Turning Points in My Life
At the moment that the Vietnam War was very fierce, I was born in the biggest city in South Vietnam, Saigon. I remember that because my father frequently told me about it in my childhood. I’m the last one in a family of five kids. Only my father worked as a pediatric doctor at Nhi Dong # I hospital whereas my mom took care of our family. Almost my childhood time was happy under the protection of my parents. Many things have happened to me in my life, but some following moments exist always in my memory.
Like all children around the world, I started my elementary education at 6 ages. I don’t remember too much that time, except the first day that my mom left me in a pre-school class. I cried bitterly even the teachers …show more content…
I really worried about the immigration decision at first because I didn’t know how to integrate our life in the new country, the U.S., but I wanted my children have a good education here. Unlike Vietnam, my first impression was about the immigration officer at San Francisco International Airport who was very nice and smiled when he checked our papers even my English was so bad. Outside the airport, it was a sunshiny day; I took a deep breath and felt the air was cold but pure, fresh, and some smelling flowers, completely different to Saigon. Next, I felt shocked for the first time taking freeways. There were so many cars running very fast on very big roads. I also felt amazed by many huge shopping malls with so many different kinds of merchandise. Not only that, on the way to go home in San Jose, elementary schools made me very surprised because they were modern, huge, and clean, compared to those in Saigon. After that, there were a lot of difficulties more than I imagined. I felt desperate because I only stayed at home with no driving and no working. Additionally, I missed Saigon, my hometown, where I grew up, and I had a good job there. Sometimes I thought that I might decide incorrectly. Today, I’m really grateful to her for helping my family coming here. I think I’m not wrong because my life is almost settled. Now, I’m studying at Evergreen Valley College for free and trying my best to get an Associate degree. In addition, I have a good job at a pharmacy, and my wife also has a job at Noah’s Bagels as a cook, so we can raise our children. Moreover, I am very happy when I realize that my children are getting the best educational environment in the world, and I don’t worry about the tuition fee for my kids, and it was opposite of
At the moment that the Vietnam War was very fierce, I was born in the biggest city in South Vietnam, Saigon. I remember that because my father frequently told me about it in my childhood. I’m the last one in a family of five kids. Only my father worked as a pediatric doctor at Nhi Dong # I hospital whereas my mom took care of our family. Almost my childhood time was happy under the protection of my parents. Many things have happened to me in my life, but some following moments exist always in my memory.
Like all children around the world, I started my elementary education at 6 ages. I don’t remember too much that time, except the first day that my mom left me in a pre-school class. I cried bitterly even the teachers …show more content…
I really worried about the immigration decision at first because I didn’t know how to integrate our life in the new country, the U.S., but I wanted my children have a good education here. Unlike Vietnam, my first impression was about the immigration officer at San Francisco International Airport who was very nice and smiled when he checked our papers even my English was so bad. Outside the airport, it was a sunshiny day; I took a deep breath and felt the air was cold but pure, fresh, and some smelling flowers, completely different to Saigon. Next, I felt shocked for the first time taking freeways. There were so many cars running very fast on very big roads. I also felt amazed by many huge shopping malls with so many different kinds of merchandise. Not only that, on the way to go home in San Jose, elementary schools made me very surprised because they were modern, huge, and clean, compared to those in Saigon. After that, there were a lot of difficulties more than I imagined. I felt desperate because I only stayed at home with no driving and no working. Additionally, I missed Saigon, my hometown, where I grew up, and I had a good job there. Sometimes I thought that I might decide incorrectly. Today, I’m really grateful to her for helping my family coming here. I think I’m not wrong because my life is almost settled. Now, I’m studying at Evergreen Valley College for free and trying my best to get an Associate degree. In addition, I have a good job at a pharmacy, and my wife also has a job at Noah’s Bagels as a cook, so we can raise our children. Moreover, I am very happy when I realize that my children are getting the best educational environment in the world, and I don’t worry about the tuition fee for my kids, and it was opposite of