A Memorable Event in My Life - Final

Dalyoung Lee
Academic Writing I
June 4, 2007

A Memorable Event in My Life

The hardest time in my life was when I lived alone. I wanted to earn money to study English in Australia, so I decided to work in a fabric company instead of my military service. This company had three work times -08:30~16:30, 16:30~00:30, 00:30~08:30. My work time was changed every week. At first, I lived in a dormitory with two coworkers, but each of our work times was different. It was very inconvenient, so I decided to live alone. Then, I got a room and started living alone. While I worked, I earned about $750 a month, and I saved about $600 a month. Although I got about $350 per two months as a bonus, I did not have enough money to live. In winter, I did not heat my room to save money. I just relied on a heating pad and three blankets. My parents wanted to help me, but I refused it and told them I was using a boiler. I wanted to live by myself. Sometimes I felt it was difficult, but I was able to endure it because of my dream, which was to go to Australia.

After two years, I finished my duty. Finally, I saved more than $17,000. When I told other people about this story, they were surprised. They asked me why I did it, and they also wondered whether it is possible. Some of them thought I was crazy. However, I do not think so because I had a dream. Now I am in America. Although my purpose was Australia, it is not a big deal. Things happen. Anyway, I think this experience was good for me. I learned the worth of money and the way that lives by myself. Suffering makes people stronger. I will never forget this experience, and I will think about this when I feel difficulty.

Why?

These days I can't concentrate on studying. Why? What's wrong with me? I can't help daydreaming when I try to study. Is it because I want one thing very strongly? I'm not sure. I have some things to need to think, though. I was going to go Utah when my second session ends. However, I think I'd better change my plan. My parents are going to come to America on August, 7. If I take one more session at my school, the session ends before that day. Some foreign friends of mine want me not to go. Moreover, there are a lot of ESL schools in CA. Some of them don't have a lot of Koreans, so I think if I stay in CA, it will not be bad. Hm.. What am I going to do?

One more thing..CAR! LICENSE! It is hard to borrow a car to take a driving test(it is called Behind-The-Wheel Test). Why does the DMV(an office that we can get a license and do any other things about car) have no car that we can take driving test? I must borrow a car from someone to take test. If I waited to borrow my cousin's car, I would have to wait more than 3 weeks. I tried to find any other ways, and found. Driving School.. As expected, money is the best;

Academic Writing I : A Memorable Event in My Life - rough draft

A Memorable Event in My Life

The hardest time in my life was when I lived alone. I wanted to earn money to study English in Australia, so I decided to work in a fabric company instead of military. This company had three work times. 08:30~16:30, 16:30~00:30, 00:30~08:30. Work time was changed every week. At first, I lived in dormitory with two coworkers, but each of our work times was different. It was very inconvenient, so I decided to live alone. Then I got a room and started living alone. While I worked, I earned about $750 a month, and I saved my money about $600 a month. Although I got about $350 per two months as a bonus, I did not have enough money to live. In winter, I could not heat my room. I just relied on an electronic carpet and three blankets. My parents wanted to help me, but I rejected. I wanted to live myself. Sometimes I felt difficult, but I was able to endure it because of my dream, going to Australia.

After two years, I finished my duty. Finally, I saved more than $17,000. When I told other people about this story, they were surprised, and they said how I could do that. Some of them thought I was crazy. However, I do not think so because I had a dream. Now I am in America. Although my purpose was Australia, it is not a big deal. Things happen. Anyway, I think this experience is good for me. I leaned the worth of money and the way of living myself. I will never forget this experience, and I will think about this when I feel hard.

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Writing is very difficult. Speaking is more difficult. When can I be good at English?

May 28, 2007

After I came back home, I went to Natalia and David's home. We were supposed to see a movie today. All of us didn't have a car. We wanted Ian, Taiwanese student, to go together because he had a car, but he didn't want to go. We had to take a bus.
America is crazy because public transportation is very very very inconvenient. We waited a bus for almost an hour. Oh, god.


-David and Natalia. They are brother and sister. They are Indonesian.


-David and me. Oh, I hate my face;


-This is a one-day bus ticket. $5.25..too expensive.

Anyway, we went to the theater, we watched 'The Pirates of Caribbean 3'. I had waited for an year to see this movie! Wow, it was very good! Although I couldn't understand everything, I understood story. Its running time was almost three hours. I could've died because of pee;
After this movie, we were going to go an Indonesian restaurant, but we changed our schedule because it was too rate. We just went back David and Natalia's home, and I went back my home. Riding a bicycle at night in America is dangerous and scary;

May 28, 2007

Today is Memorial Day. I don't know what Memorial Day is, but today is holiday, so I didn't need to go to school!
In the morning, I went to the park where is near my home with Candy. Candy likes to go out very much.


-Candy on the table. She is gorgeous, isn't she?


-Candy chasing pigeons.



-A lot of ducks.



-An adult duck and baby ducks. They're so cute!

There are a lot of parks in America, and there are a lot of ducks and some squirrels in parks. When I went to the park first, I was surprised because I could see animals easily.
I like to go to the park with Candy because some people talk to me. Although the words they say to me are very simple, it is interesting to talk with native speakers.