Monthly Archives: July 2007

We’re in Beijing, at a Hot Pot restaurant. The place is amazingly elaborate and, among other things, has computers in the waiting room to keep the young people occupied. The whole place is very snazzy and modern, and the sparkling-new … Continue reading →

The last time I wrote we were in Hong Kong, waiting to go out to dinner with my friend Anna. Dinner was amazing, at one of the most famous restaurants in Hong Kong, and afterward we rode out to Repulse … Continue reading →

I am writing from an internet cafe in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, a sort of electronics bazaar on the Kowloon Peninsula. But let’s go in order. We took a plane from JFK in New York to the … Continue reading →

It’s after 4 AM Saturday, a little under 12 hours until takeoff. It’s also mid-afternoon in Hong Kong, our first destination and 12 time zones away. This makes for a problem. To be on Hong Kong time, I should go … Continue reading →

I made an effort to stay up late tonight, in order to push my schedule closer to Hong Kong, where I’ll be arriving on Sunday. After rehearsal I went out for Karaoke with a bunch of fellow castmembers (castmates? playmates?). … Continue reading →

Last night I learned the Polka and Charleston, with all the special moves and stuff. Next time I go to a dance club, I’ll be totally set.

Today I went to the birthday party of Jim, who runs the Biophysics department. It was an all day affair at Crane Beach, and I was one of only three Biophysics students who volunteered to go, all of us first-years. … Continue reading →

I went home for a wedding over the weekend, the first I’d attended since my sister’s when I was in elementary school. The ceremony was Catholic, and included a Mass, which was also a new experience for me; I was … Continue reading →

I can’t send e-mail, at least not to MIT people. I get some weird error about relaying being denied. I blame Harvard; their e-mail system has proven terrifyingly unreliable. The amazing thing is, it’s still only moderately worse than MIT’s. … Continue reading →

While drying off after a shower, I accidentally punched myself in the face. Now my lower lip is slightly swollen. It’s not enough to be visible to anyone else; just enough that I can’t forget about it. I am clumsy.