How can a graduation be fun???

Hey all,

As the cookie munchkin says, we went to a graduation party last night for Mayumi. It was beyond a doubt the weirdest graduation I've been to. It was a lot of fun, as it was a cross between a graduation and a performance.

First half of the graduation was fairly standard, with speeches, awards and the usual sort of thing. Only thing to realise here is some of the students did speeches - in English (not their natural language). Really impressive stuff. They were funny, upbeat and kept people interested. I know people for whom English is their native language and they would never have done that well.

Then afterwards, some of the students did some performances of varying styles. 2 bands (the second one Mayumi's boyfriend played bass guitar for, and was the better of the two bands), a couple of dances and singing acts, and finally 3/4 of the class did a chorus of "I still call Australia home", which was cute when done with a Japanese accent ;-)

In any case, it was a fun night. 'tis a shame that Mayumi goes home soon. I will definately miss her.