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Hi my name is Island Phan, a 14-year-old girl, in grade 9
writing an essay and hoping to win! I’m not really sure how
to write an essay properly but I’ll try my best to do so. So
here I go!
The topic for this essay is called MY DREAM. Some people say
that their dream is to be a pop star, or to win lotto, or
the one that I hear the most is “ I want to be rich and
famous!!” There we have it, our everyday people wanting this
to be their dream? Rich and famous never comes into my mind.
. . . . . . . but poverty!
There is people dying of hunger everywhere all around the
world, nobody realises it until someone comes up to them and
beg for money, for food, clothes etc. This usually happens
in Cabramatta and poor countries. The only country that I’ve
been to in my whole entire life is Vietnam, one of the
poorest countries in the world. I still remember going to
Vietnam in 1998 for my grandfather’s funeral.
When my family got to the airport, I was totally stunned of
how good the condition in the airport was; I didn’t really
expect it to be this good. Outside I saw people, waving at
me and to their families, that they haven’t seen in a long
time.
I felt really weird about going to Vietnam. Because I knew
that it wouldn’t be as clean as Australia and I also knew
that I wouldn’t see a lot of people living in houses like we
do.
As soon as I got out of the airport, I soon realised that my
life was going to change totally. Why? Because here I am in
Vietnam not knowing what will happen next, until a homeless
person comes up to me and pleading for money, when I don’t
have money to give! I remember when I went shopping with my
mum and her relatives; an old woman kept on staring at me
like I was some kind of stranger. Well I was, but not a
stranger from outer space or something, I was a tourist and
I think this made her stare at me like that, because I
looked totally different from her. She was old, homeless,
had no money, and was wearing dirty clothes. Well while we
were walking around the woman kept on following us, and I
got kind of scared, so I tried to lose track of her and she
was still there. So I ran up to my mum and told her, but I
couldn’t find the woman so we kept on walking.
It took me a while to get use to the atmosphere around me,
but I just couldn’t stand seeing people begging for money
where ever I went. I always wanted to know why people are so
poor there. It’s not just because they don’t have money,
because if you think about it, anybody can live without
money right? Right? Well maybe not everybody but some people
can.
I do really feel sorry for people who are homeless. They
deserve so much more, for what they’ve earned. That’s why we
have organizations like World Vision, The Salvation Army and
heaps more! They help the homeless.
You probably already know what my dream is. My dream is to
help people that are in need and help them not to suffer
through the times that they’ve been homeless, also to give
them a better future.
We talked about this at a temple once and a monk asked me,
if I had the opportunity to be a minister for a suburb that
had a lot of homeless people, what would I do to help them?
So I answered “ I of being the minister of Cabramatta I
would give them money, give them a job, shelter and of
course food” Then my friend screamed out “ What if you ran
out of money?” So I just said, “ Remember, I’m a minister
here, so which means I get paid for being a minister” The
whole class started laughing but I just couldn’t understand
what they were laughing about. I mean it was funny but not
that funny! They just didn’t think properly.
I felt kind of sad, they didn’t understand, but I knew the
monk did.
I can just imagine myself doing it right now; I can picture
them being happy, saying thank
you and seeing people not suffering anymore!
My parents don’t really know this is my dream and never told
them, because they don’t think I’m the type of person who
would do this. I’ve always told them that I wanted to be a
flight attendant or a hotel manager, but to me homeless come
first.
The monks at the temple of Phuoc Hue has taught me so much
and now I realise what it feels like to be homeless.
Everybody needs to be able to help these people to make them
happy and to give them a bright a future. I mean the
homeless can be scary sometimes because they just don’t know
how to act when they see people giving them money and food,
their just too happy!!
My other dream is to be a flight attendant. This is because
I love to travel, but when it comes to aeroplanes I’m really
scared of heights and fear of flying! I’d love to travel all
around the world and discover new places and countries.
I don’t really seem to travel that much but I’d love to, as
I get older. The only countries that I would love to go to
is Japan, America, Canada and maybe Vietnam again and I will
bring all my crew to help me help the people that are in
need. So it would be like an organization, and I would call
it “ THE HELPING HAND” It may not sound catching but that
would do.
Vietnam wouldn’t be the only place that I would help. I’ll
also go to Africa, and the countries I would like to go
visit is Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and maybe some of the Spanish
speaking background like Brazil, Spain, Columbia heaps
more!!
I know that there would be a huge step ahead of me to make
my dream come true, but first I’ll have to pass my school
certificate and then my higher school certificate, to make
all my dreams come true. I have so many that I hope they’ll
always be with me when it comes to think about what I would
do when I grow up.
I hope you liked my dream for the future and give me good
luck for every step that I take. Not that many people have a
heart, I know I do, but if you do just use it and we can
make this world a better place for everybody and be proud of
who you are.
Just let your inspirations guide you and you will achieve
and experience something that you have never experienced
before. I did and now I know my real . . .
TRUE
DREAM!! |
