So now it is November: you wouldn't really know that the seasons were changing so fast up North since it stays sunny, rainy on occasion, and warm. I've been busy teaching, having had to put together a slew of new lectures covering a vast number of organisms: poor students! they'll forget pretty much all the detail but hopefully these lectures will provide them a framework for use in preparing Board exams and for practicing medicine.
You do feel kind of isolated here when you get sick: I had a heavy upper respiratory tract infection that was no fun: still it cleared up eventually and I am now happy to cruise the beaches again and generally participate in island life, including having lunch at Sarafina's.
Talking of which, I had a great time this past Saturday hearing the combined choirs of the two Anglican churches on St Martin (one on the French side and the other on the Dutch side). They had a fundraiser at the Community Center that was packed and it was a lovely evening of singing by a number of choirs (senior, youth, men's etc). One girl did a solo on the steet drum: what a great instrument that is! There was a sax solo and a fabulous soloist singer who is a professional performer on St Maarten. He sure got the audience going! I'll add his name later. If I were to stay here another year, I would try and join a choir but my contract is up in 3 months time.
Now I have other stuff to do including tasting one of those real expensive tomatoes that I finally succumbed to when I went shopping at the weekend. Will update soon
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