Classes start next week but I wanted to give you an update on what I have been doing since I last wrote on the blog. For the first two weeks of January, I was in Paris as part of the French department’s Wintersession class on Parisien film culture. The class is called Paris, CinéCity and allowed us to discuss Parisien film culture…
Category: Having Fun
Ice Cream Making and Moss Art (the last week of lab)
When I went to the train station today, there was a carpet of turquoise blue rock salt…snow is coming! It was quite beautiful, the whole corridor along the train coated in crystals. And, of course, with my Chem 205 background I couldn’t help but think that they were probably CaCl2, which has a higher Van’t hoff factor of 3 and…
Musings & Finals Szn
10 days 17 hours 07 minutes and 47 no 46 seconds until I am done with the fall semester of my sophomore. It’s wild how fast it has gone by and a little unnerving that there is so little time left. I still have so much left to do: buy Christmas gifts for friends and family, write essays, study for exams and…
How Does This Keep Happening?
Somehow I find myself in my last fall semester of college, about two weeks away from finals, and still surprised by how fast time flies. I’m always amazed by the conflicting emotions I get at the end of a semester: I’m looking forward to the holiday but not to finals, I’m looking forward to going home but fully aware that…
bowl is life
This past weekend I went bowling with the program I volunteer with. I may have mentioned this program before but BRYE or Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment is the program that I volunteer with. We work with 2nd to 5th graders on Friday afternoons. We create a curriculum and teach the children a variety of subjects. Last time, my 4th graders…
Alpaca Adventuring
I don’t know what it was that possessed me to call up the Harvard Alpaca Ranch on the phone. It’s one of the odder conversations I’ve had recently, asking a stranger if I could come pet their alpacas. It turns out that alpacas are rather wary animals, not too keen on being petted but VERY keen on eating any and…
Affording Wellesley & Working in College
When I was applying to colleges, like most of my peers, one of the biggest factors in me picking a college was affordability. I had heard horror stories of people leaving college with huge amounts of debt and I did not want to be one of them. Wellesley’s incredible with financial aid. For domestic and permanent residents of the U.S. Wellesley is a need-blind institution.…
Walking Around Campus 2.0
Hey, Last week, I promised I would give you guys my walking around Wellesley playlist. Some music, (a mix of genres) that I like to walk with (and occasionally dance to) around campus. Here it is: I hope you guys like the music on here. This is not an exhaustive list, (I have so much music), but this is a…
Weekday Meetings. Weekend: Maine
Hello from Portland, Maine! We took a trip to my friend’s house for a bit of rest, relaxation… and mostly the chance to pet cats. It’s nice sometimes during your college years to just be in a home, even if its only for 48 hours, to have a reunion with fancy cheese and fireplaces. Especially since this week at Wellesley…
The Good & The Bad
To be honest, this weekend was rough– for the first time, I felt the effects sophomore slump and midterm season all at once. However, it was also a wonderful reminder of how fabulous my found family is. So, in light of always trying to find the silver lining, here are some highlights of this weekend: Friday – 1:13pm: Lilly…