DIPLOMAT

I think this has been the longest day of my life. After spending a whole day in Soton on Thursday, I got three hours sleep and time has flown by as it turned Saturday. I never went to bed again, but I did fall asleep on the train from Southampton to Clapham Junction and almost missed my stop. But I didn't.

At graduation there were so many cameras, and with my fellow diplomats still on holiday in England, I only have some of them available at this time. Here is a piece of them, for you to enjoy and us to remember. I congratulate all graduates and diplomates at Southampton Solent University, school of Art and Design.

The awkward moment when someone is going to use your camera and don't manage to focus at the people... :P 

AMBITIONS

I remember writing about going back to Norway for Easter-break like it was a week ago. Time flies by way too fast and I am getting scared of suddenly looking in the mirror and a wrinkly, old lady is staring back at me. No, not in the creepy ghost-movie way, but I guess you know what I mean..?

On Monday I am going back to the United Kingdom to graduate from Southampton Solent University. My mum and I will spend a couple of days in London before traveling to Soton and meeting everyone else as well.
God, I miss England! I miss the language, kindness, WEATHER and I simply miss living there. Although I absolutely LOVE my job and working full time right now, I have to move back there. And I will.

FLABBERGAST

Honestly, I kind of knew what to expect... I spent a year abroad where I didn't understand much of the first semester – and even worse; didn't understand that I was lost. At midnight the results were due and I prepared myself to have a quite shitty day after this. I had made plans to work on a creative project and kept thinking of ways to keep my motivation up during the day. Then, Notification Centre alerted me about a new e-mail that had arrived.

My heart stopped, my body froze and I had to actively calm myself down. This was not like at the Creative School of Norway, this was I T ! The final result of my Bachelor-degree (with Honours, whatever that means?). The end. The one time I have been more surprised than this, was when my colleagues had a surprise-party for me, but right now I was shocked! I passed, and I passed better than I could imagine.

I want to thank my tutors, because even if "I did all the work", it would never have happened without them pushing me there. I know some people, sometimes myself including, felt like Solent didn't "teach us anything" – but I have learned so much about myself as a designer the last year and I do not regret a thing from my time abroad. Hopefully some of you are reading this, and if you are; Chris Bigg, Ben Freeman and Paul Shakespeare – you are awesome and thank you! To the rest of you: Congratulations on your degree! I am so looking forward to going back to Southampton for graduation in November!