Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday
What a LONG day.. non stop classes for 7 hrs.. I'm exhausted.. better post tomorrow I promise!!!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday
Yesterday was my friend Ivonne's birthday, she is officially 30 years old now and as of today, officially in the med school program -CONGRATULATIONS IVONNE! We all went out for supper last night to celebrate and afterward briefly attended the ninja's vs pirates party at Bananas. It was fun to dress up but not many people came out so that was a bit disappointing. Tomorrow being sunday will most likely be quiet.. I could get caught up on some homework I suppose...
At the pirate party
At the pirate party
Friday
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Busy day of classes yesterday and today is errand day. I lucked out being in prevet in that I have the whole afternoon off to get things done. Kidnapped my friend Rodney and we went in to town to run some errands. He had to pick up a package from the port which takes hours so I ended up visiting Klint. He was so much brighter today and pretty cuddly. I think he's really enjoying all the attention he's been getting lately. His leg is all bandaged up and he seems to be putting some weight on it. Peggy, the lady that owns the GSPCA, is really pleased with his progress and is saying that he may be in shape for a bath soon. Also toured around to look at some places for mom and dad and grandma and grandpa to stay in in January. I SO CANNOT WAIT!! The med/vet schools just had their white coat ceremonies and it's going to be amazing to be initiated into the profession. Bought lots of groceries on the way back and linnea is supposed to be throwing a party tonight so that should be fun.
Busy day of classes yesterday and today is errand day. I lucked out being in prevet in that I have the whole afternoon off to get things done. Kidnapped my friend Rodney and we went in to town to run some errands. He had to pick up a package from the port which takes hours so I ended up visiting Klint. He was so much brighter today and pretty cuddly. I think he's really enjoying all the attention he's been getting lately. His leg is all bandaged up and he seems to be putting some weight on it. Peggy, the lady that owns the GSPCA, is really pleased with his progress and is saying that he may be in shape for a bath soon. Also toured around to look at some places for mom and dad and grandma and grandpa to stay in in January. I SO CANNOT WAIT!! The med/vet schools just had their white coat ceremonies and it's going to be amazing to be initiated into the profession. Bought lots of groceries on the way back and linnea is supposed to be throwing a party tonight so that should be fun.
Aug 20/08 (Wednesday)
Interesting day today... Started out at 9 a.m. with a physiology class, then English. On the way out from the lecture hall I noticed a new dog on campus, he was limping and had a pretty decent sized wound on his left hind leg. After being here for a term, you see local dogs or "pothounds" running around most places and most of them are not in the best shape with ravaging mange or super skinny. Something about this one though.. I couldn't just leave him.. could be because he started doing the cute puppy crying noise. Hits you right in the heart! So I skipped out on my micro class and social science and medicine to take him with my friend Beth to the GSPCA in town (equivalent to the humane society.) The system here is weird though.. the GSPCA is run by a lady who devotes all her time to the cause. She runs the clinic and personally decides which cases to take in.. I had to work pretty hard to sell her on my new furry friend and convince her that he was a worthy cause. Klint as we call him did his part though and was super friendly and well behaved even though he's probably never been in a car in his life and his leg was in bad enough shape it was probably pretty painful. In the end he was safely admitted and in return Beth (who is a really talented vet tech before coming down here to vet school) changed the fluids in the x-ray developer so that if Klint required an x-ray later on it was available. Extra bonus is that I got to learn how to clean the developer at the same time. Feeling pretty pleased with myself that Clint gets to sleep inside with a/c tonight and is getting some food and water!
Klint
Klint
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Aug 19/08 (Tuesday)
Wow.. i'm getting pretty regular with the updating.. going to keep it coming, it's actually pretty relaxing to sit here and think about what happened today. Today was a weird day actually. As the second day of official classes I've now attended almost all the classes I'll take this term. We started off with a class at 8 o'clock which meant waking up way earlier. I haven't actually been up this early since I was working earlier this summer so it was really tough to pry my eyes open. I guess I was helped out by the girl accross the hall who beat my alarm with a rousing rendition of "Hallelujah, Hallelujah..e tc..." playing a very loud gospel choir on her laptop. Not a nice way to wake up... Better than last night when the girl down the hall was singing loudly in the wrong key to Britney Spears :) I am liking living in the dorm so far though.. lots of nice girls and so nice to have people around to keep me company.
So molecular biology was the first class this morning. It's going to be complex and boring. I got to purchase a scintillating book on genomes! Yeah.. ;) Luckily it's taught by one of my favorite profs so far, he is a really excellent public speaker and tries to make the class interesting with jokes and stories. I had a molec lab intro after that which was uneventful and short.
I woke up feeling really bad, thinking it was just an early morning but it got worst during classes so I went back to my room for a really long nap. That helped a bit but i'm definitely fighting something off -I think everyone I know is, the guy behind me in class this morning was coughing a lung up which was quite gross.
Tonight I went to my friend Meg (second term vet)'s new apartment to check things out and she cooked me a delicious supper. So nice to have some home cooked food after nothing but junk and travelling stuff since arriving a week ago. Porkchops, veggies and rice.. mmm! Spent the rest of the evening with Amanda and Elise, my neighbors and classmates from this term and last term. They're both from Trinidad and are so much fun. But now it's time for bed.. gotta be paying attention in class tomorrow...
So molecular biology was the first class this morning. It's going to be complex and boring. I got to purchase a scintillating book on genomes! Yeah.. ;) Luckily it's taught by one of my favorite profs so far, he is a really excellent public speaker and tries to make the class interesting with jokes and stories. I had a molec lab intro after that which was uneventful and short.
I woke up feeling really bad, thinking it was just an early morning but it got worst during classes so I went back to my room for a really long nap. That helped a bit but i'm definitely fighting something off -I think everyone I know is, the guy behind me in class this morning was coughing a lung up which was quite gross.
Tonight I went to my friend Meg (second term vet)'s new apartment to check things out and she cooked me a delicious supper. So nice to have some home cooked food after nothing but junk and travelling stuff since arriving a week ago. Porkchops, veggies and rice.. mmm! Spent the rest of the evening with Amanda and Elise, my neighbors and classmates from this term and last term. They're both from Trinidad and are so much fun. But now it's time for bed.. gotta be paying attention in class tomorrow...
First Day of Classes
Had a really awesome day today. Started the day bright and early with a nine o'clock Physiology class. I think i'm really going to enjoy it, the topics all seem really interesting and I'm hoping that my Physiology class from U of A will come in handy. The class which was created and is still taught by the Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University, focuses on systems in the body rather then just what happens at a cellular level -awesome. The prof is a very opinionated older American gentleman with a lot of personality and it seems like he knows what he's doing.
Next on the schedule was Microbiology, this class is going to be a ton of work but again sounds similar to the class I took at U of A so hopefully shouldn't be unmanageable. There is a lengthy lab involved but sounds like it will be interesting and somewhat fun.
English -Reading Comprehension? Why do I have to take this? Spent the first class doing a diagnostic read a story and answer questions. I'm hoping for easy marks but you never know.. if I don't do well on the diagnostic I'll know why I'm taking it ;)
Social Science and Medicine -a course on sociology. What is sociology? Hmm.. i'll answer that after wednesdays class I suppose. Sounds interesting but involved a ton of paper writing. I guess its kind of a blessing in disguise because if it weren't for this class I would not be writing anything this term and all my creative word work from last term would be lost.
Took some time off in the evening and drove over to the beach for a swim. I got to try out my amazing new ipod adapter which allows me to swim laps while listening to music. I'm not going to lie... best invention EVER!! It was pretty fun to swim, listen to music and watch the starfish on the bottom while I swim past.. A quick trip to the grocery store all covered in sand and water was next, where I couldn't find lettuce, tomatoes, eggs or chicken which is what I had on my grocery list. I'll have to check back tomorrow -gotta love first week of classes, when all the students clean out the grocery and do nothing but eat and socialize/study.
Next on the schedule was Microbiology, this class is going to be a ton of work but again sounds similar to the class I took at U of A so hopefully shouldn't be unmanageable. There is a lengthy lab involved but sounds like it will be interesting and somewhat fun.
English -Reading Comprehension? Why do I have to take this? Spent the first class doing a diagnostic read a story and answer questions. I'm hoping for easy marks but you never know.. if I don't do well on the diagnostic I'll know why I'm taking it ;)
Social Science and Medicine -a course on sociology. What is sociology? Hmm.. i'll answer that after wednesdays class I suppose. Sounds interesting but involved a ton of paper writing. I guess its kind of a blessing in disguise because if it weren't for this class I would not be writing anything this term and all my creative word work from last term would be lost.
Took some time off in the evening and drove over to the beach for a swim. I got to try out my amazing new ipod adapter which allows me to swim laps while listening to music. I'm not going to lie... best invention EVER!! It was pretty fun to swim, listen to music and watch the starfish on the bottom while I swim past.. A quick trip to the grocery store all covered in sand and water was next, where I couldn't find lettuce, tomatoes, eggs or chicken which is what I had on my grocery list. I'll have to check back tomorrow -gotta love first week of classes, when all the students clean out the grocery and do nothing but eat and socialize/study.
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