Biography
Birth name: | Paul Chin |
Name wanted: | Paul Tycho Chin (After the astronomer if you must know.....people always ask my "why?") |
Christian Confirmed name: | Paul Thomas Chin (close enough, right?) |
Birthdate: | November 30, 1979 |
Birthplace: | Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong |
Places I call home: | Hong Kong; Flushing, NY; Burlington, MA; Ithaca, NY, Allentown, PA, Belle Mead, NJ |
Current residence: | 216 Delaware Avenue, Apt #1 in Ithaca, NY |
Major: | Chemical Engineer (would like a minor in Psychology and Mathematics) |
Favorite color: | Dark Green and Maroon |
Keirsey Temeperament Test: | Counselor (iNFj) -- Introversion Intuition Feeling Judgement (go figure, see minor) |
Favorite Dance: | Swing Dance (particularly Lindy Hop and possibly Jitterbug. Duh!!) |
Favorite Movie: | Casablanca (classic) and Swingers (contemporary) |
Favorite Quote: | "You're Money and you Don't Even Know it!" and "Here's Looking at You, Kid." |
Parents: | William Yock Lai Chin and Mee Chew Chin |
Siblings (wanted or not): | Benjamin Chin |
Godparents: | Albert Adam Presto and Linda Chin Fleetham |
My Rants
As Dennis Miller alawys says: "Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." Same rules apply here.
Me: "Hey Kenny what's up?"
Kenny: "Nothing much. Whadda want to do tonight?"
Me: "Dunno. [Insert usual idea of hanging out at a friend's house or watch a movie]"
Kenny: "No, I wanna do something exciting."
[Chad jumps in]
Chad: "Let's [insert ludicrious idea]!"
Me: "Sure."
[Enter Calvin]
Calvin: "Ok fine we'll all go to my house and
play Resident Evil 2 because Burlington is the boringest town ever created."
Burlington was a fun experience, but I never did get along with that many people until
high school. I sorta thrived on being a weird kid or the kid who looks constantly pissed off. It was sorta my signature. "Oh
look there's the sketchy character Paul standing there" or something. I also never went out. My parents confined me to studying for SAT's
since I was in 8th grade. Needless to say I led an extremely boring life as a child. Thanks again parents.
Cornell is a great experience for me. I've always been independent at home,
so it wasn't a really big transition for me, but I did get homesick. Now I sit at home, and pray that the day when I get back to Cornell will come sooner.
As for myself, well, I'm an extremely conservative person with a few liberal
thoughts. I can't really commit to one or the other; I hold both ideas. Often people describe me as a stoic character. I think
it's just an image that I like to push. I like to think of myself as 'one who thinks too much.' A lot of things bother me, and as [deleted
due to the fact that I don't like to let a lot of people know what is on my mind].