I will be redundant and say that my name is Claire Chiang, as suggested by the domain name. If you do a google search on my name, the first result will be my blog, but all the other ones will be some other somewhat famous Claire Chiang. Apparently, she’s Senior Vice President of Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd. and was Singapore’s Woman of the Year in 1999. If you are looking for the person I just described in the previous sentence, it’s safe to say that you’re in the wrong place. Am I the most important Claire Chiang because the first google result is my blog? You decide for yourself.
I’m currently 20 years old and an undergraduate college student studying Actuarial Science at St. John’s University. If you’re wondering what that is, then I would call it business/insurance math in a nutshell. It has a lot to do with calculating future risk and casualties. Don’t worry if you didn’t know what my major was. The majority of the people I talk to have no idea what I’m studying but try to pretend they do anyway. I dislike telling people what my major is because of the above reason as well as the fact that it is more difficult to say than the average major.
Some of my interests are the financial world and optimizing my investments (not that I have much to begin with), researching the latest technology that I can’t afford to buy, and over-thinking anything that should be considered simple. I waste far too much time on the internet doing things such as working on this blog, facebook stalking, looking at digg, and compulsively checking my email.
I am not ashamed of my dislike for rap music and like for country music. Well, some country. My favorite kind of music is 21st century modern female country. I also listen to pop, rock, and alternative fairly regularly. Speaking of music, I am musically skilled but not “natural” in music. I’m Asian, so that means my parents probably forced me to learn how to play the piano when I was five years old. I don’t play very often anymore, but I think I just started liking it the past couple years, when I no longer felt obligated to play anymore. I also know how to play the violin and the flute, but I only played those each for short periods of time.
I believe I have successfully revealed the nerd side of myself, because most readers of this blog can probably understand that side. However, I am also always up for going out and having a good time. Yes, I would pick that over sitting in front of my computer any day.
For a girl, I consider myself rather rational and analytical when faced with potentially life altering dilemmas. Most of the time, I consider facts and reason my way through life rather than following my emotions or “gut” feelings. Decisions I make are typically carefully thought out and weighed. I don’t completely discard my emotions when making decisions, but logic is definitely more important. For the above reason, I don’t like making simple decisions when I’m in a group for the group. If I were to fully explain my reasoning behind simple decisions, I would bore the group into forgetting what the initial decision is for.
Poetry doesn’t make much sense to me. It’s so much easier to understand a writer’s point when he/she states it in plain English. I guess my dislike for poetry comes from the above paragraph.
Some may called me a hypochondriac, but I like to say that I am just overly analytical and would like to be prepared for the worst while hoping for the best. I research both rare physical and mental disorders, and whenever I read about one, I see symptoms of it in myself. If you’re ever around me and complain about any abnormality, I’ll probably google it and make ridiculous suggestions.
Oh, and I am currently single. I’m definitely not the type of girl who needs a boyfriend to “make her whole”, but I’m not saying that I’m not looking at this point in life either 
