This is a picture I took several month ago. I cannot remember the specific time, but it should be after my graduation of high school. I love my big smile in this picture, which makes me feel happy every time when I look back on this photo. The shirt I wore that day is one of my favorite T-shirt which I bought from Uniqlo. Even though the pattern on this shirt cannot be shown clearly through the picture, I still want to mention that there is a sentence on my T-shirt—I am legend, which encourages me a lot.
The background of this picture was in a grocery store at the aisle of hats. I was hanging out with my best friends, Tracy and Monica. Tracy used to sit next to me at the junior year, but she went to Australia for her future study. It has been long time without meeting her, so I feel so excited to hang out with her. Monica was my deskmate during my senior year. We have a wonderful school year with each other, because we usually laugh about the same points. Certainly, Monica and Tracy have great relationship as well. That day was like a celebration for three of us after graduating from the high school. The three years went through so quickly and we really wanted to leave us a wonderful impression in the end, so we tried all kinds of accessories on us and took pictures to have fun. How happy I feel at that time cannot use words to describe.
Additionally, the hat on my head is not mine. I was just trying that straw hat and I would like to buy it as a gift for my mom. At that time, my family was planning to go to Hawaii for vacation, so my mom showed her interest in getting a straw hat. Just in time, the hats in that store were on sale. Thus, I plan to buy a nice hat for my mom. And I tried different styles and let my friends give me some suggestions on choosing one. I also sent this picture to my mom to ask her whether she likes or not. And in the end, I bought the hat that I wore to give it to my mom as a gift. For sure, my mom felt so happy to receive the gift and bring it to the beach.
On that day, happiness was full of my mind. I had no stress but enjoyed time with my best friends. At present, I got tan because spend four days in Hawaii. And three of us are separated into three different places, Columbus, Sydney and New York. I miss them a lot, but it is our own choice to pursue our future dream. And we still keep in touch recently, chatting about our own school life through social media. What is more, I feel a bit stressful recently which is different from the happy mood on that day. I am a college student now who have more responsibility to develop myself. I am not the child who always depend on parents any more. Even though I used to imagine that it is hard for a foreigner to study abroad, life is more complicated than what I can imagine, but also with more new stories which give me total new experience. I used to be confident of my spoken English. However, nowadays, I really hope to improve my English more on reading and I will try my best.
It is so happy to remember what happened on that day. It brings new feelings for me look back and try to find the memories of that day. It is true that the picture is a great way to record the moment, but I usually just put the pictures in my phone and leave them there. Look back on the past is a great way to encourage me to be more energic to face the future.
