Best Memorry
On a scorching September morning, one of the most memorable days of my life began. I was among the students who arrived late to collect their graduation gowns from the university’s academic office. Before handing them over, the staff carefully checked each student’s ID, financial records, and library clearance papers against the official list of graduates submitted by the Dean of the Faculty of Law. It was only two days before the graduation ceremony. This photograph was not taken on the day I shared it, but on my graduation day itself. Today marks sixteen years since that quiet milestone on September 18, 2009. At the time, Facebook was either unknown to us or perhaps had not yet reached our world in any meaningful way. The phones we carried were simple Nokia handsets—sturdy, plain devices with small black-and-white screens. The sleek touchscreens people carry today were nowhere in sight. As a result, that important day passed without me keeping a single photograph of my own, and the m...