Step by Step, I Will Succeed in My Life, by Sumei Wu

I was born in a village in China in 1970. It was small, but it was beautiful. There are mountains around it. When I was 18, I graduated from high school, and moved to Jiangmen city along. I got my first job as a waiter in 1989. I worked hard at my job. Step by step, I improved to be a manager in 1994. I stopped that job in December 2006. I immigrated to San Francisco with my husband and my daughter in July 2007. I got my first job here in January 2008.

I grew up in the village. There weren’t any parks. I sometimes played at the field, sometimes played at other classmate home with the same age children. I have two sisters and a brother. In my childhood, my family was poor, my parents didn’t have jobs, but my father knew how to make nets. He always used a net to catch fish at the river. Sometimes I liked to go with him. After I went to middle school, I was busy with my homework. I never went with him.

Now I live near Chinatown in San Francisco with my parents, my sisters and brother. We have a big family. Our family has four little kits and four teenagers. Sometimes they are very noisy, but there is a lot of laughter at our house. In my free time, I like to listen to music, and eat out. I’ve worked at The Palace Hotel since January 2008. I work hard at my job. I also study hard at English.

How about my future? I’ll travel some place I’ve never been. I’m going to learn more new things and study hard at English to help my dream become true. What’s my dream? I think I want to be a manager at a good restaurant. I know it is hard for me now, but this is my goal. I will never give up.