YES Alumni Malaysia: YES 2010 Experience

A Texan’s Pride

Being gifted with the opportunity to be an exchange student representing Malaysia and of course, the privilege to be a Texan, is definitely the greatest pride in my life. It is only the 7th week since I arrived in the United States but I already had so many wonderful shades of colors in my life.

Last Friday, my host mom drove us all the way from Houston to Terrell to spend our weekend with her friend and some exchange students. The night journey took her 6 hours to reach Terrell.

On Saturday, I had the most terrific and incredible day of my life in Six Flags, Dallas! Never in my life have I gone on so many rides in a day and it was an unforgettable experience for me. I was with a group of exchange students from Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Germany; that made the experience much more enriching. I unbelievably went on the Titan ride which has a maximum thrill rate and it is the largest ride in Texas. What a great thrill that was; it was fun to possess the feeling of fear and excitement at the same time, especially with a group of adventurous friends.

That day, I tried on as many rides which I never dared to ride in Malaysia; I had a great time with my friends from other countries. I even had myself drawn by a caricature artist. Before we left on Sunday, we had managed to share our culture and knowledge of our respective countries with one another. I got to know more about the culture of Saudi Arabia and Peru and I had shared the unique culture of Malaysia with them too. One similarity of Malaysians and Peruvians is that we can't live without rice! I also had Peruvian homemade breakfast; hot Cappuccino and empanadas (Peruvian meat pie), tantalizing isn’t it?

The trip to Terrell and Dallas was one of the most memorable trip of my stay so far as it had so much to offer to an exchange student like me. Yes, I’m proud to be a Texan!