One of my closest friends, my Japanese teacher, and me on Graduation Day!

你好! That means “hello” in Chinese, pronounced as “ni hao.” My name is Christopher Chong, and I would like to introduce myself to everyone. Probably the most unique thing I can bring to our table is that I was born in British Hong Kong. Why do I say British? Well I was born on June 28th 1996, 1 year and 3 days before the return of Hong Kong back to China, and so at the time I was born I am technically a British subject. I even had a BNO (British National Overseas) passport when I was born! However, I don’t consider myself British, but rather, I am Chinese. I have lived the first 9 years of my life in Hong Kong, being raised with Cantonese as my primary language, with Mandarin and English as close second languages.I am fluent in all three languages, so if you want to learn how to say anything in Cantonese and Mandarin, I’ll be glad to help!

Airplanes!!

I came to New York when I was 9 years old, and I have reside in Long Island since then, in a town called Valley Stream, about 15 mins east of JFK Airport. The transition is hard to describe, but I eventually got use to it. I attended Valley Stream Central High School for my last 3 years of high school, and graduated as the valedictorian of my class. Giving a speech in front of some 2000 people is quite tough, but I made it.

My Japanese host family and host students!!

I currently reside in The Towers, where I have made lots of new friends and hope to meet many more. I am a Physics major, which was primarily inspired by my AP Physics teacher as well as Dr. Michio Kaku, who teaches here at CCNY! How exciting is that! Hopefully I get to be in a class that he teaches. Although I am a physics major, I aspire to become a commercial pilot, and since I was young I had a interest in airplanes. I had motion sickness on airplanes before, but I have learned over the years to somehow suppress that, and I really want to fly airplanes! I love dealing with the instruments and the challenge to navigate an aircraft, plus I love traveling. To name a few, I have traveled to Hong Kong (obviously), Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou in China, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Yokohama in Japan, Seoul in South Korea, etc. Other stuff that I like to do include playing piano, swimming, badminton, tennis, trying all sorts of new food. I like listening to K-pop music, and watching Asian TV shows.

The Fifth Solvay Conference, 1927 (Basically a bunch of scientist and physics professors)

Well, that’s me. Feel free to ask me anything!