Guus Bosman

For the first time in a week I had time to sleep in, and I took my chance. Woke up at 11:00 o'clock, totally refreshed. A nice feeling.

This morning I've been reading one of the many books I got for my
graduation. This one is from my uncle and aunt: "The Words we Live By",
a wonderful book about the American Constitution.

And yes -- this picture is the first one online made with my own digital camera.
Thanks a lot Ettie for borrowing me yours many times, but now I won't
need it anymore.

There are a number of pictures online of my graduation yesterday. No longer a student, but with a M.Sc. title and a memory of a great day!

In the morning I tried to get up at 9:30 o'clock, but I still felt a little sleepy from the time-difference so I stayed in bed till 10:30. Then I hardly had enough time: I had to prepare quite a few things, buy some fresh bread etc... and my parents would be there at 13:00 o'clock. In fact
they came earlier (surprise!), which was nice because they helped me out with the shopping while I quickly took a shower and dressed. Unfortunately the coffee machine was broken (now fixed), so we were craving for some coffee.

We arrived at the VU around 13:45 and met Alrik in the main building. The graduation was in the Computer Science building and there also were many familiar faces!

It was a very pleasant surprise to see so many people: Alrik, Ankie, Bianca, Ettie, Gerben, Harm, Jaap, Jennie, Jerry, Joost, Len, Marjolein, Mieke, Oma, Paula, Petra, Ralf, Richard, Rob, Steven,
Wouter... I took some caffeine shots. It was funny that quite some people had read my remark on the website in the morning that I was having difficulties getting up.

Wow... what a day. Yesterday I received my doctoraal exam, and I'm officially a Master of Science!

It was a wonderful day, with a nice ceremony and a great party. I loved it that so many friends, family members and colleagues were there. I got a lot of presents, flowers, phone calls, nice cards, a very nice voice-mail and I really enjoyed it all.

Later more on the party and the ceremony, first some coffee now. I hope I can get the coffee machine working -- Tuesday it didn't work.

Yesterday at 17:00 o'clock we were at the Reagan National Airport in Washington. I took a plane to Philadelphia, where I would take the plane to Amsterdam. The trip to Philadelphia took only half hour; it's basically getting into the air and then landing again.

I had a very good flight to Amsterdam. The plane wasn't very busy, and I could stretch out on three chairs next to each other. It's the first time I really slept on a plane. The time difference made the night very short -- at the moment I'm writing this I'm pretty tired.

Jaap picked me up from the airport (thanks!). My suitcase was extremely heavy (with books). Today Jaap and I prepared tomorrow's graduation party. We picked up an extra stereo tower from Weesp, and we went to the supermarket. The beer came at 17:00 o'clock, and everything's pretty much ready now. Just some light cleaning.