Amina

On Saturday morning I got up early because it was my friend's birthday. I went to buy a present. When I came back home, I cooked lunch. After lunch I went to my friend's house. When I went there, there were some people and my

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My name is Amina. I come from Somalia but I lived in Kenya for 15 years. I married in Kenya. I gave birth there to 6 children, 5 sons and 1 daughter. We couldn't live there because it was too hard so we came to Australia. We came to Australia in Jun 2007. I like Hobart. It is a good place. I gave birth to another baby so now I have 7 children.

I study at the Tasmanian Polytechnic. I am **learning** English as my second language. I like my school and my teachers. I hope one day to speak very fast. My **short-term** goal is to speak more clearly. My **long-term** goal is to improve my writing and reading. My **plan** for the future is to run my own restaurant. I need to take a hospitality course and **train** to run my restaurant in the **future**.

I had a big restaurant in Kenya and we had a lot of daily customers .Our restaurant's name was Highway Star. We started Highway Star in 1997. Customers ate from our restaurant three times a day.Six people worked our restaurant. We used to make differant types of food.

When I arrived in Tasmania two years ago English language was a **barrier** for me. Juggling my study and family life is also difficult but with hard work and commitment I will achieve my goals and one day I will have my own restaurant.