Keep Your Head Down

On Sunday I was sitting innocuously on one of the pedestals in MIT's lobby 7 when a gaggle of Asian tourists flooded into the lobby. Now, if it isn't immediately obvious, one can always tell tourists from students and faculty by where they look first: tourists when entering lobby 7 look up, amazed by the giant dome. And such was the case with these tourists. But that didn't last long. Fingers started pointing in my direction, and everyone turned to stare at me. The tour guide looked over and started talking in some Asian language as the group took pictures of me and crowded around for a better look. Oh my gosh, a girl on a pedestal! I imagine they're saying in some Chinese dialect (or maybe Korean). Meanwhile I did my best to continue reading the Economist and not look at any of them. Eventually they left, some lingering to get a better picture, and a while later they trickle back through at the end of their tour, and a few more snap pictures of me before finally leaving.


Sachi