Trinh: A Short Story

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When I came to United States for the first time it was very hard for me to cross the border. I spent two weeks in Tijuana trying to cross the border. The INS caught me and put me in jail for one month. My family thought I had died. They were very sad. When I left, I promised I had to cross the border and that's why I'm here. I never got back until I got-my resident card and I want to get my citizenship soon. When I was in Mexico before I came to United States, I enjoyed the holidays in my Rancho. The fair was fantastic and the food was very good. I recommend the beaches the sand and the beautiful ocean water isn't that cold and you can ride motorboats. The restaurants sell good seafood especially fresh fish and shrimps. Now my life is very…show more content…
I am from Vietnam. I was born in a small village in the north. In 1954 a big war happened there because France and communist fought a long time. After the Geneva meeting, my family decided to escape my village and went to the south Vietnam by a small boat. We had been living in the south for about thirty years. I am married and have 4 children. My husband was a teacher and also a soldier because at that time my country need teacher to change to soldier. There was a big war again and many people died by the bomb. We couldn't count them, and the communist killed many people, and many houses burned. After 1975, my family decided to leave my country by boat one by one. We went to a Malaysia refugee camp in 1984. We had been living in the camp about 15 months. We have been on a waiting list to come to the US. We left the refugee camp and went to the US by plane. Now I am living in Santa Ana. I have been living in the US since 1985. When we first time we came here, we didn't have anything. We had to start our life over again. We read the newspaper to find a job, and we did a lot of different jobs and we worked overtime every day. After one year my children went to college and they had to study and work. After four years they graduated from Cal State Fullerton. They are working at big company with good salary and good benefits. Now we are very happy to live in the USA because we are living together. We have freedom in our life. We bought a house and cars. We are…show more content…
The place I used to live is called "Villa de Guadalupe". It's a place where there is a beautiful church and the history says that the of Guadalupe's Miracle happened. Well, the place is very nice. I went to elementary school in a place close to this church and then continue secondary education in another school also near my neighborhood. When I was a kid I used to live with my mother and my grandparents, I grew up without knowing my father, but I was happy because my grandparents always bought me everything I wanted, at that time I was the only child at home. Later my Mom got married, and I had two brothers. I learned how to share my toys with them, and I got a stepfather who taught me many good things because he is a good and hard working man. My Mom is lucky. Before I finished the high school, I started to work for a big tools company as a salesman helper (where I learned many new things). After one year I had, the opportunity to become a salesman. That job gave me many opportunities to continue studying because I had a flexible schedule. I finished high-school, and I drop out of school for two years because I liked to make money and I forget the school. Fortunately I changed my mind and went back to school to finish the university. I studied Business Administration and I majored in Hotels Administration. After four years I completed the university and got my degree. One year before I
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