I headed to the first salsa class of the semester on Wednesday night super excited to show off my moves, but to my dismay I was thwarted by an island off the coast of Florida. The intermediate class was scheduled to... Continue Reading →
Last weekend started off with a couple of errands, but on the (extremely) bright side I now have a new climbing shoes and a working bank card! It only took an entire fortnight. I also have a working phone and... Continue Reading →
I spent the weekend visiting my cousins in Chatou, which is less than an hour by metro from Polytechnique. I don't really know how the whole family tree thing works, but the mom is my dad's (first? second?) cousin and... Continue Reading →
I was chatting with some friends recently about my tendency to address everyone as "tu" instead of showing respect to people I don't know (specifically professors and office workers at Polytechnique) by using "vous" instead. It's kind of awkward because they... Continue Reading →
So Polytechnique is very similar to Caltech and Hogwarts (not even kidding) in that the dorms are arranged by sport, and after choosing which sport section you are in, you live with them for the next three years. The difference is that... Continue Reading →
Just like Caltech: everything is "by inspection". My conclusion is that I'm not very good at inspecting things and thus should never become an inspector. Sounds about right.
