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Farmer? I hardly…

So, I did a very Millenial thing this week. Something I had never done before unironically actually. And that was going to the farmers market. Or, I should say, two farmers markets. We were on a hunt for what turned out to be a white whale. Apple cider. The brilliant combo of cinnamon and happiness we all need in life. The first market we visited was the New Hollywood market. This was very different for me to see, namely because... Read more →

Un-Tea-Leafable

Let’s just start this post off with the fact that I love CDS. A lot. My love for CDS is like Michael Bublé’s Christmas Albums. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, it’s a gift that just won’t stop giving. This week, I got paid to drink tea. Yep, you heard me right. I got paid to go to a tea tasting. So as a part of Caltech dining services I’ve been working on two mini projects with tea. And this... Read more →

Coffee Shops of Seattle Part 2

Part 2! Here we have 5 more coffee shops located in Seattle. Cascade Coffee Works Location: South Lake Union. This place is really cute and aesthetically pleasing, but I honestly didn't like this one. This coffee shop is probably the only one I didn't like in Seattle, but maybe it was just because the drink I got wasn't good. I got a cassava latte, since I'd never had that before. I'm not sure if this is related, but it gave... Read more →

Journey Around San Francisco: Boba Reviews

Perhaps others cannot understand, but as a college convert to boba, I absolutely adore the chewy balls of tapioca. I have a very specific consistency that I like: not too soft that there’s no bite to the balls, but not too hard that I get an uncooked tapioca center. However, I would rather get squishy boba than undercooked boba. Getting that perfect goldilocks consistency is typically about cooking time - and depending on the place, it’s really hit or miss.... Read more →

Twisted

Got my first ever parking ticket this week. And second. Yikes. The first was for parking in an (unmarked) street sweeping zone next to a park. The other was for parking overnight on property that I thought Caltech owned (obviously they did not). Either way that wasn’t exactly a fun start to the week. Anyways, to assuage my ticketed woes, I decided to go and cook instead of doing my homework. Again. This actually is starting to be a bit... Read more →

Coffee Shops of Seattle Part 1

Get ready for a whirlwind review of Seattle's coffee shops! Seattle is full of coffee shops everywhere, so I've really only been to a few, but let me comment on and recommend some of the ones I've been to :) Café An'clair Located in South Lake Union. I can't believe I don't have photos of this one! I often went to this place to get bulgogi sandwiches for lunch. They sell really cute, yummy pastries and have unique coffee syrup... Read more →

Grace Hopper 2018

Before school started, I had the privilege of attending the 2018 Grace Hopper Conference. Last year, I attended the conference with the Caltech delegation. I was blown away by the scale of the event and all the swag, and was unprepared at what came at me. This year, I attended as a Facebook Scholarship recipient, older and wiser about how to optimize the experience. The career fair is one of the key components of the conference since most of us... Read more →

FINAL - WE18

WE18 is one of the largest gatherings of women engineers that I had the privilege to attend. Like last year, I attended with the Caltech chapter of SWE. However, this time around, I was the one organizing it. This organizing experience made me realize that there was so much hard work invested by previous years' organizers that I had taken for granted. There were mistakes made and things I could have improved on. If I am elected as an officer... Read more →

(Less Painful) Hiking!

What is crackalackin’ my dudes?! It’s yo’ boi Chandrew in the house about to spit some fresh verse regarding the freshman orientation hike I led last weekend. Ok I lied I have no fresh verse. Just a wild day of hiking in the San Gabriel mountains. So, I got roped into leading the freshman orientation hike which, let’s be honest, wasn’t really a tough sell. I love hiking. I legitimately only ever wear trail running shoes. And yeah. So up... Read more →

Birthdays During Rotation!

Hello dear readers (or Kristin who possibly creates the 3,000 web hits this blog gets every month herself, whichever it is). Let’s take a journey. Long story short, it was my birthday last week. Although it was also rotation. And the first week of classes. But either way, here’s the story of how I spent my birthday. It starts about as fun as you’d imagine. I had class 10-12, and 2-3. That’s honestly fairly standard if you have a birthday... Read more →