Journal #5

Living in a different country has challenges obviously because I have to live far away from home, where I used to live and be familiar with everything. I decided for leaving Vietnam many years ago. At first, I intended to go to Australia for studying and I went there some days just for traveling and visiting my relatives and finding which school is suitable for me. After spending 10 days in Australia, my dad said that he was afraid if I lived far from home because I was just 16 at that time. Thus, I came back to Vietnam and continued to study. I have more time to think about my future so I decided to go to USA finally. Since the day I arrived, I have not had any trouble except homesick and miss delicious foods in my hometown. I have many good friends and my family live there, certainly, I miss them a lot. I usually think about them every single day. I have to go to school by bus because I have not known how to drive yet but I feel pleased with the bus ride even though it takes time longer than driving by my own. I think it is my choice to be here so I must overcome and cope with challenges which I have. I travel abroad a lot and am familiar with speaking English which is not my mother language so it is not a serious problem with me. I just have one difficult thing that is homesick. I hope I can go back to Vietnam as soon as possible. The best way for me to solve with this trouble is to keep in touch with my family and friends as much as I can, make a phone call or go online to chat with them. With the fast development of 21st century, everybody connects together easily by Internet. It is my solution when I live in USA.