Utterly speechless5/6/2023 Those kind of questions left me speechless at first, I was not satisfied with my trip yet I did not know why. But then meeting all kinds of people and sharing my experience I had part of some understanding and was asked at some point about the bad sides of Great America. Also, I realised through this journey how misleading can be some words, as were mine to the giggling girls that only wanted to hear the good parts. I had a big cultural shock when I stepped on American ground and there was no one to help me through it and that might also have been a factor of my unsatisfied self. Cleaning up my thoughts it made me think of all the good and bad times I had there and that understanding is the most important thing I should've used there. Only after pleasing everyone with countless and unimportant words have I realised that it was so big of an experience that the people around would live it through me, mostly the ones that know it is just an untouchable dream for them. After accommodating we went to the beach, oh was it nice!'' And so I said nothing while making everyone feel good and not make them throw rocks at me for sharing my half-unpleasant journey. And not to say about the food, such a diversity gained me some extra kilos, but wait until i tell you about the sights! Also, the shops, they look like in the movies, they had an individual shop for any unimportant thing you could ever want. Just think that even the highways were an attraction at the beginning. And now, as an example I will share the pitch tone I used in every friendly discussion I had about myself: 'Oh, it was quite an experience! Imagining it, was something, but seeing and feeling, it was the other way around! The flight killed my enthusiasm, but it all went well after arriving. Make long phrases with short pauses and be sure to include unimportant details, always use neutral words when describing a feeling or experience you've had and never even think of any insulting word, just do it with as much subtlety as possible. I presumed it would be enough to say 'It was an unforgettable experience', but oh, was I wrong!Īfter different trials with saying the truth, I created a mesmerizing technique that I am kindly going to share now. As if the context in which I traveled was not enough they continued asking mercilessly. And for the ones that found out on the way, the first thing you could hear was an envious giggle followed by a sight of terror in which they throw imaginary fireballs at me-it is in human nature after all. Each and every one of them had the same questions for me, questions that I still have no defined answer for. In the first week back home I was called and messaged by many people (which was to be expected) but surprisingly I only knew less than half of them. and answering to the unmatchable welcome-back questions: ''How was it? Did you like it?''. I was almost verbally beaten and mentally chased after coming back from the U.S. ''America, the country where dreams come true and opportunities are boundless'' that is the vision that most of the teenagers that have never been there, guide themselves by.
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