduation day very seriously. The diplomas are handed to the graduates by the prince/princess themselves! How awesome is that! It just shows how they value their education system here, the students have to practiced for many days before "the day" of graduation. And it is the time where family members and friends come to the university, take pictures together and giving gifts. I mean, during this time, thousands (literally) of people filled the front entrance of Chiang Mai university. Flowers and stuffed animal's vendor was everywhere.
Crazier thing: graduates would hire a photographer for themselves and spent a ton of money on that. I mean, this is a serious business. Can you imagine if there are over 1,500 graduates, then there will be over 1,500 photographers in the city being hired. (mind blowing!)
Anyways, one of my very good friend, Ark is one of the lucky few who got to graduated with a high GPA this year. This dude is just smart, and I am a lucky few who get to he his friend. haha He goes to the same church with me, in fact, he is the son of the pastor of which church I am working at. So we have been involved in leading the youths and doing a lot of activities together. He is an awesome guy who loves the Lord and who works very hard. I am so happy that he graduated and that I get to be a part of his important day. Going around the campus and followed him to take his pictures was a great opportunity for me to observe and see how graduation is done in this culture. Though my shoulders are very sore the next day, I still had a ton of fun taking his pictures and observed how graduation is viewed and done in this culture.

Now enjoy some of the shots, and let me know what do you think. :)