Crunch Time

Block 4 is right around the corner...(2 weeks away)..and I NEED to get in gear! I've been lacking motivation or real incentive to actually hit the books hard this past week. Well, that and being sick isn't really conducive to quality studying. I realize that doing well should be incentive enough to stay on top of my studying, but in reality, I need some pressure to maximize my studying! Plus I just don't feel the information we are covering now is overly difficult....oh well. Hopefully something will click and let me get the ball rolling....tomorrow! That being said, the past few days have been really fun. On Thursday night a bunch of students from my class went and saw Inception in Simpson Bay. First off, it WAS a great movie, however, it was way over hyped for my liking. Yes, I will see it again, and I will buy it when I get back home, however, it was kind of hangover-esque in that everyone said it was amazing so it built up my expectations too much...oh well, still a good movie. Yesterday was another day filled with fun. We first had some pledge class team building at Mullet beach followed by cliff diving! I really wish my ankle wasn't messed up so I could have felt comfortable jumping yesterday...oh well, hopefully we'll go over break! There were 3 heights people jumped from. The first was 15-20 feet, the 2nd was 40 feet, and the 3rd was around 80 feet....crazy. We then had our initiation into the Sigma Chi Mu chapter of Phi Chi followed by dinner and drinks at Khush...it was a blast. I finally made it out to Tantra for the first time last night too. I had a blast but my ears are still ringing!

All in all it's been a real fun past few days. I'm thankful for the good friends I've made here so far. The number one thing to do if you want to be successful in med school is make good friends! Everyone studies, that's a given, but you have to have a release and people to take your mind off of everything.

Now....lets study....well, starting tomorrow!

Noxolo

and here comes the RAIN

For the past few days it has been nothing but bucket loads of rain here...and looking at the forecast, it doesn't look to get any better anytime soon! So for all of you who think that it must be nice to be living in St. Maarten right about now....well, think again! You're only missing out on flooded streets, leaky buildings, and always being wet. At least the beaches and amazing food haven't washed away, yet!

Noxolo

An eventful weekend

Between the AUC World Cup soccer tournament, Phi Chi's Wine and Cheese event, and the ICAN fundraiser there was plenty to do this weekend! All in all it was a good weekend...minus the bucket loads of rain that feel on and off. Needless to say I have a bunch of catching up still to do for this block, oh well, less than a month until 1st semester will be DONE!

Hello Monday

Noxolo

A new worthy addition to the med blogs I follow....go check out http://doccartoon.blogspot.com/ for some laughs

Noxolo

Block 3

All block 3 grades are back now....no complaints here. It's kind of crazy but I feel like I said the same exact thing after block one...and that seems like it was last week! Time flies by like crazy!

Also, I just got back from Zee Best with some friends....and again, it is great! So full, kind of tired, but it's back to the grind!

Noxolo

1 month, and 4 days....let the count down begin!

Block 3 is official OVER as of today....with that, Histology is a thing of the past! I managed to do really well in the class, but I won't be sad to no longer have to go to histo lecture! Tomorrow starts another new cycle...but in reality I'm already behind because of anatomy! I think it's time to buckle down, strap in,  and get ready for the last push of this last month or so!

Noxolo

Album of block 3

Riding with the King...Clapton and BB King! Histo is done! We thought we were going to get our grades back on Friday, but I guess we're not getting them until Monday or Tuesday now....don't ask. After another good 10 hours of studying today I will be DONE studying for block 3. Everything is going well so far but there is simply a ton of information! There are over 1300 slides for MCB and Anatomy combined....but if you thrown in all of the tutor slides it's closer to 2000!....I'm just glad histo is done...and knowing that this will all be done 30 hours from now!

On a good note...True Blood, Hung, and Entourage all have new episodes tonight! I was pretty bummed that entourage started 2 weeks ago and then took a week off! Oh well, it'll be a good night cap after a long day of studying!

Noxolo

LOCK DOWN

Block 3 is fast approaching and finally I feel the pressure. I think it's now officially time for lock down! 72 hours from now I will be done with Histology!....and then another 72 hours after that block 3 will be DONE!

Here we go....

Noxolo

wait, what happened these past 3 weeks!?

It seems like just last week I was worried about block 2, it came and went, and then I thought I had an eternity before block 3 would be here....wait, block 3 is in a week! These past 3 weeks have absolutely flown by and I have no idea how! I've stayed up on studying...well, for MCB and Anatomy at least! I'm thinking lock down will start tomorrow and i'll be back into the swing of block week...ie lots of studying, little sleeping, eating out...and then some more studying. Oh well I guess, it's all a day in the life.

Also, a good friend of mine is heading off to Ghana in August with Unite for Sight and is trying to raise money for the program. If you are interested in helping out, which I think you SHOULD, here is the link to his page...

Brandon's Unite for Sight Donations

Go check it out, it is a great program, and I'm sure he would appreciate all of the support!

Noxolo