Monday, April 25, 2011

Challenges That I Faced in Life
               When I lived in Vietnam, I never worry about money. For me, Life is so simple, and money is not really important. My parents took care of fees from my college and life. I also worked but I don’t need to earn a lot of money for my family; I can use my money for some personal stuffs that I want to buy for myself. But my life changed when I go to college in America. I have to worry many things. I always felt stressed out. I got two jobs to work although I still lived with my family. My parents couldn’t pay for my tuition anymore. My father was unemployed; only my mother and I could get jobs. Therefore, I have to take care of my sister’s tuition and myself. I need to save money for my study in future because my major is pharmacy that needs much money. I also give for my family $400 every month for our rental and foods. Besides, I prepared meals for my family that I never did before because my mother was so busy. And now, life is complicated and money is so important for me.I cried a lot at the first time, I truly hated America and I wanted to come back Vietnam. One day, after I got out of my work, I walked with my co-worker to go home. We talked a lot life in America. She lived small apartment and she have to take care her daughter who has cancer. She must spend a lot of money for her daughter’s disease and she has a very difficult life every day. But she said she never cried after her husband died. She has to work hard every day so she doesn’t have time to cry. She said life is always difficult; If we think we can overcome everything, we will .Day after day, I struggled in my life daily difficultly. I worked hard to get a lot of money for my study. Sometimes, I can save some money to send to my grandmother in Vietnam. Everything became easier for me. After 2 years, I still live in America and I didn’t hate America anymore. I even like life in America. When I have a problem in my life, I always think that a head of me is sky.
My Worst Job Ever

My first job in America is the worst job. At that time, I applied to work in Panda Express that sells the Chinese foods. It was the first time I worked in fast-food store so I didn’t have any experiences with this job. My manager is a Chinese woman. I even didn’t know that Chinese manager is so strict and she required everything perfectly. When I worked with her, I was so stress out, every day she always yelled at me. She sometimes didn’t know how to control her emotion. If I did something wrong in my work and I said sorry to her, she will say that “I don’t want to hear sorry. I just want you don’t make mistake.” It make me feel so bad. I tried hard every day because I really need money for my study. I know that this job wasn’t fit to me because I wasn’t really like to work in fast-food restaurant. Day after day, I even was scared to work in Panda Express. One day, I worked with my manager and the customers were so crowded. We were so busy on that day. When one customer asked me about sweet-sauce for orange chicken, I couldn’t understand so I asked my manager. She looked at me and yelled at me in front of customers. She said that why I tried to work here if I couldn’t understand English and she showed how bad my English was. I was extremely embarrassed when everybody looked curious at me. After that, she asked me stop my work and come to talk to her. I was so mad at her and I said I wanted quit my job. Not why! Just stopping the terrible time in this job. Six month later, I found a new job. It was difficult to find new job but I always feel relax and free every day.