To the 2011 Unima Graduate

Some of 2011 Unima Graduates who got distinctions: from left to right, Perry Kelvin Mkandawire, Mphatso Chisuwo Banda, and Solomon Madalitso Mlinda.


Picture it. Graduation day, 12 October 2011. After four years of long hard slog, we would at last get to reap the fruits of our toil. You know pulling up to the library steps, the 77 steps goin to the cafe, druz for chairs,books, meals and blah blah blah, kuponda and all sorts of frustrations, may be loosing a parent along the college way like in my case.

Iam now beamed with excitement at the prospect of geting to don my cap and gown draped in a tussel-whether gold,green, red, orange, blue or yellow. Its not a party function, is it? The colour is neither here nor there. As for me, what am particulary worried in the back of my mind is the Master of Ceremonies pronounciation of my full name Marshal Kandodo Tembani Madise. Will he do it correctly? Because, because Iam now a graduate in waiting!

Not to mention that the past four yearz have been a blast. To put it simply, without shame, I slept luxuriously and studied sparingly but still more I managed to get a credit in my bag. Now thats wasap!

Of course, to be honest I still miss the fun that goes in college and there is stil that stress there. You know I am no longer a self envisioned big man on campus. Your room is no longer your room with all the fun that comes with that status-kutheletsa, exile and the like. You now have an extra set of eyes watchin what you do thruough out the summer. You know there isnt that freedom and independence you had at school. For me, this is more and more stressfull as we now out of college. You know its hard in many ways: letting go of that lifestyle, starting again, having to make decisions and be forced to look again and decide where to go next. Dealing with our own internal pressure as well as outside pressures (from family and friends may be) and also having to let go of so many ideals and dreams we might have made up while we were studyng, only to realize that we're now faced with a big close of reality thats come to bite us in the face once we've handed over all our hard work spent in the library to meet deadlines.mmmh or kulada. Sigh!

Whoa!!! Those years were awesome love of our lives and leaving it seemed impossible. But nevertheles, we've moved on and made headway. Some have got full tym jobs, some part tym, some just internship.some have decided to venture into businesses, some have progressed with school. Some are stil in the hunt for that coveted job in this economic meltdown.

Happy Graduation Fellow 2011 Unima Graduates!!!

A Toast To The New Lyf!!!