MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Daniela Cvetanovski
Class 36
Collingwood English Language School
March 2003
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Personal Information
My name is Daniela. I am 16 years old. I come from
Macedonia, but I was actually born here in Australia. My
family went back to Macedonia when I was 2 years old.
In my country, I had many good friends. We always walked
around our town together, and we looked after each other if
things were hard. I was lucky to have such good friends.
Another good memory is when my dad took us camping. We
went to a really beautiful place next to a river. We went
swimming, but the water was freezing! I felt very peaceful
and happy at that time.
A bad memory is of the war time. I don’t like to talk about
that because some people in my family died and I felt very,
very sad. I still miss them. Another bad memory is school.
The teachers were angry and used to hit the students if they
made a mistake.
I came to Australia for many reasons. To make the decision
was very hard for me. I left my parents, my relatives and my
friends on the 29th of May this year. I cried for three days. I
think that was the hardest part in all my life.
After three days of travelling, I arrived in Australia on the 31st
of May. I was very sad and scared but also I was happy. That
was the moment when I saw my brother and all my relatives
whom I have never seen before in my life. They were very
happy too.
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When we got out of the airport the weather was cold, windy
and it was raining like a winter’s day. I was cold and a little
bit sleepy because I arrived at about 5 a.m.
Two weeks later I started to go to school, where I learned to
write, read and speak English.
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