Personal Narrative: Moving To The United States

Before moving to the United States, I was so impressed with the western lifestyle that I started watching American movies and music video clips and I started dreaming about being in the united states one day, so I could finish my education and go back to my country Chad to start a good life and be around my family and friends. However, I did not anticipate what I had to do to survive in the united states.

After I obtained my high school diploma, I went to college for a few years in Cameroon, a neighboring country back in Africa , then I got a chance to move to the united states. I was so exited, but my excitement was short lived. As soon as I moved to the US, I realized that I have to work in order to survive in this foreign country, and …show more content…
I met one girl who later becomes my girlfriend, she was very similar to me, she was an international student who worked full time too and tried to save money just like me. We were connected by our mutual desire. Rather than going to a restaurant or a movie theater, our first date was in Central Park, a free public park space in New York City. For fun we always looked online for free events, like free movies showing on public parks or free street concerts and if we did not find any events, we just went to the library and spent time together. Although we liked free stuff, sometimes we go to different places where we spent money. Specially when we went to night clubs or if a new movie came out and we wanted to watch it, then we would go to the movie theater. Even so when we were in a movie theater, we did not buy their popcorn, we usually smuggled our own snacks. Luckily for us we never got caught, because it was prohibited to bring your own snacks in a movie theater. In the end, we saved some money by behaving they way we did and we had a lot of