The Arts in New York City

Hey everyone! My name is Kevin and I’m from Queens, New York. Over the course of the last four years I attended Stuyvesant high school. I enjoy working out, handball, Ultimate Frisbee, and League of Legends. I intend to be an Actuarial Science major because I have always had a passion for statistics. I have played the clarinet since fourth grade and I attempted and gave up on learning how to play the guitar.

My taste in music has probably been the most erratic aspect of my life. I have gone from alternative, to R&B, to rap, to pop, back to rap and R&B. At home I always have some sort of music playing in my room; no matter what I might be doing I usually like to have some sort of music playing (besides sleeping). Music can be very calming when I might be in a bad mood, or it can be very invigorating when I feel tired.

I can speak three dialects of Chinese: my native Wenzhounese, Cantonese and Mandarin. I can also write in both traditional and simplified. I am really bad with names, but I am really excited to start this new semester and interact with many new people.

Hi! I’m Katie Wang and I’m a freshman at Macaulay Baruch. If you want to know more about me, you should know that I grew up here in New York City and went to Bronx Science. I love to listen to Muse, Daft Punk and Kid Cudi amongst many other artists. I love breakfast food and prefer my eggs sunny side up.

Despite having grown up in New York, I haven’t seen as many shows or made as many trips to museums and exhibits as I would have liked to. I’m most looking forward to seeing more plays during my time as a Macaulay student. I recently moved from Brooklyn to Queens and am just starting to make the daily treks to 24th & Lex this fall. I love walking around the city; my favorite place is probably the Brooklyn Bridge Park/Heights Promenade.

Lately in my spare time I’ve been attempting to learn how to cook (though failing miserably) and watching television shows such as Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Adventure Time, Arrested Development and The Office. I also enjoy spending my time unproductively browsing reddit.

Beemo, my favorite character. 🙂

Hello everyone My name is Nursultan Djamalidinov. Yes, I know its a mouthful. Everyone calls me Nick. I graduated from Brooklyn Tech and I live in Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. I come from the unknown country of Kyrgyzstan.

I was born there and immigrated here when I was 7. Coming here at a young age was a smart move because I managed to learn English very quickly. I learned it about two months after I started school. In addition I speak my native language (pretty badly) Kyrgyz and Russian, both of which are Kyrgyzstan’s official languages.

In my spare time I’m usually hanging out with my friends, playing video games, and learning languages. I am currently learning Korean and hope to start learning Chinese soon. To me, learning a language opens up a whole new world and gives me a new perspective on life in general. It reminds how big the world is and how unique people are.

I also play sports. Everyone from my country grows up playing soccer. In addition we have a long tradition of wrestling which inspired me to join the wrestling team at Brooklyn Tech. Now I wish that Baruch had a wrestling team.

I’m really excited to start college. I look forward to meeting you all and wish you all luck this year.

Hello everyone! My name is Tiffany Chan and I am from Queens, New York. I went to Townsend Harris High School and I was a pretty big nerd. I was on the Regional and State Science Olympiad Teams for three years, competing in earth science events and forensics (my favorite event). All throughout high school, I thought I would major in Chemical Engineering, but I now plan on majoring in Finance.

My SciOly nerds and I at this year’s state competition!

Some of my hobbies include dancing, singing, choreographing, eating, and napping on my couch. I also love watching shows like NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law & Order: SVU. On Saturdays, I train in Chinese dance, ballroom, and ballet for about nine hours, so I guess it balances out all the calories I gain from my constant snacking. This fall, I will be starting my first job as a dance teacher at the New York Chinese Cultural Center.

My experiences as a performer have probably been my most exciting and rewarding experiences. I’ve performed all over the tri-state area and on television, in venues including Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden (Knicks halftime show), Lincoln Center, and in an episode of the PBS Kids series “Angelina Ballerina”.

My dance buddies and I. We’ve been dancing together for about 10 years.

Some other things to know about me are that I hate reading, I have a huge fear of public speaking, and I love shopping and hanging out with friends. Anyways, that’s pretty much all I have to say about myself. I’m really shy, but I promise that once you get to know me, you’ll see that I’m super crazy. I can’t wait to meet all of you!

Hi, my name is Alan Chen. I want to be an entrepreneur. This is pretty much all you need to know about me, but if you are still curious then i suppose I can entertain you. I have absolutely zero talent in everything related to music, art, and liberal arts. I can’t play an instrument and I can’t draw anything, but stick figures. Even my stick figures look a bit funny (crooked). Because of my lack of abilities in the fields of music and art, I have decided to be an entrepreneur. There are plenty of other professions to choose from, but I wanted this one. Once I become an entrepreneur, my main goal is to change the world. There is nothing in particular I really concentrated on changing right now, but I do want to build a charter city. It is a bit difficult to explain without being long-winded so I’ll stop there with my ambitions. If you are interested feel free to ask me about it though. 🙂

As for hobbies and interests, I enjoy watching cartoons (Adventure Time), anime, reading manga, non – fiction books, current events (mainly economics, science, and technology), and observing architecture. I probably have more interests, but I can’t remember them at the moment so I’ll leave it at that. I tend not to discuss anime, manga, or fiction books with other people because my memory does a horrible job with names and titles. All I can remember are plots! This is the major reason I can’t name my favorite book or anything related to literature. That means I’m bad with names too. So if I forget your name, please forgive me, this includes the professors and ITFs! I’ll try my best though. I love looking at architecture, but I don’t want to build it. Does anyone else feel that way or is it just me? Finally here is a picture of me. 🙂

And here is where I took the photo.

P.S. I’m a firm believer that all my friends are cool. So if you are my friend and you are reading this post. You are cool! 🙂