The Peak

SFSS Profile: 20 questions with Winnie Chung

By Kelli Ross

1. What is your favourite thing about SFU?

Probably the people I’ve met. I’ve made a wonderful, amazing group of friends, and they’re all really supportive. They kind of brighten up my year at SFU.

2. Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

I’ll probably be done school, so I think I’ll be travelling in between Asia and Europe, for business.

3. What is your guilty pleasure?

My guilty pleasure is collecting anything yellow. I love yellow — it brightens my day. I even try to eat food that is yellow. I try to wear something yellow every day or I try to have something yellow on me. At school, you never need to phone me. You’ll just see this bright yellow mass walking down the hallway and that’s me.

4. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Prague, I heard it’s a really pretty city. My brother and friend both received school transfers there. I saw their pictures and I really want to go there. If not, then Sweden, and places in Europe.

5. What is your greatest fear?

Opening the fridge and seeing there is no food when I’m starving. In the middle of the night, if I open the fridge and it’s empty, I’ll starve.

6. What are you most grateful for?

My parents. They gave up pretty much their entire careers to come to Canada, for my brother and I, for our education. So I’m making the most that I can everyday out of school.

7. What is your biggest regret?

I don’t actually regret anything. I don’t do regrets. I think everything, whether it’s good or bad, is an experience, and I learn from it.

8. What was the most pivotal moment in your life?

When I came to Canada — probably when I was in grade two. A long time ago, when I came here, I did not speak English. I came from a place where there was little or no English, to learning full English.

9. What is your biggest pet peeve?

My biggest pet peeve is when I go to eat food with people and they say, “Oh, no I’m full, I’ll just have a salad.” We came here for all you could eat and I feel like I’m wasting my money. That’s why I like to go eat with my guy friends. My girl friends are always trying to lose weight.

10. What is the most important thing you look for in a person of the opposite sex?

Someone who can understand my quirky personality and who definitely enjoys food. Someone who can know what I’m thinking without me telling them.

11. What was your most embarrassing moment?

You know those Lip Smackers? When I first saw them I didn’t know what they were for, and they smelled really nice. So [I asked] “Is that candy?” and I ate an entire stick. My friend [said] happy birthday and explained it was chap stick. I ate my birthday present.

12. Who do you admire the most?

My dog because she can run free whenever she likes, she can lay in the sun everyday, eat whatever; her life is really simple, I guess. Sometimes our lives can be really complicated, and my dog can just see a person and be all happy. She enjoys the simple things. I wish I could be happy with just the simple things in life.

13. What is your life motto?

Life is too short to say no to food. Enjoy every bite of it!

14. What is the best date you’ve ever been on?

It was [the best date] for me, worst for him. He ended up with a black eye — I punched him. You decide.

15. What was the last book you read?

My Math 157 textbook.

16. What is a saying or phrase that you often overuse?

Oi.

17. What is your favourite food?

Currently my food craze is BBQ ribs because it’s summer. I’ve had a lot of them That’s my current food craving.

18. What made you want to run for the Simon Fraser Student Society?

I ran because I wanted to represent the younger student population through SFSS. I want to make sure that the 1st-years and 2nd-years are well represented in the student population. They are the future of SFU. I’m the youngest on the board, so I bring youthfulness, and fresh ideas.

19. What inspired you to use your striped toque when running in the SFSS election?

It was the toque I bought when I went back to Hong Kong for Christmas vacation. I always wore it, so when I was sitting there in the middle of the night at 3:00 a.m. I was staring at the piece of paper and I decided to draw it — I’m not good at words. I like to do pictures. I have my ‘flasses’ [fake glasses] and my little toque and I tried out variations.

20. Finish this sentence: Student politicians are . . .

Sexy and yellow!