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• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  favorite places in the city, and I have a lot of great memories associated ... really, really like postcards, and so I buy a lot of them, and sometimes a ... girl in [annotation note="sadly I do not know which region of Russia this

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  Predicament of Aftermath: Reflections on 9-11 and Oklahoma City that I ... , and author of "The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory ... what others should do in the face of tragedy. Whether thinking about

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  basically wanted me to run an entire workout in each pair of shoes. First, I ... aren't rational!) So anyway, I ended up buying a pair of shoes, plus the ... of Sex and the City in which Carrie Bradshaw runs a 5K.) My new

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  ; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city ... my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time ... can’t access any of that now. I sit down and try to write about the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  covered in chalk drawings. Then, I feel an overwhelming feeling of nausea. I ... what to buy, and where things are located. I inspect a bag of clementines ... . She did. I can see the city across the river, and it looks different

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  important, and the hardest to put into words. I can be a pretty big critic of ... . I had no idea how unique certain aspects of my everyday life in the US ... verano! [red wine and lemon soda] Well, you can make it in the US, I guess

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  . On this day, I wound up buying lunch from one of the vendors in the ... one I bought in the old city of Jerusalem, near Al Aqsa mosque. During ... humanities major of some sort. I’ve been sad that at MIT I haven’t dabbled in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  curse word I can think of becomes a filler word in Spanish. I'm not even ... if I can find something useful AND repeatable. =) Okay, first of all ... , "ah! I know exactly what you mean, but I can't think of that word either

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  . I had the unique privilege of creating my own MIT Blog in my freshman ... wouldn't you know it, I still keep in touch with a few of them. And I would ... , classes, and research. Instead of buying new gadgets, I would save up my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about how happy i was that life felt like an abundant tree of gleaming vibrant ... the way through my time here. i can’t believe i’m almost 50% of the way

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Town Cambridge: university and city.

  

  too many pictures of the Cambridge as an actual town in this blog. So I ... in Cambridge. Even though it is the middle of winter, you can see the ... Like MIT, Cambridge also gets its share of tourists and visitors. I

  • by Cambridge
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  's not. The only reason I can withstand living here is because of Rohan and ... Bunker. The first night the three of us moved into our new place, I insisted we come up with a name. The three of us-Sathwik, Rohan, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  with whom to catch up. But in the face of this blast, I seemed to float ... about how bad things can be, especially in the face of darkness. No, when ... Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... the going got tough. And the going can get tough in a lot of different ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  unspoken rules in a way that gets buy in from everyone?  How can any of this ... on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   multiple layers of clothing in order to keep warm. I’m sure those of you who’ve been ... to think of it, I can’t really distinguish much between Philippine ... option with a lot of stores.Here, I get almost everything in bulk. Having

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  doesn't mean that there's less to do - in fact, I find my days are STILL ... has been so sporadic lately. That, and the Sex and the City kick I've been on for the past two months.*) A couple weekends ago the city of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , I can blink and see the afterimage of ten more years unrolling in ... preface: this blog is comprised of various snippets I wrote in May ... myself blink out and in of existence as I crossed the threshold of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  changed? When I think about this question, the only answer I can think of ... getting better at writing,[/annotation]and I can see[annotation note="in ... situation. What if this went wrong? "Well, I can solve that problem in this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  weeks ago, and we’ve arrived in Manaus – a Brazilian city in the middle of ... tour guides! Next, we went to a market in the middle of the city. Some ... famous Teatro Amazonas in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023