Michael Cheney met Gimhae Kim Youra while he serving for the United States Army overseas in South Korea. Her family band was performing at the many USO shows held on base and they hit it off quite well, and fell in love. They soon married on one of Michael's R&R trips to Tokyo.
I never understood how two people could be so much in love, until I started dating Angela Weber. As I grew to know Angela more over the next few years while we dated, I realized what my parents felt for one another, and I realized that I never wanted to lose the feeling that I got when I was around her.
My Name is Ben Cheney; I am half-Korean American. I've never been one that was proud of my heritage growing up, always feeling that my mother's Asian roots are what gave me my short stature standing at only 5'7", my mother is only 4'11". As I got older, I became proud of my ancestry, not everyone is able say that on one side of their family, they are first generation born in the United States. I have also accepted my short stature, even though my girlfriend is five inches taller than I am. Every time I look at Angela I wonder why she would have wanted me over Edward Cullen who liked her as well, but I am so thankful for that day in Spanish class when Edward and his brother Emmett were talking and I found out that Angela liked me even though I am so much shorter than she is.
I am now in my senior year at University of Washington along with my wonderful Angela, getting my Bachelors degree in Visual Communication Design. I did so well my freshman year that my teachers recommended me to Arkiteck Studios as a student Intern, so I started working there my sophomore year, and have continued to until now in my senior year. What is great about the Internship is I go in once a week for four hours and get paid a salary rate instead of a per hour wage, this way I can work on my projects for them at home, then bring them back then next week for their opinions on if the designs needed worked on. Although I know at the end of the semester I know my internship will come to an end I know the experience I gained from interning at Arkiteck will be never be forgotten and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity.
My freshman year I lived in the dorms on campus as required by the school, but after starting to work for Arkiteck and meeting some friends in the dorms and in classes, I decided to get an apartment with a couple of guys my sophomore and junior years. We had a nice 3-bedroom apartment, but living with those guys was not for me, I needed my own space to do my school work as well as my work for Arkiteck. This is why my senior year I decided to get my studio apartment, it's small at only around 500 sq. ft. but it suits me. There is enough room in the living area for a design desk for me to do my work as well as a sofa bed, and I was able to find an awesome ottoman to match the couch that doubles as storage to keep all my bedding in.
School is ending soon and my internship will also, I have started applying at different Graphic design studios in Forks, Port Angeles, & Seattle. There is only one advertising agency in Forks, so chances of getting in there are pretty slim, but hopefully if I get in at somewhere in Seattle or Port Angeles, I will not have to stay there, I will be able to work from home and commute to work from Forks closer to Angela. I am hoping after graduation to build up the courage to ask her to marry me, I am sure she will say yes, I am just freaked out about it. I mean wouldn't you? She is the smartest, nicest, most beautiful woman in the world.