Mar 25 2012

Why So Serious?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at MIT have these "Hell weeks" where there are lots of tests and projects due. I've honestly felt like I've had a "Hell month." But don't worry, I'm Still Alive.

Although I didn't actually type out many of my ideas, I was still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who read the blogs. Thinking of all the things I would say post-decision time. It was a tough process... but I hope it leaves some of you inspired.

If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like this.


Or this.

Sometimes MIT feels like one intense workout on a treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach the controls to slow down, but they're just out of reach. You fall flat on your face or completely screw up and end up tearing apart the treadmill... You're only human after all.

Eventually... read the post »

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Feb 14 2012

Why I Love MIT

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs!
I promise I haven't been trying to avoid blogging... but the last week of IAP was spent taking full advantage of my week of no commitments by exploring Boston, eating at great Boston restaurants, going to awesome events on campus, and scoring free swag (Woo! Free Swag!). Of course, the first week was needed to adjust to my new schedule and the loss of Pass/No Record :(.

But no worries, I'm back on the blogosphere.
Since today is Valentine's Day, I thought I'd give you guys some newly discovered reasons why I love MIT. (Maybe it's too early to say, but no one simply says "I like you" on Valentine's Day.)


1. MIT = opportunities, opportunities, opportunities
It never ceases to amaze me at how many opportunities there are at MIT.
Let's start with the hundreds of student groups and organizations that are on campus.
If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for that! If you like playing Starcraft, there's... read the post »

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Jan 25 2012

Everyday I’m Trufflin’

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

IAP stands for many things.
For those people just chilling on campus, It's A Party.
For those people taking 2 classes, UROPing, and working, It's A Pain.
For Chris M. '12, It's Amazing Pterodactyl.

For me, I think it's in between a party and a pain. Maybe something like a picnic? It requires some work, but is generally relaxing and fun. Additionally, my plans are greatly dictated by what weather Mother Nature decides she wants to have in Boston that day. Who knew it snowed in Boston?? (Just kidding everyone... don't worry!)

One of the best things about IAP is that you never know what you'll be doing at any given moment of the day. You can decide to spontaneously bake delicious bread or watch a movie or venture into Boston to get some froyo, then you can walk around campus and find some neat thing happening that you join in on. Essentially... IAP is a beautiful thing.

One of my favorite things that I've done over IAP is make truffles!
The Laboratory for Chocolate... read the post »

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Jan 23 2012

Bad Ideas

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more as a perfunctory check than anything else, and low and behold, there actually was a hack there!

Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a model of MIT's famous Green building.
Interestingly enough, this model was embellished with a QR code.
 

Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code (unfortunately, the rippling surface of the fabric made the code hard to scan), one would have found this site: http://bad-ideas.mit.edu/

Bad Ideas Weekend is an annual event at East Campus every IAP where  people get the opportunity to implement all those bad ideas they've had over the course of the year. Some of the events this year are: The world's slowest game of Simon Says, running up the Green Building stairs for 4 hours, a Python Bee, a water war (in the middle of the snow), and a Nutella eating contest. Only at MIT.

My... read the post »

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Jan 15 2012

H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV

Posted in: Miscellaneous

It's good to finally be back blogging (:
As usual, there was the end of the year frenzy when finals come rolling out, and everyone was too busy studying (or panicking about studying) to worry about things like eating or doing laundry or blogging (sorry about that).

But I'm back online again and ready to blog about what's happened so far (:

As far as last semester goes, everything ended pretty well! Finals were... hard. As to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course, aided by PASS/NO RECORD!! I'm going to miss ol' P/NR next semester, but alas, life goes on and before you know it BAM! There's a class of 2016, and you no longer feel like the youngest part of the MIT community.

Oddly enough, I haven't had any deep and meaningful thoughts while reflecting on my past semester... On the one hand, perhaps that's because I'm too afraid to jinx myself by making some general statement about MIT. On the other hand, I've already talked about the insightful... read the post »

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