Every year thousands of people travel from one place to another in an attempt to live a better life. In Pakistan, I lived with my mom, dad and two sisters. We lived a very simple life and were very close with our neighbors. My childhood friends and I would do everything together. We would play soccer, ride our bikes, go to the movies, and much more. Everything was going just fine until my parents decided it was best for our family to move to the U.S. They told me that we would travel abroad and see where this journey would take us. It was extremely difficult leaving everyone I knew behind because Pakistan was my home and it was the only culture I had been exposed to my entire life.
Emotions ran very high but it was my parent’s decision and I did not have any say. There was a lot of things going through my head. I wondered if I would ever return to Pakistan or if our family would …show more content…
I was excited and sad at the same time. We all met with our friends and relatives to say goodbye the night before. As we headed to the airport I was bit nervous, it was my first time sitting on an airplane and had always been scared of heights. The next day, after waiting for hours at the airport, our plane took off. Sitting in the plane for the first time not as bad as I thought it would be and after a little while the nervousness was gone. I was actually enjoying the ride and got the window seat as well. The plane was in the air thousands feet high from ground and I got to view all sorts of things. I got to see the nature, different shapes of clouds up close, and many different cities. After a couple of hours in the plane an air hostess brought a cheese pizza for us. I was really hungry and ate two slices. After all, there was still hours and hours until the flight reached the U.S. Eventually, I started to feel sleepy and took a nap. When my mom woke me up, we had reached London, where we got on the new
Emotions ran very high but it was my parent’s decision and I did not have any say. There was a lot of things going through my head. I wondered if I would ever return to Pakistan or if our family would …show more content…
I was excited and sad at the same time. We all met with our friends and relatives to say goodbye the night before. As we headed to the airport I was bit nervous, it was my first time sitting on an airplane and had always been scared of heights. The next day, after waiting for hours at the airport, our plane took off. Sitting in the plane for the first time not as bad as I thought it would be and after a little while the nervousness was gone. I was actually enjoying the ride and got the window seat as well. The plane was in the air thousands feet high from ground and I got to view all sorts of things. I got to see the nature, different shapes of clouds up close, and many different cities. After a couple of hours in the plane an air hostess brought a cheese pizza for us. I was really hungry and ate two slices. After all, there was still hours and hours until the flight reached the U.S. Eventually, I started to feel sleepy and took a nap. When my mom woke me up, we had reached London, where we got on the new