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Blinterhouse Round 2

Hello, my friends, it has been a long week but it’s the weekend now! And that means it’s interhouse season! This is actually the second interhouse party that I’ve been to this year (I’ve been horribly busy and seemingly inevitably out of town on every Saturday they’re holding an interhouse). And I couldn’t have picked a better one to make it to! About a year ago I posted about the very same interhouse party, Blacker interhouse (aka blinterhouse), but this... Read more →

Oh Capitan, El Capitan!

Hey fronds. Anemones. Other oceanly characters who have made the trip out to the Caltech blogs for a brief respite of fun under the sun (or fun at the behest of a written blog post). We’re under a sea, I guess. It’s raining in April and late at night. But the weather works in mysterious ways as do the ways of the world in general. I’m up late tonight. How late? Very late. Approximately 3 AM if we’re being totally... Read more →

English Time!

It’s time for a class time post! I’m in a very special English class this term: English 180. This is a special class taught by a visiting professor called Fabricating Los Angeles and focuses on the study of L.A. as a city through both its architecture and its literature. And it’s the first class at Caltech that’s been focused around creative projects. Sure, there’s a lot of reading. There’s a lot of writing. But most importantly, for the first time... Read more →

Prefrosh EXPERIENCE (PFEasy)

Hey hey! I survived the middle of the week which means I survived the busiest time of this term! This last week was the Caltech Prefrosh Experience! This is admissions’ huge event for admitted students that they put on every year. Because I work as an admissions fellow, I did all sorts of fun work during this event. It all started on Sunday when I was picking students up from the airport. This was a great experience as it allowed... Read more →

3, 4, and 5 (Stars)

It’s been a delicious week. That’s for sure. Of course, I made my usual weekly Labobatory run, but beyond that I explored some other awesome food locations. And now, you get to hear about them too! Maybe I should combine all these food posts and my Yelp reviews to make a Caltech student’s views of food in Pasadena and beyond ahaha. It all started at Miss Cheese Tea. Miss Cheese is this new trendy tea place in Pasadena. It’s very... Read more →

DiSC Me

Little known fact about my daily life: I’m part of the student athlete advisory committee at Caltech (the SAAC for short). What does that entail exactly? Well. Not much. But this Friday it gave us the wonderful opportunity to take a personality/leadership assessment: The DiSC (and I have no idea what that stands for). I took it in advance of the “leadership academy” session that we had this fateful Friday evening, possibly a bit too late at night for my... Read more →

Burnt, Blistered, and Covered in Soft Serve

I have an honest confession to make. I barely did any homework this weekend. A bit of reading, a film watching for English, and some other assorted tidbits here and there. Luckily for me, there wasn’t too much homework to do as a whole. I basically just have some English and some fun other stuff – nothing too serious for the first week. So how did I spend these days if I wasn’t doing schoolwork? Basically, I did everything else... Read more →

Mi Vida Entera

¿Que tal amigos? Hola, soy yo, Chandrew. Y hoy, yo tengo un cuento muy asombroso para ustedes. Also known as: I spent my Friday night at a concert again! So, it’s story time! But why is it Spanish? Because I went to see the Columbian pop band, MORAT! Also, I’m sorry for the lack of accents on this post, my shortcuts aren’t working on Word and it’s a sad time. I’ve been a fan of this band for a long... Read more →

Friends to the End

I think I missed being home in Colorado this spring break. For the first time in a long time, my time away from Caltech felt all too short and I did not find myself craving soup dumplings or Labobatory, at least, not in the same way as before. And I think that’s because for the first time, I won’t be coming back for a long time. I just found out yesterday that I’ll be spending my summer doing a SURF... Read more →

Frozen Fiesta

It’s SNOWING here in Colorado. Yep, you heard that right. I am on break and it IS SNOWING. It’s springtime here it’s supposed to be warm but somehow Colorado seems to ignore that and decides to make me suffer. A bit of backstory though, I hate snow. I’m like Anakin Skywalker with sand, only that I think snow is wet, and cold, and irritating, and it gets everywhere. California natives don’t really get it, they think snow is beautiful and... Read more →