There are many stories of challenges in which I have responded successfully that I could bore you endlessly with, but instead I will describe to you the one I thing is most significant with regards to college life. To describe this particular challenge we have to go back to the year ’98 where I just started my junior year. Life was great at that time. Nothing really bothered me. I had my friends, and that was what mattered to me. This energy which I possessed would soon be diminished when my parents told me we were moving to Rio de Janeiro. My hopes and dreams of graduating with my friends tore me apart. Soon I would not be able to communicate with others the same as before. I felt as though someone took the air from my lungs. But what could I have done to not move? To be precise, nothing, except accept the fact that I was moving and acknowledge change. But from then forth I would evolve into a person who did care what was at present. I believe this may have been my sub-conscience preparing me for what was about to come. This was not going to be neither the first nor the last time that I would move and leave dear friends behind and change as a whole person. So in February 9th I headed for the airport and took off for the beautiful beaches of Rio. I’ve always wanted to live near the ocean and so here I was, sixteen floors high with ocean view. Moving to Brazil has been mixtures of confusing feelings from hate to love. I don’t know how to put it directly into words. But from moving here, I have learned that change is for the best and it may not seem so at first. But in the long run you appreciate it. You see changing from one place to another in intervals of about three to four years has given me a gift that has allowed me to deal with other people very well. This is the challenge that I anticipate from college, dealing with people, of the many that I anticipate to meet. Through the many cultural experiences that I hav...
