When I decided to study in American, I knew that there will be lots of challenges waiting for me. I tried to prepare for all of that, but when those troubles shocked my life, I realized that I can never prepare for everything.
The first trouble arrived when I was in HONGKONG airport, which might be the biggest problem I have ever met yet. When I entered HONKKONG,I used my “Permit for Proceeding to Hong Kong and Macau” which is commonly known as “two-way exit permit” to get the permission. But before I entered the airport my father told me passport is enough , so they took away my two-way exit permit. But what happened next proved that my father was wrong. The staff said I must show my HK permit, because only the permit can prove how I entered HK. When I got out of the airport, my parents had left. What’s more, there was only one phone which could be used in HK, unfortunate, I carried it but my parents didn’t .Thus there was no chance for me to get in touch with my parents in time. The only choice left was putting off my trip and sending a message to my parent to make sure they knew what happened to me When my parents got out of HONGKONG they saw the short message I left for them several hours later. They sent my permit back so I successfully caught the next day’s airplane.
After arriving at OSU, everything was unfamiliar. even eating in osu restaurant was different. I didn’t know I should handle the things left after finishing my meals, I didn't know what exactly the food is and what name it is, didn’t know what I took back from Target was coffee beans instead of soluble coffee. I didn’t know how to enter the morrill tower when there are two huge travelling bags with me.
But all of above wasn't a big deal. What was really a big deal is adjusting to the food. Since I arrived, I had diarrhea for more than two weeks. After two week’s suffering, I decided to make food by myself. I bought an electric cooker, rice vegetable, noodles, meat, and made food by myself. I learned how to make food on internet and it did work. In fact it was my first time to make food, so it doesn’t taste good, but my upset stomach went away. After I had so much experience in cooking, I held a dinner party which served several chafing dish. Many Chinese came to my room and tasted my food, which made me feel proud.
Another thing that drove me crazy was my chemistry lab! I dropped the GEO 200 to take my CHE121 class, so I miss the first chemistry lab class! Then I found how many things I have missed. My TA told me I should go to the CHE 1000 room. I needed my TA’s signature to set up an account and then I can enter the CHE 1000 to see some safe video after that, but my TA was not on work hours, I went straight to the CHE1000 room for help and another TA said he can sign his name for me so I finally can get the video. After that I was given a drawer, which was the last one of my laboratory. When I found it, there was no lock on it. I had to get my TA’s permission which can prove I need a lock. And this time, other TA’s permission doesn’t work. So I got my lock 2day after that when I sew my TA.
It was just an short time after arriving here but I know this story will continue for a long time in the future and I will try my best to make it wonderful.
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