Growing up is not easy. When people are young, they always have to face a lot of difficulties. Also, we may have to face a lot of big challenges when we are teenagers. I think the only way is to try my best to overcome them. According to my own experience, moving from my home town, shanghai, to Beijing was my biggest challenge when I was young. I was so happy that I overcame it, and it became a piece of important memory in my life.
I moved to Beijing with my parents when I was 13 years old. I was born in Shanghai, which was the biggest modern city in south China. Besides some travels, I had no idea about the other cities in such a big country. When I got Beijing, I found that everything was quite different from shanghai. Beijing, which is the capital of China, is in north china. Although Shanghai and Beijing are all developed international cities; the food, the weather and the life habits in these two cities are not very likely. For example, I preferred food in Shanghai which is sweeter and fresher than Beijing. The winter …show more content…
That was really helpful. The students in my new school thought that I was different from them at the beginning because I came from Shanghai. When I tried to talk to them, I found they were just shy but not afraid of me. They were very friendly. I went to parks and museums with my new friends every week. I told them about the life in Shanghai and they were interested in the stories. They introduced me some unique thing in Beijing. They shared their experiences and stories to me. I felt that I was never lonely in the city. I owned my family and such a lot of good friends. The third year I lived in Beijing, I joined a organization which was to help homeless old people with my friends. We took care of the poor old people. We spent time with them to let them feel that they had a home. I was very proud of myself. I was very proud of living in Beijing with these great kind