My First Year College Life in Buffalo, NY





The first time I set foot on American soil
The first time I was home away from home
The first time I was completely on my own
The first time I was surrounded by people looked nothing like me
The first time I stepped on a foreign university campus
The first time I saw snow
The firt time I walked on snow up to my knee
The first time I hid behind a small brick gate so my tender face would not be slided in half by the blizzard
The first time I wish I knew how to drive
The first time I wish I had a car
The first time I felt so stand out in a classroom
The first time I wish I did not look so alien among others
The first time I wish I listened to my parents and study harder for my English communication skills back home
The first time I lived in library day in and day out
The first time I felt I could be starved to death if I did not cook for myself
The first time I learnt to do laundry in a public place
The first time I felt I was totally responsible to each action I took
The first time I missed my family and friends
The first time I cried because I was homesick
The first time I experienced the hardship due to lack of money
The first time I forced myself to bite my lips, stop crying, and move on
The first time I knew I was no longer a child
The first time I was out of the greenhouse and stepped into the real world
The first time I had to grow up
The first time I told myself to be strong
Both physically and mentally