Throughout history there as my migration all over the world. People looking for more opportunities for their families. The Philippines and America has been connecting for a long time. It takes one person to go to the unknown to lay a foundation for others to follow. Filipino culture in my perspective goes around the idea of family honor.
I been living in the United States for almost two decades nineteen years to be exact. My family came to the United States in January 9 1999. I was only Five years old when we came here. Until this day I have not yet returned to the Philippines. I basically grew up here in America. My family originated from the country of Philippines where I was born. As a child I did not remember much. The places, buildings
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The year was 1998 my father lived with my uncle Conrado in Hercules CA. There, my father faced many challenges. Not just with the culture but as well his brother's wife. It was tough my father did not know what to do. He was sharing to me that he did not know what he got himself in to. A month later my aunt and cousin joined my father in America and they contacted some family friends in the bay area. There is where they found a job and manage to get an apartment working together. There was more obstacle but yet they stick together and got through. My father sees America as an opportunity not just him but fort his children. In the Philippines my father was a sergeant for Philippine Airforce. He served twenty years in the field and retired in 1993. But being in the military was not enough to provide to his family and that is why my father seek to go to America. My other two aunts soon join my father the four siblings got a house in Santa Clara CA. In January of 1999 was the time frame we were set to go to America. My mother had a lot of paper works to file and we had to go the back and forth to the embassy. And on the 9th day of January we set off to go to America. I was only five not knowing what was going on. At that moment it was just an adventure and I did not realize I not going back. Soon I became happy when I saw my father. My family was back together as well as my aunts and uncles. It seemed like we were one big family. Another beginning in the land of
The United States is a country known for its variation of nationalities and ethnic races. After extensive research, and questioning I discovered that my ancestors originated from Norway and Switzerland. My family migrated to the United States in the late 1800’s from Norway due to social, economic, and religion reforms as well as, a surplus in the population. Learning of my ancestor’s migration to America has very much influenced my views on the existing immigration problems that the U.S. currently faces.
One day, my parents talked to my brothers and me about moving to United States. The idea upset me, and I started to think about my life in Mexico. Everything I knew—my friends, family, and school for the past twenty years—was going to change. My father left first to find a decent job, an apartment. It was a great idea because when we arrived to the United States, we didn’t have problems.
Moving to United States of America. The important event of my life. There are various changes that can occur in an individual’s life. Some variations are very little and will not affect your lifecycle very greatly. Nevertheless, other events can be very significant and could change a person’s entire life, such as marrying, giving birth to the baby, or losing someone special.
Since I still wanted to make friends, I desperately continued to try to break down the barrier between my peers and I and I slowly began to succeed. As I began making more and more friends, my experience in the U.S. started to become a happier one. Although there were still many things about American culture that I did not understand, I chose to face my fears head on which lead to a more content life. I realized that no matter where you are from, what obstacles you had to face, or what social class you belong to, coming to America gives you an opportunity to build a new and better life for you and your family. The journey to learn this lesson was not an easy one, but I’m glad I learned it.
I interview my father who arrive to the united states from Mexico The major problem that motive my father to migrate to the U.S.A were as he mention on pages (1-2) was an economically problem has he said since he was a child he grew up in a farm with his parents and brothers and sisters and had many struggles since the only one that work was his father. My grandfather did all he could to give him an education and a better life that he had that’s the same idea he view for me when he become a father he was young and money was like the priority to care for the necessary that a child has, but to get money you need to have a job. With salary he earned at my grandfather farm he knew was not enough to support himself and a child and he could get any better job since he had not yet finish school so the only job he probably might had was a job that pay the same he was been pay at my grandfather farm.
My skill, dreams and family What was the biggest challenge that you has in your life, and how you have taken to overcome this challenge ? One of the biggest challenges I’ve had in my life is when I came from Mexico to the United States. When I came here my father and I were in immigration asking for political asylum. Immigration withhold me for three days and my father for three months.
When I came to the United States, at first, I was sad because I was leaving behind a life that I was used to, but it turned out to be one of the best steps I have taken in my journey. One of the best outcomes of coming to the country was being reunited with my mom and my grandparents. They have been living here for ten years already. That was ten long years where I would see them for two weeks per year.
I remembered telling myself that if I came to America, I could make a difference for my family. For years, I was trying to convince my parents to let me come to America, a country with full of opportunities, so that we could have better futures. Finally, when I was 13 years old, my parents decided to let me and my younger sister escape from Vietnam with 20 other strangers by boat. We arrived in refugee camp Thailand and eventually, we immigrated to America.
Nothing was the same after my dad left. It was boring without him. Six months after my dad left, my mom suddenly took me and my brother to the airport. Most of my family and friends were at the airport, waving and saying goodbye to me, my mom and brother. I was just three years old.
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