Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Orientation Week Photos
Kate, Chevon and I
Views from the Catamaran
Group photo at Godfathers
Kara Bartending at Godfathers
Monday, September 17, 2007
White Coat Ceremony
Each semester, the first semester students are required to go through an induction ceremony into the field of veterinary medicine. Here we are given our white coats as a symbol of our profession, and are "sworn in" as students by reciting our veterinary student oath. Upon completion of our DVM, we then swear to our final veterinary oath.
Here is a picture of my group of friends and I after the white coat ceremony! YAY for white coats!! I feel so professional...
Sunday, September 9, 2007
PICTURES!!!!
The view from my house.
The road to Cockleshell Beach
The view of Nevis from St. Kitts.
BLUE water! Its beautiful!
My house gecko that lives on my porch. He's a big fella!
My morning alarm clock (the neighborhood cows)
And the kiddos made it too!
My mechanic's pet monk
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ey!The Shiggidy Shack!
Week 1
Oy ve! I have survived my first week in veterinary school, although not without a few bumps and bruises. There is a nasty bronchial infection going around, and I woke up this morning with some seriously icky lung junk. School, however, is going well, although it is entirely different from anything else I have ever done. While you have very little (if any) homework, you are expected to have EVERYTHING the professor tells you memorized and ready at a moments notice. Several of the professors walk around the room as they teach and, at random, stand in front of students and grill them for an answer to one of their many questions. I've had to break my sodoku and cross-word during class habit!
I've also discovered that for all the work and study we do, there is a party at the end of the week to help you lose those brain cells. I have never seen a group party so hard and for as long as the folks (both students and islanders) here. I guess the theory is if you are working this hard, you have to have an outlet somewhere, but after two weekends of getting home at 3 and 4am, I think I'm going to have to go into hiding...
Ok, back to the books. Take care, and drop me an e-mail sometime! They make my day :)
I've also discovered that for all the work and study we do, there is a party at the end of the week to help you lose those brain cells. I have never seen a group party so hard and for as long as the folks (both students and islanders) here. I guess the theory is if you are working this hard, you have to have an outlet somewhere, but after two weekends of getting home at 3 and 4am, I think I'm going to have to go into hiding...
Ok, back to the books. Take care, and drop me an e-mail sometime! They make my day :)
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Information and Update
After a week, things are starting to settle in a bit, and I finally have internet at home (soooooo exciting!!). Pictures are on the way. We spent the day yesterday on a catamaran which cruised us around St. Kitts, took us snorkling, and fed us fabulous Caribbean BBQ over on a beach at Nevis. The snorkling here is unbelievable! There are all sorts of crazy fish to see, beautiful reefs, sea turtles, barracuda, sharks, rays, and a thousand other things to see. All I have to do is drive down the road to see all of it! Its crazy...
Speaking of driving, I have purchased my island car! It is a little red Geo Tracker soft top. Now, when I talk about "island cars," one must not think that these cars are in any way comparable to the cars we drive in the states. You wouldn't pay $5 dollars for these beaters in the states, but here they go for thousands! They are bruised, battered, and frequently broken down on the side of the road, but you just take what you can get :) So far, so good!
Island life is a trip. I'm not sure my descriptions can truly do it justice. Basically, I am living in a third world country surrounded by the most beautiful oceans in the world! The folks here so far are very nice, but crime is present, burgleries are common, and your car will get broken into so you just leave the doors open. My apartment is made out of cement, and I have been woken up several times this week to a group of cows snacking on the weeds just outside my window. You frequently have to wait while cows, goats, and sheep cross the road. There are no real fences, so most of the livestock just roam free. Roads are iffy, and on occasion you have to drive through the dirt roads in the sugar cane fields to get from one place to the next. Patience is a necessity here, as everyone will frequently remind you that "in St. Kitts, we live on Island time." Restaurants have names like Ziggy's, Godfathers (not the pizza place), and my personal favorite: Mr. X's Shigitty Shack. Most are right on the beach, and the drinks served here are WAY stronger than anything I have ever had in the states. Even the beer seems a bit stronger...
Keep in touch, drop me e-mails (they make me happy), and photos are on the way!
Contact Info:
Cell:
1-869-660-5656
(I am hoping to get Vonage, which would give me a US phone number)
Address:
Kirsten S Thomas
c/o Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
P. O. Box 334
Basseterre, St. Kitts
West Indies
Speaking of driving, I have purchased my island car! It is a little red Geo Tracker soft top. Now, when I talk about "island cars," one must not think that these cars are in any way comparable to the cars we drive in the states. You wouldn't pay $5 dollars for these beaters in the states, but here they go for thousands! They are bruised, battered, and frequently broken down on the side of the road, but you just take what you can get :) So far, so good!
Island life is a trip. I'm not sure my descriptions can truly do it justice. Basically, I am living in a third world country surrounded by the most beautiful oceans in the world! The folks here so far are very nice, but crime is present, burgleries are common, and your car will get broken into so you just leave the doors open. My apartment is made out of cement, and I have been woken up several times this week to a group of cows snacking on the weeds just outside my window. You frequently have to wait while cows, goats, and sheep cross the road. There are no real fences, so most of the livestock just roam free. Roads are iffy, and on occasion you have to drive through the dirt roads in the sugar cane fields to get from one place to the next. Patience is a necessity here, as everyone will frequently remind you that "in St. Kitts, we live on Island time." Restaurants have names like Ziggy's, Godfathers (not the pizza place), and my personal favorite: Mr. X's Shigitty Shack. Most are right on the beach, and the drinks served here are WAY stronger than anything I have ever had in the states. Even the beer seems a bit stronger...
Keep in touch, drop me e-mails (they make me happy), and photos are on the way!
Contact Info:
Cell:
1-869-660-5656
(I am hoping to get Vonage, which would give me a US phone number)
Address:
Kirsten S Thomas
c/o Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
P. O. Box 334
Basseterre, St. Kitts
West Indies
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