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Mah Reh - Personal Statement
Mah Reh - Personal Statement
June 14, 2003: It was a sunny day in Thailand; that was the day I first touched a soccer
ball. I was 2 years old that time, who is my dad hold me to kick a soccer since I can’t really kick
a soccer. As I got older day by day, I started to take soccer seriously and wanted to be a
professional soccer player to achieve my goal and my whole family’s goal. I played soccer with
my brother everyday; he is 10 years old than me. My brother was way better than me and started
to look up to him.
word to me was “focus on your dream of become a professional soccer and take care of dad.”
After he left, I was so lonely and don’t have nobody to play soccer with. It was a challenge for
me without having my brother around me. Everyday I will think about him and how we used to
spend time together and play soccer. One day I have a conservation with my dad to ask when
will we going to move to United States too. He said to me “Va sa nga tho, pa tho opha hta na
pa.” (“I don’t know yet, we will have to wait for long time.”) The moment that we finished with
our conservation, I run into my room and started to cry. Once in a while my brother called back
home to talk to my dad and I can’t talk to him because we don’t have phone station and the only
On November 23, 2009, my dad had a surprise new for me. He told me that “pha ya mo
American” (“we will go to United States in a few months”) and I was so happy. I was looking
forward to meeting my brother again. Few a months we left our hometown to move to United
States. When we arrived at United States, it was Texas that we arrived at. I ask my dad “va ma o
ba a” (“is my brother around here”) and he said “toe.” (“no.”) It was pain that my brother was
not in Texas and I had been looked forward to this. I thought to myself that I need to be strong in
order to be happy. When my dad buy a phone it was the first time I talking to my brother again. I
It was June 2010, I finished third grade in Texas which was where I first began to learn
English. We decided to move to where my brother lived after I finished third grade. We took the
bus to Charlotte and it took a day and a night. When we arrived in Charlotte, I saw my brother
for the first time in a long time. I was so happy to see him and hopeful that we would play soccer
together soon. The first thing he said to me was, “Na da ta, Va moe ta na.” (“You have grown up,
and I’m so glad to see you again.”) I had united with my brother again after such a long time.
I was a different person when I united with my brother because I used to be a crybaby but
now I am strong enough to be on my own. I learned that being apart can be hurtful but at the
same time it helps you to become strong. I learned many things through the challenge of my