Personal Narrative: A Decision That Changed My Life

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May 27, 2010, my parents made a decision that changed my life. I remember when I went home with my good final grade after my elementary graduation party. I was singing a song when I entered my house and I look across the glass wine racks saw my mom watching TV on the sofa. “ Dong, Dong, Dong” I run next to her with marble noisy and tried to tell her I got in the top five for my final grade, but she asked me a question before I got a chance to boast, “Do you want to go to America?”
America is both strange and familiar for me. My dad went to America when I was three years old, I heard many interesting things about America from him, but I had never been to America before. However, I was so confused why mom asked me this question. My mom knew that
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In America, I have to work at my parents’ restaurant. The restaurants is a very simple, it has a large round desk in the corner and thirty square desks. Beside desks for customer, there is a large table with a computer and electricity glass dolphin in the tap for workers to answer the phone. Furthermore some Chinese traditional painting are like describe to you this is a Chinese restaurant. One thing I will remember forever in my life was a particular Valentine’s day where we were missing two chefs in the kitchen, and we became absurdly busy. That night was full of people are eating in my restaurant. Because we were missing the two chefs, we were unable to get food to the customers fast enough; many of them choose to leave. I can remember their eyes’ and their expressions when they watched me; it was like they wanted to destroy the restaurant because we made them have a bad experience on their wonderful Valentine’s day. That night, two other cashiers and I kept saying sorry to the people who were getting mad. I ended up crying because I thought it was not my mistake. My dad told me that in life, not everything is fair, and as I got older I would better understand how to be succeed in

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