Sookan's diary

Minh Anh Duong                 

English (IS) 2

Ms. Guarino

1.12.2015

                                                     My Diary.

September 1954                                                           

Dear diary,

 This is a very special day in my life; a huge change is happen in my life. I have to say goodbye to my family and friend and come to America to study. That is the very hard decided, is it never easy say goodbye to my friend and go study far away from home.   I don’t know why I’m feeling nervous and exciting at the same time. I feel nervous because this is my first time to study far away from home and I never come to America before so I’m asking a lot of question like What is it like to study there?  Will people like me? Will I like them? Will I be able to keep my scholarship? Every thing start every hard by siting 28 hour on the big iron bird.

    When I come to school I met a lot of people one of them is my roommate Ellen and Sister Reed who help me with the school and met a new friend. Later in the day Ellen ask me to go out the market to buy some stuff for out room.  By this time I know that I don’t have enough money to buy anything so I have to say no to buy anything and I know is it time to find a out time job to make my own pocket money.

 Dear diary, 

  This I my second day in America. I have learned a lot about American culture that I never saw that in Korean before. People in America seem to be very friendly. They hug and kiss people in public, are like people in America are more open. In Korea younger people have to show the fully respect for older people but in America people seem like free to any person. In the second day in America met a new friend her name is Marci and she life right in front of my room. She is a very quiet person; she doesn’t like to talk a lot or a crowed place, out side see seem to be very cold. But when you become you will feel that she have a warm heart and she is really helpful. She is the person who introduces me to Mr.Bennet to do baby siting for him to get my own pocket money where I learn more about American culture here. Me, Marci, Ellen we get along really well and become best friend of each other.

 October 1945

Dear diary,

Today I have to all subjects that I want to take for the first semester. The assistant dean recommend that I should take audio, music or maybe art class but I choose world literature, world religion, Greek and Roman history. Everybody was said that is really difficult for me, I think so to but I just want to try and I will more credit when I graduate. Now my life is become very hard of that decision. In the end of the day I receive the letter from my mom. After reading the letter is make me miss her so much and I feel really melancholy. For me she is perfect woman she can do everything for their children. She never complained about anything even her life is hard, she just never complained about her hardships.  I miss her so much, all I want is to do now is come back and hug her really hard and tell her how much I love her. I don’t know if I should tell her that I’m baby-siting for my pocket money a not because she will be worry for me that I have to much work that I have to cover and I don’t want her to worry about me to much.

Saturday 21

Dear diary,

 This is my first day of baby siting, I’m very worry What if they don’t like me? Would I be helpful? What if I can’t keep them entertained or if they are naughty? Finally is not bad like I tough, the Sarah and Jimmy was their name and very good and cute and Ms. Bennett was very kind to me and today I learn one more thing about American culture that I never saw before in Korea. Mr. Bennett go to the kitchen and cook first I could not believe in my eyes because I never see a men cook before but after Ms. Bennett tell my that no matter you are a men or a woman you still have to do housework. Now I understand that is one of the American cultures, suddenly I want it become a Korean culture to, so my mom doesn’t have to do everything by herself.

November 1945.

Dear diary,

Today was the special day for Ellen because she and her boyfriend will go on vacation on Europe. This is my first time I saw Kyle, He is a nice locking men. I feel really lucky for Ellen for having him as a boyfriend. They ask me to go with them but I say no. I have lot of work to do and I don’t want to stand on Ellen and Kyle way. I was very shock about what I Ellen say, she say that she doesn’t care much about study and graduate because in America woman doesn’t need to go to work and make money if they don’t want to. They just can marry men and stay at home and she already found one for her.  I was really shock about that, now I feel there is a lot of different between America and Korea. 3 moths her make me learn a lot about American culture that I never see it before in Korea and I cannot wait until I tell my mom everything. She will be very shock and not believe it.

 December 1945.