life trends: not eating at the deece and technological issues

By Tamika Whitenack

In the past 3 weeks, I've had 3 computer crises!

Friday Oct 28: my computer was being slow and making noise. Brought it into CIS. We cleared up storage and it worked fine.

Monday Nov 5: spilt tea on my keyboard! aiyah! let it dry. brought it into CIS. they opened it up and it dried more. i spent a couple days of excruciating waiting and self-beratement for my carelessness. received the lucky news that all was well and i could use it as normal.

Tuesday Nov 13: apparently my Vassar gmail account has been disabled! idk why, hoping i have not been hacked. yikes! but this is less debilitating than the other issues, at least i can use my computer for all other services. (but also, i receive soooo many emails a day, it is a key part of vassar life lol)

anyway, that's where i'm at...

but in other news, I went all of last week without eating at the dining hall except for 2 meals: monday dinner and saturday lunch. how did this happen, you ask?
well, i eat breakfast and lunch outside of the deece normally anyway, with personal snacks and fruits/veggies obtained from various sources ;)
and then there were a ton of campus events with school!

Tuesday: thai food at the welcome for the new women's center/LGBTQ center , i ate so much gailan!

Wednesday: welcome for the new ALANA Center director, feat. sushi and veggie empanadas

Thursday: Kaleidoscope! sylvia and i made dan tat and tofu pudding with sesame brittle to enter in the dessert competition, and got a free ticket to eat a bunch of different international foods: highlights for me were samosas, tikka paneer, dumplings, hummus and babaganoush with carrot sticks

Friday: Food Community dinner at Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory: the theme was fill and fold foods, so we made wontons, samosas, pierogi, ravioli, empanadas, and mochi ice cream

Saturday: SEAFest, and event hosted by the Southeast Asian student club. lots of yummy vegetable curries

Sunday: Asian Student's Alliance Exec Board bonding dinner at Formosa! i got shrimp with vegetables and shared a scallion pancake

so that's what's been up with me, tbh

Plus a lot of other stuff...but Food is all that really matters, right? Hehehehe


doing some arts

gailan <3




stinging nettles from PFP that i stir-fried!

self-made spring roll at SEAfest

cinnamon-choc coffee cake made with leftover sour cream from PUF event

i was the only person to order brown rice lol was i raised near Berkeley or something ?

love the ASA fam <3


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