My Dream Come True Essay

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The United States is a country where everyone dreams of coming. It is the "land of opportunities", as they say. The first time when one leaves the home country, there is a feeling of excitement, hope, and sadness with lots of worries and questions in mind. The thought that life will be a lot better than what was before, is only a hope. Life is only starting from the very beginning with no experience. You will be born again and start to learn how to walk. You will go through tough times at first. You will fall and get up and learn from your mistakes. You will get lonely. After going through all that, adaptation will be the only option. Time is the key here and in time people move on with their lives. Knows that the only way to survive on another …show more content…

I was no longer that girl from a small town but actually a New Yorker. I spent more time in the city during my high school years and then applied and got into New York Institute of Technology to study my passion, architecture. To be an architect was my dream since I was nine years old. I was here in this city to have my dream come true and I took the first step by getting into school. In my second year at NYIT, I had to take a Visualizations III class where we learned a new software called 3dsMax. It was very interesting because I was going to learn how to control and animate my design. As my project, I had to re-design a facade of an existing tower in the city and I was given the Bank of America Tower on the corner by Bryant Park. This park was our meeting spot with anyone. I meet my parents, friends or anyone who comes to visit the city we bring them to Bryant Park first. The park has a great location, close to most used transportation hubs like Port Authority. They have activities on the lawn area most of the time and seasonal activities like film nights to ice skating. It is beautiful during the summer and winter. Going back to my design work on BoA tower, I picked to study pigeons and their behavior around tall towers like BoA tower. I wanted to design a skin where it will not affect birds who migrate or live in the city on a daily basis. Everyone laughed at this but my professors were very supportive and knew I was going …show more content…

It is my favorite season and holiday of the year and it is best experienced in New York City. Back in my country, Turkey, we don 't celebrate Christmas but we do decorate the streets and our homes during New Year, but Christmas has a whole lot different feeling. Before I got to college, my dad used to drive us around towns in New Jersey during Christmas time and we would choose the best-decorated town or a home. In Jersey, some people go to the extremes of decorating their houses and you would only see a house that is made of lights. These lights would warm up the cold weather outside. It symbolized unity, family, and love. I always feel like everyone forgives each other at this time of the year, they call each other if they have not for a long time and sends each other cards and gives each other gifts. There is more to Christmas just decorations and gifts of course. The religious belief and the story of Jesus Christ should not be forgotten. Unfortunately, I also believe that this day was taken advantage of to boost up the economy. But on the other hand, it brings people together and closer. I like to walk by Rockefeller Center on Christmas day, not just because the big Christmas tree is there, but because the light shows and store window decorations take me back in time and make me feel like a kid on a wonderland. It is like

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