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Standing at the Crossroad of My Life

I never thought this thing would go into this situation. Living in Canada is a dream I’ve held for several years. My original plan was doing my master degree in Canada after graduation. In this summer holiday, I consulted an immigration agent and found that it was difficult for me to find a suitable master program in Canadian universities as I insisted on commerce. So the agent suggested me transferring to a Canadian university right now and studying accounting. The condition was I need to give up the bachelor degree I’m going to get in one and half years and start over the university in Canada. I was too obsessed with Canada so I agreed to do so. Since we didn’t prepare anything for this decision, the whole process was incredibly tough. I cried and prayed every nigh hoping God can help me to get there. When I was one step away from my dreamland, I failed—the Canadian embassy refused to give me the visa because I have the intension of immigration. I completely collapsed when I heard the news. I didn’t know what to do in the future since I’ve been planning for my life in Canada for the whole semester and I almost dropped my study. The worse thing was I need to say goodbye to my dream. Feeling desperate for a few days, I got my life back and rearrange my future path. This time I checked some information about Australia and found that their master programs have more options and are pretty easy to apply. If I’m lucky enough, I can get some scholarship to assist my study. When I’m ready to move on and prepare for my new life, another agent told me he could help me reapply the visa.
Now I’m considering whether I should immediately drop the bachelor degree I’m going to have in China and struggle for another four years to get a bachelor degree in Canada, or wait for one and a half year to get my bachelor degree and continue the master program of two years in Australia. Honestly, the country I prefer to go is Canada, but its cost is too high ($120,000 expenses and my bachelor degree in China) and even though I find out my feeling for this country is just a illusion when I get there, I can’t turn back because I’ve given up all the things for this dream. The best thing is being an accountant can assure a good quality of my life. The advantages of Australia are: first, I can have my bachelor degree here. Second, the expenses are much lower (especially when I get scholarship). Third, if I find the life abroad is not my like, I still can come back and have a good life in China. The disadvantages are: First, I don’t plan to stay Australia for my life unless I get married and have to settle down. My plan is to try the North America lives to see whether they are suitable for me. Second, if I really need to settle down in Australia, I can’t have the life as good as the one in China because my country supply good offer to those who have studied abroad.
I know Australia is terrific country. It has good climate, beautiful scenery, good social welfare, peace and free. But I’m the type of person who likes challenge and adventure, so Australia is too plain for me. I love China too. Now it is under the economic booming and provides me a lot of opportunities but it has too many restrictions for citizen’s life and the passport of China is unable to get me to every country of the world, which holds back my life’s hope.
I ask myself what I really want, and my answer is experiencing North American life and having a good job. What I concern about is whether the feeling for North American life is just an illusion. If it is, I hope I can get my original life back.

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