Brent and Jossy in Aussie: March 2008

I’m going to Indonesia today, but just wanted to write a quick blog before I left. Brent is already in Taipei and will be in Bali soon! We plan to spend one week in Bali and one week in Lombok while we are there, but we don’t have all the nights booked yet, so we’ll see how it goes. It sounds like there’s a lot to do there- white water rafting, surfing, hiking up volcanoes, bike tours, scuba diving…etc, so I’m really looking forward to it!

School has been going well, but it’s been VERY busy. For anyone who knows a bit of anatomy- I have learned the entire brainstem and all about the cranial nerves (within the past 2 weeks). It’s pretty intense, but these few weeks were supposed to be the hardest in all of neuro- so that’s good news. It helps that we have a new guy in our study group who did a PhD in brainstem anatomy! Last week we studied cerebrovascular disease (strokes) and this week we studied meningitis.

I’ve also had a few good visits with my friends from home (who were traveling in Australia this past month). Mike Landell, a friend from the beach, was in town for a weekend, so I met him down at Circular Quay for some ice cream when he was here.

Tyler Simpson, another beach lifeguard, was in Sydney for about 6 days and he and a friend stayed with me for 3 or 4 nights while they were here. I saw quite a bit of them and even managed to get to the beach with them one day.