Three days after my recital, it is finally sinking in that I have finished my university studies (for the foreseeable future). It is the end of an era, after 6 challenging, rewarding, life-changing years. The (heavily summarised) story so far: - 2008: I saw my first opera (NZ Opera's production of Janáček's Jenůfa). At that point, I set myself two goals: #1) To sing with NZ Opera on the ASB Theatre/Aotea Centre stage, and #2) to become an internationally-performing, professio