My trip has change my live

                     August, 15, 1995, that time start for face the future. Let’s begin, on 1995 my graduated from high school, my dream is continue to study in University, but my parents said: if you want continue your study, you must pay your study by yourself. That time, I confused what should I do? I have no idea, because I don’t have any experience or skill for work. After 3 months running, my parents bough new taxi ( angkutan ). The direction is Mojoagung to Wonosalam. My father asked me to help him, well… I work with my father more lest 1.5 year. That time to make money a very easy, Indonesia’s economy increased, for me working with my father is new experience and acquire, he teaching me a lot of new knowledge, for example, must respect to another people, treating humans equally regardless of status, stay humble, don’t be arrogant, etc.

                 One year and half, I worked with my father and learn from him a lot of experience. By the time, I met my neighbor, my neighbor work send people to another country, like Malaysia, Arab Saudi, Taiwan. Then we have a good conversation in his house. He asked me, do you want work abroad? Working in abroad? I said, yes, working in America. But I can’t speak English, I said. Well… don’t worry, I will help you, English is easy, I got the Visa you just make passport, ok then I will ask permission to my parents, America is far, it’s not near, good, you can go see your parents. My parents and I have conversation, dad and mam, I want ask permission, I said, what do you want? Eemmm, I will look for job in America…! What, excuse me, you will work in America, are you sure about that? My father said, because you have problem with your healthy, your asthma, your body, it’s not 100% good, are you sure, you can work in America? I will try dad, if I get problem with my healthy, I will go back home, I said. Well ok than, up to you now, your parents can only pray for your success, my mother said.

            Tree months study English in Bali. Before I went to Bali, I have funny moment, this about speaking English. My neighbor: Dik, can you speak English?

             Didik : no, I can’t speak English. I can spoke English just little.

             My neighbor: don’t you worry dik, I will helps you, but you must study hard too, if you can speak English, you will get better job and good salary.

            Didik: ok Mr, I will study hard.

            And also my parents gave idea to study in Bali, well this opportunity I have to take, because that is not ganna happen second time.

            My dad: dik, when will you go to America?

            Didik: as long as I got passport and visa plus ticket, I will go dad.

            My dad: how many percent did you speak English?

            Didik: I have no idea dad, maybe 20% or 25%, but I still not confidence to talk. If I take English course, that will took long time, because I have six months preparations my document, so I have Tree months for study.

            My dad: ok than, I have friend how can help you, he live in Denpasar Bali, but you must stay in his house, he will give you idea, he has many good friends can spoke English, from there you learn.

            Didik: brilliant idea dad, I love that, I want study hard when I get in Bali. Thank you very much dad.

            My dad: you are welcome, we are your parents always pray for your success.

            Several months I stay in Bali, but I’m not stay in my father’s friend, I’m stay in my father friend family, because his house near Kuta Beach, just took half hour by bicycle. I like stay in Bali, people are respect and friendly, every day I went to kuta beach for met native speaker. It is not easy to ask native speaker talk to me, because they don’t like with someone who they don’t know them, strange people, they keep way from me, even though I said nice to them.

            Didik: excuse me, can I speak with you?

            Native speaker: yes, please…may I help you?

            From these conversation with native speaker I confused and don’t understand what they said. That time I had been spoken with couple native speaker, I’m little nervous when I talk with them. We star talk slowly because they know it if I can’t speaking English. For beginning, they ask my name, where am I from? Where do I live in Bali, how many family do I have? Why I interest study English? That’s many question they ask, I can just answer what I have understand, if some question I can’t answer, they help me to answer. I met a few native speakers, they from different country around the world, example, Australia, America, New Zealand, England, Canada, China, etc. but a lot of Australian life in Bali, they said, Bali is my second home town, fly from Bali to Australia just 4 hours, it’s not need long fly. Tree month passed, I have go back to my home town, because that has a lot something to do must be done.

            Tree days after returned from Bali, immediately I go to my friend’s house for ask what’s next? Than my friend ask me to make passport and health check up continue go to America embassy in Jakarta.

            My neighbor: dik you must make passport than health check up, finish that we will go to America embassy in Jakarta, get ready for your money, maybe 5 millions rupiah.

            Didik: ok than, I will ask my parents, thank you for the information.

            My neighbor: you are welcome and don’t forget brings nice clothes for interview in America embassy.

            Five days later, I got the passport and health check up and the others document, my neighbor and I went to Jakarta for interview, just like I hope, everything goes well as I expected. I got visa for 5 years, I’m so happy that time, because America’s Visa is very difficult. Anyway my friend and I arrived in John F Kennedy airport on August 1998, than my others friend picked me up to the his house at New jersey, need 1 hour for drove the car from New York to New Jersey. I stayed in his house a few weeks, after that I went to Boston for worked, my jobs is dishwasher, example, clean all dish, clean Dining room, mans room and woman room. And also I help chef for preparation to cook. Well, I’m do this job 3.5 years, I love this job, because I’m working with good people and different country, they from China, Korea, Japan, Mexico, and America. Worked with them made me become the man, they teaching a lot of new experience and knowledge, of course English.

            Since I stayed in America, I got knowledge from good people when I worked with them, because of them I can speak good English. America for me is the best country, they have good place for living and good education, it is better living with family. If you got American resident, you get good life, for example, if you sick, you can got free changer from hospital and free changer for education, start from kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, and University. In America, there a lot of people from different culture and religion, they can live together. I knew almost every country in this world hate American, because America always made the others country disaster, they want every county in this earth follow them. America want control everything, they want become the bigger country on the world.

            But different with me when I live for a few years in America, it good, awesome, talking about American, they have good respect to the others, friendly to anyone. And America has four season, winter, autumn, summer, spring. About food, this country gave many different menu, start from cheap food until high class, for cheap food, hotdog, hamburger, fish and chips, and for high class food, steak, salmon, Italian food, etc. depends on your money. Especially restaurant who served fast food, like as, Mc Donald, Burger King, pizza, etc. you can pay 5 or 10 dollars/ order plus drink. For soft drink you can get 6 cans for 1.99 cents, product from coca-cola, Pepsi. America still number one for live.

 That’s all my little story, I hope this can help you to decide or preparation when you want trip to America. But before you go to America, your English must good, not only money, but speaking skill also very important. As long as your English good, you can have good life. Thank you for watching my video, even though this scrip not like in video, but I hope can help you what the meaning in the video. Please give comment, I do apologize for my pronunciation not as hopeless, but I will try do my best for the next video. Thank you and have nice day.