A Whole New World (without the magic carpet)

Since Tour, I've helped host the SRA Conference 2011, attended Sports Colours 2011, celebrated my 21st birthday, finished my degree at UH, started full-time at The Grapevine as a Reporter, and best of all, had my Summer Ball!

Westwood with the Crush Team.

Sports Colours 2011

The first picture of all my Final Year housemates (Kela Lewis-Morin, Claire Brookes and Davut Unsal) and I together at All Bonked Out! (The last of three years of "Bonk!"-ing)

Summer Ball 2011 with Letara Buckley (my shirt is PURPLE, despite what it may look like in pictures)

But after all the fun times, I now feel like I deserve my grey hairs - I feel so old! The only way I can describe the feeling of leaving university is like this:

Imagine it is autumn, a pile of dead leaves are on the floor, and you and your friends are insects living in the pile. You know that sooner or later the seasons will change and your temporary home will be gone, but sooner than expected a leaf blower comes and "whoosh!" everything has separated. You and a few others managed to cling to the same leaf, others maybe didn't get blown too far away, but the pile is gone! Sad times.

Although comparing myself to a bug living in a damp rotting leaf-pile isn't the nicest way to describe things, it is just a metaphor and I will always hold on to my university experiences. Even if I have to visit the Forum again when I'm 45.

Scooby Doo: Day Two

The second day of being the beloved cartoon dog and I'm still loving the way people smile and wave when they see me. It makes everyone a lot more sociable when there is someone dressed like a dog!

I started the day in the LRC (Learning Resource Centre) on De Havilland Campus and then headed off to my lecture. The problem with being dressed so obviously is that you actually have to pay attention to your Philosophy lecture (that alone is sponsor worthy!).

After lecture, I headed to Club de Hav to sort out my shifts and chill for a bit...

Would you serve Scooby? (Luckily my ID was around my neck!)

Now you may judge me for having so much chicken in the space of two days, but after going to Nandos yesterday I managed to fill my loyalty card and so was entitled to a free WHOLE chicken! So we went to Nandos - in Hatfield this time.

Note: for the second time I was the fifth wheel, Bad times!

Then of course it came to that time on a Tuesday where I present my student radio show on Crush Radio. The studio is normally hot, so being in a Scooby outfit didn't help but the whole show was done while in the costume, whilst shout outs were done in my best impression of Scooby Doo.

and that took me through to exactly Midnight!