im no female!! but i have seen those stuff with some of the girls i know....so they should work. moreover oncampus housing, has US standards.

in the superdorms, they will have the USA style outlets, however other dorms and off campus, it will NOT have the USA style outlets, so you will need to buy a transformer, the tricky part is that most of the girls' blowdryer and stuff requires lots of watt/voltage, so when u do purchase a transformer, make sure it has the capacity to handle all the electric demand you will plug into it, otherwise have a early 4th of july

Ladies there are several ranges of accomodations here. I am in Superdorm 2 and they have North Amrerican and British hydro outlets in the room. So a hair dryer or a curling iron will work. However if you want to use it in the bathroom bring a heavy duty 3 prong 20' extension cord as there is no receptacle in the washroom.

Closet space: I will try to take a picture of the closet sometime but I think that the closet space is sufficient considering how much the airlines will let ya fly down anyways.

I thought I would include a picture of the good doctor and myself. This was the first week at the white coat ceremony. Yes that is sweat, and that is what happens when you put a Canadian in a suit in a room that is 125 degrees. I am the slightly taller one (5'19") and Tong is the shorter handsome one.Enjoy

Many, but not all, of the newer apartments renting to SGU students have US outlets and voltage. Be sure to ask what the voltage is at the unit/bldg you're looking at. At my off-campus triplex we've got both 220 and 110 voltage with the appropriate outlets, which is convenient.

nice bow tie. are they hard to learn to tie? i am thinking i might try them out once i am in a hospital setting.

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Hey everyone, Rasty and I are roommates. As he already have said within the intro., he's the taller one and I'm the ................. Anyways, some of you folks are probably wondering if it is necessary to bring your medical kits down here for the first-term. The answer is, no. Within gross anatomy, there was only one lab thus far that you "may" need your stethoscope. But if you don't have one, there will be other students who have brought theirs. Don't make this a priority on your packing list.

How did u guys manage to pair up? Did u know each other before Grenada?

The question is not how we were paired up. The question should be how we met one another. I’ve been in the United States Army for six years. During my time within the Army, I’ve endured great challenges, challenges that would transform one’s life forever. But none of those days were compared to that day in April 1999. To my recollection, I was on a co-operative mission, stationed with an Army ranger unit in Herzegovina, Bosnia. Interesting to say, on this one particular day, my platoon’s mission was to scout the area code-name zulu for any militant activities. The main objective for us being there was a con-joint operation with the United Nation for peace maintenance. We’d made sure there were no ethnic cleansing activities. As we were briefed, my platoon would also be working with a unit from the Royal Canadian Army, the Royal Saskatchewan Rifles (RSR). These guys were considered the special forces of the Royal Canadian Army. My platoon were suppose to road march 3 clicks (3000 meters) to the west through the valley cod-name yanke and meet up with a squad size element of the Royal Saskatchewan Rifles. As soon as we assembled with the RSR, we came under heavy fire from the Serbian Rebels. I immediately took control of my squad and took my guys and tried to flank the adversaries. Upon flanking, we were stopped by a machine gunner. I told my Delta team to suppress the machine gunner with fires. I told my grenadier to kill the SOB. He through a few grenades and a couple Booms followed. No more machine gunner. Until this point, my hearing was fine. Then suddenly, I blanked out for about 10 seconds. I awoke and was on the ground. I looked around and saw that SGT Loukas, my Delta team leader was down, bleeding from the abdomen. He’s caught some shrapnel. PFC Chadwell was also down with his right arm missing. I immediately called SSG Rao, the platoon medic for assistance. I carefully placed Chadwell’s arm within my ALICE pack. When I approached Loukas, I’ve noticed that there was an RSR soldier with him, bandaging him up with some first aid kit. Still under extremely heavy fire, SFC Trotz (the platoon sergeant) called in for artillery support. This was an extremely close and danger call. We were less than 100 meters from the Rebels. The 155 mm Howitzer shells, if landed improperly, would definitely hit my platoon along with the RSR soldiers. My 60 gunner was also hit suddenly. I crawled over to him and noticed that the same RSR soldier who came to Loukas’s rescue picked up the 60 machine gun and started to fire into the direction of the Rebels. This guy was huge. I thought my 60 gunner (Corporal Davidson) was large, but this RSR soldier was firing with one arm and the other arm was used to hold the chained 7.62 rounds. Rambo would not even match his size. Thanks to this RSR soldier, my squad received fewer bullets. The artillery rounds came in. Boom! Boom! Boom! My ears were still ringing from all the other activities. Then came many more 155 mm rounds. The ground shook as if an earthquake was going through this place. The area was clustered with dust and rocks and sand. I looked around the Rebels area, not a creature was stirring, not even a cockroach. I looked up and saw the RSR soldier, the one who rescued Loukas and fired the 60 machine gun, approaching me. He said to me, “you want to go for it”. I nodded because I knew immediately what he wanted. I told my remaining squad members to load up and let’s rock’n’roll. We used the bounding-over-watch technique and finally approached the area of the Rebels. All there was were bodies everywhere. The 155mm rounds sure did the job. Signaling to my platoon sergeant that it’s all clear, I approached the RSR soldier and asked him for his name. He replied, “Rasty” from Canada. I shook his hand and called in for medivac for the wounded. The following day, I told my commander that I would like to nominate Rasty for two awards: one for his bravery for rescuing SGT Loukas and the other one for his outstanding effort to suppress the Rebels with my 60 gunner’s machine gun. Rasty received the two awards at the awards ceremony. To this day, Rasty and I became wonderful friends. This is how we met, not how we were paired up.

this gotta be the most interesting and fun to read thread since the "who" went dead

to rasty and tong, what made you guys apply for medicine and sgu?