So I'm back from Europe (and Africa too), after visiting way too many cities in a span of less than three weeks. Given the time zone difference, I can also try to claim that I traveled back in time six hours ( Read more... )

There is a sense of awkwardness in our interaction with Madrid. It's mainly the mealtimes that are awkward (dinner at 10 o'clock, anyone?), but the entrance of the Royal Gardens is also quite awkwardly located (do not visit there! it's not worth the trouble!), and the outlets are awkwardly shaped (but that's a story for another day if it is ever ( Read more... )

A recent New York Times article tells us several ways to cut down on energy consumption, centering on the computer as closet energy hog ( Read more... )

I'd like to state here, that years back (I suppose around 5th or 6th grade), I predicted that the "Harry Potter" text on the last book's cover would be in red.

And hell yeah, I was right!


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Funky, Fei. They are my most common current nicknames. Except when certain people try to call me Funky or Fei, I have trouble responding, or it just sounds really weird. Basically, I expect the exclamation, "Funky!" to be attached to Brianne's voice, Nanny's voice, Arjun's voice, Genna's voice, etc. etc. "Fei" has to be attached to Dhruv's voice, ( Read more... )

Google used to be my #1 search stop for random stuff I wanted to know. With the discovery of Wikipedia, it has become my #2, but I still stop by Google frequently (though oftentimes, I'll search something in Google and one of the first few entries is a Wikipedia article--figures).

But I digress. What I really want to talk about are the Google ( Read more... )

There is probably little that is more upsetting than going to the kitchen, ready to pop your favorite leftover meal into the microwave for a good lunch, but only to find that two giant ants are crawling around the inside of the loosely-capped clear lid like two gas-guzzling cars around a racetrack. Don't you hate when that happens ( Read more... )

It's raining quite a lot right now. It rained quite a lot on Thursday. We were attempting to drive up to MIT on Thursday. I'm happy to say that we were successful. And I'm happy to say that we drove back last night as opposed to today in the heavy-hitting rain ( Read more... )

I just practiced the violin for quite a long time. To the extent where I'm exhausted and sore. Yeah, practicing the violin gets that intense. (Though the fatigue and soreness can be partially attributed to the fact that I got up early and then played at a badminton scrimmage. Ugh. I didn't have the best morning ( Read more... )

So I've done it again. I've spent too much time on the computer this vacation, whether it was editing on Photoshop, playing a computer rip of Pokemon Leafy Green, going through Facebook, or reading about MIT... it's enough. Really. I'm tired of it. And it's not good for me either ( Read more... )