Izzuddin's September 2025 Convocation

Some months back, we were told about our youngest son's convocation for his Diploma degree that is to be held at UiTM main campus in Shah Alam. We did not know the date in the beginning. Once we knew th date some weeks back, we quickly booked two rooms at Seeds Hotel there since we know it will be fully booked quite quickly, particulalrly when it councided with school holidays and also the long weekend of Malaysia Day's public holiday.

So on Friday this week, our son Ihsan came back home from JB in the wee hours of the morning after finishing his night shift and let him rest for the whole morning before we start our journey to Shah Alam. We took off immediately after Friday prayers and reached the hotel just after 4pm. WE decided there and then that we should extend our stay for another night since the convocation session Izzuddin is in is the afternoon sesion which ends probably around 5 pm.

We had a late evening tea at the restaurant just besides the hotel.

For diner, we went out to Polperro slightly a distance away as everyone opted for Western meal - I had lasagne myself but I was already full after having rojak during evening tea.

For breakfast the next morning, we simply ate at the restaurant besides the hotel. We left the hotel asound 11-ish to head off to UiTM to avoid the rush. There is a designated place where the parents will have to park and from the parking space, buses are provided to ferry the parents and families to the convocation hall. 

We decided that we went into the hall early to get a good seating place.

Since we were early, we had a long wait before the ceremony really starts. It was freezing inside

These are my attempts of taking photos of Izzuddin while he was on stage and since we were far away above in the balcony, the pictures are taken from the televised screen in the hall and thet were not that clear.

The whole ceremony ended just before 5pm. Note that we had not gotten our lunch before we went in and we were very hungry.

We decided to go back to the hotel as soon as we finished our late lunch (avoiding the rush going out). We rested awhile at the hotel before we went out again for dinner.

Today, we checked out from the hotel after fajr. We were anticipating a huge amount of traffic and indeed there was a standstill traffic jam just before the Seremban RnR due to a bad accident. We decided not to have breakfast at the RnR to avoid the crowd. Instead, we had our breakfast at Seremban 2 City Park restaurant. Rested once we reached home. After lunch, Ihsan went back to JB.