215 Zen (China, Age 17): English

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                                                 Personal Memoir

  

My name is Zen, I was born in FuJian China. My hometown was a small village in ChangLe.

Thousands of people have thousands of life,their life were different,like my life was the one and only one in the world.

In China, there have a law, it is the family can not have two children, because there are too many Chinese people, the government should be control the population, if a mother has a child already, she also has a pregnancy, the government will come up with the mother, and then kill the baby in uterus. I'm second child in my in my home, when I will born in the world, my parents had to escape life, because they wanted to save me, if you do not do so, the government will find my mother, and then kill me. My mother ran away from home, with my father's sister, she just lives a few days already the safest place, after that, she will turn to place one after another, my mother's car ride three hours of my father's aunt home arrived, she gave my mother a lot of help, and my mother to stay there for a long time, until my mother thought I would be born, my mother, my father suggested that the best maternity hospital, because it is the lowest risk level. In the hospital, my father and his relatives more time, and finally I was born on March / 11 / 1997,17: 34 PM, my father was very exciting, because in most Chinese families feel that there must be a Boy, this can help yourself have a good life, when they are old. However, the happy time is always short, the next day, govemment people come to my house, they saw I finished born, they only have to come up with my father in prison, and my father lives in prison for a period until my uncle paid a lot of money govemment, they only release my father. Although I have to survive in the world, but I let my father and mother get a lot disasters.But I think I was lucky, because in different places, but your child is born in this world, govemment who killed your child, They're rude. I know that my parents paid a lot to me, so I have to do something for them, even if they are irrelevant.

In my hometown, there are many mountains around my village. Many people can running to the mountain and do exercises , this is a nice and best  place for doing sports.

In my childhood,I was a naughty boy, I had play with my neighbor everyday ,but he unlike me, his grandparents will restrict to him, he must be eat on time,but that couldn't stop us to play.

We often make comic things. We tick the ball into the roof of the other buildings, we even make them windows broken,finally we only get help from his grandpa,and then our grandparents lesson us，although that were effect our mood,but we keeping play everyday.

My neighbor was rich,his family often gave him money, I unlike him can get money everyday. , I don't want get money from my parents, I know  my family was not rich. But my neighbor often use his money buy for us ate,also his mother often buy new toys to him,he will quickly  told and let me playing with his toys.

I like China's new year, because I can get money from my parents and other relatives, I with my neighbor walk to street shopping,suck as firecrackers with firework and new dress.In China use firecrackers's mean was drive The Monster Nian, and new dress's mean was welcome New Year,we must have new things in New Year.We with other children use firecrackers throw each other  and run away. At this night, my family can stay home ate together,because my father was very busy ,only this day can stay home already foods for now,my father was a cook in the past ,he can make twenty of cooked foods,these was delicate.12p.m, all the family move to roof use firework to sky,although  my house only a layer,but I with my sister can stand in earth use fireworks,the sky full many shape firework and colors,that was very beautifully.

The new year's second day,all the children wearing new clothing,and then I with my mother to worship gods, my mother had already all the things for worship,I just help my mother put the things in tables,and I with my mother burn paper moneys,finally we can take out these things and ate,my neighbor's family have too,we take foods share each other,he had many cooks and candy,I had many fruits and meat. We only ate these foods in outside.

I know it is time that has changed us,but the time can not be changed our emotions,you was my brother in childhood ,although I immigrants to America,but I hope have one day we can like in the old days.

In  summer vacation's morning, I was 8 years old,I got up at 4 o'clock A.M, although sky and environment was dark, but at mountain, there had many people were doing exercises, I was join a part of them. Although my father doesn’t  told me why I have to do this, he just let me get up early and then took springs from mountains  and I think I can take springs to help my mother cook, so I keep do this whole summer vacation.

     My elementary school was same around the  mountains,when we through school gate,there had hundreds of footsteps which was a long way to catch the top , but no  students care about that.

I think when I study at elementary school, we were busy, because when I after school at eleven o’clock, I had went to home ate lunch, I have homework need to do also, we must be finishing during lunch time and then took back to teacher. In afternoon, we have three classes , after school is  four o’clock already, we  had another homework at night,  we must be finishing these before in second day’ morning. If we don’t  finish homework, our teacher would punish us even call our parents come to school.

When I after school,I with my some classmate stay my teacher's dorm. Our parents wish us can learn more knowledge from teacher,so we must be pay for it 250 yuan every months.

In there,we had play games when teacher make cooked foods for us,we sometime run to class draw in table, we also can look for other teacher to teach us some homework.

When we ate finished we doing homework and teacher will teach us if we can't,and then she will make new questions for us until 8 o'clock,she will sent to us to home.In this year,my all the classmate had to already a party for my teacher,and one classmate had leave school for take cake,although that was class time, but no want can stop us, we never talk to teacher,we must be get her a surprise.when my classmate take cake to teacher,I see my teacher had tears,she said"I teach twenty years old,never had a student know my birthday and buy a cake for me unless my family",we think that was honor,and we are cake when she make a wish finish.

In my elementary school, I had many friends,if I only  use  special  describe them. Our house was apart too long，we only play in school and outside,I like with them walk to bathroom at everyone get out of class together, buy snacks  in after school ,play basketball,and sometimes we had with somebody had birthday party,here had many of things,we had fun,tears,crazy,but that was my important memory.Friendship like wine,put more long time more valuble，thanks my friends keep me company six years.

I usually with my friends walk to home together. One day, when I was in fifth grade, I was with my friends walk to park, we seen our class ‘’neighbour’’ playing basketball, we join with them. But a few days later, we quarrel with our ‘’neighbour’’, because we want expel  them, that would be only us can play; At the end, they leave this park, my friends buy a new basketball, we play basketball in after school everyday. When we graduate from elementary school, we are play basketball all the summer vacation. Until we went to middle school, I separate with my friends in different school.

After 2009  summer vacation, I began my middle school life. That was wonderful for me, I make many new classmates, and I learn new subjects. Although that would increase my homework. But I don’t like elementary school, we don’t have to do homework in lunch time, and sometimes we can do homework in second day.

I’m get up at 6:4A.M,and I went to school was 7:15A.M, I must arrival school before at 7:30A.M.. But I was late oftenly, because the distance from my home to my middle school was very far, I usually took 15 minutes to walk. My teacher talked with me in every week’s Wednesday, she wants me change time to get up early, but I can’t do it, and I keep this habit in three year.

       In my middle school, I had many friends but I only had one best friend. Because in China, we have two people sit in same table, so we are close and could talk in class or outside. Other people were same, they with themselves “neighbour” were best friends.

When I was in eighth grade, my father bought a computer for me, I’m so excited, but that cause me wasted time and did not study; I play game in every night, If I can back the time, I hope I can stop playing game and studying more.

My first work was in my ninth grade, I with my neighbour boy together find job in winter vacation. That was easy and also hard for us, the easy things were we don’t know what can we do and our boss said:“your are first time, your don’t need to do to so much things.” The hard things were when we help them, we often be injured in our hands and we need stand 8 hours in one day. But these were worth. Our first time make money by ourselves, we gave our parents a part of that money, and rest of  money was our own, we spend  money for what we want, we were proud of ourselves.

In 2012, I graduated in middle school. During this year, we celebrated  in summer vacation, I with my all  friends went to KTV to sing songs, and we had party eat food, we  made BBQ by ourselves, that was my favorite activity.

In August, I with my mother and sister went to GuangZhou, because that was for immigrant go to America. Guangzhou is a big city, there's buildings was very high, I first time seen, and the food was very expensive and just a little , I don't like stay there.

When I came back to ChangLe, I playing very fun in such days.And then I study in a skill school,in there you can learn skills for your future life. I  choose a skill is cooking, I think it can help me fill my stomach when I hunger.

I like there, because I learn how to make Chinese food of Fujian, desserts, dumpling and many different shapes of them, that’s amazings. I never had thought I can immigrant to America, but I will come in 2013,  I no surprise. Now, I should already something for immigrant. I had meeting my friends to had fun, and I buy something for America life. I was fed in these time, because I only eat and play few;The cause I fed too much, I body weight was 150 bl became 180bl, but I don’t feel I’m feel, Until I meeting my friends,them both surprise and ask me why me became so fed. but anything was late.

I don’t worry about my American life, because my father can teach us how to do and what can’t do, I meeting my family, them arrived was more early than me, I miss them many year when I was small child.

When I arrived, I with my sister didn’t had find school,  we get job to make money, after,when they beginning new term,we join school in America. I was adapt America’s school life now, and I had beginning did excise for  lose weight. I make new friends, and I had visit New York’s cities.

In my school,had see different countries people and themselves native language, them had took themselves native countries clothing in school,It’s beautiful, and that I learn their culture.