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City Where Dreams Become Reality

After the 20 hour-long multiple journeys, we finally reach our destination, San Francisco, and my God, what a city. When people say, that New York never sleeps, I guess they haven’t visited the Silicon Valley yet. From the magnificent views of the golden gate bridge to the richness of modernization in the tech industry has made San Francisco, one of the top cities that I have ever visited. 

However, one of the most important reasons that this trip was a successful learning experience for me is because of these three people; Wadha, Muyesser, and Omar. I cannot think of any other individuals who could’ve done what these guys did for us. The continuous efforts they put in, shows how much they really care for us to learn and have a good experience from this trip. From getting everybody’s plane tickets ready to making sure everyone is on one of the vans every morning to even making sure that we got what we all as students demanded whether it be dining at In & Out, or shopping at the outlets malls, they gave us everything one could ask for. I personally cannot thank these guys enough, for all their efforts, and hopefully if you’re reading this, I just wanted to show my appreciation towards all your tireless efforts that you put in to make this trip one of the most memorable trip of all time.  

 Secondly, what made this trip extremely wonderful were the students I met from different Universities. These students go toUniversities in Education city. If it weren’t for this trip, I would’ve probably not met them at all. Amazing people, each and every one of them, I’m glad I met these people as these friendships will be one that lasts for long.

Aaah, Silicon Valley. What a place to be. From Google to Facebook to Uber to Zynga to Stanford. What an experience this has been.  Met these extra ordinary people. The word greatness doesn’t do justification to them, from not having electricity until the age of 14 to having 1000 patents in your name, from not knowing a single word of English to being the best in sales in one of the largest tech companies in the world. One of the most important things I learned from this trip wasn’t that I want to start my own startup, or work in one of the top companies in the world, I learned that you can achieve whatever you want in this world if you’re willing to put in the hard work. All these great people that I met, did not achieve what they did, overnight, it took them years and years of hard work to get where they are now. This is the most important aspect I take away from this trip. And hopefully one day, I’ll be back there, to fulfill my own dream.