My name is Teresa, and tomorrow I'm graduating!
It's a dream come true for me. He did a great job these four years, so we are very proud of him.
I have two older sisters who also went to Caltech as undergraduates
and that was a lot of fun because they helped lead the way and
I got to hang out with them a lot. I also have a brother who right now is a freshman at Caltech
And for some reason, we're all studying Chemical Engineering.
I am excited yes, I'm just going back to my graduation days...
I thought he would be a scientist for sure because the amount of Legos in our home was just phenomenal
He was an engineer from the beginning.
He always took out transistors and never knew how to put them back when he was two to three years old.
Congratulations! We are definitely very proud of his achievements
so we wish him the very best for his future.
We have a lot of pride - we're proud of her. -He doesn't have to pay for college anymore!-
(Are you proud of your graduate?) ABSOLUTELY! SO MUCH PRIDE! SO MUCH!
We saw a kid entering college; in four years she has become a woman, and
I can't believe how confident she is, how she conducts herself... She blew away our expectations.
She's got through the four years and we're so happy, and she's gonna get a job! Amazing! It's wonderful.
Congratulations my son, yes. And I hope he can be... an astronaut!
So proud of her, and then so grateful for the school
It's just very special moment, yeah, that's been waiting for years.
Actually it was quite hard for us to let her study here, because she's our youngest daughter
Even her older brother only studied in Singapore during college
So I said "Why don't you just study somewhere nearer? Closer to us in Jakarta? So it's easier."
But then she insisted, "No, it must be in the U.S." So I said "Okay, whatever makes you happy,
if you can, then we'll do our best to support you."
I'm very grateful that they gave me a lot of support
I mean, they let me pick my own path out, figure things out, you know live here on my own.
I mean, I just want to thank them for always supporting me.
My mom mentioned how I changed and stuff, but basically whenever I went home
and said I wanted to do something, it was never "why?" It was always "Sure, how can we help?"
and "How we we help you do something?"
I've been really lucky to be able to do whatever I want to do.
Whatever opportunities are out there, don't be afraid to try for it!
I mean, that's what she's done so far, we're very proud of that.. Yep, it couldn't be better.
I don't say it's an end, but it's a milestone.
Congratulations. Follow your dreams. - Get out of my life - NO! Not at all. Stay in our lives!
I'm so proud of him and his father, his late father, he would just be so proud to be here too.
If he could he would just be through the moon.
It's an incredible privilege to have a son that's so talented, and plus he's a great guy.
I guess I'm off her payroll now!
Nothing that I do, I could have done without them.
And I want them to know today, and every day, that I'm grateful for everything they've done.
I'm very grateful for their help and I'm very privileged to have their support for all these years.
Thank you.
Oh, I'm very happy. I have mixed feelings because she will be facing the real world!
I remember taking her hand, she was a small little girl. Now she's up here! It's really something, amazing.
Until now, we were helping him to select something,
but now it's up to him, what he wants to do.
He's on his own now; he's a big man!