My name is Bing Fang.
INTERVIEWED BY Frank Fang

"We went to the first time the grocery store, we realized that the size is way bigger than the store we used to have in our home country."


DEPARTED FROM
Beijing, China

ARRIVED IN
Detroit / Boston, Massachusetts

YEAR
1999

AGE
35

BING FANG'S FIRST DAY

TRANSCRIPT
TRANSCRIBED BY Irma Ikram (x 2)

Hello, my name is Frank and today I will be interviewing my father on just one question. The question is what was your first day in the US was like?

Hi, everyone. This is the Bing Fang. I’m very glad to have this interview. I still remember the first landing airport, it was Detroit. That’s the first landing part. But eventually we come arrive the Boston. That was a long day, actually, it’s a long trip, we all get tired three of us. Me, my wife, and the first child. And also we are excited about the new country. We are going to meet a lot of new people and different kinds of culture. We are all excited. We carried several big luggage with us. Is kind of a long trip to us. And thankfully well, everything I mean, immigration and all checks, custom checks all kind of went through very smoothly. Eventually, we get into Boston at evening time, actually, and then we kind of all hungry and we’re looking for the food.

We went to, the first time, the grocery store, we realized that the size is way bigger than the store we used to have in our home country. And we went to the restaurant and the food we got is also exciting. We finish. So the friend here, I mean, the people here that live, the first day they all friendly and the very helpful. And they make us kind of have a feeling like “Wow, this is really the place welcome the newcomer.” That’s the impression we got first day. That’s it, thank you very much.

Yeah, thank you for your time. That was an awesome story.


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