Hey! As you may or may not know, my name is Irene. I was born and raised in New York. Throughout my life I have bounced back and forth from the boroughs of Queens and Staten Island. I attended to school in Queens from grades PreK-K, 3-5, and in Staten Island from grades 1-3, 8-12. In a few days I’m officially moving back to Queens.
This may be just my personal thoughts, but it feels like people often mistake me as being Korean. I don’t find much offense to that because I enjoy and find Korean culture to be amusing. But, I am a Chinese-American. I can fluently speak 2 languages, English and Mandarin. As a child I was sent back to China and lived with my grandparents until the age of 3. Although I don’t remember much at that age, I believe that is where the origin of my Chinese comes from. I have a brother who is 5 years younger than me, and unlike me he is horrible at Chinese.
I like to play sports, but I never pursue it. In my life I have played many different types of sports such as volleyball, pingpong, tennis, handball,…etc. I can’t swim despite my somewhat athletic abilities. When I was in 5th grade my parents sent me to take swim lessons and on my final exam I managed to get a passing grade despite my inability to float and swim more than 5feet away. I do not have a certain genre of music that I prefer, I pretty much listen to everything. As I child I wanted to play the piano more than anything else,I know, what a typical asian right, but soon came to realize that I was not a musical person. I dreaded the hours of practice, sitting, playing chords, so eventually I quit. I may not like to play the piano but I do enjoy the melody that it creates.
I love dogs. I can’t pick a favorite but my top favorite breeds would probably be shiba inu, corgi, pug, and husky. Right now every time I ask my parents if we could get a dog they tell me that I can get one when I move out. So, when I get my own apartment I hope to adopt dogs from shelters as well as foster dogs. I feel that even though I may not be able to get a certain breed that I want, adopting is something that I would like to do rather than buying one. Also just because I am a dog person does not mean that I don’t like cats!
I’m really looking forward to having an amazing college experience! I hope I get to know you all better and utilize all the opportunities that are given to me.
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