By Nasiphi Sobahle
It was a Wednesday morning where a
group of young South African Individuals were about to finally be on a plane to
the land of the free, the land of the brave and you can imagine how each and
every one was feeling.
We met at O.R Tambo Int’l airport and all one could see was a group of Eager individuals, ready to embark on a journey of Growth in their career fields, it couldn’t get more exciting.
We experienced so many emotions, all
at once, for some, it was a virgin step to American soil and some, like me, were
over the moon to be returning to the land of Great Opportunities, we looked
forward to reuniting with friends that we left in the USA before.
I guess it all sank in real good when
the plane took off at 20.25pm sharp (Oct 17 2012), from this point, there was
no turning back.
The thought of being on a plane for
16hrs was alone daunting, however, the best part of the long flight was… in
that amount of time we managed to make friends, learn about our diverse
cultures and hopefully we managed to impact into each other the spirit of
“UBUNTU” that even though we are separated by borders, we are all derived from
the same soil.
We were family by the time we landed
at JFK, and that alone made our flight a good one J
Taking off from JFK was the last lap
to complete our 22hr flight as we were going to be flying to our final
destination, FLORIDA…
This is where the mixed emotions
kicked right back, it was all coming to Reality, all we were left to do was to
assure ourselves that we will have an amazing time in Florida, as we are all
away from home, creating a happy medium in our surroundings and of course being
the Best that we can be in the workplace.
We are yet to find out if all our expectations
were met.
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