Ah, what's there that could be said about London? It's London! One of the major western settlements for millennia, the city everyone in the UK should see, even if you don't want to be seen as a tourist. Oddly enough, it was for that exact reason that I avoided London.…

There's a society in Cambridge for the appreciation of chocolate. No, no, let me reiterate. I want to make sure we're on the same page here. THERE'S A SOCIETY. FOR CHOCOLATE. Now, see, this was a surprise to me. I was meandering through the Cambridge Society Fair (it's a MASSIVE…

California Institute of Technology. The last word there tells you a lot about the college, really. This is not a school to find a great deal of philosophers or historians. Of course people here can like or love non-science subjects (I enjoy writing myself, hence blogging), and you can definitely…

SoCal is pretty dry. Frankly, it rains somewhere around 4 times a year, and the nearest body of water is the ocean, which takes a bit of time to get to with a car. Cambridge, on the other hand, is one of those universities that happen to be right next…

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No seriously. I really hope you do. One of the first things to do when you arrive in a new place is to make sure you have your essentials down. Of those, it's usually good to have at least a rough idea of where you can get food, water, or…

Allo there chaps! Or something. I don't even. My name is Aditya and this is my humble blog, a little place where I can share my experiences over the next term as a student at Cambridge University for the fall term. Join me in my wacky, zany adventures involving cobblestones,…

...The sheer unadulterated stress! Thespians are alive and well at Caltech, and never more so than now, the last week before our drama group, TACIT, performs A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of Shakespeare's many comedies. The last week in drama productions is known as Hell Week, and depending on your…

Finals week has come to a close, not with a bang, but not with a whimper either. It was closer to a "meh," really. Regardless, its time to wrap up third term and the year, and what better way than graduation? Cue the pictures (thanks to a resident junior, Nina…

Tempting, random Internet comic, a tempting strategy indeed. Contrary to popular belief, Caltech actually does do some level of athletic recruitment; I don't know a lot about it, only that we don't do it anywhere near as much as some other schools. Add on to that a social stigma about…

So, midterms are over, been through a few straight hours of class, and I did not get too much sleep last night (refer to previous post). I'm going to try and get through this without any coffee. . .. ... Ah, to heck with it, lemme grab a cup. We'll…

Morning! Or night. Or whatever. Late nights are weird. And a late night it has been, not necessarily because of any work, but more because I just didn't feel sleepy. Plus, early morning is a great time to start a blog post! Totally! Not really. At least this is a…

** Why hello there! Welcome to my humble abode. Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Srinivasa "Aditya" Bhattaru, and I shall be your host for this evening/afternoon/morning/whenever you decide to peruse this blog. And host I shall; every post, I intend to take you outside the problem sets,…