91. Please write about a life experience that has influenced your intellectual and personal growth.
Travelling from India to Korea all alone at the age of 11 was a new experience that helped me grow. My mom was busy with her work in India, but I had to go to Korea because of my visa. I was really excited to travel alone but of course was worried a little bit. I had to transfer in Thailand since there were no straight flights from India to Korea. I was a little scared, however, I told my mom that I will be fine.
And so was my first travel-alone experience. With my mom behind, I went through the door leading to security check-up. I filled up the forms carefully, checking my data in passport and going through the form again and again. Everything was really smooth, but I was worried about the transfer process since I wasn't fluent in English yet.
To my surprise, transfer process was easier than I thought. I was able to communicate well enough that I even conveyed my preferences for window seats. In the flight from Thailand to Korea, I also made a friend. He was a college student studying in New Zealand and had visited Thailand to meet up with his friend. It was so funny to see his shocked response when I told him that I was in 6th grade. He had thought I was either in high school or in college. He gave me lots of information about colleges and society in New Zealand.
It was a wonderful experience to travel alone; I learnt to be independent and be confident in situations, I got to know more about other country's culture and society, I gained information about colleges. My mom worried about me, and I worried about myself; but I learnt that until unless I tried, the worries will remain the same. However, once I go through the experience, I'll be confident to do it again as it is proved by me travelling alone everywhere now.
Travelling from India to Korea all alone at the age of 11 was a new experience that helped me grow. My mom was busy with her work in India, but I had to go to Korea because of my visa. I was really excited to travel alone but of course was worried a little bit. I had to transfer in Thailand since there were no straight flights from India to Korea. I was a little scared, however, I told my mom that I will be fine.
And so was my first travel-alone experience. With my mom behind, I went through the door leading to security check-up. I filled up the forms carefully, checking my data in passport and going through the form again and again. Everything was really smooth, but I was worried about the transfer process since I wasn't fluent in English yet.
To my surprise, transfer process was easier than I thought. I was able to communicate well enough that I even conveyed my preferences for window seats. In the flight from Thailand to Korea, I also made a friend. He was a college student studying in New Zealand and had visited Thailand to meet up with his friend. It was so funny to see his shocked response when I told him that I was in 6th grade. He had thought I was either in high school or in college. He gave me lots of information about colleges and society in New Zealand.
It was a wonderful experience to travel alone; I learnt to be independent and be confident in situations, I got to know more about other country's culture and society, I gained information about colleges. My mom worried about me, and I worried about myself; but I learnt that until unless I tried, the worries will remain the same. However, once I go through the experience, I'll be confident to do it again as it is proved by me travelling alone everywhere now.
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