Alya
Al-Shbibi
College of
Education, English
Once I dreamt of being on a plane
travelling to nowhere with a confused feeling of joy and worry. The plane left
me in a place where I haven't seen before. The place was seething with people
and my eyes were moving here and there to glance everything I might
encounter. Everything seemed different
to me: new faces, different language and a strange weather. As I walked, I become more and more cold till
I was about to scream and suddenly, I heard a sound from a long distance
saying: "Alya wake up! You are in London."
Yes my dream has finally come true, I am in England, Great Britain or
the 'dreamland' as they call it. The
funny thing that I've faced from the first step in England is that their summer
is as cold as our Omani winter. I am not
joking. I was about to cry because of the extreme cold. From that moment, I knew that I was opening
different chapters of experiences as it was a movement from the extreme east to
the extreme west. From hot weather, conservative people and a great heritage to
cold weather, free people and a glorious country - as they say "the empire
on which the sun never sets.'
I was comparing everything to Oman but unfortunately, Oman and Britain can't
be compared. I was impressed and
overwhelmed by the range of services and the imposing buildings. I was enjoying
the weather and the English's hospitality.
In contrary, a thing that made me said is that nobody knew my lovely Oman.
Whenever anybody asked me about my country, I said with great enthusiasm
'Oman!' But that enthusiasm did not last very long as their facial expression
tells that they have never heard of it. Then I had to tell them about Dubai and
that it is one of the Gulf countries. At the end, they knew exactly which part
of the world Oman lies in.
One new thing I was forced to learn was reading maps. Wherever we went
we had to get a map, otherwise we would get lost. Gradually, I started to
change my mind about the importance of maps. And I said, since people don’t
know Oman, I can show English my country and avoid embarrassment. However,
after such a trip I have figured that we need to quit using maps help. Indeed, we
have to create our own maps to design our right path to the future. That was a trip which I enjoyed and benefited
from and now I can say proudly that such a trip was a trip of a lifetime.
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