Sunday, April 10, 2011

Some of my experiences in the U.S

 Exactly 9 months ago I arrived to this country with a dream in my mind, which is to become a priest, and to fulfill this dream I had to leave my country; I remember that the hardest time of my life was when I said goodbye to my family at the airport in Colombia, which was a moment of feelings and obviously of sadness, my father who is the strongest in my family , could not hold the tears back, it seemed to my mother  as though a part of her life was leaving,  and my brothers kept saying "we love you, we love you “ at that time I felt like I left half of  my life back in Colombia and the another half was with me, but what gave me encouragement was that I was leaving everything to make my dream a reality, I was leaving everything to become what I want to be for the rest of my life, hence it was a really positive motivation.
Then, when I arrived to this country, everything was amazing for me, Times Square, one of the MOST famous places in New York City, was definitely impressive for me, every single building was big, there were a lot of lights, many neon signs and there was a considerable number of people from all over the world, which was unbelievable for me.
I had furthermore the opportunity to be in the Empire State Building which was built during the Depression between 1930 and 1931, and it has become the world's tallest office building with 381 meters (1,250 ft.) tall from the base to the roof; 373.2 meters (1,224 ft.) from the base to the top floor; and 448.7 meters (1,472 ft.) from the base to the antenna/spire.

Hence I have been enjoying every single moment in the U.S, and I have known many other places, but if I mention them I would have to write a lot, which is what I do not want,  finally, I just have to say that the U.S  is amazing, the U.S is the best place where I have ever lived.
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82.20%
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