Chen Xu
Boston MA
Hey there, how you doing?
Sorry, I'm watching "Friends" again this summer and Joey was messing up with my mind just now. Ok, cool now cuz I just gave him a slice of old pizza.
Anway, I hope you are all enjoying your summer. To be honest, this is the last summer of my entire life. I'm graduating in 2015 and voila, a fresh young man waiting to be slaughtered by the cruel society, especially this young Asian guy (pointing at me) who chooses to step into the entertainment industry.
Well, what can I say? I love it, so come and torture me as much as you want before I turn into the phoniex. What do they say? Don't regard a silent alligator as a geico (God I loved that Geico commercial when I first came to the US but it just keeps getting more and more annoying).
My life is good, at least I'm enjoying it. Reading some books, writing some stories, having some fun time with my families. What else can you ask for?
Sometimes I would be thinking about one thing: when I frst left my hometown for the US, I wasn't nervous or terrified at all. It was like I was destined to go to this country called America and start a new life. But after years, I discovred that it's getting harder to say good bye. I tried to figure out why and one day when I was watching my parents feeding my sister with genuine smiles on their faces, I got the answer.
I'm proud to say that I'm lucky enough to have a great family. Of course we argue and fight every now and then, but divorce is just a word that has absolutely nothing to do with my family. We love each other and I used to think that every other family is the same way. I was wrong. After I came to the US, I have seen so many kids with broken families and single parent. The more I lived with them, the more I felt how great my family is. And that was the time when I realized: damn, I only spent 2 months with my family each year for the past 5 years!
Right now as I'm typing, my parents are at work and my sister is in kindergarten. The sun is really bright outside, and I just want to close my eyes and pray for them.
Shush, Joey! I'm trying to focus!