The sleepless nights paid off.... I'm finally done with school altogether! What a relief!!! To be completely honest, I feel more relieved than proud. I recently told someone that I was graduating, and he said "You're so lucky!" In fact, it wasn't luck that got me through college and then grad school. It was my pure dedication to my academic career. My college life wasn't exactly the kind you see on hollywood movies... Drinking and partying was not my option. I didn't live in a dorm and I've worked full-time during college to pay my bills. I've paid hundreds and thousands of dollars for my education... I used to be jealous of my fellow college students who didn't have to work so hard. They'd go to class (kind of). They'd party every other day. But I barely had a day-off from school + work. This vicious cycle of school-work-school-work continued for a decade... I don't know how I managed to make friends, date boys, marry my husband, spend quality time with my family.
I came to this country exactly ten years ago. I didn't speak English, and had to start everything from zero. If you asked me then that I'd graduate grad school some day, I would've laughed out loud... A lot has changed since then. When I was receiving my diploma on stage, I had to pinch myself hard to believe.... My 'American Dream' came true...
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| Proud mom and pop |
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| With my husband (I wouldn't have done it without him. He is my rock) |
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| A candid shot of cousins :) My Bilguun and Missile |
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