I’m back home – it’s all over!
I think that I should make an update about this: I graduated.
I’m back home now, the graduation ceremony was last Wednesday. I did not take a lot of photographs myself, I’m waiting for them to send me the photos taken by the official photographer, those should arrive within four to six months they said.
How does it feel now that I am done with it? I think that it is a mixture of satisfaction, sadness that’s all over, and a lot of nothingness. I really enjoyed myself while I was studying in Cardiff, the place was awesome, I had a lot of fun with all the people that I met there. I’m really going to miss the lifestyle, to be able to simply walk to school, the freedom, the diversity of all the people around me.
I appreciate the fact that I had the opportunity to study at Cardiff University, the system in the Law school is awesome – the student has the opportunity to choose all the modules he studies in the his 2nd and 3rd years. I can’t say that I loved every single lecturer and teacher I had, but I can’t deny the fact that I did enjoy the overall experience.
Unlike a great number of university graduates, I am privileged for not having to go through the job-search stress, my scholarship requires me to work with the Ministry of Legal Affairs (MOLA). I am afraid to say that none of my friends is helping me get excited about it, I have no idea of how it is going to be, I am not sure if I am ready to start working yet or not, but it does not look like I have much of a choice. I came back yesterday and told my family that I will not call MOLA and that I’ll wait for them to call me instead – and less than 24 hours passed before they actually did… They called my father this morning asking him about me and whether I finished or not, they asked if I had any proof that I graduated and that I should start with the employment procedures as soon as possible as those could take a very long time to be completed.
I do not have my certificate yet, and I don’t actually have anything on my that proves I graduated. I know the cultural attache’ in the UK has a copy of my initial transcript for the final year results which should state that I completed the degree. I am not sure if I should tell them about this now.
In the mean time, I am just trying to get used to the weather, it is just as they described it… very very hot.
