Hi friends, I was pretty busy for the first week of term because I was still unpacking from my spring break trip and rehearsing for the dance show that weekend. My friend Suchita has been teaching us choreography that she put together since the beginning of second term way back…

Hi friends, I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I'm part of the Pipettes, the only all-female a cappella group at Caltech. There are four a cappella groups: Out of Context (co-ed), Fluid Dynamics (co-ed), the Keytones (just the guys), and us. At the end of each term,…

Hi friends, I just finished my last day of lab last week, and it was just the way it should have been. But let's start with the long and dramatic backstory: In Ch 5a (a lab class on advanced synthesis techniques), we have spent all term making estrone, one of…

Hi friends, Yesterday was a day of food. The title of this post is a little misleading because only a small fraction of this post (and my weekend) was spent in the Arts District. On Saturday, my friends and I drove down to the Arts District in LA. The district…

Hi friends, I have a special treat for y'all: a guest post! This one's from Daniel, myfriend who is also a senior and majors in physics but knows a lot about everything else, too. Last term, he tooka really cool class on remote sensing that took him to the heart…

Hey friends, Lastterm I took L 106, the intro Japanese course. I lived in Japan briefly when I was young, and although I was once fluent in Japanese, I forgot it quicklyafter moving to the US. Even while growing up in Texas,I watched these amazing films by Hayao Miyazaki and…

"Wake up, frosh; it's ditch day!" That's what I was supposed to wake up and say. ... Instead that's what to which I awoke. Which isn't a problem at all. Except that I was a senior and supposed to be the one yelling it while running down the hall and…

Hey friends, This past weekend my friends and I went to Abbot Kinney Blvd, on the other side of LA.GQ thinks it as "the coolest block in America." After our visit, I think we can all say that we agree. Parking was a little difficult to find, but it wasn't…

Hello friends! Happy Thanksgiving (: I have super duper exciting news to share:The Pipettes (the acapella group that I'm in) will be singing at Disneyland in February! Check out our recordings on our Youtube channel(heh shameless promotion). There are three other great groups on campus:Out of Context, Fluid Dynamics, and…

Hello friends, As I might have mentioned before, I'm a premed. At some schools, that might be a certain major, but at Caltech (and most schools, I think), that just means that I have the intention of applying to medical school. Premeds can major in whatever they're interested in, but…

Hello friends! Lunch after church: That's been one of the most regular ways for me to explore and eat my way through Los Angeles with friends for the past few years. Yesterday, we went to the Alhambra Farmers' Market on our way back to campus. Farmers' markets are one of…

Boo! Halloween has come to be one of my favorite holidays. When I was little, it would always manage to rain on Halloween night so that trick-or-treating was messy. I like it now because it’s the one day a year that I get to be someone/something else and amuse people…

As I was reminiscing about my study abroad experience last year, I dug up this old post that never got posted... Hello there! During my weekend in London, i got to try plenty of yummy food in addition to visiting all the touristy places. As much as i love my…

I keep discovering all these postcards that were lost in the mail, heh. Better late than never!Some of my friends have just settled in for their study abroad experience in Edinburgh, and hearing about their adventures reminded me of these museums I visited during my time there.... Hello friends! As…

I can't believe it's somehow already been a year. I met this year's exchange students from Edinburgh Uni, and talking to them brought me back to the cobbly wynds and layers of ghosts that is Edinburgh. Anyhow, here's another one of my posts from London last year. Hi! This is…

Autumn is upon us, but this one in Southern California feels a little lackluster compared to that in Edinburgh last year... Hi guys! As I've mentioned in my previous posts, I'm spending this term studying abroad in Edinburgh as part of one of Caltech's amazing exchange programs! Fortunately, school started…

Hi friends, Summer in LA is for friends and food and exploring! In addition to taking EMT classes, I went to Universal Studios with my family. Harry Potter world opened up this year, so that was really neat to see. Universal was pretty packed, but we arrived early enough in…

Hello friends, I tell people on tours that there are two bigtraditions at Caltech: Interhouse and Ditch Day. The former is a party that each house builds and hosts every year. The term "build" might be confusing. We build a dance floor, paint and put up large murals, and make…