Independence & Economy ( Journal #5 )

Since 2 years ago, I started to prepare a lot of exams including my uncertainly heart. However, at that time, I more focused on the exam then I appeased my irritated heart. Actually, I can imagine that there are definitely numerous differences in the foreign country and I know that my life will experience a lot of huge changes as well. But, at that time, I didn’t think that too much.


Now, I am in the foreign country, United States. I got in here on July. In the beginning, I felt everything is fine; the weather, people, and environment are all attracting me. Gradually, I awared what the America culture is and those “cultures” changed my previous opinions. Let me make a example to you. A month ago, I went to the DMV of POMONA to apply for my drive license. When the staff of DMV keys my immigration documents number in to the computer, she found the name from the computer doesn’t match my name from the documents so she refused my application and suggested me contacting immigration office, USCIS, to correct the error information. Thus, I call the customer service of UACIS and ask for further information. After then, I collected my whole correlative documents and sent to the office. By the way, the customer service told me that it will take about "4-5 months" to verify and correct my documents. Of course, I can’t do anything but wait. Just yesterday, I received the documents that I sent before, and they told me that the documents don’t belong to USCIS and I have to send to another institution. Fortunately, they gave me the institution’s name. So, today I called the institution, CBP, for my immigration documents, however, when I called the CBP , they said they can’t deal with my problems, so they transferred me to another institution it also belongs to CBP. Anyway, I totally called 5 different phone numbers to contact the office. Eventually, I found the right place where I can correct my documents.
Thank God !! The interesting thing is that the staff of CBP asked me a question that who told you sent the documents to USCIS. I answered "USCIS!” Suddenly, I realized that I was already in the abroad, and such these things will happen again and of course, I must be used to. America is a developed and conciderate country but there still are some inconvenient things.

As far as I am concerned, because of those situations, my life becoms more exciting and colorful and I also become more independent than before although I am independent already. Besides, the other change is economy. Yes, when I was in my home country, I earn my own money and I can spend my own money freely, but in the America, I can’t do the same things like before. Therefore, economy becomes a principle in my recent life. I learn how to cook and try to control my desire, I mean shopping. I think that independence and economy are the two important changes in my recent life.