My Son, My Son, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

About 2 weeks ago, my medical school class and I went on this outreach trip to the Blossom Gardens Children's Home.

For those of you who didn't know, I hate kids. Just throwing that out there. That trip did nothing to change my mind.

I still used the opportunity to take this epic picture though:



And yes, I now know (thanks to EVERYONE TELLING ME), that I'm holding the child the wrong way. -__-

So we brought the children's home some stuff we thought they needed. We got the money from the proceeds of a REALLY successful bake sale we did the month before that.

This whole outreach project was a success, and we look forward to doing it again soon (only I won't be holding any kids this time).

Anyway, apart from this little tidbit, I don't really have anything new going on in my life, except for the fact that exams are approaching rapidly, and I REALLY need to study more. In fact, that's what I think I'll do now...after I finish Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone.



Something momentous MIGHT also happen this summer, but more on that some other time...

TTFN,
Lord Robinson

From the Stacks of Paper and Paint I Rise Again

So I've been so busy with real life, I've been neglecting the internet (apart from Facebook of course, because it's like...impossible, to neglect Facebook).

So first, my apologies for the fact that my last post was almost half a year ago. Unforunately, my lack of updating doesn't mean that I'm dead, but rather, that I was busy with school. I got my first semester of medical school done. Went pretty well. Got an A+, and the entire B spectrum for the other 3 courses I did that semester.

I wasn't particularly fond of going home at 7 or 8 pm from the anatomy lab, but I suppose it comes with the fact that I decided to punish myself physically by studying to becoming a doctor, rather than sexually by studying to become a programmer.

BUT, I digress. I've had some interesting experiences. I go to the main campus in Kingston on average, about once a month, to do some labs. I get to catch up and hang out with my friends and make some new ones (can anyone say "Hot Trinidadians?").

I just came back from my pinning ceremony and UWI Carnival this past week. I have pictures of the pinning ceremony. I don't have any pictures of the Carnival itself for three reasons:

1) SLACKNESS! :D
No seriously, some of the pictures of the Carnival could seriously ruin the professional careers of some people *cough* me *cough* in the future if they got out. Oh, and I danced with a lecturer for a good 20 seconds, then she pushed me off. Long story. xD

I also danced with this hot Trini girl and bumped her (humped her?) a little too hard, and sent her flying into this hot jerk drum (jerk pan, jerk grill, whatever you want to call it). Before I apologized to her I sang the following hymn (yes hymn),

"You're a jerk!(16x)

Jerk Jerk Jerk! (Jerkin)(5x)

JEEERRK
So cocky with it got my iced out clubs like rocky hit it
Got your girl on my swagg she lovin them jerkin songs
Like the new ipod just touch it and turn her on
And when the bass start beatin and the waist I'm beatin
Done I got on my way I'm leavin she like where you goin? I aint
got my shoes and purse
I said it's none of your concern and she yelled (your a jerk!)
So I walked out the door called Ben J. told him it's a function he
said I'm on my way
We pulled up to the party I take off my shirt and got geeked up
everybody jerkin
We was jerkin to the right jerkin to the left
Then she popped out of nowhere she was still half dressed
She like fa real jerk you left me for this stuff
the whole party heard her but all I could hear was.."

But she took it all in good humour, and I didn't have to run for my life.

2) THE WATER AND THE PAINT
There was an epic water truck, spraying water on all of us. It was an UNGODLY amount of fun, but I was totally unprepared the first time the water hit me, and I jumped a couple feet into the air from the shock. Oh, yeah, but umm, I couldn't bring my camera anyway, because I didn't want to risk damaging it bygetting it wet (it's already half-useless as is already anyway). As it pertains to the prevalence of the paint...here's a little mini-anecdote:

There was a party before the Carnival (Night) Road March called J'ouvert. Unlike the road march, this party took place in one centralized area. As soon as I entered this place, some girl (who I don't even know) slapped me across my face, and I'm talking about an EPIC bitchslap, the sort only Jesus could turn the other cheek for. So I turned around, ready to cut a bitch with my incisive wit, and I saw her laughing at me, and then she just hugged me and ran off. It was unexpected and surprising; after that I wasn't angry anymore. (I should also add that the fact she was in nothing but a bathing suit and had massive breasts also helped to repair my transient anger management malfunction).

Then when I went inside, one of my friends who I was there with (this guy named Steve) was like, "Gavin, you've been painted already!". He showed me my reflection. Lo and behold...there was a massive yellow paint mark in the pattern of a hand on my cheek and my shirt and shorts were stained with yellow paint from hugging this girl. I still wasn't mad though. xD

But yes, I'm straying. Onto the final point:

3) THE EPIC TURNOUT
There were at least 2000 people there (based off my quick, crappy, ballpark estimation). Not only UWI students were involved, but UTech students and random people off the street. In fact, at the J'ouvert party for the night road march, the place was so packed that I actually got claustrophobic. It was rather traumatizing when I was trying to escape from the water cannon that was blasting me, and I was trying to push people aside, but nobody would move, so I couldn't get away in time. Let's have a moment of silence for my poor nervous system. (FOR EXTRA TRAGEDY, imagine a fat man pushing through a crowd of people while getting epically hosed down).

All in all, being my first UWI Carnival, it was pretty cool, but I heard people complaining that other years were better. (One of my classmates who had actually gone before was actually pissed from Saturday morning till Monday afternoon at how lame it was this year, to him at least). My major complaints were that the DJ focused on Dancehall music too much, and never played much of other Caribbean genres such as Soca, and that they repeated the same songs over and over.

As it pertains to my pinning ceremony (which was the original reason I was in Kingston anyway), I got my medical pin. It may sound epic, but all I will say is that those pins are gold and bronze only in colour. No more shall be said. I do look epic in a bush jacket though.



No, I don't know those other two girls. Well, I'm just kidding, they're in my class.

Pictures from the night after, a bit before we went to Carnival. (WARNING: BOOBY SHOT PICTURES)

Marc being epic for the first time in his life.


Me being epic as I always am. (But I just realized I have a massive nose, it's squeezed against her chest dwl)


Steve's frass face, Giselle and Rahje's hand seizing his property.


Marc and his "legal team" (sans Raquel who was an absentee, and Steve, who took this pic). That's me in the pink.



Steve's "fair rationing" of Pepsi to white rum. Yes, that's really all the Pepsi he used. It seemed like a good idea at the time...



Oh yeah, and there was a little messing around at the gas station in New Kingston. Just a little. That involved playing catch with someone's teenage daughter.






Oh, and finally, one of the most epic couples ever (Raj and Gis):


And no, before people start, I don't really drink. I just participate in lots of recreational activities with career alcoholics. Oh, also, I apologize for the quality of these images; this camera is on its way out.

Anyway, I hope these make up for all the blog posts I've missed. I've gotten almost hundreds of new stories since I last updated my blog. I'll cover them all someday.

Till Next Time (which I hope will be soon),
Lord Robinson.

Crucify Me

I am REAAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYY sorry. Please DON'T crucify me. September is almost done, and I just realized I haven't even blogged ONCE for this month. 残念だね。 I've been busy with school though. As in really busy. The sort of busy that barely leaves you time to sleep, because you have to get your Facebook time in.

But...as a medical student, I digress.

Yeah, that's right. Since I last updated my blog, a lot has happened. I am now officially a medical student enrolled at the University of the West Indies School of Medicine, attached to the Western Jamaica Campus.

The Good:
I'm in medical school.

The Bad:
I'm still stuck living at home.

Seriously, I was really counting on leaving home this year, but I'm stuck down here. Oh well, I'll just have to make the best of it. Nevermind the fact that there isn't a single good-looking honey (by my standards) on the campus.

I must admit however, that I'm quite fond of the way people's facial expressions change when they talk to someone and find out that the person is a medical student. Presented below is a common list of reactions I tend to get:

1) "They offered medicine down here?"
2) "Oh my God, that's so cool!"
3) "You're going to be a doctor?! But how?! You're an asshole!"
4) "Oh cool, have you cut up dead bodies yet?"
5) "Take my wet convulsing vagina NOW, Dr. Robinson! You know, for SCIENTIFIC purposes and all that..."

Medical what the F-?

The picture of me above was taken in the bus when we went to the main UWI campus for a special matriculation ceremony. Take note the epic luggage under my eyes in the picture. They're nothing compared to the size of the bags under my eyes at the moment. I pretty much like all of my classes, except for Introduction to Medical Practice, which is only slightly more interesting than watching paint dry, although I'll admit that 80% of my stress and tiredness comes from the reading I have to do before and after Histology class in order to be able to keep up.

The rundown of the situation is that in five years, and after spending couple million dollars (in JMD) in tuition fees, I'll be legally qualified to put the letters "Dr." in front of my name. Hence, I would become Dr. Lord Gavin Robinson.

After graduating, I'm most likely going to specialize in neurosurgery, but I'll admit that medical research holds a certain sort of intrigue for me. I see no reason I can't do both. (And pimp on the side to make ends meet).

There's an interesting study out about fellatio (layman's term: blowjob) and a reduced incidence of breast cancer. Here's the link.

Wait, what you say? It's a practical joke? Maybe...for now it is. But when I get into medical research, I intend to prove this theory.

Single-handedly.

Peace out,
Dr. Lord Gavin Robinson.

Green Eggs and Ham-onella Poisoning: The Reincarnation of Dr. Seuss

The title of this blog post is a reference to a book by Dr. Seuss called Green Eggs and Ham. Dr. Seuss is the same person who wrote "The Cat in the Hat", if you didn't already know. Dr. Seuss isn't his real name. His real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. He had a rather...interesting life. Case in point, he used to make propaganda cartoons in World War 2. Here are some of them that I found:







If you don't know what a war bond is, wiki it.

Anyway, as usual of course, I'm digressing. I really made this post to say that about half an hour ago, I made deviled eggs. For the record, when I was writing this, it was 3:17 AM. Anyway, the best part is, I don't even have any symptoms of salmonella poisoning (yet).

Here's a picture. You can ignore the toast; I was just hungry, so I grabbed a slice of bread and stuck it in the toaster, then slapped it onto the plate.



Not bad. I have to send a shout-out to my friend S-K Sucky, for helping me out when I panicked. I was looking on the eHow instruction page for making deviled eggs, and I realized I didn't have any mustard or mayonnaise in the house. She suggested substituting the mustard with black pepper, and told me that the mayonnaise wasn't really necessary. Well, she was right. It tasted awesome. I added salt, black pepper, cinnamon and vinegar to the yolk mixture. Epic win, if I do say so myself.

Next time I try it though, I hope I have all the ingredients on hand. There are some other recipes that I've seen around the internet that I want to try. Here are some links:

1) Chocolate Chip Cookies - It's not so much not knowing how to do it, or not having the materials, as it is finding the TIME to make them. It seems the only time I can get some peace to cook is at like 1:30 AM in the mornings. So be it. I hereby declare that ungodly hour to be Gourmet Time in this household!



2) Log Cake - I dunno about, "Yule" log cake, as opposed to say, "Summer Holidays" log cake or "Losing Virginity" log cake or "Breaking Up With Your Girlfriend Because She Was Cheating on You and Gave You an STI" log cake, but what I do know is that log cakes look so PRETTY! For this one, the issue is definitely getting the icing and the tools to make the decorations. They don't come cheap (the icing AND the tools I mean), and I'm on a budget (it's called the broke-ass negro budget). I definitely want to make it someday. Maybe before summer's done, who knows?



3) Pound Cake - This is probably the easiest thing on my list to make. It's plain, but of course, I intend to make minor modifications to flavour it to my will. I don't have any particular flavour in mind yet though. I have the skill and I almost always have most of the basic ingredients for Pound Cake on hand, but the idea of making one has just never crossed my mind at the right time. I'll probably try this sometime before the end of next week. Of course, I'll blog about the results, just because I love you guys. I'll even share some with you all. ^_^



4) Chinese Dumplings (Type 1) (Type 2) - This is probably going to be the recipe whose ingredients are going to be the hardest to source. I can already figure out some simplifications to replace the more exotic ingredients, but I'm at a loss for some of them. Like Napa cabbage, I can probably replace that with ordinary cabbage I find at the market. And this may be a long shot, but maybe I can replace bamboo shoots with escallion. As a side note, the Japanese call these edible bamboo shoots "takenoko". Not to be confused with the word "bakemono", which means monster. That might make dinner a bit awkward...

Jiaozi Dumplings


Potsticker Dumplings


Anyway onto the ingredients that are more difficult to obtain. Like this "salt" thing...what the heck is "salt"?! Where am I supposed to find that crap? I'm just kidding. It's going to be difficult for me to get my hands on things like Chinese rice wine, or even sherry (Mr. Chin just went $_$), and I doubt Smirnoff Ice would do anything but be a fire hazard. Also, I could always make my own dumpling dough, but it would probably be a lot easier (and safer), if I bought pre-made wrappers. That probably wouldn't be hard to source though, I have some friends who know quite a bit about that stuff.

5) PIZZA! - My mother has made pizza for me before, but I've never done it for myself. She also uses ready made pizza crust. I want to try it by myself and make the dough from scratch. The varieties of cheese that can be obtained where I live are rather limited though, but I can find Mozzarella (at the low, low cost of an arm and a leg), so that's not really such a big problem. I can get creative with the topping too, so that's not really a big issue. The only problem is time, I guess.


But baby, I've got nothing but time.

Well, I think I'm done for today. The final thing I'd like to say before I conclude this post is: RIP OneManga. We had a good run. You were always good to me, but you're in a better place now (yeah, right).

Anyway, later alligator.
Lord Robinson.

P.S. When I was looking for images of pizza, I realized that it actually looks sorta disgusting. I wonder who else thinks that? Doesn't matter. It tastes awesome. It's actually one of my favourite foods.