Well guys,
I've only gone and done it. Your DSU Postgraduate Rep has now offically graduated from her undergraduate studies and now can proudly say that I am Kelly Davies BA. This is the results of 3 long years and I've had so many hightlights (click on http://postgraduaterepdsu.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/my-little-dsu-rewind.html to see my best bits).
I'll be honest, graduating is a little bit of an out of body experience. You see people do it all the time on the TV and the whole campus was filled with robed folk, however putting on those robes for the 1st time is a little bit surreal. As we did the final ajustments, all I can remember is one man going (top the front of you hat with your right hand, receive with your right and shake with your left) before I was thrusted to the staging queue. Now I at the this moment was having my gown sorted as it had fallen back during the speeches and was too busy trying to sort that out.
However I fortunlately doffed the right person and didn't fall in my heels (thank you religious entity) and got my little envelope to prove that I have a degree. I sat with my amazing coursemates with the realisation that we had completed our studies and we're now going on to do fantastic and wonderful things.
Infact, my only drama actually happened after the ceremony. Now there's a reason they tell you to practice throwing your hat before photos, as I discovered when Kieran went to take a photo of me.
What you see there, is the realisation in my face that the hat didn't just go straight up. There was a man in way of the hat's landing spot, so the hat hit the man straight in the face. I felt horrified but fortunlately that man saw it in good light and there's no bruising. :-) I also had a blip (or should I say several) when I try to throw it in the Castle Gardents but that's an exclusive to those who follow me on snapchat.
It is wierd being a graduate. Like, you now have letters after your name which you didn't have on your birth certificate and you are constantly asked about your plans. Whilst I'm lucky enough to have a plan in place, I feel for my peers who are constantly rejected and have 0 idea of their plans. It is also this feeling that you have fufiled your whole purpose when you are at uni. All the tears, cursing and breakdowns was for this moment.
So as I finish this entry off in my class of 17 hoodie, I realise that I am concluding my undergraduate novel and my goodness what an ending it is. What excites more however, is the sequel that I am beginning to write.
So as I begin to write that chapter, I only have one thing to say...
Toodle Pips,
Kelly
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