Blogs from Portsmouth, Dominica, Central America Caribbean - page 3

White Coat pictures: http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/action/ Monday, May 19, 2008 6:20pm Well, it’s the first day of my second week of classes and I am taking a break from reading about back problems (although I should probably master this information for my Dad’s sake….). So, let me recap this past week, as it’s been a while. So I had a horrible day of classes last Wednesday (I believe), and updated you all with a pretty bleak blog. Sorry about that. That day was extremely stressful, but you all should know that things are getting better. Classes after that day seemed more manageable and I’ve had some extracurricular activities to take my mind off some of the classroom stress. Extracurricular activity #1: My parents came to visit!! They came from Wednesday until this morning (Monday), and we had an ... read more

May 14, 2008 2:00pm It’s been a couple of days since I’ve written. It’s currently Wednesday and I have completed my third day of medical school. Things are going alright so far… let’s see if I can remember my classes: Gross Anatomy, Histology, Biochemistry, Doctor Patient Society, Physiology… I think that’s it but I can’t remember. Today’s classes were awful - we had biochemistry where the professor thought it was a good idea for us to teach each other without any lecture, which really just annoyed everyone. Then we had two anatomy lectures that were raced through and incredibly confusing. Now I am sitting in a session about studying which is a complete waste of my time. Yeah, school sucks. This past Saturday I went on an island tour that lasted the entire day. We left ... read more

Pictures are finally here!!! Go to: http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/action/ This is the site I will be using to continue to upload and share pictures. I will make new blog posts when new pictures have been added. Enjoy!! xoxo, Brooke... read more

Sunday, May 4th 1045am Well, I have made it safe and sound to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I left Boston a little after 0630 and touched down in San Juan right around 1010 local and EST time. The flight was good and the landing was one of the best I have ever experienced - lack of kissing the seat in front of you while the plane is braking and fearing the gear is going to break off from the intense jarring of plane to ground makes you thankful for a landing you hardly feel. Puerto Rico seemed nice coming in - it appears to be very mountainous with peeks and valleys. The airport area is very built up with a lot of houses and buildings around it. I am told the temperature here is around 75 ... read more

Yesterday was a working day for us. Raymond never showed, boat boy. Oh well, it is the islands...We took a ride to Cabrit National Park, where the small cruise liners can dock. We had heard they would sell diesel to us, duty free. We saw 2 sailboats there in the am. So off we went...Walked right in to terminal, nobody stopped us, found security guy yakking away outside with another employee. We asked about the diesel, after he jumped up 3 feet from the ground. He called this lady, she in turn called someone else...After an hour of waiting, we finally were getting our diesel. It runs 10.65 EC per imperial gallon, which equal 4.3 gals of ours. We enquired about water, were told 1000 gallons for 30 EC. We don't need water, but Sol y ... read more