Traveling has defined me as a person growing up, developing me to being the person you see today. At the beginning of my traveling countries, I went to some Arabian Gulf countries. The first country was Bahrain; I went there with my family. I experienced new things that we don't have in our country. I saw a different type of malls, buildings, and restaurants. I was amazed by the beauty of this country compared to our country. I saw a different kind of people; like Americans and Brits. I met a lot of people, and I was glad to meet them. After this country, I went to another one, and its U.A.E. It was better than Bahrain, especially its city Dubai, it's so beautiful, everything in Dubai is modern and well designed, and again, it amazed me. I …show more content…
We were board because there are no fun places in our city. Personally, I got depressed, but this time we decided to go to a non-Arabic country, we went to Sri Lanka. My family told me that we would have a new experience. We were all excited to go there. Meet a very different culture and different people. We arrived, I was surprised, it was a poor country, and it was even worse than my homeland. It was a shock, but my father told that I would get benefit from this, and the benefit was that I would appreciate my country's beauty by going to a poor country like Sri Lanka. I saw different things, people there are so poor, they barely have money to feed themselves before feeding their children and their families, but the thing that mostly amazed is that they are happy no matter what are their circumstances. These people taught my family and me to live happy no matter how good or bad is your life. After this one month trip, we returned to our homeland, and I felt the difference, what my father said was true, I appreciated our country. Now it's difficult to get depressed for not traveling because my country is better than other nations in Asia. I think that everybody should go to a country like Sri Lanka or India and compare himself with people who had more problems than him and appreciate God for the things that he gave him, like money, shelter, and
“What was it like?” I asked, scrambling to keep up with my aunt. She paused, her tall thin frame standing in the doorway. Dishes lay scattered around us. Dinner had ended hours ago, and everybody was upstairs..
Its 1914 and I just got the news that we were finally going to America! We have been waiting for several years trying to save up money and figure everything out. Going to America is almost every ones dream here in Europe. Just like Oscar Hammerston said, “ You gotta have a dream.
When I moved to America, I was never accepted. People looked at me like I was dirt. They loathed my honey colored skin. This is my story; you will learn the chainman’s side of the exclusion act. White people believed we stole their jobs.
I used to have this grudges in my heart when everything go hard that would made me wanted to blame my parent. But I can’t because I was not raise to think that way. When I come to America, I was eleven years old and no one asked me if I wanted to come it just happen in a second. I was in a cold place with extended family that I never met before and that one person who raise me and made me feel secure was still back in the country. I had to lived months without her and next thing you know I adapted and convince myself they are doing this because the wanted the best for me.
January 11, 2013, I wake up to yelling, prayers, and crying. I walked into the kitchen where all the noises were coming from and I found my mother on the floor crying, talking on the phone with my godmother. My father was there by her side, trying hard not to cry while supporting his wife. I didn’t know what was happening, this was the first time I’ve seen my mom so vulnerable and broken. My parents didn’t tell me anything other than my grandmother was in critical condition at the hospital, but with god's help she would overcome this hard time.
I now can cook the food here, converse with the wonderful people here and best of all, keep learning from the culture here. I have seen the ways these people, these loving open people can see someone like me in the street and accept them into their home. I see how they are willing to give anyone they see whatever they can, not because they expect something from them, but because they feel a genuine love for all of the people in this world.
All the lies that people told me, such as the ground was covered with gold, food was free everywhere; people treated each other with respect and love, and tall building with many different colors, clean places. They were not true until I experience and seen with my own eyes. I also realized that even though America was different compared to the America in my mind, this place can make me a better person only if I’m willing to push myself for successes. It may take time, hard work and suffering for little bit, but I will eventually be a success in time like other successful
Coming to Miami was a blessing for me because I realize so many things that I would not probably be able to achieve in my country. I have the opportunities to have a better life. It gave me experience in life. It thought me how to be a woman although it was though at the beginning, but it was for a good reason. Right now, my biggest achievement is to be a future nurse.
Next to the roads, where the sidewalks should be, sit large gutters overflowing from the week’s heavy rains. Often covered with plants and weeds or even entirely submerged, the ditches can be treacherous. One missed step and one of us might find ourselves deep inside a drainage canal. As a competitive cross-country runner in Costa Rica, conditions can be perilous on any given day and on any given run. While “cross country” implies running beyond the comforts of a high school track or gymnasium, I doubt that my peers on the Varsity teams in Fairfax, Virginia, where I lived before moving to Costa Rica, regularly dodge crater-sized potholes or run through tropical downpours for months on end.
Who wouldn’t love to go to California? Going to California could be the most enjoyable moment of your life, why don’t you try it out! Going to California was by far my favorite vacation, I got to see the Hollywood sign, go to Disney Land, and get in the Pacific Ocean. I always saw the Hollywood sign on television but now I got to see it in person with my own eyes! It was exciting to see the Hollywood sign
Moving to a different country again, having to restart everything that was already started and established in the country previously. But now it’s time to start from scratch finding a new job, being lost by not knowing anybody or any places. That’s what my mom had to go through. She also had to go through having low income. Since school costed a lot.
“There’s not much you can do here; if you want you can go home, that is completely fine with me.” Unable to compete and train, I was now useless to both the team and the coach. It would have been convenient for me to capitulate and indulge my laziness; to sit at home after practice every day while my teammates were hard at work, training to better themselves. I refused to accept my coach’s suggestion to surrender. I refused to throw in the towel.
About four years ago I arrived at Logan airport, Boston Massachusetts. Once the plane landed I felt excited to explore a new country that looked beautiful from the planes window, but I was also confused because everything was different from home and I had no idea where to go. Although I thought that was the hard part, there was way more obstacles coming my way such as language and culture among others which I had to learn fast. Being in a foreign country and without its main language can be pretty though.
Travelling helps us to know more about different lifestyles, cultures, cuisines and festivals. Visiting new sights and exploring new places increases our knowledge and widens our global perspective. We get to learn so many things about different cultures and customs. It makes us open minded and gives us a new viewpoint about life and it also changes some of our bad habits.
The trip was such an unforgettable vacation for me with many different emotions such as happiness because of building houses, playing with some poor kids, and experiencing the beauty of nature. Sometimes, when I recall, it seemed like only yesterday. It’s really a happy trip. I can still remember how excited I was when waiting for departure in the Dammam airport.