Makan Seraj
English 1301
11/02/2014
Winning the Lottery
There is a beautiful city in my country, the capital city and
it’s called Tehran.
Tehran
is the biggest and the most crowded city of Iran. This beautiful city is my
home town. 32 years ago I was born and 27 years I lived in this city and
country. Tehran is one of the most beautiful cities in Iran. It’s the home town
of different people and different life style. Tehran is the center of fashion
in Iran where you can see a lot of rich people with expensive and luxury cars,
houses and apartments.
Photo of Tehran Shemran courtesy Wikipedia
Five years ago, I was informed that I have been selected
between thousands of people from all over the world to move to the U.S by
winning the green card lottery. The opportunity for every human being to live
and work and study in one of the most beautiful, modern and civilized countries
in the world. The chance was unbelievable for me and I couldn’t even think
about living in another country by myself but fortunately I didn’t have the
usual problems and difficulties of other people which is the language.
Moving to a different country with different life style, people,
nationalities and languages is every migrant’s nightmare. But fortunately I
have a flexible personality I started finding friend and socializing with non-Persian
people soon, I tried to find and hangout with my American friends’ more than
Persian people. This is the short story of my new life, short story of my five
year new life. In this five years I had a lot of ups and downs. College was the
most important thing in my head, I have bachelor’s degree in English
translation from my country and my long term goal is getting my masters in MBA
and finding a well-paid. My first job was working in a Lebanese restaurant, but
I couldn’t stay there for a long time and I started working in retail as a
sales associate. After four years, I became the sales manager and soon I’m
going to get promoted as the store manager at Lacoste.
My
apartment has one bedroom and it is not very big, I have a queen bed with two
night stands and two lamps on top of them. There are two huge posters of Calvin
Klein female models on my walls, one on top of my bed and the other is on the
wall next to the door. My bathroom has two doors, one opens in the hallway and
the other one opens in my bedroom. There are also two for my favorite things in
my bedroom on the wall. One of them is an Indian face and the other one is an
Indian axe. I decorated my apartment with all modern furniture and all black
and white,
Hanging
out with my friends Mike, MJ and my girlfriend Beth, going out shopping and
going to my dad’s friend’s house for barbeque and small gatherings is my fun.
Family and my parents are the most important things in my life, and the most
fun place that I can stay is in my parents’ house with my mom and dad and my
two sisters. Life is like hell without them.