Days in Boston

Chapter 1.  I like it!

When I was in Boston, I spent a lot of time at the Central Square in Cambridge. Most of people said me that the area would be dangerous in evening. I cannot say it's not true, but I loved restaurants and pub in the area. One night I went there by my car, Prymoth Vararie 1978 model which I bought with 300 dollars, in evening. At that time , I did not want to stop my car at there, but I did. My lovely Valerie stopped and did not move. I could not understand why it could not start the engine, and I had to ask towing service. I had to wait for the service at least one hour, and the atmosphere in the square had become familiar one to me little by little.

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In the next week, I went there for shopping, and I met friend Abu. He came there for shopping too, and said "I like this area. Everything is reasonable price and convenient to come." I agreed with him, and we started exploring the area since that time. Basically, I have grown up in the noise of car in downtown, and familiar with atmosphere of public space, I felt the similar feeling which I had in childhood in the Central Square. I could see, I could talk, and I could know many people there. The experience there made my life in Boston good one.

When I arrived in Boston, it was very hot. But I did not mind it. I had many things to do, and I could not mind it. At first, I had to find apartment and I had to walk around the city. At that time, I don't know anyone and I have to do everything by my own. In August 1988, people also seemed like busy, President Bush and the governor Dukakis was competing for presidential election. One day, I found piece of ad paper at bulletin board. It said, Plymouth Valarie 1978 for sale at $300. I called the owner of the car, and I vistied his home. He was a researcher from Hungary, a nice guy, and he said " I found job in UK, and our family have to leave in next week. That's why I have to sell this car as soon as possible." Then he showed me the car, and explained, "This car runs great. Maybe you can see several broken part, but it would not be any problem." After short inspection and negotiation, I desided to buy it. Originally, I had never bought blandnew car, but used one in my countly, It was my pleasure to fix used car's defects. After I bought the car, I had a cup of tea with his family and talked with the owner's wife. At that time, she smiled anxiously somehow. Fixing the car gave me lots of fun, and I really loved it. But it's sudden break down gave me difficult time often. Actually, I experianced almost all kinds of break down including motor break down which could not be fixed. (I changed its motor for two times.) I had been to junk yard to to buy parts several times, and I could become friend with engineer at gas stations. The car gave me a lots of experience and gave me lots of chances to meet people in US.

I like it!




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