Omg it's December which means there are only 10 days left before I go back home to Toronto! It's been a pretty crazy month with lots of ups and downs. So much has happened and yet everything's still the same. Path II finished two weeks ago. Block 4 is right around the corner, followed by shelfs in a week's time after that. Can't really think of what else to write so... pic dump!!!
Mahi-mahi salad in a deep fried taco shell at Jimbo's
Fro-yo in Maho
Carousel for late-night italian gelato :D
Fanciest ice cream parlour!
So many flavours...
Trip to Phillipsburg after finishing the Path shelf
Burgers n fries n pina coladas in Phillipsburg. Oh and lots of shopping :)
So on Monday the third semester students wrote their block 1 exams. Path was fair, micro was a little trickier than expected, and psych was, to put it bluntly, a disaster. I think the class average for psych was a 60 raw, with only 3 people passing. Of course everyone was outraged, and we all complained in class the next day and so the professor curved everyone's grades by 10 percent, which is the first time that has happened to a regular block exam!
After exams that day I went to the grocery store for a much needed restocking of my fridge and bought what I could grab since I was getting a ride home from a friend. That afternoon I made a flourless crust pizza out of cauliflower which was a hit among my neighbour, my friend and myself. It was an interesting experiment. It tasted like pizza but without the texture of a doughy crust. I might make it again later but for now I feel like I've eaten enough cheese to last me a while! Recipe here.
The rest of the day I just relaxed on my couch while watching Food Network on TV. Then my friend came over in the evening and we ate pizza and chicken wings and fries. Okay that never happened. We only had the pizza I made but I wish we had chicken wings and fries and other junk food to celebrate finishing our exams but delivery doesn't exist on the island here.
The next day I went to buy more groceries, this time with my neighbour (who is also my classmate). We made fried rice together at my place, which was fun and turned out really yummy! I added pineapples and a little sweet and sour sauce to my batch.
Just had block 3 exams. Physio, neuro and biochem (in order of increasing exam difficulty). They were a little rough, but it was to be expected. This was the hardest block for biochem (pathways), and we had renal and resp for physio. And neuro was, well, neuro. What used to be an easy course is not so anymore thanks to one or two people in the class that ruined it for everyone. I passed everything but definitely could have done better. One more exam before the shelfs, and I'm already worrying about them. Everyone is agreeing that second semester is one of the toughest.
I have started jogging in the mornings about a week ago. Like actual jogging. Not the jog-for-five-minutes-around-the-block-jogging. But jogging for 3-4 miles every morning, and sometimes in the evening right as the sun sets. It's a nice work out, and it helps me keep motivated. Now if only I could keep this stress-eating under control, things would be a lot easier…
Anyways, here are some photos I took recently:
View of sunset during one of my runs.
My first week and a half.
I made cookies from only two ingredients: banana and oatmeal!
Omg it's December which means there are only 10 days left before I go back home to Toronto! It's been a pretty crazy month with lots of ups and downs. So much has happened and yet everything's still the same. Path II finished two weeks ago. Block 4 is right around the corner, followed by shelfs in a week's time after that. Can't really think of what else to write so... pic dump!!!
Mahi-mahi salad in a deep fried taco shell at Jimbo's
Fro-yo in Maho
Carousel for late-night italian gelato :D
Fanciest ice cream parlour!
So many flavours...
Trip to Phillipsburg after finishing the Path shelf
Burgers n fries n pina coladas in Phillipsburg. Oh and lots of shopping :)
So on Monday the third semester students wrote their block 1 exams. Path was fair, micro was a little trickier than expected, and psych was, to put it bluntly, a disaster. I think the class average for psych was a 60 raw, with only 3 people passing. Of course everyone was outraged, and we all complained in class the next day and so the professor curved everyone's grades by 10 percent, which is the first time that has happened to a regular block exam!
After exams that day I went to the grocery store for a much needed restocking of my fridge and bought what I could grab since I was getting a ride home from a friend. That afternoon I made a flourless crust pizza out of cauliflower which was a hit among my neighbour, my friend and myself. It was an interesting experiment. It tasted like pizza but without the texture of a doughy crust. I might make it again later but for now I feel like I've eaten enough cheese to last me a while! Recipe here.
The rest of the day I just relaxed on my couch while watching Food Network on TV. Then my friend came over in the evening and we ate pizza and chicken wings and fries. Okay that never happened. We only had the pizza I made but I wish we had chicken wings and fries and other junk food to celebrate finishing our exams but delivery doesn't exist on the island here.
The next day I went to buy more groceries, this time with my neighbour (who is also my classmate). We made fried rice together at my place, which was fun and turned out really yummy! I added pineapples and a little sweet and sour sauce to my batch.
Just had block 3 exams. Physio, neuro and biochem (in order of increasing exam difficulty). They were a little rough, but it was to be expected. This was the hardest block for biochem (pathways), and we had renal and resp for physio. And neuro was, well, neuro. What used to be an easy course is not so anymore thanks to one or two people in the class that ruined it for everyone. I passed everything but definitely could have done better. One more exam before the shelfs, and I'm already worrying about them. Everyone is agreeing that second semester is one of the toughest.
I have started jogging in the mornings about a week ago. Like actual jogging. Not the jog-for-five-minutes-around-the-block-jogging. But jogging for 3-4 miles every morning, and sometimes in the evening right as the sun sets. It's a nice work out, and it helps me keep motivated. Now if only I could keep this stress-eating under control, things would be a lot easier…
Anyways, here are some photos I took recently:
View of sunset during one of my runs.
My first week and a half.
I made cookies from only two ingredients: banana and oatmeal!
