The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Ok so today has been another relatively lazy day (aka I slept until 8 instead of the usual 7) and had a leisurely brekfast. Its been full of revision and also trying to spend a few hours brushing up on Continue reading Sunday… A day of revision (Day 20)
Just a really quick entry today. Basically I decided to take some downtime and so took some time to catch up on my emails, tweets, facebook and diary entries over the past week. As well as stealing a lie in Continue reading A day of rest… (Day 19)
Ok so its Friday so thats probably an excuse for me being so tired today, I also got stuck into Anatomy revision last night as I really am pushing myself for the A now. Its the end of my second Continue reading So so tired at the end of Week 2… (Day 18)
Today is probably the most intense day of my week with both my Anatomy lecture, my physiology practical and then my anatomy practical packed into these 6 hours! I managed to start the day well today with coffee at home Continue reading My first credit test, bones, and the flying mouse… (Day 17)
So this morning when I woke up to this view and realised that I was really here in Slovakia at Vet School it instantly put a smile onto my face. Ok so today was a day of Milk hygiene followed Continue reading Milk and enjoying Latin… (Day 16)
Today was pretty interesting, this mornings Microbiology lecture was on cell structure (I can see a theme for this week after Histology and Physiology yesterday also being on a similar topic. Going have to brush on my cell biology as Continue reading The pretty colors of Microbiology… (Day 15)
My second Monday in vet school, we were told last week that this week in histology we’d be looking at Electron Microscopy which is a pretty big thing. I’d never seen an Electron Microscope before let alone learnt anything about Continue reading The power of Electrons… And a few electrolytes (Day 14)
Today I decided the check out the University Falconry Club, my only previous experience has been with rescue birds in rehab and playing host to Ben Long who gave a talk to my old society last year. Anyway the UVM Continue reading My first falconry experience… (Day 13)
What a week, it feels like a month!!! This week has been a total high (even with the 6:30am starts!) and I am still on a total buzz. I have to keep reminding myself that I am actually here, apparently Continue reading Highs of my first week in Vet School (Day 12)
Today was Friday, and was probably one of the lectures I’d been dreading most as the older years have said that this professor loves to fail people… So I headed to genetics and prayed that he wouldn’t pick me to Continue reading The end of my first week in Vet School (Day 11)