Opening Remarks For graduates

Family, friends, professors, and fellow graduates, welcome to the Central Bicol State University of
Agriculture- Sipocot Class of 2013 Graduation!

Although today is not the first graduation for any of us, it is more than likely to be the wettest, and it
is more likely than not to be our last. Despite its finality, today is not the last day that we will spend
celebrating each other’s lives together. The bonds we developed during our time at Central Bicol State
University of Agriculture- Sipocot are some of the deepest many of us have ever known, and it is
without a doubt in my mind that we will continue to see a lot of each other over the next few
decades—not to mention over the next two months at our respective bar review courses.

Finally, on behalf of all of the graduates, I send out our heartfelt thanks to those of you who traveled
from near and far to join us here today. Not only do we appreciate your presence at this ceremony,
but also your endless guidance and support over the past three, and often more, years. We could not
have done it without you, and to that end this graduation ceremony commemorates
our joint achievement. Fellow graduates, let’s take a moment to applaud those who have helped us to
reach this monumental point in our lives.

Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path unless you're
in the woods and you're lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.