Today I was up early and into London for Amanda's graduation. It became a running joke between us that I'd have to push her up a ramp to collect it but she managed with a lot of dedication to complete it, pass and walk up unaided. It was years since I went to Senate House and then it was the Student Bar. The building is impressive and managed to escape the bombing of London as Hitler had his eyes on it for the HQ should he ever invade Britian. Part of the building's success is the use of the Cornish self cleaning granite. There's a discussion of the building, in which Orwell worked and was later to be the Ministry of Truth in 1984 here.

This was the largest ceremony this year and the range of students was wide both in age, country of origin and studies. I expected people to get the same kind of scroll I got when I did my Certificate of Management but all you do is shake a hand, kneel and get an addition to the bat cape you are already wearing.

After the event we went to a local pub and then on for food. It was a nice time and good to catch up with family and friends on such a happy day. Afterwards, I drove back for more celebrations with Fhai and Martin for celebrations for Loi Krathong : no krathongs but some nice paper laterns from Thailand, great food and a lot of fun.