America And The Most Important Thing example essay topic

I am a Pilipino who's migrated here in America. I'm living as a legal immigrant resident. I'm with my dad whose now 45 years old. My uncle, the youngest brother of my dad, and his wife, my aunt, took care of me since I was kid because my mother got sick.

Going back to year 1987, I was born in the Philippines. This country is divided into tree parts. These are Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. I live in Luzon which is the most urbanized island compared to two other islands. Angels is one of many cities in Luzon. This city has a lot of commercial building, hotels, malls, entertainment places and a lot more.

I still remember when I was a little kid. I was in 3rd grade in Angeles Adventist elementary school, which is one of many private elementary schools in Angeles city. This school is the only school which is Adventist in Angeles city. Most people here in Angeles city want to go to America and live here. The way they talk about it, I imagine how America looks like, and a little bit confused. One thing I don't know is "why".

I started asking question about America. The first person I asked is my mother. I said "Mom how come most people here likes to live in America?" she answered "we most people are pour here and they are running out of money most of time and some they just want to visit that country. Also one thing I know is people there are earning dollars.

She asked me "you know dollars is?" I answered "no". She said "well dollars are too expensive here compared to our money which is pesos. It is 50 times more value than ours. If you got a lot of dollars so you get a lot of money, Isn't it?" I answered "oh yeah". So that time I started liking America and trying to know more about it. i was wondering how America looks. There's always question in my head in terms of it.

One day finally we had a lesson about America. So they told us a lot of thing about it. They told us that people in America are white and black. About their weather they said its cold in the other states and the other parts of it are too hot. They told us about their government and more things we can see in America. My teachers told us that going to America are not easy.

They said we need to work hard if we want go in this country. He said first thing we need to do is to apply for qualification this will tell you if you are qualified to go to America and the most important thing you need is money. I asked my mother about what my teachers told us. I asked her "mom is it time that going to America is hard and you need a lot of money to go there.

She answered "yes it is, but don't worry were been petitioned by your aunt and that's your dads older sister. We just need to wait for the case to approved by U. S Embassy. They will find out if we are qualified or not". She said "so prays every day so we will be qualified".

I answered "ok" I wait and wait and wait. Many years passed. Our approval is not yet approved. This time I was in second year high school in Holy Angel University.

This school is the biggest school in Angeles City. One day I was watching in the couch, watching TV, while my uncle was surfing the internet checking his mail on web. It was my weekend vacation. That's why the whole family is home including me. Suddenly I heard my uncle yelling "yes... yes... ". as in he is shouting loud so I was worried and I wanted to figure out what was going out there. He said that our approval will come after five months and then my dad said, "really?" After being startled from the news that my uncle had told him, he then called my aunt in the The United States who was responsible for our petition.

My dad asked her about the result of our petition or our case and my aunt said yes. She didn't told us when the Embassy told her about our petition. She planned to surprise us. She played to tell us a month before our papers would come. Unfortunately, her plan was not successful and revealed as soon as she expected. She told us to save a lot of money because we need a lot of money for filing papers in applying for Visa.

My dad, my uncle and his wife, my aunt saved money for the in coming papers. My dad saved every money he earned every pay day. Even me, I was saving a lot of money and buying clothes because I know we are moving soon. I waited and waited. Five months had passed, I was so happy because finally our papers came out. But simultaneously, I was feeling sad due to the fact that I am leaving the country soon.

I realized that if I left the Philippines, I will lose all of my friends, like my best friend Jeff, my two sisters, all of my cousins, my grandmother who was sick, all of my relatives like my other aunt and uncle who was close to me and especially my mother who's also sick like my grandmother. Now, I didn't like to go to America anymore and I told my dad about it. I said, "pa, I don't want to go with you to America. Can you just leave me here and let me stay with my sisters and my mother?" He said "even I want you to stay here I can't let you, because no one will take care of you while I am in America. I know that your mother is here but she can't take care of you anymore because she's sick". I decided to go with him because I know that he is right that no one will take care of me because the one who was taking care of me when I was a still a child is going with him also.

Even I don't want to come here I have not chosen but to go with them. We started to file our papers, passed them to the U.S. Embassy, got interviewed and passed all necessary measures. We just need to buy tickets to our trip to America and we are all set. My dad, already bought a ticket for us four and our flight is fifteen days distance between our flight and that day.

I packed my stuff and got ready for our flight. I always spent my whole days i wht my cousins, my two sisters and especially my mother. Even I'm a guy I always cry when I see her. I don't really want to lose her. I want to be with her for the rest of my life. We always have party in our house because of our flight.

We always have a goodbye party and some our happy for us but at the same time, they are sad because they will miss us if leave already. Two days before our flight, I went to my best friend Jeff's house and he didn't want to talk to me. He said he wanted to cry whenever he sees me and he's a guy. I know he will really miss me when I leave because he is my best friend since we were in kindergarten. I understand how he feels and I respect it. I just went home and spent my time crying and crying to my mother's and two sisters' lap.

They told me to take care of myself when I go to America and they gave me a lot of advice so that I will not get homesick when I arrive to America. They were all crying while they were talking to me. One day, before our flight, which was my last day in the Philippines, I went all around the city with my cousin and tried to see the beautiful spots and scenery for the last time. I went to my school to meet all of my friends and said goodbye for the final time.

I will definitely miss them. Then I went to my grandmother's house and said goodbye. It is sad to see her weak and sick. I don't like her to cry because of me because every time she cries she used to get heart attack. That's why we didn't tell her that we are leaving. It is sad to say that she didn't know that we were leaving.

Now, the day of our flight came, and we needed to leave the house before 3: 00 p.m. because we needed to be in the airport three hours before our flight. I woke up early in the morning, as early as 3: 00 a.m. to eat my breakfast. All our relatives came and also my friend Jeff. He said he wanted to see me before I leave the house.

All we did the whole morning is to cry with my best friend, my mother, my sister. After an hour, we ate lunch with my whole family; you could see the mere sadness in everyone's face while eating. It was almost 3: 00 p.m. and we went inside the van with our luggage. My relatives then said goodbye to us. Some were crying and some aren't although they were giving us advice of what to do. They also told us not to forget about them and told us that all of the happy memories we " ve spent with each other will always remain with them.

We arrived at the airport around six in the evening. Our flight will depart at 10: 30 p.m. We checked in our luggage and boxes and waited for few minutes at the lobby. After two hours, the stewardess and flight crews announced that they will start the pre-boarding.

We then boarded the plane. Although it was sad to see my country from below, all of the good memories will always be with me no matter where I go.