Thank you ……

A very good morning to everyone present here. I’m azlyn armanda,

Winston S. Churchill once said, tough time doesn’t last, tough people do. The past three years
of my university life was definitely not a piece of cake. There were a countless number of
times I felt like giving up, there were days where I wake up in the morning thinking if I
should continue and needless to say the countless time I dwell in self-doubt and self-pity for
all the stress I’ve put myself through. Although it was a real struggle, I’m proud to say that
I’m standing here proudly today able to say that I’ve made it through.

Dear friends, life is composed of challenges. Once we step into the real world, we’ll face way
more bigger problems. We should always persevere and never give up. Remember, tough
time doesn’t last, tough people do. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming
them is what makes life meaningful. Always meet those challenges straight on with your
head held high and your heart wide open. It's not enough to simply try to get by in life. That
doesn't move the world forward. You must try to excel in everything you do; strive for
excellence in every task, large or small. We may not have the power to inspire the entire
world to strive for success, but we do have the power to try to achieve it for ourselves. The
future is truly in our hands, so let's make the most of it.

And now here we stand. Our rule is over. I know that as I look out at all of you, I will
measure my time here in a much different way. I will measure it in all the friendships I've
enjoyed these last three years. Some were pretty casual and others were much closer, but I'll
remember each one fondly. And when many of our high school memories begin to fade, that's
how we'll ultimately measure the time we spent here, not in periods or semesters or years, but
in the friendships that we made and the times we shared together.

To our lecturers, thank you for so unselfishly sharing you time, talent and knowledge with us.
You took the time to explain assignments, sometimes repeatedly because we weren't paying
attention. You put in the effort to make lessons more interesting so we wouldn't just tune out.
You demanded excellence from us whether or not we wanted to give it. You set the bar high
and challenged us to live up to it. To our parents, thank you for supporting us in more ways
than it's possible to count. You dragged us out of bed each morning, made sure we were fed
and clothed commiserated over our daily dramas, but you tried to give us enough space to
learn how to work things out for ourselves. These are just a few of the thousands of ways
you've supported us on our journey.
To not drag any longer I would take this opportunity to congratulate my fellow graduates of
the class of 2019. Wherever we go and whatever we do, may we always be friends when we
meet again. Till then I’m proud to be part of this university and to be given this opportunity
to represent my fellow graduates is a hilarious memory that I would cherish in my life. Thank
you and have a great day ahead.

Cheers,