lost in translation

Lost in Translation
Many people are moving around the world every day. After they have moved to the other country their experiences have a lot of change. I moved to the United States about two years ago. At the first year, I was feeling bored. Yes, that was why I had a big problem in the United States before. In fact, I really needed conversation, friends and a simple lifestyle, because I was lost in translation.
Conversation was the most important thing in my life when I first moved to Chicago. I was always thinking if I could have a conversation with someone, I would have a wonderful day in the United States. I still remember my first months here. I stayed at home almost two months without talking. My mom went out to work, my cousins went to school, and my grandma took care of my aunt’s baby. No one else was at home except me. Sometimes, I took a walk at night. I walked to the park to look around the street. There was no one speaking Chinese. At that time, I thought, if I heard someone was speaking Chinese at the corner of the park, I promise, I would run to him or her to say “ne ho” (hello). But there was no one who looked Asian, so I gave up and walked back home.
Friendship was the second thing I thought was very important to me when I first arrived in Chicago. And a friend could help me to pass the tedious life. In china, I had a lot of friends. We were always together. But here I only had my family and they were always at work or at school. In fact, humans need friends to survive. They share things of each other and they eat meals together. My life in china was very prefect to with these things, but when I arrived to the United States, I lost them. I was not sure it is a life beginning or ending because I was alone. I had tried to call my friends several times to see how they were doing, but I got no answer. In addition, I tried to meet some new friends here. As well, I failed because I couldn’t speak their language. I really needed a friend to pass the time and let me feel more comfortable.
The final piece that I needed was the comfortable and convenient living that in my life before, that’s it. My life was casual in china, but in the United States I couldn’t find them. Before, I couldn’t speak English very well, so I couldn’t go shopping, I couldn’t go dating and I couldn’t go anywhere. If I wanted to go somewhere, I needed someone to go with me who would speak English. So I used to call my aunt. She helped my family a lot. In some cases, I didn’t want my aunt to have any troubles because of us. My aunt had her family and her four children, and they all needed her. I didn’t want her to waste time looking after us and leaving her children alone. I felt really sorry for those things. I just wanted a simple life and to help my own family.
Anyway, after these two years I have seen a lot of things in Chicago. I have met some friends in school and in church. Surely, I have really grown up due to some of these experiences. They gave me power to get something back that I lost before. I know these experiences are not enough for me to get out this “translation”, but I know I won’t let myself get lost again.