Introduction
In this essay I’m going to talk about my trip to Macedonia where I meet my family for the first time and talk about how the experiences there changed me as a person as it allowed me to see life from a different perspective and see the different lifestyle and cultural surrounding that is represented there which contrasts heavily from Scotland.
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To be able to give you an understanding of what this essay is about I feel like its right to begin with an introduction to my backstory. I was born in Scotland but my family are from Albania. In 1998-1999 my family had to move to Macedonia like many other Albanians because of the Kosovo and Serbia war, which was in full force. Even though the Albanian people were guaranteed …show more content…
Looking back I remember being outside riding my bike and seeing the cemented ground mysteriously fill up with water like an inflatable pool on a hot summer’s day. Now up to this point I had never witnessed a flood or had never been briefed on what to do when there is a flood so my delayed reaction was to turn around and see where the water was coming from. When I turn around I see water flowing down from the street directly opposite from me like uncontrollable water flowing down a stream. I black out any thoughts that were trying to distract me and began running towards the house. I get to the house somehow, swimming my way through to the front entrance and see a re-creation of the opening scene in Frozen where everyone was helping out collectively in order to stop water going into their house. After 3 hours of tug war with the water coming and going the battle was won. Everyone gathered together and came into my grandparent’s house and watched the news to see what was going on as up to this point we didn’t know how or why a flood hit us and we hear that the neighbourhoods around us were still affected and needed help. In the Albanian culture there is a rule that the oldest person in the family makes the final decision on important matters and my grandpa announces to my uncles and cousins to go and help the affected area out. At this point I’m surprised and shocked, as that area is known as a “Macedonian” neighbourhood. Just like certain areas in America are known as “ghettos” and “suburbs” where there is tension between the two areas and the two areas don’t really get along to an extent. This concept exists in Macedonia but to a greater extent where the two areas keep to themselves and people don’t go into these areas if they don’t belong there. I’m a young boy at the time so I ask my grandpa “Why are we helping out the
In this essay I’m going to talk about my trip to Macedonia where I meet my family for the first time and talk about how the experiences there changed me as a person as it allowed me to see life from a different perspective and see the different lifestyle and cultural surrounding that is represented there which contrasts heavily from Scotland.
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To be able to give you an understanding of what this essay is about I feel like its right to begin with an introduction to my backstory. I was born in Scotland but my family are from Albania. In 1998-1999 my family had to move to Macedonia like many other Albanians because of the Kosovo and Serbia war, which was in full force. Even though the Albanian people were guaranteed …show more content…
Looking back I remember being outside riding my bike and seeing the cemented ground mysteriously fill up with water like an inflatable pool on a hot summer’s day. Now up to this point I had never witnessed a flood or had never been briefed on what to do when there is a flood so my delayed reaction was to turn around and see where the water was coming from. When I turn around I see water flowing down from the street directly opposite from me like uncontrollable water flowing down a stream. I black out any thoughts that were trying to distract me and began running towards the house. I get to the house somehow, swimming my way through to the front entrance and see a re-creation of the opening scene in Frozen where everyone was helping out collectively in order to stop water going into their house. After 3 hours of tug war with the water coming and going the battle was won. Everyone gathered together and came into my grandparent’s house and watched the news to see what was going on as up to this point we didn’t know how or why a flood hit us and we hear that the neighbourhoods around us were still affected and needed help. In the Albanian culture there is a rule that the oldest person in the family makes the final decision on important matters and my grandpa announces to my uncles and cousins to go and help the affected area out. At this point I’m surprised and shocked, as that area is known as a “Macedonian” neighbourhood. Just like certain areas in America are known as “ghettos” and “suburbs” where there is tension between the two areas and the two areas don’t really get along to an extent. This concept exists in Macedonia but to a greater extent where the two areas keep to themselves and people don’t go into these areas if they don’t belong there. I’m a young boy at the time so I ask my grandpa “Why are we helping out the