Dear friends, lately I saw a lot of my friends from Vietnam have started to leave the country to different ones. This reminds me of myself 5 years ago. When I left, there were none of my friends but families came to the airport to give me the last goodbye because it was during exam period. Yes, I was sad but this made me appreciate our times we cherished together.
Dear friends. it has been 5 years I have lived in Canada as an international student; time does fly, yes. Everything has changed, from long distant friendship to new friends and new language in Canada, from the way we say goodbye each other, from the relationship started "so closed that now it seems so far and far away". I am enjoying my life in Canada, but I do really miss you old friends. I hope some days, when we grow up, have our own families, raise our kids, show them how school was like and imagine Facebook disappears just know that when we meet each other on the streets, please don't hesitate to give each other a smile, a hello, a question, a laughter, and a big warm hug.
Dear friends, now 5 years later, I speak 80% English everyday but I have never forgotten my roots and I always embrace it every single day with my pride. Everyday, I go to school at 8am, go home at 6pm. I've lived without parenting and started to live independently at the age of 15, with my older sister and brother. I am not ashamed to say that I have cried when I laid under my bed sheets because I miss my parents too much. I went to 2 schools in less than a year on my first year in Canada. It was tough for me to make friends, I got no one for few weeks until I met some of Vietnamese friends then I started to feel less isolated. If you ever walk over someone and he or she looks like an international student, lonely, sad, nervous, come to that person, pick he or she up and help out. You wouldn't know how much it means to one international student and how we feel when we receive the "acceptance" from Canadian friends. I have been through, I have been there.
Dear friends, before I came to Canada, I dreamed to be a soccer player because that was, is and will be always my passion. Then, when I found out I have a a bad back injury which will hurt me a lot when I run, I stopped. Then I came here, I wanted to be a soccer coach or medical staffs work in sports teams but found out what I learnt in school does not give me any interests but headache. I gave up, again. Now, I have accepted to Wilfrid Laurier University (Official) as a BA Biology honours , I started transferring my number one hobby I had in my fifth year of high school - photography. I joined The Cord, to be a part of the photography team, learn more and shoot more. I met wonderful people they, they pick me up and guide me. I have never ever enjoyed my life that much since the first day I came to Canada. I, finally found my true passion and the career that I will chase for - sports photography. Yes, I know it is hard but dreams don't cost.
Dear friends, I hope what I am trying to do today, will make me get few steps closer to my dreams and hopefully will make my parents, families and all of you proud of me tomorrow.
Dear friends, what I am trying to say are:
- Appreciate your moments you are having with your family and friends now or you will be regret later on.
-Life is short - be kind to one and another. Cherish it.
- Pick someone up, guide them through difficulties, no matter who they are: Canadians, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, British, Mexican, Filipinos ....
- Chase your dreams. No matter what they say. Let your actions speak louder than their words. Don't change who you are and be it.
-Take challenges.
Dear friends, after you read this I hope you will have a different look in our lives, and start doing what you should have done long time ago.
Dear friends, I am Kha Tran Dinh Vo and when I make it to the top, I will have other stories to tell.
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