Ryan "Cooper" T. Chong
19 years old
Singer
Artist
Starbucks barista

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Life In The Big Apple

7/30/2007 01:46:00 PM Yes! I've finished my portfolio! 20 of my best works (I think). Here they are!!!




7/28/2007 11:47:00 PM Yes!! I've finally handed in my undergraduate application to the School of Visual Arts!!! YES!!! All I need to do now is to send my portfolio over to them and I'm done with my application! Yippy Kai Yay!!

I've also finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. By far the best book among the 7 Harry Potter books. I won't go into detail about the book. Don't wanna spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet.

My portfolio is almost complete. I've already got 15 works done. I just need 5 more. It turns out that I can actually email my portfolio so I've taken the best of my older works and added it inside.

7/23/2007 11:08:00 PM
NOOO!!!!!!!! I DUN WANNA JOIN THE ARMY!!! I DUN WANNA GO TO IRAQ!!! I received this letter in the mail from the Selective Service System. There is a registration form and an Official Registration Acknowledgement Card as well. I didn't scan it partly because there was a Selective Service number and my Social Security number on it and I don't want to be a victim of stolen identity (believe me, its really important here). Think of this whole thing as being selected for NS in Malaysia but I'll have to go through REAL military training and I'd most probably be sent to Iraq for a year and I don't want to go there!!! I was never interested in joining the US Military!!! NOOOO!!!!!

And guess what? Its a must to register... I just hope I don't need to go into military service...

7/22/2007 12:58:00 AM Ok.. been a lil lazy lately. Instead of drawing 2 pictures a day, I'm down to drawing 1 incomplete one a day. I just can't think of anything else to draw already. Here are the drawings that I've added to my portfolio so far :






7/19/2007 05:59:00 PM

7/17/2007 08:31:00 PM Well I've added 2 more pictures to my portfolio. Try and guess who these 2 are.

Note to self: Don't wear a white shirt when working with charcoal. =_="



7/17/2007 02:15:00 AM Here are a list of things that I can think of that reminds me of my friends.

Alicia Keys' If I Aint Got You - Li-Shia
Michael Jackson - Jeya
Cars/cooking - Ju Hung and Weng Kit
Brenda Song - Rachel Chen
Celine Dion/Chicken Little/Numa Numa/Josh Groban - Merissa Chan
Pink/Leisure Mall/Shayne Ward's No Promises - Su Yeng
Purple/Prom - Pei Wern
Pigs/Korean bbq - Yi Peng
Proton Satria - Dinesh, Alaric and Kah Wai
Old Town/mamak - Vincent, Philana, Kathryn, Hui Wen, Adeleine
Proton Perdana - Adeleine
Silver cross necklace - Philana
Bowling/Cyber Cafe/Secret Recipe/Times Square/Potatoes - Vincent
Drums - Khalidi
Jellyfish - Bi Lin

Ok.. well... too many to list down. =_=... just listing the ones that pops in my head. Plz dun think that I've forgotten you if your name isn't there

7/17/2007 12:36:00 AM NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ONLY HAVE 2 MORE WEEKS TO FINISH UP MY APPLICATION AND 19 MORE DRAWINGS FOR MY PORTFOLIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn!!!

Its takes a while to finish up 1 drawing and thats in black and white!! If I have to do it in color, its going to take longer!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news: I still haven't gotten any reply from Starbucks T_T

7/14/2007 01:29:00 AM Ok today was rather... uneventful. I stayed at home practically the whole day. Finally I can rest after all that walking T_T.. Haha! Well... Anywayz, yesterday I went over to Manhattan (AGAIN), to look for the Consulate General of Malaysia just in front of the United Nations Headquarters. I arrived there at... 3.58pm and on the door, it says that it closes at 4.00pm. I dunno whether I should feel lucky or not. Cause when I went in, they told me that their translator is on holiday in Malaysia and won't be back till next Saturday. So yea, I wasted over an hour to go there and get back home. Plus I didn't use the express trains and I walked back home too cause I ran out of credit in my Metrocard.

Today I just sat in front of the computer and played Gunz. Thats practically all I did. Oh wait, I also answered all the questions in the Starbucks Coffee Application for Employment with the help of Greg my new... Cousin-in-law I guess. =P

So tomorrow I'll be going over to Starbucks on Main St. and hope that I get the job. Its probably going to be around 8 to 9 US Dollars per hour.

7/10/2007 10:46:00 PM OK. Too lazy to blog about the walk around Manhattan. Just walked around everywhere... I'll post the pics here at the end of this post... We (Alvin, Melissa, Chester and I) woke up quite early today around 6 to 7.30am with me waking up first. This is cause we were planning to go to Liberty Island and the last time we tried the line was soo long... we decided to skip it and come back earlier another day. We made it this time, but on a day which had a high temperature of 41 degrees Celsius. The ferry ride to the island was windy though so it was nice. The Statue of Liberty herself was not as big as I expected it to be when we were approaching it. Still it was definitely taller than a 10 story building. Cause they base itself was 10 stories.

In the past, immigrants to the United States were greeted by the statue herself after spending usually weeks at sea. The crowds cheered when they saw her. Knowing that they have arrived at the country of opportunity where they can live a better life. The statue itself (not including the supports) is made out of copper 3/32 of an inch thick. As copper comes into contact with the oxygen in the atmosphere, it produces a green outer layer that protects the copper itself. It took around 30 years for the Statue of Liberty to achieve the green color that we see today.

After we left, we walked to a small cafe on Broadway near Ground Zero. It served kosher Italian/Sandwiches/Salads. Once we were done there, we split up into three groups. Alvin went and looked for the I (Heart) New York shirts, Chester and Melissa went to Borders and I took three different subway lines from Ground Zero to the SVA. Seriously I feel damn pissed off that the Malaysian Ministry of Education doesn't bother to have any transcripts in English. They should have made the transcripts in 2 languages. English and Malay. Its soo screwed up that they only do it in Malay. Sure, a majority of students will stay put in Malaysia. But what about all the others who had the chance to go overseas??? Malaysia is the only freaking country in this world that uses that language! I can't even find a freaking translator to translate my stuff. AND IT AIN'T CHEAP HISHAMUDDIN!!! U HEAR THAT!? THE MALAYSIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM SUCKS!!!! AND IF U DON'T BELIEVE ME! ASK THE SMART STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I have to go to the Malaysian Permanent Representative to the United Nations and get help from him/her since the Malaysian Embassy is all the way in Washington D.C.

After we separated, Alvin was followed by 2 big sized blacks. They forced him to go buy candy at like 3 bucks per piece and that's daylight robbery! I had to help him finish the candy. At least the money didn't go to waste.

Today they had to fly back to San Fransisco. I got up at 8.10am, after all of us got up, Alvin, Melissa and I went over to the Teashop and had our breakfast there. After that, we walked non-stop along Main St. for more than 2km up and downhill to look for a FDNY or NYPD shirt for their sister. Unfortunately, after checking in with a few shops, we found out that the only place we might be able to get it would be in Canal St. in other words, Chinatown. And thats all the way in Manhattan. Turns up that they're not allowed to sell those kind of shirts.

We walked over to Kissena Blvd. to get a smoothie and then to Gamestop on Roosevelt Ave. I was really tempted to buy the games there but I couldn't. Was broke from the souvenirs that I bought at Liberty Island 2 days before. So we decided to go to Ben's and Victor's house. It was the last time we'll be together in quite awhile. All 6 of us, Benjamin, Victor, Melissa, Alvin, Chester and I, have been together since we were born. Its finally time for us to part ways. Well, at least with Melissa and Alvin. The rest of us guys are still together.

So anyway u 2 (Alvin & Mel), take care of yourself. And Alvin, my dad told me that u could study in New York this year. So don't go waste a year of your life doing nothing there. Good luck k! Hope your parents will come over with you as well.