At the age of 15, I left my motherland with my well-packaged suitcase, and full desire for my childhood dream to live abroad. I had no intention about living by independently and homesickness even though I had nobody to know in that country.
Through out my exchange year, I earned more self confidence by learning from my experiences: all successes and failures.
In the past 10 months, I met a hundreds of people from different background and all around the world- Italy, Germany, Japan, India, Bangladesh, and Turkey etc.
To make my year unique, I said "YES" to all coming advantures. Upon arriving, I was faced with the challenge of being in a completely new environment where I didn't know anyone. Over the days, realizing my own dreams, I passioned to get out of my comfort zone to know more about the cultures I have never experienced before. My first day of school, my counselor introduced me to different people, even found me kids to sit together during lunch. But I had nothing to talk with them as I was feared to speak, especially when it was noisy around the cafeteria which made it hard to listen to them. But soon after, I started asking more questions about them to build a bridge between our relationships. As a result of my hard effort, I gained more unique experiences and self-growth far from myself on the first day at the school. By reaching out to people from different backgrounds, I have experienced many different things, but I also saw huge self-growth, self-confidence, open-mindedness, and curiosity to know more wonders around the globe.