i visited corona heights park with a friend and it might be my new favorite or second-favorite spot in sf! (previously the undisputed favorite was yerba buena gardens.) it’s very accessible, has nice rocky/sandy colors, and the views are great - sort of like twin peaks but better in my opinion, because it’s noticeably closer … Continue reading summer update iii

also on mit admissions i. recently i was thinking about my relationship with other people both in the context of writing a blog and in the context of being a friend. i was pretty confused, so i asked on twitter:  “a dilemma I’m currently thinking through - when I write (or do any other public … Continue reading revisiting stoicism

i met several people whom i like a lot and feel inspired by 🙂 unfortunately they all live in places that are difficult for me to commute cheaply to (ie. they are either not in south bay, or in south bay but not close to caltrain, or are no longer in the bay area) so … Continue reading summer update ii

also posted on mit admissions i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city, specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf at the time, so i learned a lot - every time i … Continue reading things i wish i could do

short post living alone in south bay has been better than i expected! on weekdays i get lots of personal space after work, and on weekends i commute to visit people in sf and elsewhere. mountain view and sf are 1.5 hours away on the caltrain, which is a bit of a pain, but the … Continue reading summer update i

also posted on mit admissions i. i watched the anime attack on titan last year and liked it a lot. there’s one short scene i want to talk about in this post; it is probably my favorite 30 seconds of the entire show (minimal spoilers present and no context required):  https://looptube.io/?videoId=ZNHFnlnJVi8&start=100.22654867256628&end=130.01415929203532&rate=1 in this scene, one … Continue reading by the time you notice it’s too late

life has been very pleasant 🙂  it occurs to me that i never actually mentioned what i’m doing this summer. the main reason for this is that the startup i’m working at, exafunction, was in stealth mode, but this changed around a month ago. anyway, exafunction is a four-person team based in mountain view that … Continue reading may update

also posted on mit admissions. if you’re reading this in your email inbox, you probably want to open it in-wordpress to see the relevant videos i. basketball everything in this section is only approximately correct. basketball is a complicated sport and there are many exceptions to every principle i’ve been watching basketball on-and-off for a … Continue reading defense

also posted on mit admissions over spring break i met a grad student. we were talking about why they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they said something along the lines of:  look at the sandwich you’re eating. you didn’t grow the lettuce or the wheat or the tomatoes, … Continue reading avatar

also posted on mit admissions note: the intended audience here is the admissions blog. if you’re here because we met through math contests or coliving houses or etc. this will probably be a boring post as you’re likely already familiar with most of the content one of the things i’m working on outside of class … Continue reading zero knowledge