This
is my first essay on my comprehensive class. The teacher asked us to write
about “Your First Time …”, it’s up to you whether you want to write about your
first meet your boyfriend, first time dancing in front of the whole country or
first time caught stealing things. Hahaha. Since I don’t have any of above
experience I mentioned, I choose to write about my first experience living on
my own. I asked a friend about the right title I should put on my essay, and
she gave me this idiom: 自食其力zi4 shi2 qi2 li4. Literally means to eat off one’s own
strength – to stand on one’s own feet.
When
my teacher returns my essay she said: “You’re using very good words for the
title.” Inside I was like: “haha, I didn’t know it by myself until my friend
told me”. Anyway so this is the corrected version of my first essay in here. Although writing a 200 words essay is quite
frustrating for me, when I read it again, I felt like my writing wasn’t that
bad anyway. Jia you myself! Hahaha
我第一次自食其力
我第一次自食其力是两年前。那时侯我去新加坡工作。这是我第一次离开父母。
以前我在印尼已经工作了一年，可是我觉得在老的公司没有前途，工资也不多。 所以遇到好机会在外国工作 我好好利用这个机会。在新加坡比以印尼的工赀高，我会省更多钱。可是有时候会觉得很寂寞听不到妈妈的唠叨。自己住的生活也让我学会很多事，要洗自己的衣服，做饭，整理房间， 等等。以前妈妈做的事， 现在我一定要自己做。
工作的时候也有自己的困难。第一次去上班，我听不懂同事的英文，因为新加坡人有自己的口音。 听他们说汉语我更不明白。可是慢慢我习惯了他们的口音。
依我看，这个经验让我学会很多事。我觉得在外国工作不只是为了挣钱，而是帮我了解成一个独立的人。
