School Stuff

Here's a pick from our trip to the open air market, definetely crazy but exciting. Even though this is an English-speaking island, I feel like I need a translater at times!

Today we start Embryology, I hope the professor will make it interesting. I also have anatomy wet lab this morning. We are dissecting the arm - our body is facing down, so we really only get to dissect the posterior aspect of the arm. Last week I got to the chisel a vertebrae during dissection (well, no one else in my group really seemed to want to). Since we have class everyday from 1 - 5pm, I have decided to just start going straight to the library after class. This for two reasons: 1) There is a huge hill I have to walk up everydayto get to the main buildings (the less I have to go up and down this hill - the better), 2)I was always a more effective learner in the library during undergrad. Anyways, I am off to 'pump some iron' before lab (I hope you ladies are all doing the same).

In the lab, and at the beach

Yesterday morning, my roommate (Megan) and I went into the anatomy lab to go over what we had learned for the week. The great thing about being at St. Georges is that coming out of the anatomy lab, you can walk down a long driveway, and you're at the black sand beach.
The water is indescribably warm, and so buoyant. Being the good medical students that we are after a quick dip in the caribbean sea, our discussion quickly turned back to our studies.
Below is a picture of me working hard on the beach (it can be done).


Today I had to go into Grand Anse where the shopping centre, bank, and other places of necessity are. Ten days prior, I was told I could pick up my bank card today, but of course, when I arrived at their bank, they still did not have it. This is very typical of everything around here. There was no bread at the supermarket, but I did get a good deal on turkey. I also wonder how it is that milk is sold outside of the cold section, next to the rice. The expiry date says Jan. 2006 - what is this milk made from? Anyways, there are always plenty of mangos and plantains, so if worse comes to worse....

Here to stay

Well, its been about two weeks since I've been here, and I think I'm finally starting to settle in. My body has acclimatized to the intense heat and humidity, although I still feel more safe wearing white. My dorm room is small, but cozy, and here is a picture of the outside of my dorm taken from the student centre. Life in Grenada runs on its own time, at a very different pace than what I'm used to. As long as you have a lot of patience, things eventually get done. I've included a couple shots around campus of what I see everyday. I still can't belive I'm going to school here.