My immigration Experience!

         When we talk about immigration all come to our mind are people came from different cultures, languages and backgrounds. This is very true. My name is Ebisa. I was born in Ethiopia where different cultures and languages dominate for a long time. In Ethiopian they are 83 different languages spoken. The largest ethnic and linguistic group is Oromo. I’m from this ethnic group which I am proud of it always. I like the respect, language, food and love people share with each other. Most of the time when I think about my country I wish if I live there my entire life  because even though life is hard and people go through a lot of challenges they are still surviving and sharing what they have and moving forward to be part of the future.

         I came to United States of America December 2009 which is almost two years. Within these two years I experienced a lot of things. Even though things are not the way I expected when I was in back home; however, days after days, months after months and years after years I have been gaining a lot of experience  for my present life and future. I know it is hard for immigrant to be start new life, new culture and new language. We have to help our self; we have to help our families at the same time. Working, going to school, getting used to this new culture and having social life with a people takes a lot of time and effort. I do remember when I first started my school I used to work form 4:00 pm to 1:00 am which is full time job and full time school and since I took bus I got home after 2:30 sometimes. Then I had to do my homework and study for a quiz and test. I had class at 8:00 am in the morning. Sometimes I sleep only two hours which I never did when I was in my country. It is totally different from my past experience. Sometimes I used to sleep in bus while I was going to work and I passed my bus stop. One day I found my self in downtown St Paul the bus driver yelling at me. I was 30 minutes late for my work. 

         One way it is good to experience such challenges because I learned a lot from it.On the other hand it makes me tired,busy and sometimes my friends complain a lot because they want to have some times with me but I don't even get time to hang out with them. Over all it is good and for good to because one day I hope every thing will change and I will get some time for my self and for my friends. Thank you for taking your time and read my experience. Please feel free to ask a question and give your opinion.