Birthday in the Summer

This is it, the inaugural post for my MIT LGO blog! For my blog, I'm going to try to be "The Optimized LGO Student", and what better way to kick this off than to describe about having a summer birthday in the LGO program! My birthday was less than a week ago now on July 30, the 7/30. Having a birthday in the summer is so awesome, as the weather's nicer and people are just more willing to go outside. What made my birthday this year even more special was that I got to spend it with my fellow LGOs, and it was such an experience and a half!

In the morning, following a long-time LGO tradition, I had to hold onto a yellow teddy bear and wear a pink hat to indicate that it was my birthday. I actually enjoyed it, especially when I put my shades on with the hat :) !!!

After a day of classes and a plant trek to Amgen (not sure why I even decided to go on a plant trek on my birthday!), the real birthday celebration began! I had dinner with some LGOs at a Korean restaurant called Koreana. I got to drink soju for the first time actually and ate some pretty good Korean food. Let the picture justify itself:

Then (oh man!) came the karaoke! I just have to say: my fellow LGOs are so awesome (we really are becoming one big happy family)! I had so much fun singing my heart and lungs out, and they even let me sing every single song! So glad my voice didn't give out at the end of the night!

Well, I'd say that my birthday went off well this year, bringing me to the optimization lesson for the day: Hopefully, you have a birthday in the summer, so that the other Sloanies aren't on campus yet, when there is going to be so much to do. See you all next time!