Graduation!

So this week I officially reached the end of my three year law degree and had my graduation! I can't believe that after all of the stressful 400 pages reading a week, ten hour revision days and still managing to have never fully read a case I managed to get a high 2.1 and finish it completely!


It was really odd seeing everyone for (probably) the last time, dressed up in their robes! And to be able to celebrate with my best friends :)

And parents..


And boyfriend..


Who had the job of photographer for the ceremony! The ceremony itself was very lavish and posh, with a few of our lecturers sitting on the stage watching as our names were called and we shook hands with the headmaster and head of law at Queen Mary University. I didn't fall!


It has truly been the best three years of my life at Uni, and I've learnt so much more than law. I've learnt how to balance things - modeling and law is not easy! - that I can't leave all my reading to the last month (first year drama), made the best friends I will ever have and had amazing experiences with those I was lucky enough to have met before uni as well! Living in London has been incredible, it was definitely the place for me to grow, and I'm so proud that I didn't get killed living in east London :)

I have no idea what the future holds other than modeling at the moment, but it's quite exciting not knowing what will happen! Goodbye my university years, hello real world!

Life after uni so far!

Since finishing uni, I have been non-stop working! I am taking a year out to do modeling and hopefully get lots of experience in different things to find out what it is exactly I would like to do in the future! It is so difficult when you haven't had a job to know what you want to do, so I'm very lucky that I have modeling to do in the meantime whilst I figure it out :) 

The first day after my exams I had a graduate show for Rochester University, where all the final fashion graduate students showed their collections. There was three shows each with about twenty different designers, lasting for one hour each! We were definitely worked very hard!! 

Some of the clothes were pretty amazing though! 

It was held in Spitalfields church, slightly random but I think it worked (and just 15 minutes from my house so no complaints here!) 

and then some very interesting outfits such as the above! The bhurka looked incredible on the catwalk!

The next day was more graduate shows for Westminster uni, so another long day followed by castings! 

Friday was a shoot I had been looking forward to for a very long time! Asos! I am literally the laziest person ever, and shopping in London can generally be quite hectic and insane because of the sheer amount of people, so I generally do all my shopping on Asos. I went to a casting before my exams started and luckily had my first shoot for them last week, which was incredible :) 

By the most amazing stroke of luck ever, it happened to be the day of their office sample sale (once a month) - a room full of asos clothes in my size, priced between £1-3!!! It was pure heaven  and also a mad dash around in my lunch hour to try and buy as much as I could with the cash I had on me! I returned to the shoot one happy model :) Everyone that worked there was lovely and I had the best day ever. 

This was my treat for finishing exams (and uni!) - not sure how I have lived without an ipad before now! Good luck if you still have exams, they will be over soon and Summer will be here! xxx 

University - Part Three

Cheerleading/Chess
The first two years of uni my 'clubs' were (literal) clubs... in the third year me and my best friend had a CV crisis and decided that we had better join some clubs! We also came up with the brilliant idea of starting up a Chess Club as Queen Mary was missing one... and now I have 'founder/president of the chess club' on my CV! If you spot a gap like that it is definitely worth taking the risk and filling it. We aren't the best chess players ever, but we have learnt a lot about organisation, leadership and teamwork (etc) from it and had some very cute nights playing chess :)
One of the best decisions I made throughout uni was to join Cheerleading. We have one of the best teams in England, with about 70 people on it total and 3 separate teams within one, with the top level 6 team competing in Florida at the last world's competition! (As you may be able to guess, me and Katherine were in the 'new' team). We still had such an amazing time and really dedicated ourselves (6 hours training a week...) to it, and came second in a national competition (one point off first place!).





I definitely recommend joining a club at uni, even if you think it's not really your thing! :)

Dima
I met Dima at school and we came to London together. We had heard it from everyone about how 'hard it is to be in a relationship at uni' and all the potentials of making out with strangers etc. It has actually not been difficult in the slightest and I've never ever felt like I am 'missing out' by being in a relationship at uni. It is four years coming up and he is literally my best friend and boyfriend in one, the best person I have ever met :) I'm really happy we got to experience uni together as we have had some really great times over the last 3 years.




Food
I am a major foodie, and London has a lot to eat. I would like to congratulate myself on succeeding in eating some super incredible food over the past three years, before my metabolism gives up completely!

Lantana's french bread amazingness

Chelsea Bun - always a winner (get the milkshake!)

Deep fried oreos at Feast London (definitely go to this!!!)

Medlar - incredible food

my FAVOURITE BURGERS EVER - Patty and Bun (worth the queue)

GO TO GRANGER&CO. Get the ricotta pancakes with banana and honeycomb butter. 
If you go to brick lane on a sunday you are pretty much guaranteed a food-gasm

Sapori Sardi is my favourite date-restaurant.

Maxibon cookies.... heaven



I have had a slightly love/hate relationship with Law since being at university, but by the end of my degree I have decided that I do actually really like it and I'm glad I studied it. I still am not 100% sure about what I want to do (there is just so much out there!) but I've learnt some really interesting things over the last three years. Uni is literally the best time of your life, so make sure you are studying something you love! I have had the best time ever at Queen Mary and will really miss it, but I'm more excited to see what the future holds :)

University - Part Two

Clubbing 

One of the best things about going to uni in London is the nights out. After our first interesting experiences at the 'student-y' clubs such as Fabric, Ministry of Sound (top tip: avoid if you don't like being groped/surrounded by drugs) a promoter messaged me and asked if I wanted a free birthday party at a top London club (which has since closed!). I was very dubious but went along with it, and we got free entry and free drinks all night, as well as cake! We then realised that for basically every top London club, there are promoters wanting girls inside, who will give you a completely free night out with no catches. This was excellent news, and since then we haven't paid for hardly a single night out. There is also sometimes free food, yay!! (No, I'm not sure why they do this but who cares?!)

 why yes I will accept your free cake... (who cares that my name isn't Santiago?!) 

The (free shhh) drinks at what was formerly known as Whisky Mist, and is now Rusty Nail I believe. They give out pasta at 2am!!!! 

One of my favourite nights was seeing LMFAO at Jalouse! 

Boujis is always a really fun night, they usually have themes! 

Kensington Roof Gardens will literally be stunning in the summer - a huge club-within-a-garden on the roof of a hotel! They also serve burgers throughout the night! 

Ruski's Tavern is very cool, Russian themed with giant astronauts walking around and plenty of caviar! 

The Box is personally my favourite club to go to, because it is so different from any others! They have 3 shows that are ridiculously extreme and entertaining, but be prepared for literally anything! 

Mahiki is a firm favourite with my friends - we are there practically every Monday. Everyone is really chilled and the treasure chests are beyond words. It is super cute and hawaiian themed, with a secret 'no tell motel room' in the back! 

The best promoters I know are Central List (excellent for Mahiki), San's list  and the Ace of Clubs. Generally they are quite easy to find, if you search where you want to go on twitter followed by 'promoter/list'. I feel so lucky to have been able to have such incredible nights out for nothing at all! 

Travelling

It's a well known fact that university is the best time to travel - no obligations, commitments, people to feed etc. Fortunately London is well placed and I've been lucky enough to have willing travel companions with me over the past 3 years! 

Majorca with my best friends last year was amazing, can't wait for Croatia in July! 

you don't have to go far - Brighton is 1 hour from London and tickets are as cheap as £10 return! 

(Yes that is me skateboarding through the trees..)

I have been to Amsterdam three times now, twice with my boyfriend and once with my best friends. It is my favourite place to go in Europe - chilled, clean, pretty and everyone is pretty much happy! (there is probably a reason behind it..) There are countless things to find and eat and experience there, and I will probably be back - it is just a 45 minute flight from London, and we usually go for around £150 including flights and hotel for 3 nights. 

I loved Paris. Mainly because we went to disneyland, and it was my birthday but everything was still so chic and fabulous :) at 2 hours on the eurostar you have to go whilst in London (a bit of irony working there) - for the food if nothing else! I was completely taken over by the Eiffel Tower too, although I didn't think much of it before! We went in the evening and it was almost completely empty.. 

Modeling

Modeling was something on and off throughout University, but being at uni gave me the opportunity to explore modeling in London on the side of my work. It took me a long time to learn how to balance it out, but I have literally had the most incredible experiences modeling in London and I'm really excited for the future! 

The best job I have ever had is definitely the GQ Awards last year, where I met all my favourite celebrities, was paid to do so, got to keep the clothes and go to the afterparty! It was definitely one of the best nights of my life :') 

Modeling in London Fashion Week 

My first job in London was to  go to a Vogue Party. This was also a really amazing night!

JD Sports campaign! 

I have had such amazing experiences modeling, the best thing about it is that you literally have no idea what tomorrow will be like! I'm going to do it full time for a while, and it's going amazingly at the moment :) 

Friends

Luckily all of my best friends from Cyprus were here waiting for me in London before I came, and my boyfriend Dima came over with me (to go to Imperial!). I have also made some incredible friends over the past three years, and I don't know what I would do without them.