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Fairwell to Omar

So, for the first time in 3 year campus and pretty much the entire Country of Dominica closed down because of Hurricane Omar and the storm surge that was approaching the island (well at least the tail end of the hurricane). So, with great thanks to Robert for braving the storm and heading to the Sea side I got these photos. I was camping out at my friends place (the one who had the largest supply of food and water in case we got owned by the storm). So I basically had a third floor, front row seat to watching this storm wipe through the island. Sorry that I didn't get any video footage.

So enjoy the photos!

Never too old for a birthday cake...

So we've been on the island for almost 2 months (yikes!!) and in that time we've had 2 great birthdays. Iman hit the big 2-3 back in September and Brent joined him over that hill this passed weekend. I thought it might be a nice tribute to post some pictures for these birthday fellows, but mostly to point out that cake and birthdays can make anyone happy in the midst of studying!

Turkey on the island...without the pie :(

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!!

So spending Thanksgiving in October surrounded by Americans has it's ups and downs. Downs is that Americans always seem to make fun of Canadians, even though we started Thanksgiving (told you so Anupam!). The up side is just enjoying time with friends. Even though we are all sleep deprived and constantly thinking of studying, we always seem to find time to dress up and enjoy each others company.

It's like they always say, you are born into a family that drives you nuts and you fall in love with the family you find along the way.

So thank you to my friends in Dominica for keeping me sane and enjoying a little piece of Canada with me!

And thank you to Tomatoes.. for a delicious turkey dinner!