Mitra L. '07 | February 23, 2007
"NM - u?"
Most of my weeks at MIT have been crazy and cool and full of interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks, though, are less jam-packed. I just go about my routine - running, reading, meetings - and spend my nights awake with worry about how little I have to blog.
Last Wednesday, I knew it was supposed to snow pretty much all day, so I curled up in Hayden with Moll Flanders.
I usually sit up on the second floor, near the M-Z section of "Current Periodicals" so I can treat myself to New York Magazine during my breaks. Also, here I get an amazing view of Memorial Drive, the Charles River, and Boston.
There are also several small balcony sections from which you can get a nice view of the whole second floor.
At night, I put on my totally awesome red rainboots and trudged to the BPL (Boston Public Library) for the John Adams exhibit. I have to admit, it is pretty nifty to watch other people try to tiptoe around and hopscotch over these giant puddles when I just stomp right through them. I guess Lord Acton was right - absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Around Copley Square I saw a news crew filming, and since my secret life goal #11 is to get on television, I made a big show jumping in the puddles with the hopes of getting on the evening news. No such luck. The news anchor smiled and waved at me, but the person I was with obviously thought I was nuts.
So I realize that the first paragraph of this entry makes it sound like I didn't find the John Adams exhibit exciting, which is not true. It's just not MIT-related excitement. There was lots of Ivy League drama at the exhibit:
For present-day Ivy League drama, check out IvyGate. (Let's see how long I can keep this link up before I get in trouble. Ready.... Go!)
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Posted by: Solomon on February 23, 2007 09:12 AM
Mitra don't forget you promised to blog about your blog photo that you took in Zambia.
More pictoblogs, they are definitely exciting.
Posted by: Solomon on February 23, 2007 09:15 AM
Ha!! that IvyGate thing is totally brilliant! I never thought stuff like that happens at ivies... wow, Mitra, I don't even know you and I like you already! Gossip is soo fun! lol
Posted by: milena on February 23, 2007 09:52 AM
Ah, Moll Flanders, the perfect Valentine's day reading. Did you follow her example and make Cyrus your valentine?
Posted by: Sam on February 23, 2007 10:14 AM
hey, Ashwini Gupta u sound lik an Indian can i hav ur e-mail ID
Posted by: Anonymous on February 23, 2007 10:53 AM
coooooool
Posted by: Anonymous on February 23, 2007 11:49 AM
Mitraa... You seriously ROCK!! Xena??
Posted by: Anonymous on February 23, 2007 11:51 AM
mitraa, r u an indian ??
Posted by: ritaja sharma on February 23, 2007 10:37 PM
ARE YOU AN INDIAN ??
Posted by: Anonymous on February 23, 2007 10:38 PM
nope she is not indian check this
http://www.mitadmissions.org/Mitra.shtml
Posted by: bhushan on February 24, 2007 03:46 AM
Hi mitra, i love reading ua articles. Nowadays i make sure i browse ua blog daily thanks to packet data technology and er...you. That combination makes my days bearable especialy on occasions like the other week when i learnt that some scientists were developing a bee shaped flying spy similar to thd robotic flyspy i've been developing.
Posted by: Nick on February 24, 2007 09:22 AM
Hi mitra, i love reading ua articles. Nowadays i make sure i browse ua blog daily thanks to packet data technology and er...you. That combination makes my days bearable especialy on occasions like the other week when i learnt that some scientists were developing a bee shaped flying spy similar to thd robotic flyspy i've been developing.
Posted by: Nick on February 24, 2007 09:22 AM
Hey people, try this riddle. It was written by Einstein during the 19th century. He said 98% of the world could not solve it. Are you among the 2%?? Find out for yourself.
Here is the riddle:
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The question is: Who owns what?
You people need these CLUES so..
• The Brit lives in the red house.
• The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
• The Dane drinks tea.
• The green house is on the left of the white house.
• The green homeowner drinks coffee.
• The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. .
• The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
• The man living in the center house drinks milk.
• The Norwegian lives in the first house.
• The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
• The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
• The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer. .
• The German smokes prince.
• The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
• The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.
Try harder.. Post in your answers here itself.. will send the answer soon..
Posted by: Challenger to MIT Brains!! on February 24, 2007 11:37 AM
Hey people, try this riddle. It was written by Einstein during the 19th century. He said 98% of the world could not solve it. Are you among the 2%?? Find out for yourself.
Here is the riddle:
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The question is: Who owns what?
You people need these CLUES so..
• The Brit lives in the red house.
• The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
• The Dane drinks tea.
• The green house is on the left of the white house.
• The green homeowner drinks coffee.
• The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. .
• The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
• The man living in the center house drinks milk.
• The Norwegian lives in the first house.
• The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
• The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
• The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer. .
• The German smokes prince.
• The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
• The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.
Try harder.. Post in your answers here itself.. will send the answer soon..Hey Mitra.. you too!!
Posted by: Challenger to MIT Brains!! on February 24, 2007 11:38 AM
I was wondering. What exactly does one do with an economics major?
Posted by: Karen on February 24, 2007 12:15 PM
you know what, I'm just wondering how does it feel like to be "class of '07" and in the year of 2007?? I'm not sure but I think I would get really disappointed if I were you Mitra...
Posted by: Amjad on February 24, 2007 01:14 PM
Challenger - go look on the previous blog, I posted my answers there.
Posted by: Melissa '11 on February 24, 2007 05:02 PM
ohoh i think it's supposed to be NMR!
Posted by: anonymous on February 25, 2007 02:22 PM
Hey Challenger to MIT brains,
You've missed the fifth pet;the fish!
I've worked it a long time back and I've got the answers.( Can I give them!)
Would you believe it,my kid brother did it when he was nine. And he did it in less than an hour and half. I was 11 then. It took me 2 solid hours to do it. (MY BRO ROCKZ! :) ;))
Posted by: Annette on February 26, 2007 12:14 AM
dear mitra
hi
I'm paniz .an iranian girl .
I study biology in tehran university
Are u iranian?
plz tell meeeeeeee
Posted by: paniz on February 26, 2007 02:56 AM
hi i am raife from bangladesh.ru indian............
or asian...........
iwana ur edcational background.
Posted by: raife on February 27, 2007 12:34 AM
I am from india, bujhle brother raife, ami banglate kotha boli.. he he tumio nischoy banglate kotha boloe :D
Posted by: The madman who makes people fly on February 27, 2007 01:50 AM
That is wonderful!
Posted by: khatereh on February 27, 2007 06:38 AM
hello,nice to know you here.Can we be friends?i wanna know more about America,because i'm going to be there for further study
you have nice pics,good luck
Lin
Posted by: Mengying on February 27, 2007 11:31 PM
hi mitra,
i am thinking about applying to mit nxt year. wat sat score did u get ? and are you indian
Posted by: dr on February 28, 2007 04:34 PM
hey MITra
u know what ur name means friend in marathi
i.e
MITra==friend
Jai Maharashtra
Posted by: bhushan on March 1, 2007 05:10 AM
hi mitra i am from india,far away, my dream i to study at mit as undergraduate,in aeronautical engineering or automobile engineering.please guide me ,tell me all the details,about
1 entrance test
2 preparing for entrance
3 reference books to crack mit entrance test
4 date of test ,applications
5 admission criteria for international student,as i m an indian
6 financ
I THINK I CAN DO IT AT ANY RATE.I CAN DO A LOT OF HARDWORK.BUT ALL I REQURE THE INFORMATION.
SEND ME AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.YOU ARE A GOOD GUY
I AM NOT KIDDING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SEND
Posted by: Anonymous on March 2, 2007 01:48 AM
hi mitra i am from india,far away, my dream i to study at mit as undergraduate,in aeronautical engineering or automobile engineering.please guide me ,tell me all the details,about
1 entrance test
2 preparing for entrance
3 reference books to crack mit entrance test
4 date of test ,applications
5 admission criteria for international student,as i m an indian
6 financ
I THINK I CAN DO IT AT ANY RATE.I CAN DO A LOT OF HARDWORK.BUT ALL I REQURE THE INFORMATION.
SEND ME AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.YOU ARE A GOOD GUY
I AM NOT KIDDING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SEND
Posted by: ASHUTOSH on March 2, 2007 01:49 AM
hii this is Om .. well after appearing for SAT , is there any other exam that has to be cleared for the entrance?
will wait for your response,
yahoo id : justlove_romeo123
Posted by: Om on March 2, 2007 01:22 PM
hii this is Om .. well after appearing for SAT , is there any other exam that has to be cleared for the entrance?
will wait for your response,
yahoo id : justlove_romeo123
Posted by: Om on March 2, 2007 01:23 PM
om, there's the toefl, if your (oooh today i am having to many typos) L1 isn't english, and SAT subject.
Best Wishes for your Application ;)
Posted by: The madman who makes people fly on March 2, 2007 08:22 PM
