I applied for Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) and got like 2 weeks ago.
This is the first step to becoming an American Citizen and fulfill my dream.
I was once said to myself: "I want to pursue a simple American dream"
Now I'm one step to get there.
You might ask why USA.
Well like other Asian people or any other foreigners answer "Freedom of Speech"
Then the education, I really like studying and if I want to continue and learn more, I can find it here.
Other people do not want to come here because what they see in movies which is violence, but for me no. I'm not afraid of anything. Gangsters and Mobsters or similar to that does not intimidate me. I've been there where when I was a high school student and join fraternities (US fraternities are not the same in Philippines).
Fraternities has house. While in the Philippines, we call them what you call "Gangstas". They are pretty much the same here. Frat boys in the Philippines and Gangstas here are the same.
I just need to wait 5 years to be an American citizenship and fulfill a simple American dream.
Lastly, why I came here is because of Starbucks.