Hi everyone!
I believe you all know that I'm Johnson(John), but it's not my real legal name, which is Chen Zhong and in Chinese, 钟臣. Since my Chinese name's pronunciation if very much like Johnson, I take it as my English name. That's complex, isn't it.
I'm a Chinese boy who just flied all the way from China to LAX two weeks ago. So yes, I'm international. It's a real big challenge for me to adapt to this whole new environment. I need to change basically every habit I ever had, eating, learning, socializing.... However it's been a few days and I think I'm doing pretty great.
So why UCSB? I applied to quite a few other universities and four of them gave me their admissions( UM actually offered me a 1,6000 scholarship!) but as a final decision I choose UCSB, because it's just so cool(not only for the beach, but more so for its students).
So far I believe I have make quite a lot of friends and I YEARN FOR MORE. So just say hi and make me a friend (it'd be cool to have a Chinese friend who can do so many weird stuffs including nunchakus and play ancient Chinese musical instrument).
Yes, you heard me right, nunchakus.
Other than nunchakus and musical instrument, I can also carve seal out of a stone ( you will know).
Favorite: Pride and prejudice, Lincoln Park, HBO(True Blood, Game Of Thrones), Supernatural, The Avengers( Iron Man, Hulk)...
My major is currently undeclared, but I'm working towards physics.
I'm now unveiling a whole new paragraph of life, and I have the faith to make it shine.
PS: I WANT TO BE FRIEND OF EVERYONE!
John! It’s awesome that you came all the way from China to go to school at UC Santa Barbara! I have never been to china, or Asia at all, but I hope to visit sometime soon as I think it would be both extremely different as well as interesting. Some of the major reasons why I came to UCSB were the beach and all of the people too; just like you, I found those elements of UCSB especially enticing. I hope I can get to know you better over Summer, it was cool learning a little more about you and your past.
ReplyDeleteHi Zhong,
ReplyDeleteIt was nice meeting you at INT sections. I'm surprised that you even knew about UC Santa Barbara in China. Most of my cousins don't know a single University other than Harvard and the other extremely prestigious private universities. I was born in the U.S. but I can see what difficulties you might face being an international student. If you ever need anything or want someone to talk to I'm always available. Those nun-chucks looked deadly at the Battle of the Floors.
Regards,
Ryan