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Friday, July 6, 2007

what event changed the direction of your life?

At this time, in Vietnam, all of my friends are very busy in studying to prepare for the University examination. If I didn't study in United States,I was also in hard study as my friends. The event which made me change my decision to go to study abroad is very random.

My parents had never thought about I would go to study abroad and I had thought too. I was born and grew up in the protection of the family; therefore, my life was very normal.I was a kind of a dependent person on my parents. When I met something which was difficult, I often asked the advice of my parents and never thought about the decision by myself. My life was drifting in the organization of my parents. My purposes of my life were study well, go to university,find a good job,and then marry to someone. However,in the last summer when I met my mother's friend , totally, I changed my goal also my life.

My mother's close friend was a teacher in the University. She went to study abroad and then came back to my country to use everything which she studied in the foreign country to teach for Vietnamese students. I was really attracted by her achievement and the plan for her life. She encouraged me to go to study abroad also convinced my parents. After that, my though was changed, I began to wonder about the main purpose of my life and realized that I might do something which I really like not to let my life drift normally like that, I had to do something which is useful not only for myself but also for my country. I want to prove for my parents that their child will become their honor,a successful woman, so I tried to persuade them to let me go.

Now, I think my decision is correct, I am not only become an independent person but also I can open my mind when seeing the civilization in the foreign country. I fell very glad and proud of my decision because I can help in the rebuilding of my country through using what I saw and learned in a modern country like United States.

posted by tyCB6 @ 8:46 AM

3 Comments:

At July 7, 2007 at 9:10 AM, Kris said…

Hi Ty - Thanks for sharing your experience with me. Just as your mother's friend affected your decision to come to the US to study, you might affect someone else and open his/her eyes to new possibilities. I think it is wonderful that you were open and accepted the idea that your life could be different. Now you have taken a big step that could really change the direction of your life.

This journal's length is better! One note about grammar: "I was" not "I were."

your score: 20/20

P.S. Thanks for your other comments about your previous blog.
At July 7, 2007 at 9:17 AM, tyCB6 said…

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At July 7, 2007 at 9:18 AM, tyCB6 said…

thanks for your comment, I corrected it. ^^