What Is The Experience Of Life Essay

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Life is strange, wonderful, and at times, although not easy to admit, sad. When I was born, I lived in a small cottage in the country of Nepal. Although I don’t remember much due to my age, Iam told stories by my siblings and parents of my young life. They always told me I was a peaceful baby, they also said everyone around us liked me and I was never home because people would take me and return me when it was dawn. Life in nepal as my parents told me wasn’t pleasant it was downright miserable, there were no work opportunity, all that everyone did was ethir heavy loading and unloading or work in the fields. My mother told me she worked in a tea field, she would pick tea leaves and put it in her basket by the end of the day she would be carrying …show more content…
I can’t imagine what my mother went through, she was married when she was 15, one of our eldest sister died when she was nearly 10, and she had to suffer through all her life until we finally came to america. After a few month our life was at a place of peace, we had a warm home, bright lights, comfortable bed, and endless entertainment. Although that is wonderful some of our family had to sacrifice certain part of their life. My eldest sister couldn’t go to college and had to support our family, and in a country where my parents couldn’t speak the language they saw no work opportunity. At the time I was eight and going to Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, there I learned to speak english. As I grew older I started to realize that the comfort my family brought me costed them a lot, they worked tireless hours to provide for us and we were back to square one, after rent and utilities bill, we barely had money to afford food. I was grateful that we had a roof over our head, comfortable beds, and warm clothes, but I didn’t wanted my old parents to wear their bones out. From then on I was old enough to know I had to give my parents the life they …show more content…
From then on I started to crack open any electrical unit I saw, some would break, and others would stay intact. Discovering many components of an electronic devices led me to study more in depth about them. From then on I was determined to become and Electronics Engineer. My problems in life might not give me time to study a lot, because I have to work, take care of my aging grandpa who always gives me wisdom, and my mentally disabled dad who showed me change is possible. As long as iam determined to provide my parents with a better future, I won’t waste a single second not chasing my dream. I may be young in appearance, and age but I gave up the joy of being a reckless tenager, inorder to help my family, and chase my dream to become someone my parents could be proud of, someone whose family gave up their dream for mine. I want to be what I first said I would, someone who shows the entire generation of my family what the son of Phuyal can do. I not only want to become an Electronics Engineer to make my parents life heaven like, But also to show all those judging eyes who said I

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