Hello! Nice to meet you, my name is Angel Mai.
I am an accounting major looking forward to attending Baruch College. As many of us still are, I am still figuring out which paths to walk towards among the endless choices as the future is uncertain. Being an accountant was not my first choice, but it may be my last.
I have lived in New York City for my whole life and have not had the chance to travel to another country. If I were to travel, Switzerland is one of the countries on my bucket list, the main reason is that the scenery is, in every way, breathtakingly beautiful. Another country that I would most definitely without a doubt visit is China considering that my background is grounded in China and being Chinese American. It would be life changing to travel to my family’s home country and learn about the place where my parents grew up.
My hobbies include listening to music, playing badminton, playing volleyball, and styling outfits. I am currently on the hunt for new outfits, hoping to update my closet to fit my preferred style. I enjoy dedicating leisure time drifting away from reality through movies, binge-watching dramas, and reading good books—I especially adore cozy fantasy novels full of whimsy, magic, and adventure. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis will always have my heart because the author’s writing style and storytelling are captivating.
Ever since I graduated from high school, these past two months of summer has been a constant cycle of binge-watching movies as indulging in this form of art is very much a luxury, something in which the high school version of me did not have due to lack of time. On the top of my head, the movies that I have watched this summer include Wicked, Wicked: For Good, The Devil Wears Prada 1, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Catch Me If You Can, The Truman Show, Backrooms, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Barbie, La La Land, Escape from the 21st Century, etc. Well, you have a general idea of my summer obsession. There is a particular movie that evoked much excitement, which I have not had the chance to see yet, and I’m hoping to get to see soon, which we all know was released during a summer in July 2026 and involves a certain spider.
Additionally, the Chinese movie 从21世纪安全撤离 or Escape From the 21st Century released on July 18, 2024, gets an honorable mention from me for its abstract visual representation of comedic situations through bursts of unusual, chaotic, and disorienting colors. I love the movie for its creative style.
As I have mentioned, I like listening to music. Here is a song to dive into the blue ocean’s mood:
If you have any recommendations for movies, songs, or books, I would love to hear them!
My life is more than these five hundred words.
ANgel Mai
