Assalam Aleykum Warahmatullahy Wabarakatuh
Hi my people!
It
has been a while, and by a while I mean 22 whole days because my Facebook page
won’t let me catch a breath; constantly reminding me that I’ve been away for 22
whole days; which in social media life span is basically a century. However in
my defense, I was finishing up my university experience in style. Trying to
hand in all my projects in time, attending graduation dinners and preparing for
graduation…and then graduating!
Yes, I said
graduating, yes I am officially a graduate, I also find that hard to believe
but it actually happened Alhamdulillah! But let’s not get carried away here,
one step at a time please. This post is about my graduation dinner experience
and…*drum rolls please* my first Youtube video!!!I actually have a channel with
an actual video guys! Can we just take a moment to clap for me or something! It
feels so surreal Subhanallah.
I remember when
I first met and fell in love with Youtube in 2013, when I came to Nairobi for
uni and had the privilege of staying at my aunt’s house that had wi fi round
the clock. I had already discovered my love for editing by then and so when I
learnt about Youtube I automatically knew that it was a community I wanted to
be a part of; and now I am!!!I’m so grateful and excited and terrified all at
the same time but hey what’s life if not a whirl wind of emotions? Anyway, back
to the graduation dinner.
Fashionably Late
I’m always late for
my events to be honest, but that’s only because I do it on purpose, I’m what
you call 'fashionably late'. I think. From what I’m used to, school events
normally go past midnight. Hence when the night is over, all you want to do is
catapult yourself into bed. What I therefore prefer to do is make sure I make
my Isha prayer (night prayer which begins at about 7. 50 pm ish) before leaving
for the event lest I become lethargic and exhausted and thus fail to make it when I
come back from the event.
Little did I know
that graduation dinner actually ends at 11pm…and not in African time but
literally 11pm. So there I go arriving at around 8.45pm when the event actually
began at 6pm. It’s ok though, I still made it in time for the food. All in all I had an amazing time at
the event and I’m so glad I went for it even though the ticket was friggin Ksh.
4000! Most of my friends actually bailed because they felt that the price was
way too much and they couldn’t be bothered, but what do they know those losers.
'Touchy - Feely' Parting Shot
Being done with Uni
has made me realize the importance of making memories and living in the
present. It seems like only yesterday I was a freshman and here I am calling myself a
graduate. It made me realize what really matters; the experiences, the people,
the places, the laughter, the fun. All those papers I stressed about, all the
term papers I wrote, all of these were important no doubt. But majority of them
are going into the bin because I’m not going into the next chapter of my life
hoarding a bunch of papers I wrote in Uni, I’m actually only keeping about four
of the papers I wrote out of a whole three years of University, which if i may say is a huge feat in itself.
However all those
camping trips, all the school events, the conferences and class trips, the
chances and risks I took, the people and the places, these pictures, these
memories I pray to carry them on with me.
I hope you guys also learnt atleast one thing on this journey with me
and I hope I inspired you in any little way whatsoever, to be bold and brave.
Enough chit chat though, on to the vlog!!Make sure you like, subscribe and share the love! Thank
you so much for all the love and support and as always, I love hearing from you
guys!xoxo
