Truly Personal Nostalgia

My dear niece, Dana, graduates from Ateneo de Naga University on March 28, making me privy to the long rehearsals and tedious preparation that went into the ceremony.
When at last I saw the invite to the ceremony, I realized this was not the small school – or college – I recall with fondness. The number of graduating students the past years by my standard is big. My next question to my niece was: what time will the ceremony be over. We had varied estimates: one at 11pm and another at 9pm. Dana was so busy the whole week and even days before that I did not have time to share with her my memory of a fun graduation with people numbering some hundreds. The ceremony was simple and sweet.