Hey, I’m Kristie Ching! I’m Taiwanese (ish?), My mom and dad both came from Taiwan, but my dad is Fujinese, and my mom is some other Chinese thing, I have no idea what it’s called in English. My parents have been divorced since I was born, I think? Haha I never asked. I honestly don’t really like my dad, or know him. My role models while growing up were my mom and my sister. I also have an 8 year old Shih Tzu named Golden; I love him more than anything! I’m a crazy animal lover, one of the reasons I dislike eating meat (yeah I know I’m pretty weird). I also love kids! I’ve been working at a family daycare/tutoring center for about a year now and love teaching them and playing with them, although I’m not too crazy about changing their diapers and wiping their butt! My dream career is to own my own daycare, and build and design it myself (I also have an obsession with interior design and architecture).
I’m really quiet and shy at first, if you didn’t already notice haha. I can be pretty awkward around people I don’t know well, so don’t mind my awkwardness too much, it’ll eventually go away. I’m a goody good, never cut class, never cheated, never stole, never did anything pretty much, yeah boring huh? I lived in Queens for about 9 years and in Long Island for about 8(hated it!). I have many interests and many dreams, but I’m just and ordinary girl trying make the best out of college.
After the first week of Baruch, I came to the conclusion that I was going to hate it. It seemed like it was going to be so hard to make friends! Everyone around looked like they were in a rush or had no interest in making friends. But after these few weeks, after making a few friends, I’m seeing that making friends will be easier than i thought! Like I said I’m a pretty quiet girl, and I hate talking to strangers and especially adults. So I’m always worried about calling or going in person to ask difference College Offices about things that I need and should do to succeed in college. Another thing that scares me is the work that professors are going to give us. Coming from high school, like everyone else, I’m used to having the teachers tell us what to study, when to study and constantly remind us about everything. I hope I won’t forget to do any assignments or to study for important exams!
So far, Baruch hasn’t been too different from high school. It almost feels like, it’s high school all over again just in a different environment with different people. The only difference is that in high school I knew where everything was, who everyone was, and how everything worked. Here at Baruch, I will need to learn everything all over again!
I think the first year at Baruch will make me more outgoing and social, not that I’m antisocial or anything. Regardless of what career I end up pursuing, I know that an extremely important skill will be communication and having the ability to get along with others and work with others.
