“CriCri” really, really, really likes ice cream.
Courtesy | Chris Ambuul

Chris “CriCri” Ambuul is a sophomore majoring in philosophy and is a resident assistant of Simpson Residence. In his free time, he volunteers with SOAR, dabbles in Campus Rec’s intramural sports leagues, and eats ice cream. 

Would you prefer time travel or space travel?

Stars are cool. My second year of eighth grade I was a big fan of Phineas and Ferb. They made ice cream in space. I think it would be cool to make ice cream in space. If I could time travel though, maybe I would be able to convince my eigth grade self to do my homework so that I wouldn’t have to repeat a year again.

If you were a Star Wars character, who would you be?

I haven’t watched Stars Wars in a couple of years. A couple of years ago, though, I was in Los Angeles and some stranger said that I would make a good Ki-Adi-Mundi.

What was your dream job as a little kid?

I always wanted to play in the NBA or work at Dairy Queen. Fourth grade year I wanted to be in the NBA. A year after that I discovered ice cream. I realized ice cream was really good. Basketball got a lot harder to play. There weren’t a whole lot of jobs that I was interested in as a kid other than working at Baskin Robbins: good ice cream and you got a discount.

If you were competing in this year’s Winter Olympics, which event would you compete in and why?

Vanilla ice cream looks like snow. If they had a competition where you eat ice cream I think I would compete in that. I also have a lot of practice eating ice cream so I think I would be good at it.

What is your favorite nickname?

In seventh grade I was the water boy for the basketball team. I was out of shape. One of the starters, Zion, started calling me CriCri. Being a water boy wasn’t that bad after that. My friends and family have called me “Cri” or “CriCri” ever since. The nickname reminds me of Zion. Good guy.

If you gave a TED Talk, what would be the topic?

Maybe pathological liars or how to be a good water boy. I think people need to be more honest when they interact. Being a water boy is a lost art. We should bring the water boy back.

If you could only eat one dessert for the rest of your life, what would it be?

I like ice cream. You can never go wrong with ice cream. 

What is your go-to AJ’s order?

Totally thought you had to live off campus to go to AJ’s.