I avoid talking about myself on this blog unless it pertains to a personal experience with the scientific topic of discussion. But in lieu of recent events, I wanted to make an exception. A few days ago, I heard back from Columbia University informing me that I was accepted to their 3-2 Engineering Program. It […]
Month: April 2012
Summer Plans
I’ve been starting to think about what I need to do in the summer. Unfortunately, I’m not someone who gets to travel every summer or go to beach trip after beach trip. That’s why I need a more practical (read: affordable) approach. My main goal is to get a job, preferably one on campus. I’ve […]
My New Favorite TV Show
Over the past few months, I have been watching current and past episodes of Shark Tank which airs on ABC. The show has been on for a few years but I’ve only been able to catch an episode here or there. I’ve had a chance to watch some more episodes of the show. The premise […]
Because…?
A few months ago… I decided to go to my Linguistics Syntax class a bit early after my free hour. It seemed like an innocent and harmless decision to go early and get some work done there before the teacher … Continue reading →
A Bipolar Beauty.
The weather has been having its ups and downs this week, and I felt I was going through the same as well. I’ve managed to maintain a relatively good standing this semester, but there is SO much work I have neglected that I am honestly worried how I can pick the pace at this point… […]
Best time to Cruise?
Did you know the best time for a cruise is when school is in session? This doesn’t seem fair, but it’s how it works. They consider it the low season since most of their customers are in school, at work or doing something else important – so why not tempt all of available people with a huge […]
A Reading in the City
I recently went to see Michael Ondaatje at a reading in the city. I’ve read two of his books—The English Patient and Coming Through Slaughter. After an introduction in which the presenter explained that 3 instructors all wanted the professor to visit their class at the same time, he read selections from his novel, Anil’s […]
Engineering At The Nanoscale
Devices keep getting smaller. Objects that once were only seen with the naked eye now can be looked at through a microscope. How do we keep putting more stuff in less space? Building technology at the nanoscale, virtually at the atomic level, is the heart of our modern day technological revolution. It seems impossible that […]
The Inner Ant and Outer Human
That love of nature is an innate human quality, is the subject of E.O. Wilson’s 1984 book, Biophilia. According to Wilson, ants (and their close relatives, bees, wasps, and termites) and humans are the only truly altruistic animals on earth. A colony of these ants is made up entirely of sisters. Because the sisters all […]
Turtle-y
This week, this break, from academia, has granted me opportunities that would have otherwise been thwarted Trek through the swamp – acquaint myself with a fellow turtle in disguise – covered head to shell in moss. For warmth, for health, for the hell of it? Long, wispy branches reach towards me, welcoming me to this […]
