One More Hour Left - Original Writing

* Forgetfulness, maybe forgetting names of people that you have been in contact with every day, or forgetting what you did just hours or days ago.

The diversity of thought among people from all corners of Earth breeds an air of excitement and curiosity. Flying ignites a passion to explore new places and meet new people. I love Lincoln, Nebraska, but I love the exhilaration of new experiences that come with traveling.The unique food, culture, and architecture at every unique location taunt me, calling for me to abandon my home in search of fulfillment elsewhere. Exposure to the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Los Angeles is a breath of fresh air from the monotony of Nebraskan life. Touching down in New York City at the end of a long flight is only the start of a new journey into a melting pot laced with opportunity for those who seek it. The idea of building my own path in a hub of diversity and opportunity is beyond appealing. Traveling to new places with varying demographics and cultures spoils the explorer within me who craves interaction outside of the incubator I call

On September 24, 2010, an airplane carried me to the ground of another country, to another dialect, new culture, new places, new habits, new challenges, new people and all in all, new life. I won't describe for you a lot about how hard it was to say farewell to all my relative and my friends, because I think you can picture yourself what would it feel like to leave everybody you know in your own country and move to America. When you leave your adolescence home — the place where you grew up, your local area or your country of residence or your homeland or anyway you feel to call it — you leave a piece of you behind. Before I came here in America, I thought that I would be in Hollywood, cozy house, bunches of tall structures, however to my mistake

Rion calmed from his night terror easily, and he and Percival went back to sleep. When morning arrived, Rion shot out of bed with a grin, full of his typical energy. He had no memory of his tears and screaming the previous night, which was just as well; the boy deserved peace after all the heartache he had weathered.

When we first landed in New Jersey, we had to wait because we had to wait for the other people going to Latvia to arrive in Jersey so that way we all were on the same plane. When everyone showed up, the girls seemed to bunch together and the guys seemed to bunch together. And myself, I was sitting all alone, thinking that I had made the biggest mistake going because I didn’t think that I would get along with anyone. “I wondered how Rebecca and I would get along.”(Gutradt 9). No one would talk to me and I wanted to talk to them but I felt alone and uncomfortable, even though I had my cousin and grandparents, my cousin found people to talk to, so I was alone even more. When we got on the plane, I got to sit next to my cousin which was awesome because I didn’t want to be next to someone who I didn’t know and didn’t talk to at the airport, the plane ride was about Twenty-two hours, which let me say was so exhausting. Being on the plane for that long is fun, but it gets very boring after a while because you’re not doing anything but sitting there and looking out of the window or listening to music, which if you don’t have enough, you will run out and listen to the same things over and over

remember too well, and I don’t think I want to remember anyway. I’ve never told anyone

It wasn’t my first time travelling outside the country. I had gone on numerous journeys with my parents, and my many experiences gave me a broad view of the world. From seeing the content beachside life of residents in Cancun to the bustling, trendy streets of London, the small fragments of the Earth’s surface I’ve been exposed to have opened my eyes to so much enjoyment and cultural enrichment.

Just like other summer students, I have been attending language school for a month or so, meeting new people, traveling around the city, and generally enjoying my vacation. It was the country that made this trip so special for me. Living literally on the opposite side of the planet and being raised in a middle-class family, I imagined Canada and the United States to be an entirely different world, which my family could see only on a TV screen. All of a sudden, that picture from the screen became real. I enjoyed daily strolls through bustling downtown with its skyscrapers rising over one another and people rushing towards their destinations; quiet streets with single-family houses; and cozy coffee shop where locals would have a friendly chatting or office workers would stop by to grab their regulars to-go. Perhaps, the most impressive part was the everyday life of the host family. I was fortunate to experience a small part of American culture from the "inside" because they took me to various places where they would usually spend their weekends, from a family restaurant to a movie theater to a stadium to watch a baseball match. From the overall perspective, most things were the same as in my country, still everything felt so different. Similar places delivered contrasting

Having nightmares, vivid memories, or flashbacks of the event that make you feel like it’s happening all over again

How would it feel to be taken out of a familiar place and dropped off somewhere new? The first time I moved to the United States was a terrifying, yet insightful, experience for me. In the end, I learned that not all change is bad.

On July 1st I headed out to Newark airport, with only a duffel bag in hand, and began the month long trip that changed my life. Not many people can say that in one month they traveled up the northwestern half of the United States and into Canada, then set sail on a cruise to Alaska, and then flew to Hawaii afterwards. Over the duration of the trip I endured over thirty hours in plane delays, three-hundred dollars in overuse charges from out-of-country phone usage, and getting lost in the middle of nowhere: Skagway, Alaska. On the first day of the trip I can remember being a nervous wreck. Leaving behind my secure, fun, and comforting life in Tenafly to fly all the way across the country with strangers seemed foreign to me. Over the course of

The most salient challenge I’ve ever faced was moving from Russia to USA. To me Moscow and Los Angeles seemed not only located on other continents, but in different universes. Leaving my relatives, my friends and my house felt like I was loosing a vital organ. To cope with this challenge, I decided to approach my new life as a scientific experiment. I was like an astronaut exploring an unknown planet. People were really like aliens – so mentally different. You can rarely see a Moscow citizen smiling. Russians take their smile as an innate treasure, which they show, only to people who they care about. It took me about a couple of months to get used to the amiability and polite nature of Americans. The lifestyle distinctions also were hard to

However, spending these hours thinking about the new country, and what we will face there, made these hours the longest in my life. The experience of traveling and visiting new countries was always one of my favorite hobbies, but not this time. I spent hours on the airplane thinking about how this new situation will affect my future. I only Knew the United States from my history lectures in school and movies, but I never thought about how living there will be. I spent hours just comparing between the country that I left and the U.S. like the language, different college style, culture, and even my friends. I could not think of a single thing as an advantage for me besides the feeling of secure that I missed from my

Riding approximately 1,640 miles on January of 2005 to a total new country was definitely life changing. The country I was traveling to would be my home for the next 10 years. “Miren toda la nieve!” (Look at all the snow) my mom enthusiastically shouted as we arrived in the state of Minnesota. Coming from a desert climate to a place full of snow were two very different things. Seeing very tall buildings and rivers with bridges was as I may recall - ethereal. The slippery road that we’d encountered was a visual and aural adventure to my siblings and I, meanwhile our parents drove in fear. As we quickly fell in love with America, the bittersweet reality that we would have to learn English - a total new tongue I never heard of - settled upon the

: I can’t remember any things well while I thought something happened to me, I feel like I ever seen something but I don’t know when it was or where it was. And I also feel like I’ve been somewhere but I don’t know when it was. It’s only like I ever do that but I unable to really remember when and how the earlier experience occured in detail.