Monday, November 26, 2007

obstacles with being an immigrant

The first difficult thing about being an immigrant would be leaving the people and things that you love that won't be coming along. These include family, friends, your house and homeland, and other things that you love. The next thing that would be hard would be having to get used to the new place. You would have to find new friends-- if you didn't want to be lonely--, you would have to get used to the new culture, and-- if you didn't want to be laughed at and made fun of-- you would have to get used to the style that was "in".
The next thing that you would have to worry about would be finding a job to make a living. One of the harder things about finding a job, and in general, would be language. Of you don't know the language of the place you move to, then it might be hard to communicate about the job and-- if you get the job-- during the job; unless you are working in a factory and you don't need to say anything.
People also might take advantage of you because you're new and don't many thing =s about the country. They might try and tell you something that isn't true about something very important and then get you into loads of trouble. 
There are of course good things about being new to a country: where you come from you might be considered ugly and not smart, but in the new country you could be considered pretty/handsome, and ahead of your class. Another good thing would be if you were really good with numbers and the way the numbers were written are the same as where you come, then you would still be considered good with numbers.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Quote from Anahita's Woven Riddle

"Luck, my friend, comes only to the one who doesn't expect it. If you boast about winning, it will flee. If you concentrate on the process, it will come to your aid like a bird."
(p. 286) Arash says this when the sandstorm is swirling around him and Ismail when they are heading to the riddle contest. They were talking about how Ismail thinks Arash is going to win and Arash is warning him not to get his hopes up.