A Week of Celebration!

This week was full of this:

Why Hello There 2:1 Honours

Monday, Tuesday and the start of Wednesday was pretty standard. Come Wednesday evening and my 2:1 degree classification was waiting for me!

I wasn't expecting my results till the Friday but when a friend of mine who I saw on that Wednesday said that she got hers that morning, it suddenly got so nerve-racking! I checked online the minute she told me she had hers, but I had nothing. I just thought maybe their still processing everybody's results as we were from two different schools within the university.

I got home and about 5pm-ish, I decided to go online and check again, and there was my results for each of my modules averaging out as a 2:1! It was a MASSIVE relief to see that final result. After three long years, I managed to come out of it with a decent mark considering at times I thought that surviving my undergraduate degree was the impossible.

Having a 2:1 confirms my place at my PGCE Teacher Training course for September and also confirms my scholarship that will pay my tuition fees for it! So for the next year, I am sorted and no longer in limbo!

Also, having a 2:1 means that I have got my degree in BSc IT Management for Business. I have an actual degree. And if you've had a nosy at my Bucket List, one of the things on there is to graduate with a degree so I can actually tick something off! Well, half tick - BRING ON GRADUATION! :D

Not So Little, Little Sister

I was an only child for the first 10 years of my childhood. Although I was happy in my own company for these 10 years, there was no doubt that I longed to have a sibling. Everybody I knew had a brother or a sister or even two brothers and two sisters! I’d always hear the odd complains about sisters being annoying and brothers always tackling them to the ground but those things were brushed under the rug. From all the stories, all I processed was adventures to midnight Mcdonalds and secret ice cream trips on a cold night where otherwise would have been forbidden by their mums. It sounded AWESOME!

It is awesome :)

 

I have a little sister and she means the absolute world to me! There’s 10 years between us and most people would see that as a major flaw in the relationship, but let me tell you, I’m just as much as a big kid as she is! :D I love her so much and I can not imagine being an only child for any longer than I was.

And this week it was her birthday! #EmotionalBigSis I remember being her age and now she's that age and I'm like but I want you to stay small and fit in my pocket! I wish her the biggest of birthday wishes and hope that she has plenty more to come inshAllah!

Party Time!

If you have siblings, take care of them, respect them and love them, whether they are older than you, younger or even the same age! If you don’t have a sibling, all is not lost because your siblings are just hidden.Your siblings are just very good at disguises. Look at your closest friends and cousins. They are your siblings.

Ramadan Kareem!

Today is the first day of Ramadan. As a Muslim, one of the five basic pillars that we must follow is Sawm (Fasting). For the 30 days of the month of Ramadan, we fast from dawn till dusk. This means before dawn and the first prayer of the day, Fajr, we eat for the day (Suhoor/Sehri) and then we don't eat or drink for the rest of the day till the fourth prayer of the day, Maghrib, which is at dusk (Iftar).

It sounds difficult, and it can be for the first few days as your body is so used to eating throughout the day especially when you're bored but it is such a great month and a great experience as it re-calibrates the mind, faith and humbleness.

As the days are longer in the summer, the fasts are also longer.

It is a month of giving and charity where the importance of these are amplified. We may feel hungry or thirsty for the day but I am so grateful that I have food and water at the end of my fast where others around the world won't. Fasting is an experience that I would recommend to anyone because it really puts life into a grateful perspective.

And on that lovely note, I wish everyone a fulfilling Ramadan!

Keep Smiling,

Skeena xxx