Memories in Manhattan
I’ve never been to New York. I’ve never booked Airbnb or Amtrak tickets before. And on top of that, I’ve never thought about how to consider everyone’s travel preferences.
I, too, am dying
Whatever I accumulate, achieve, or protect in this lifetime — regardless of how safe a bank it is in or the insurance I have on it — none of it will come with me when I die. I will leave as I came: with nothing.
On belonging
We live on a floating orb somewhere in the middle of who-knows-where, with no context for any of it. Is it really so surprising if we feel a little lost sometimes?
My metric for living
I aspire to think of ‘more life’ not as an extra hour added to the 24-hour clock, but as experiencing more vitality and meaning in the same 16 waking hours we already have — to not only have a beating heart, but to actually feel alive.
I got stuck in London for two days
All I had was me, my crippling sense of confidence, and Google Maps to guide me forward.
Turning the calendar back to 2016
Nostalgia is a rite of passage when growing up. But when an entire generation starts developing it, you might start wondering: are there deeper factors in play? And why 2016, specifically?
What four years at MIT taught me about life
My time here has revealed that happiness is a byproduct of looking beyond ourselves — empathizing with others and doing what we can, however small, to alleviate pain and bolster wellness in those around us.
Lagtrain: On Valentine’s Day and romantic love
Inabakumori: “If I don’t know the words I lost, I’ll set off on a journey, taking a ride on the local train”
Stratton’s Cinderella
I felt like a young deer, shivering with curiosity and a bit of fright, knees clacking together, when I first saw you.
My time in Rwanda!
As my first IAP, I’m really glad I spent it in a fresh environment! I really love traveling and teaching math, so this was the best of both worlds.
Kip Clark Convos
MIT students are always in motion, but what do we miss when we never pause? A conversation with Kip Clark, known for his “Free Listening” sign, reveals what’s at stake.
Patrick Mang and Katherine Panebianco: dual perspectives on physics at MIT
Not one, but two perspectives on physics at MIT.
The art of the side quest, and why time is ticking by faster
It’s not a good idea to go out alone hiking at night. There might be bears. But maybe the only bear that night was me. (And trust me, this has everything to do with time flying by!)
I went to the museum
In an age of often vapid and insular internet islands, it makes you sound so intellectual and sophisticated when you respond nonchalantly to the question of “What did you do this weekend?” with “I went to the museum.”
Fail loudly, dream louder
If you never climb, you never fall. But if you were told you were guaranteed to fall…
Crashing out: MIT culture or a sign of something deeper?
Has “crashing out” become too normalized at MIT?
Have we forgotten the joy of creation?
The joy of holding your creation in your hands – have we forgotten that in our relentless pursuit of the ‘right’ answer?
Getting older
People talk about adolescence as if it’s the time when you get to decipher your future… but as I’m nearing the end of mine, I feel even more lost.
Why do we travel?
The pressure to go out and see as much as you possibly can is exacerbated by the fact that everyone around you seems to be doing it too. Everyone else is having a real thrilling, young people’s jet-set European summer — I mean, shouldn’t I be having one too? Social Media Blurb: Musings on travel culture.