Voices of the Valley: Meet Tommy Tian
From: China, Current City: Hudson
During my 2017 summer break, me and my cousin went to Hong Kong for a visit. That was my first time leaving mainland China. The China mainland phone number would not work in Hong Kong. So, we didn’t have the internet. We could not use the map app.
We visited the Hong Kong University campus. The campus location is near a hill, so the buildings on the campus are very complex. Then we got lost on the Hong Kong University campus. We didn’t know how to leave. However, we met a young girl. She found out we were lost. She tried to communicate with us. First, she spoke Cantonese, which is the local language in Hong Kong. But me and my cousin, we come from the Northwest of China. We don’t understand Cantonese even a little bit. After a few moments, she found that we couldn’t understand Cantonese. Then she tried to speak Japanese and Korean, because we are Asian. Unfortunately, we didn’t understand either. Finally, she changed to English to speak with us. We gradually understood what she said. She helped us find the right way to leave.
I was so surprised that she could speak a lot of different languages. She looked similar to me. For me, I couldn’t even speak English fluently. At that moment, I found a difference between me and people like her. So, I decided to apply to graduate school. I want to be better than before, I want to gain more knowledge, and I want to explore a different world.
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