Goodbye America!
For most people, the first sight of America that millions of early immigrants spotted was the Statue of Liberty, raised high in the air with a commanding posture, eager to greet the new future Americans who would call America their home. As the they spotted Lady Liberty, they would cheer and throw their hats in the air, and tears of joy would fill every eyes. For me, Lady Liberty, the symbol of freedom and new world, was the LAST thing I saw, before I made a dash for the airport and left America!
It was a real sad day, my friends from the hostel waited for me for breakfast (which turned out to a surprise farewell brunch), and when it came to deciding where they were gonna take me for my last day, it turns out that nobody has been the Statue of Liberty yet, including myself! Can you imagine that, going to New York and not seeing the Liberty, its like going to Paris and not seeing the Eiffel tower (how can you miss it, its so big and right infront of your eyes!), its like going to Dubai and not seeing me! Lady Liberty glittered and glowed in my eyes, she was magnificent beyond what I had imagined. Just that sight of her was a magical moment, and I stood there in silence under ocean breeze as I paid her my respect. People from all over the world come to and live in New York (and America), funnily enough every one of my friends on the boat were different countries; a girl from Nicaragua, a guy from Russia, a girl from England, and so on. On the way back, I looked away from Lady Liberty one last time and look ahead at the stunning New York skyline painted in gold from the sunset. When a friend of mine asked me what I was thinking, I said “It’s a beautiful world…”
Now close your eyes and imagine…lol...none of that stuff from SSC!
Four months ago, I left home for an adventure, an adventure that will change my life forever. AIESEC brought me to America, to work and live a life of an ordinary American, and by meeting people from different parts of America (and the world), I told to myself I’m gonna take on an adventure around America and explore this new world for myself. What got into me was the deep passion for travel, adventure and extreme that I never knew was within me, it gave flavor and adrenaline to my life. Everyday a new adventure awaits me, something surprising around the corner every time, a new rush and always something fun to do. I started speaking about tomorrow with optimism like “Tommorrow I’m gonna conquer that mountain and look at you guys from up there!”…as LG says: “Life’s Good!”. Bridge-walking in San Francisco, surfing in Santa Barbara and Venice Beach, studio crashing at Hollywood, windsurfing in San Diego, rocking climbing in Yosemite and Grand Canyons, sky diving in Las Vegas, crashing at Buffalo college town with old school friends, barrel-rafting at the Niagara falls (not really, just watched others do, I’m too Arab to get into trouble!), went countryside exploring in small Midwest town Sherman (Sher-wha?!), and sky-scrapper hoping in New York (like spider-man). Life’s really good.
And it doesn’t end there. I wish to share the fun with AIESEC back in Dubai, as hopefully, I would be the new activities coordinator. So if you come to Dubai, you know who’s gonna show a good time around.
I bid you all farewell, thank you all for being my friends, for being my family, and for sharing these great times together, I’ll sure remember each and one of you touched my life.
Remember, it’s a beautiful world!
Ma’salaama…Ahmad has left the building!
It was a real sad day, my friends from the hostel waited for me for breakfast (which turned out to a surprise farewell brunch), and when it came to deciding where they were gonna take me for my last day, it turns out that nobody has been the Statue of Liberty yet, including myself! Can you imagine that, going to New York and not seeing the Liberty, its like going to Paris and not seeing the Eiffel tower (how can you miss it, its so big and right infront of your eyes!), its like going to Dubai and not seeing me! Lady Liberty glittered and glowed in my eyes, she was magnificent beyond what I had imagined. Just that sight of her was a magical moment, and I stood there in silence under ocean breeze as I paid her my respect. People from all over the world come to and live in New York (and America), funnily enough every one of my friends on the boat were different countries; a girl from Nicaragua, a guy from Russia, a girl from England, and so on. On the way back, I looked away from Lady Liberty one last time and look ahead at the stunning New York skyline painted in gold from the sunset. When a friend of mine asked me what I was thinking, I said “It’s a beautiful world…”
Now close your eyes and imagine…lol...none of that stuff from SSC!
Four months ago, I left home for an adventure, an adventure that will change my life forever. AIESEC brought me to America, to work and live a life of an ordinary American, and by meeting people from different parts of America (and the world), I told to myself I’m gonna take on an adventure around America and explore this new world for myself. What got into me was the deep passion for travel, adventure and extreme that I never knew was within me, it gave flavor and adrenaline to my life. Everyday a new adventure awaits me, something surprising around the corner every time, a new rush and always something fun to do. I started speaking about tomorrow with optimism like “Tommorrow I’m gonna conquer that mountain and look at you guys from up there!”…as LG says: “Life’s Good!”. Bridge-walking in San Francisco, surfing in Santa Barbara and Venice Beach, studio crashing at Hollywood, windsurfing in San Diego, rocking climbing in Yosemite and Grand Canyons, sky diving in Las Vegas, crashing at Buffalo college town with old school friends, barrel-rafting at the Niagara falls (not really, just watched others do, I’m too Arab to get into trouble!), went countryside exploring in small Midwest town Sherman (Sher-wha?!), and sky-scrapper hoping in New York (like spider-man). Life’s really good.
And it doesn’t end there. I wish to share the fun with AIESEC back in Dubai, as hopefully, I would be the new activities coordinator. So if you come to Dubai, you know who’s gonna show a good time around.
I bid you all farewell, thank you all for being my friends, for being my family, and for sharing these great times together, I’ll sure remember each and one of you touched my life.
Remember, it’s a beautiful world!
Ma’salaama…Ahmad has left the building!
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