graduation in indian classical dance or better known as arangetram is considered as the one of the greatest achievement in my life.

i performed this feat in 2004. this had taught me fruitful lessons in my life thant made me realise my strenghts and weaknesses at a tender age of 16. i learnt how to be disciplined, taught me higher order thinking skill and proper time management.conversely, i also learnrd to improve my weaknesses especially procrastination. discipline was the main lesson that i have gained from this graduation. i had to train at least 16 hours a week. a t the same time i had to also prepare for my spm examinations. although it was tiring, i managed to balance both my studies and passion strict discipline in attending school and preparation for dance practises on time had enhanced my outlook in life. in short, the achievement in my graduation taught me how to value discipline in addition, this event had also instilled higher order thinking skills that includes remembering, umderstanding, applying analysing, evaluationg and creating. a perfect choreography requires an individual to posses theses skills. during my one year of training i applied these skills and the fruit of success was realised when i perfomed my graduation dance in the midst of 200 audiebce. I use these skills in my present decision making process. however, it was not a bed of roses for this journey. i also learnt to evaluate m y weakness which is procrastination. due to the rigrous training that i received, the tiredness followed by procrasti nation surfaced. this weakness had affected my in performance school work and exams, i manage to recover in time a nd worked hard to improve through proper time management. well, i can now proudly say that if it was not for my procrastination, i would not have realised that i will be able to work well under pressue. it is pertinent to note that these invalueble lessons of life have made me a bet ter person in terms of good discipline, higher order thinking skills and managing procrastination. it is my sincere hope that i will improve further on these important skills of life.