Only in St. Kitts...

Otherwise known as "OISK"

A facebook group started just over a week ago by one of my classmates now has over 700 members. For those of you who don't facebook, that is a REALLY quick rate of growth for a new group.

Here are a few examples of an OISK from my life today...


- Only in St. Kitts, do you get a sunburn while studying for your midterm from the hours of 9am to 11am.

- Only in St. Kitts do you still continue with parasitology lab in the dark because the power went off. Yes, we need power for our microscopes, yes we used the flashlight on our cell phones for light, no we did not get to leave early.

- Only in St. Kitts, when you study parasitology, are you also required to know which parasites are currently endemic in humans where you live (these would not be endemic back at home).

Now, here are a few excerpts from the group page (these are not my personal experiences, but that does not mean I haven't lived them!)

"oisk where you drive down the main road following a car and then see him go into reverse to talk to his friend driving in the opposite lane.."

"OISK is the concept of two-lane roundabouts too much to comprehend"

"OISK, Do you see Monkeys walking thru Downtown, like little People."

"OISK do you spend thousands of dollars on a vehicle that would have been scrapped long ago in the US."

"only in St. Kitts, does a student's car fall over the gravel parking lot at school into the caribbean ocean, and starts (and runs functionally) after being recovered...."

"Only in St. Kitts can your car catch on fire, you put it out with pool water, continue driving it, and consider it a good vehicle day"

"Only in St Kitts can you get a 'private room' in the local hospital that has an open door leading to the dirt yard where chickens walk in and out freely."

"Only in St. Kitts they eat the protected fish from the aquarium."

"Only in St. Kitts can you have your neighbor tie a goat to his childs swing set and leave it overnight. During the night all you hear is "clink clink naaaaa." "

"Only in St. Kitts will the political speaker-box car still be driving around the neighborhoods two days after the election...."

"Only in St. Kitts can the electric department tell you that you may not have your deposit back because they still have to make the budget for this year"

"Only in St. Kitts do you have to dodge goats/cows/ assorted wildlife roaming free while on your way to class."

And, just to remind you that it does rock here still...

 

Brimstone Hill, with  St. Eustatius in the background

  

Brimstone Hill