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So as some of you may know, I am now going to med school in the Caribbean.
The university is an "off-shore" institution. The office and everything is based in the states, all the staff is American, and the classes are split like right down the middle with ALMOST half of the students being Canadian (tons from the GTA area) and the other half are Americans.
You might think it's ghetto or something since it's in the Caribbean but keep in mind that it is run/owned by Americans. All the **** is high-tech, class rooms are nicer than the shitty rooms at U of C and U of S, there is wireless internet at school, transportation to and from dorms, etc.
Class size is like 70 students which is wicked. You know everybody, the teacher knows you, and when you need help you get it on the spot.
I will be here on this island for 2 years (actually 20 months....which is 5 semesters of work). After that, I will write the USMLE (United States Medical Licensure Examination) and I will then do 2 years of clinical rotations in the states. So 4 years from now I will be Dr. nismodrifter (MD) and will be set to get a residency in the United States. I however would really..REALLY like to land a residency in Canada since Canada is where I want to live once I'm all done. Only problem with that is that it is really tough to get one. Hopefully all the **** will work out and I will end up in some rural **** hole in Canada in 4 years....but I'll have a smile on my face because I'll be in Canada yo haha.
I just had 4 exams in 2 days (Monday/Tuesday...and had one on Friday too) so I thought I'd post this **** up before the workload starts to pile up again (ie: tomorrow morning.....).
The school is located on an island called Nevis (pronounced knee-vis). It is part of the union of St.Kitts and Nevis (you might know about St Kitts...it has like a 12 star Marriot resort). Nevis is 1/2 hour ferry ride from St Kitts and you can clearly see St. Kitts from Nevis.
Weather was hot hot in the first week of September but I noticed that it's getting cooler now. I spend 99% of my time inside though so I never get to experience the crazy heat mid-day. I have gotten hella mad brown though haha. Temperature is extremely constant....always +31c peak every single freaking day.
Beaches are extremely pimp. Water is warm and clear. Famous people like Oprah, Kelly Ripa, Mel Gibson, and Sean Connery actually have houses here on this island (it's not a busy place...so it's perfect for some high profile person to come here and relax). Princess Diana also used to vacation here.
The people here are VERY VERY VERY VERY NICE. It is weird really. Walkin down the street everyone says good morning, hello, good afternoon, good evening to you. If I'm ever walkin home from school since I missed the bus or some **** someone will guaranteed stop and offer a ride.
Anyways, here's some pics I took during my first week here. No they are not p-shopped....everything really is as blue and as green as it is shown in the pictures. The first time I actually checked out the beach I thought the **** must be fake. It is so nice that you just can't believe that things can be so green and the sky can be so blue.
Pics:
My dorm yo: It's the building in the middle. Have AC, wireless internet, everything. I've never stayed in a dorm before but other people say the rooms are huge in comparison to what you get in Canada/States. The room is like hotel sized with a kitchen and ****.
View from room: pimpz
View of St. Kitts from the front deck of the dorm:
A street in the main part of the town. The clouds on the mountain in the background are very rarely NOT there. 99% of the time the clouds hang on the top of it and make it look all scary and ****. The mountain is just behind the dorms.
The main street of the town area. Everything "important" is along this stretch of road. Can't see much on this part of it but there is a huge grocery store and stores like that on it.
A beach at a restaurant where we ate. Pimpz yo. The water here was crystal clear.
Beach pwnage: This same damn bird pwned like 20 fishes in an hour. Crazy to see how they can spot them from so high above and then fly like a missile to pwn the fish.
The beach that is a 5min walk from my dorm. Sooo nice, this one is definately my favorite. Only had time to check it out in the couple of days before classes started. Haven't been down there since.
Car spottings:
- The cars here are freaking WICKED. It's all JDM ****. I've seen quite a few NICE cars including:
- RHD Pathfinders (Terranos)...lots of these around.
- Toyota Soarer (ie: Lexus SC400).
- Toyota Altezza..omg teh real Altezza lights.
- RHD Fairlady (ie: 300ZX) in mint condition with 18" BBS LM's (3pc $$$$ wheels yo).
- older Mitsu EVO with huge FMIC etc.
- and others that I can't just think of right now. I've said OMG NICE CAR quite a few times but I can't remember them all.
Here are some notable spottings during times I have had a camera on me:
Got RICE?: Picture is bubbly because the Suzuki Samurai I was in had plastic rear windows.
Arospeed! OMG I wonder if he has one of those cold air intake FMIC things :bigpimp:
Ahhhh a diesel that I really wish we had. GDI yo.
This van is in desperate need of a huge freaking body kit JDM stylez yo.
Saw the front of this and went OMG!! Subie guys, does this guys car look like anything special or is it all just bolt on body stuff.
But then I saw the rear....
OMGWTFBBQ!!!1!!!R33!!1!!1: First time I've seen one of these in person.
And the unmistakable Skyline rear:
I'm missin home a ton really. People always say "WTF, look at where you are, the place is crazy nice and you want to go home". I'll just say this: When you are dead tired and have 8 hours of studying ahead of you and there is no freaking Tim Hortons around you realize how good home is ahha. There is no "fast food" place on this island. There are local places but of course no Mcdonalds or anything of that sort. St. Kitts has a KFC and a Subway but there is no way in hell that going there and coming back will make it a "fast food" experience.
Other than that everything is available from the grocery store. You name it they got it but everything does cost a little more. Most of the stuff is reasonably priced (ie: a can of pop costs you the usual $1) but things like Tropicana Juice will run you like 10 bucks CDN....ouch.
So that's all for now. Basically my only night off in 3 weeks (we have exams every 3 weeks and I'm always studying my rear end off to keep up). I'll be back in Calgary in December for X-mas break. After that I don't exactly know when I'll be back. I get 2-3 weeks off every 4 months (ie: in between semesters) but thats about it. I might come back in April or I might come back in August...not exactly sure.
Piece yo!
Attached is a map of where the island is.
The university is an "off-shore" institution. The office and everything is based in the states, all the staff is American, and the classes are split like right down the middle with ALMOST half of the students being Canadian (tons from the GTA area) and the other half are Americans.
You might think it's ghetto or something since it's in the Caribbean but keep in mind that it is run/owned by Americans. All the **** is high-tech, class rooms are nicer than the shitty rooms at U of C and U of S, there is wireless internet at school, transportation to and from dorms, etc.
Class size is like 70 students which is wicked. You know everybody, the teacher knows you, and when you need help you get it on the spot.
I will be here on this island for 2 years (actually 20 months....which is 5 semesters of work). After that, I will write the USMLE (United States Medical Licensure Examination) and I will then do 2 years of clinical rotations in the states. So 4 years from now I will be Dr. nismodrifter (MD) and will be set to get a residency in the United States. I however would really..REALLY like to land a residency in Canada since Canada is where I want to live once I'm all done. Only problem with that is that it is really tough to get one. Hopefully all the **** will work out and I will end up in some rural **** hole in Canada in 4 years....but I'll have a smile on my face because I'll be in Canada yo haha.
I just had 4 exams in 2 days (Monday/Tuesday...and had one on Friday too) so I thought I'd post this **** up before the workload starts to pile up again (ie: tomorrow morning.....).
The school is located on an island called Nevis (pronounced knee-vis). It is part of the union of St.Kitts and Nevis (you might know about St Kitts...it has like a 12 star Marriot resort). Nevis is 1/2 hour ferry ride from St Kitts and you can clearly see St. Kitts from Nevis.
Weather was hot hot in the first week of September but I noticed that it's getting cooler now. I spend 99% of my time inside though so I never get to experience the crazy heat mid-day. I have gotten hella mad brown though haha. Temperature is extremely constant....always +31c peak every single freaking day.
Beaches are extremely pimp. Water is warm and clear. Famous people like Oprah, Kelly Ripa, Mel Gibson, and Sean Connery actually have houses here on this island (it's not a busy place...so it's perfect for some high profile person to come here and relax). Princess Diana also used to vacation here.
The people here are VERY VERY VERY VERY NICE. It is weird really. Walkin down the street everyone says good morning, hello, good afternoon, good evening to you. If I'm ever walkin home from school since I missed the bus or some **** someone will guaranteed stop and offer a ride.
Anyways, here's some pics I took during my first week here. No they are not p-shopped....everything really is as blue and as green as it is shown in the pictures. The first time I actually checked out the beach I thought the **** must be fake. It is so nice that you just can't believe that things can be so green and the sky can be so blue.
Pics:
My dorm yo: It's the building in the middle. Have AC, wireless internet, everything. I've never stayed in a dorm before but other people say the rooms are huge in comparison to what you get in Canada/States. The room is like hotel sized with a kitchen and ****.
View from room: pimpz
View of St. Kitts from the front deck of the dorm:
A street in the main part of the town. The clouds on the mountain in the background are very rarely NOT there. 99% of the time the clouds hang on the top of it and make it look all scary and ****. The mountain is just behind the dorms.
The main street of the town area. Everything "important" is along this stretch of road. Can't see much on this part of it but there is a huge grocery store and stores like that on it.
A beach at a restaurant where we ate. Pimpz yo. The water here was crystal clear.
Beach pwnage: This same damn bird pwned like 20 fishes in an hour. Crazy to see how they can spot them from so high above and then fly like a missile to pwn the fish.
The beach that is a 5min walk from my dorm. Sooo nice, this one is definately my favorite. Only had time to check it out in the couple of days before classes started. Haven't been down there since.
Car spottings:
- The cars here are freaking WICKED. It's all JDM ****. I've seen quite a few NICE cars including:
- RHD Pathfinders (Terranos)...lots of these around.
- Toyota Soarer (ie: Lexus SC400).
- Toyota Altezza..omg teh real Altezza lights.
- RHD Fairlady (ie: 300ZX) in mint condition with 18" BBS LM's (3pc $$$$ wheels yo).
- older Mitsu EVO with huge FMIC etc.
- and others that I can't just think of right now. I've said OMG NICE CAR quite a few times but I can't remember them all.
Here are some notable spottings during times I have had a camera on me:
Got RICE?: Picture is bubbly because the Suzuki Samurai I was in had plastic rear windows.
Arospeed! OMG I wonder if he has one of those cold air intake FMIC things :bigpimp:
Ahhhh a diesel that I really wish we had. GDI yo.
This van is in desperate need of a huge freaking body kit JDM stylez yo.
Saw the front of this and went OMG!! Subie guys, does this guys car look like anything special or is it all just bolt on body stuff.
But then I saw the rear....
OMGWTFBBQ!!!1!!!R33!!1!!1: First time I've seen one of these in person.
And the unmistakable Skyline rear:
I'm missin home a ton really. People always say "WTF, look at where you are, the place is crazy nice and you want to go home". I'll just say this: When you are dead tired and have 8 hours of studying ahead of you and there is no freaking Tim Hortons around you realize how good home is ahha. There is no "fast food" place on this island. There are local places but of course no Mcdonalds or anything of that sort. St. Kitts has a KFC and a Subway but there is no way in hell that going there and coming back will make it a "fast food" experience.
Other than that everything is available from the grocery store. You name it they got it but everything does cost a little more. Most of the stuff is reasonably priced (ie: a can of pop costs you the usual $1) but things like Tropicana Juice will run you like 10 bucks CDN....ouch.
So that's all for now. Basically my only night off in 3 weeks (we have exams every 3 weeks and I'm always studying my rear end off to keep up). I'll be back in Calgary in December for X-mas break. After that I don't exactly know when I'll be back. I get 2-3 weeks off every 4 months (ie: in between semesters) but thats about it. I might come back in April or I might come back in August...not exactly sure.
Piece yo!
Attached is a map of where the island is.
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