Suhaimi Yusof is a acquainted face to many Singaporeans, famously showing on the spoof information present The Noose as (*52*) Joget. However, not many knew of the veteran comic’s lifelong dream to earn a degree: which lastly got here true final yr.
At the age of 52, Suhaimi earned his cap and robe for a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Broadcast Media Production from Teesside University. Although he had accomplished his research in 2021, the pandemic postponed his convocation ceremony to this yr.
And to make the achievement even sweeter and extra memorable, he additionally graduated the identical yr as his daughter Nuruljannah Suhaimi, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Art from Nanyang Technological University.
In a video posted on Instagram on Sunday (May 15), Suhaimi shared clips from his and his daughter’s convocations overlaid along with his household’s dialog, the place he mentioned: “(My daughter) graduated at the age of 25, and I graduated at the age of 52. Education has no boundaries.”
He added that he had needed to pursue a degree 30 years in the past, however selected to additional his profession first as a substitute. In the publish, he talked about dropping out of college thrice whereas working full-time and pondering: “That’s the end of the road. Too much workload and too little time. Really?”
Suhaimi’s incredulity in the direction of his previous self manifested when Nuruljannah started her undergraduate research. He mentioned: “I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to graduate with my daughter in the same year?”
And so, he did, reinforcing his sentiment that studying is a lifelong course of. Thanking his household and college lecturers, Suhaimi additional inspired his Instagram followers to pursue training, saying: “Jojo Joget now has a Bachelor’s degree in Jogetology. If I can do this, anyone can.”
Suhaimi’s removed from the one native celeb chasing lifelong training. Last month, actor and DJ Dennis Chew began pursuing a diploma in Chinese Media and Communication at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Source : channelnewsasia.com
