Thai Food and Greenhouse Gases
This term I’m enrolled in Bi1, Principles of Biology. The first half of the term was focused on basic biology — transcription, translation, three kingdoms,... Read more.
Walking a 5k
Back in high school, we ran 2.5 miles every other day, and the whole school ran a 5k at the end of every year as our final fitness test. Keeping up with running... Read more.
Trying New Things, Noms Edition
I like having default things — default favorite color, favorite food, favorite book, favorite movie — and I don’t step far out of those boundaries.... Read more.
What do Snoop Dogg, Alice in Wonderland, and a German heavy metal band have in common?
Friday, May 22, 2015 was the real senior Ditch Day, and it was glorious. Below I will chronicle the day’s events. We woke up, jittery, around 7:15 a.m. (at least... Read more.
Inter A Cappella Funtimes, Part 1
A cappella funtimes, you ask? Isn’t a cappella always a fun time? Well yes, we have our rehearsals twice a week, occasionally hang out at Teaspots or Chouse afterwards,... Read more.
Inter A Cappella Funtimes, Part 2
Ever since the Pipettes began, we’ve been looking forward to watching Pitch Perfect 2 together. All girls group, a cappella, mashups? Right down our alley. The... Read more.
Feeding America(PI)
Every year, Ruddock frosh hold a party during third term. Since the workforce is purely frosh, it’s much less ambitious/involved than Ruddock interhouse. This... Read more.
Grading Woes, CAPSLOCK EDITION
My last post on the delights and despairs of my graded work had an assortment of first and early second term examples. Halfway into third term, I bring you the latest... Read more.
Welcome, Class of 2019!
Freshman year has passed by so quickly — I repeatedly find myself surprised that events happened at my high school already. One of those milestone events was May... Read more.
Alley 3 Does Second Dinner
Two Tuesdays ago, to celebrate “the third week of the third term and us being the third alley both in number and alley rankings,” Alley 3 drove to Denny’s... Read more.
Weekend Food Adventures!
(Everything is an adventure.) Too often do I stay in the house during weekends and eat BCD tofu starter packs or C-store udon (both amazing options, believe me).... Read more.
Dhamaka
At the beginning of the year, we had club fair. Excited first term frosh as I was, I went around signing up for all of the clubs (there was a lot of free food…).... Read more.
Alley 3 Does Ruddock Greens
I was not a very active prefrosh, so I went to very few of the house events during Prefrosh Weekend and Rotation. My participation in Ruddock Greens, a mini golf... Read more.
n+2ing our room
Many rooms have couches or huge beanbags or other extra sleeping areas. We have the floor. Despite this limitation, my roommate and I both signed up to host prefrosh... Read more.
Spring Break Food Tour!
What did I do this spring break? Eat… Here’s the rundown. First off, when we came back from Malibu, some of us headed to Ramen Yukinoya in Arcadia to indulge... Read more.
The Official Make Food and Eat it Class
This is how cooking class went last term. Every Tuesday night, I and my fellow Rudd frosh, Tim, would walk over to Tom Mannion’s house at 6:30 p.m. Our group would... Read more.
The Sweetest of Birthdays
This year, I celebrated my first birthday away from home. On top of that, it was the first day of spring term. Happy birthday to me! But thanks to friends and family,... Read more.
The Pipettes
One day, I was having breakfast in Fleming dining hall during rotation. A girl I had talked to once before came up to me and asked, “Hey, wanna start an all-girls... Read more.
Spun Sugar and Wings
Soon after Ruddock Interhouse was Avery Interhouse! This year, Avery’s theme was "Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show," so basically, everything... Read more.
Manners and Multicourse Meals
This past Friday, I was planning to attend Avery formal dinner. It turned out that the infamous Manners 101 dinner was scheduled for the same night, and since the... Read more.
Formally Stuffed
It’s been a very busy couple of weekends. I talked about Manners 101 dinner last weekend, but that was just brushing the surface! Manners dinner was Friday... Read more.
A Celebration of Tortillas
For those who live in the houses (which includes all of the frosh), waited house dinners are provided on weekdays. Once a term, every house has formal dinner, where... Read more.
Hot(pot) Traditions
Back at home, my friend and I organize hotpots about four times a year, and we’ve optimized our shopping strategy. The local Chinese market opens at 10 a.m., cash... Read more.
Stay in my room? Neigh.
Before coming to Caltech, I was trying to find out what kind of athletic facilities they had, so I followed some links and ended up at the Caltech Y. I was a bit... Read more.
Lurvely Surprises
Lurve is in the air! It’s Valentine’s Day, just in time for the three-day weekend. Throughout the week, the girls and guys of the houses have been plotting Valentine’s... Read more.
Bread and Bean Bags
One of the things I look forward to most these days is Amazon shipments. Is that sad? Amazon has brought so much joy to my college life. I’ve bought everything... Read more.
Grading Woes
Midterms are over! For me, at least. I just turned in my math midterm, which brought back memories of Math 1a and that midterm. Math 1b was a lot more chewable than... Read more.
The Other Half of Campus
I was talking to a prefrosh on the phone the other day as part of our phone calling campaign for admitted students, and she asked if there was a lot of interaction... Read more.
Puzzled Out
In the middle of last term, we bought a puzzle. Well, I tried to buy a puzzle, but couldn’t figure out how to ship it to myself, so my mom bought the puzzle, but... Read more.
On Sleep (or lack thereof)
It’s been a pretty crazy week. I haven’t gone to sleep earlier than 3:30 a.m. since Monday night (today is Sunday). My latest was 5:30 on Wednesday night. Through... Read more.
30/36 (bowls of rice)
While shopping for my dorm room, my parents bought me three boxes of Haetban instant microwaveable rice, which has the tagline “Rice that tastes better than rice!”... Read more.
First Bite
Greetings! I’m Gloria, and I’m a second term frosh at Caltech. First term was a whirlwind of food, fun, and pass/fail. I wrote my blog description last term,... Read more.
