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АААлуа Абдралиеваabdraliyeva04 · Jan 10, 2023Read

AMERICAN DREAM OF KAZAKH GIRL Hey there! Hope you are having a beautiful day! If you’re not, I bet you, this essay will cheer you up! I am Alua, a little dreamy girl from small town in Kazakhstan and also bold woman who is getting all her dreams come true. I’ve been living in Earth Planet for almost 18 years by now. In this essay I would like to share my own story about a small and funny trip and my fare thoughts about everything! How the things got started When I was at elementary school my relatives used to travel all over the world, they have seen the oceans, seas and mountains. 11 year old me was so interested in it and asked my parents to see the lake. I couldn’t ask for anything else. And my parents couldn’t afford anything better, because they were literally broke. When the summer came my parents told me that we’re going to Issyk kul . That’s a mesmerising lake located in Kyrgyzstan. So that was my first time when I was on cloud nine and felt like a cool girl from Vogue who is travelling to “foreign” countries. We were group of 6 people and used to live in yurt with other travellers for almost 14 days. I was browsing so many stores with my mom without buying anything and we were hanging around enjoying the local food and city. In the evenings we were swimming in the lake and just appreciating the sparkling water. Once upon a time, in early morning, I thought about going to the lake without my phone. I grabbed my book, hat and sheet to relax and chill out on the coast. After 2 hours of having a rest I was thinking about getting back to the yurt to eat my breakfast. But I forgot the way back:) I was stressed as hell, walking around big coast just to find my parents , but they didn’t appear. I didn’t remember the name of the street, or the yurt number. But I found the best way how to find my parents. Nah, I wasn’t waiting for them on the coast, anyway I entered all yurts and asked if there were my siblings or parents. Finally, I could find them by their flip-flops after 2 hours of searching! And you guess what?! I met a bunch of lifeguards who were searching for me too, cause my family thought I got drowned. In the end I got a big slap from my mom. It all might sound ridiculous, but actually I was living the best part of my childhood and I was definitely the happiest person in the world. Why I decided to participate in Work and Travel program? When I was studying at 2nd grade of elementary school I was lucky to have a teacher who was smart, very kind and soft to kids. By the way, my teacher was from America and she had a spectacular american accent. She taught us how to sing the alphabet like “A-B-C-D-E-F-G”… I sang it with her and she was teaching us for some basic words in English, but I could not understand the single word. Can you imagine?! American girl who speaks only English and does not understand kazakh or russian and kids who don’t know her language, holy crap! Anyway, I was having fun and enjoying my English classes. I remember that I was dreaming how I will speak English fluent and teach it to others. It turned out that I got my IELTS certificate and got a job as an English Teacher and now I have so many lovely students, that’s what I am passionate about! At high school I found the page of blogger Marina Mogilko and discovered such a stunning city San-Francisco and that became my dream city. 50 states of America seem like a dream and my future destination for summer of 2023. Endless opportunities, feeling of self-confidence, ambitions and business streak are all about America! I’ve been carrying that dream for 7 years and I hope I will reach all my goals related to the United States through Work and Travel program. How can I help my country to grow by participating in W&T program? The thing is that Exchange program students give a great influence on local students. I think this statement is pretty understandable for well-educated people, cause they know the importance of diversity. To have a society where all s

BGBibikhanym Gabdilkhalykbibikhanyms · Dec 17, 2022Read

The new year 2022 has come, I am leaving with a group of friends from the city of love, Paris, we are heading by bus full of exhausted, but nevertheless happy people, to Germany, passing Brussels. During these adventures, everyone fulfilled their little dreams. Young, excited people sing songs in chorus, waiting for the next destination , and only I am sitting in the thought… I'm thinking what to do next after returning to Kazakhstan. After all, my exchange semester should end soon, and not all young and ambitious people, whom I am, want to stay in one place. On my return, going through all the options to continue exploring our vast world, since Europe has shown what a multicultural world it is, I came across all kinds of programs for students, including Work and Travel. I have a golden rule, "if you see an opportunity- take it." And I follow this rule dutifully. Despite the fact that I, as an ordinary person, have a habit of breaking the rules and not keeping my words. And as you can see from where you see this story, my dear readers, I followed my rule this time too. And so, let's figure out why Work and Travel? And what kind of experience do I want to get? Firstly, I would like to point out that the program allows you to work in an English-speaking country. This is a great opportunity for guys whose profession is related to English, and even more so for future teachers like me. Language is an instrument of thinking. To handle the language somehow means to think somehow: inaccurately, approximately, incorrectly. Learning and knowing the structure of a language is one thing, it's another thing to speak and feel a language. When you try to speak correctly, follow language rules - this creates difficulties, and being in the environment with native speakers gives the person a huge bonus and removes those very barriers. In the process of working together you get used to live speech, remember the features of intonation and pronunciation, learn to distinguish different dialects. Moreover, knowledge of the language develops memory and thinking, enriches the inner world, helps to better understand the culture of native speakers. In addition, words that sound somehow in your language take on a different meaning in a foreign one. Secondly, travel. As the name of the program itself says, the purpose of the program is to work and travel. Coming to travel and going back is a good and pleasant pastime, but the experience that I will describe to you now is much more interesting. Summer. You found friends from different countries, you have one common language, you worked and were a close-knit team, you spent a productive and most atmospheric summer in the country of Netflix, McDonalds, Apple, skyscrapers, baseball and capitalism, and then you go on a trip to the states that you dreamed of getting to since childhood on your hard-earned money. You have to admit, it sounds fascinating! When else in your life will you have such a chance? Travel develops us. I'm sure you've heard it many times. So how does this manifest itself? Before my exchange studies, I thought I was good at geography, and I was wrong. It turned out that I was confusing ordinary facts, and it was my arrival in Europe and the desire to visit every corner of it that helped me consolidate my knowledge about this culture. Now, I know which country borders on another, now I know the capitals of the Scandinavian countries, which I constantly confused, I can distinguish the architectural style of medieval cathedrals, and that Finnish is not a Germanic language at all, as I previously thought. I know facts that I would never have guessed to search on Google in my life, I know folk history from the stories of the citizens themselves. I thought I knew enough about America, because my generation grew up consuming American content. However, based on my experience, I know that I still have a lot to learn. In addition, it is an opportunity to show the world your people. Kazakhstan is a mul

ASAlina Sivachevaalina_sivacheva · Nov 27, 2019Read

July 16, 11:30 PM. The 86th floor of one of the tallest skyscrapers in New York. The lights of the night megalopolis seem to merge into one. Warm but strong gusts of wind blow in my face. Seeing New York from a bird's-eye view evokes a whirlwind of emotions. Only 30 minutes left until my birthday. I can't even believe this is all happening to me right now... FLIGHT TICKETS Three months earlier. April 12, 2019 — the very day I heard the cherished words: “Your visa is approved”. Back then it seemed: “Well, that's it, everything is behind me”. How wrong I was, because it was only the beginning. The beginning of the most unforgettable, educational, interesting, most fateful and adventurous summer of my 20 years. After our passports were stamped with American visas, we started looking for the most advantageous flight tickets according to all parameters and criteria (since we chose the Self-arranged program without the agency purchasing the tickets). Our choice fell on the German airline Lufthansa (round-trip tickets for one person for the dates May 13-September 25 cost 37,000 rubles). The flight was from Moscow to Boston with a two-hour layover in Frankfurt am Main. It was no coincidence that we chose Boston as our destination. Since my friend's sister was supposed to pick us up from the airport, it was decided to fly specifically to Boston. But otherwise, we could have flown to New York, for example, with Aeroflot for about 34,000 rubles, while spending an additional $100 to get from New York to our destination.

МПМоя поездка по штатамguest_16001 · Oct 1, 2009Read

Welcome to fabulous las Vegas!!! the city that calls itself the entertainment capital of the world and means it!! Once a dusty desert town in the middle of nowhere, Las Vegas has become a modern phenomenon, a world-class destination unmatched in its variety of attractions and the sheer scale of its legendary flamboyance. Over 30 million visitors a year!!! This city really never sleeps!!

KKseniaKsenijaMoscow · Jun 17, 2009Read

Destin, Florida Yesterday we took our last walk on the beach. At night. There was no other time, because work ended at ten in the evening, and then our Russian and American friends stopped by the Russian house to say goodbye. After we saw everyone off, I, Natasha, another Natasha, and Lena went for a walk on the beach. It was windy because a storm had recently passed. The full moon was shining, and silver glints reflected on the noisy waves that hadn't calmed down yet. Lightning flashed in the distance. - That's it, the storm moved toward Panama City, which means everything will be calm in Fort Walton tomorrow... we'll fly out... - as always, I found time to philosophize... - My God, how familiar these names are now! Destin, Niceville, Fort Walton, Panama City!... - Girls, you are leaving and it's like a piece of me is going with you... - Natasha from Chelyabinsk says thoughtfully, - two tenths, two out of ten! - Exactly! Ira left - that was one tenth, and now there are two of us... Today is August 14th. Exactly two months since we arrived in Destin. And we are leaving. Everything was planned long ago - Melissa and the Grand Canyon are waiting for me in Arizona, and I am truly very excited, but that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye to the girls, our "Russian house", "The Commons", "Maui Nix", "Cold Stone", Destin, and Florida - this life looks like a bright postcard on the surface, like a funny story, but that's not the case - these two months in Florida are not a story, this all happened to me. I worked until the very last day. Four hours after our night farewell to one of the most beautiful beaches in the USA, I was already biking to "Abercrombie and Fitch". Since that incident a couple of weeks ago, when I wasn't supposed to work but they called me at 7:35 AM and I came in at 8:00 anyway, they started putting me on the earliest morning shifts on Wednesdays and Thursdays, when a lot needs to be changed in the store: putting out new merchandise, changing clothes on mannequins, and so on... And that's great, because one job doesn't overlap with the other. Today I worked from 7 to 12. I only "woke up" when the store opened - at 10. To "Mambo No. 5" - the only song at "Abercrombie" that makes me move faster. 11:59 12:00 - that's it. End of work! Work, good bye! Hello, travel! A photo for memory and I'm running to "Cold Stone" - Olya from Vladivostok is working there today, and I need to say goodbye. We are sitting by the back entrance of "Cold Stone", among boxes, bags, and other trash - two Russian girls, two out of ten, one is a sales assistant, the other is an ice cream maker... - I'll be living at Brian's after September 1st, when we all move out. Can you imagine, I'll be living in an American family! - Well, that's cool! You know how useful that will be for your English! We go outside. Passersby turn around and look with interest at the two girls - one of them in the black "Cold Stone" uniform, the other in the "Abercrombie" dress code. The ice cream maker girl hugs the sales assistant girl. - Thank you! You always supported me! - Olya is crying. - And thank you too! Maybe we wouldn't have become friends if we had just met in normal life, in Russia. But with you, I definitely would have become friends, and how! ... I cross the intersection of Crystal Beach Drive and US 98 for the last time, turn onto Luke Avenue, then onto Cobia Street, put the bike in the middle of the yard - Hanna should recognize it immediately, it's her bike now. - Oh, my girls are getting ready! - Karina enters the room. - They are coming for us any minute. - Who? - Carey from work. The flight was delayed by two hours, I'm worried, the layover in Atlanta is now only half an hour, and that's the biggest airport in the country!.. Do you need the "Abercrombie" bags? - Yeah, give them here! - Have a safe flight and don't kill any Americans, - Tyler gives me parting advice. - I'll come back and kill you!, - I hug him, - thank you for everything, Ty