Say "Hi!" to Uncle Sam

As if you read my last post, you must know where I'm today. I was planning to write on my blog monthly but hmmm...I guess not. Well, this is my 4th month in the country of Uncle Sam. If you ask me if it's hard, then I would say YES it is hard to live away into a place which is totally different from my own. It is hard to leave all people I love, leave my friends, not watching the movie that I used to watch, or not talking my first language. But that's why I should be a foreign exchange student; To discover a different life and expand my perspective about the world wide. 

I remember how happy I was after knowing that I got a placement in Wellsville, Kansas about 6 months ago. I got arrived on August 13, 2014. People say the first weeks will be the hardest and I prove IT WAS. Some things went bad, I felt like being thrown to a very different country where I knew only a little bit about their culture, and hadn't many friends. I often got lost in conversation because I wasn't used to use English. Some classes became so hard, sometime I didn't even know what's going on in class. Unfortunately that became worse after I got a bleeding eye after being hit by elbow when I was playing American Football in my 4th day of school during PE class. Too much pressures, I was wishing I could go home right away... I was like a star who lost my shine. I was upset, not about other people but myself. About how everything messed up only on my first week of my journey. It was hard but I tried to keep be strong, hold my tears, and walk although with a lumpy feet, until I could shine even brighter than I've ever been. 

Such as a rainbow that appears after the rain, my days turned completely brighter after things eventually got better. Days passed, I've gotten to know this place better. I've learned more, gotten used to use English, gained friends, and been more involved into school activities. The greatest thing is I have a host family who always supports me, understands how hard my situation was and cheer me up, helps me in a lot of hard situations, and makes me a part of them❤️. 

So today, I write this blog with a big smile, remembering how difficult it was at the first journey, but knowing how grateful I feel after I could get adapted into this place!