My Life Experience: My Adventure For A Better Life

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Yeah! But, In December 2004, I embarked on the most astonishing adventure of my entire life. Passing high school exam was the magic password of my life experience. Yeah, I shouted loud, yeah, yeah, I passed, now that I have graduated I can traveled. I received a student visa for South Korean one month later. It was a total relief. I whispered in mom’s ears “I have a visa.” The look on mom face changed, she cried, I cried, we both cried for joy. What? She replied with a big surprise on her face. Yes, it’s a new life outset; I have to go for an adventure for a better life. I always refer to Oprah Winfried words, “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dream.” nonetheless, what does it take to live the dream life? …show more content…

But, finally, I landed on the twenty nine of December two thousand and four at 9: pm, after two transits at Johannesburg and Hong-Kong. I do not remember feeling happy to be in Seoul, view of the fact that it was extremely cold. Every part of my body was shaking despite the winter warm clothes Mrs. Park brought, still my body was in a total shock. I never had been in such freeze, and cold weather before. She tried to comfort by asking if I had a considerable journey, how was my family doing on our way to her house in Seoul, Itaewon. Unfortunately I couldn’t respond to her accurately. I felt that my lips were heavy and it was impossible to say a word due to the freeze. However, the only response I could give her was oui, oui, and non, non in …show more content…

Most people taught The Congo is situated in Asia near china or Bangladesh. I realized they don’t study global geography as we do in the Congo. The only countries they know is South Africa because of late president Mandela and Kenya because of the Masai and the safari. One day when I started school, the fact that I was the only foreign in the class, my class mate asked me “Ruth how did you come to Korean? Did you swim? Others taught I traveled with my identification card. That really astonished me. There were adults and children asking why are you black? They taught in Africa we leave with animals. One friend asked, “Do you have your own lion? I was totally in shock, and extremely hurt my feelings. I finally abide to Korean culture. Mrs. Park was comforted; she told me one night “in other to integrate, you have to admit certain reality. Things cannot be the same like in your native country, which is why it is called foreign.” Since then it was an obligation for me, because I wanted to change my life. Living there really open my mind, I became

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