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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
things that are golden a zine
sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. - Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT
starting out with separate artstagrams but may in the near future make a -
Blog / Academics & Research
我没去过北京 在外国出生的孩子的故事
(Read the English version here!) 我没去过北京。我们回中国去的时候,总是去上海、南京、杭州,总是在江苏一带。我记得,我小的时候还能说上海话(我三、四岁的时候,外婆照顾我,我就学了上海话)。 我第一次去中国是四岁的时候。我们到了上海就去我亲戚的家了。我只有一个清楚的记忆:有一天,我阿姨要让我小睡一下。她告诉我,“如果你不睡觉,叔叔会切掉你的鼻子!”。 我还不知道这个记忆是真实的还是来自我的梦,可是我知道以前我就会说上海话,可是现在回想起这个记忆,是英文的。 我小的时候,我妈妈经常告诉我,“我们上海人”。这个句子在上海话里面是个口头禅,而且听起来不像普通话。我觉得很棒,常常自己说,“我们上海人,我们上海人”。 我小的时候,我爸爸也会用阿姆哈拉语(埃塞俄比亚的语言)告诉我,“我们是埃塞俄比亚人” 。我也觉得这句子很棒,常常自己用阿姆哈拉语说,“我们埃塞俄比亚人,我们埃塞俄比亚人”。 我去学校的时候,老师告诉我们 “我们是美国人”。可是,我自己觉得,我不是美国人的样子。我自己跟别人自我介绍,就会说,“你好,我叫周婕。我是一半中国人,一半埃塞俄比亚人。” 那时候,移民的孩子分成两种。第一种不喜欢父母的文化,或者想跟美国孩子一样。他们不喜欢吃妈妈做的菜,不喜欢学父母的语言。第二种很喜欢自己家人的文化,跟别的移民孩子玩。那时候,我以为只有这两种,没有什么中间的。 我们呢?我和我弟弟好像是第二种,可是,我们是在丹佛长大的,没有人跟我们一样。这不是丹佛的问题,虽然丹佛的人口不太多样化,但其实,世界上很少人跟我们一样,是一半中国人,一半埃塞俄比亚人。 (去年夏天,我妈妈,弟弟和我弟弟的朋友去中国旅行。我弟弟的朋友也是一个移民的孩子,他是一半中国人,一半美国然) 我们去上海的时候,虽然我可以说“我是上海人”,但是人们常常盯着我和我弟弟。我渐渐长大,也越来越怕跟别的中国人讲话。我会说、写中文,可是,我怕我的中文说得、写得不太好,别人就会笑我。我觉得别人不相信我真的是中国人,总是只看我皮肤的颜色。 特别是在地铁上。不管什么地方,在地铁上,人们都会盯着我们看。我六岁的时候,有一次在上海的地铁上,一位女士盯着我和我妈妈,说,“这个妈妈真不称职呀!她怎么可能让那么小的孩子烫头发??” 她不知道我是一半非洲人,所以我的头发是自然卷。 在麻省理工学院,我上一门中国电影的课。有一天,我们看了一部电影,叫《苏州河》。《苏州河》的取景在上海。我看到上海的样子,真得非常感动。我意识到,我六年多没回中国去了,而且从来不是一个人去中国。我就又苦又甜地回想起了我们以前去中国的记忆。 (上海的苏州河) 有一次,我们在一个南京公寓住了一个月。我觉得这样好象我们才是真的住在南京。我跟我妈妈、弟弟去商店买东西,然后回来煮菜、吃饭。我跟弟弟去公寓楼的游泳池玩。我们还去看夫子庙,还有南京的夜市。我也经常跟我的表姐玩了,有时也和我妈妈的朋友的孩子一起玩。那个夏天让我真的爱上了江苏,特别是南京。 我问我妈妈怎么说,“对不起,我是美国人,不会说中文”。这样,如果别人问我问题我听不懂就可以这样回答。可是后来我觉得这句子是错的。我要改成:“对不起,我是外国出生的,不会说中文”。因为,我心里还觉得,我是中国人。 我是上海人。我是埃塞俄比亚人。我是一个世界的孩子。这样的孩子不太多,我们的生活挺难的。可是,我为自己感到自豪。 感谢我的中文老师, 张锦。她帮我改正这个博客文章。感谢我自己的妈妈,她也帮我改正这个博客文章,也总是让我和我弟弟学到中国的语言、历史、文化。 -
Blog / How to MIT
Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!
books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my ... to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!
incredible this experience is, and how grateful I am to live in a place this ... how I can help people, and I've had so many great ideas about how to ... can keep it. When I was not occupying the fort, Fuzzy W. '14 -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…
as much apple juice as I want, as often as I want, in whatever size glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own Apple Juice Acquisition, I can! Apple Juice Liberation is upon us! Okay -
Blog / MIT Life
a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures
="64141" /] I was the first person in my suite to arrive on campus (I arrived at 8 ... group room. I was nicely pleased with how much space we had just for our ... on the walls, which I liked quite a bit. Since we can't use the vast -
Blog / Academics & Research
Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…
of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to ... day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat terrain of Fort Worth, Texas, as I continue to explore the complex field of -
Blog / Life after MIT
My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much
2015 I accepted a job in Fort Wayne, Indiana and left my job in Oregon ... . After that I sat in the front seat and had the Tesla rep brief me on how ... I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it -
Blog / Events
Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…
employers, and my family. All of them believed in me, and told me I can do ... Last weekend was crazy. Crazy good. So good, in fact, that I needed a ... buy your own. It weighs a lot on your finger, too! On days when I'm not -
Blog / Extracurriculars
summertime! and the livin's easy?
've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I ... , and domestic comfort in Austin anyways Things I ... morning is really fun. I’ve been so healthy, and have recognized how much -
Blog / Events
Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project
paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and ... : Come on, anyone? Aw, what the heck. I stayed in Simmons this summer, and ... reasonable size. Back out in the courtyard, I informed the rush chairs that I -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place
This is my fourth year in Cambridge. But earlier this week I learned how little I still know about where I live. Last weekend, I went on a grocery run. It was wine and cheese night in my suite, so I was preparing an -
Blog / Admissions
A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here
. I was born in the magnificent, but chilly, country of Canada. However ... was 3 years old. I’ve lived in Georgia for practically my whole life, until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.
the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Happy Organic Chemistry II Day! I ... going to use the money to build robots instead of buy beer, he threw in an ... is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in Tonal Forms II -
Blog / MIT Life
Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..
the previous term, I moved in last and thereby got put into a pretty ... luckily, I did. You can all send Kaitlin thank you letters for saving the ... -Conner (as well as in Senior Haus, East Campus, Bexley, and I believe Random -
Blog / Events
Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.
I think she did a great job! All in all, this has been a really ... projects. I'm happy that I can call this place my home. ... the fantastic roller coaster and fort for themselves. Everything felt -
Blog / How to Food
Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.
can save time and money in the grocery store. Know how much food costs ... buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough ... 's blog Food Parsed on August 31, 2015. Buying your own groceries can be