First Abroad Experience: Malta

              After the bad mark from YDS, I decided to go abroad to improve my English. I was about about to graduate from university. I needed to be quick as students have better opportunity to gain visa for abroad.
              I started to search countries. The first one was England but too expansive just like America and Australia. New Zealand was cheaper but very far. The best option was Malta. Cheap and near. It is cheap to compare to other countries but still expensive for me to go. Expenses of school and accommodation were about 3.000 euros. adding visa and flight expenses, it became more expensive. Apart from that, I had to pay for food. Those all were difficult for me as I was a student but the most challenging one was that Malta wanted to see about 3.000 euros in my bank account as a proof that I have enough money to survive in Malta for 3 months. Shortly, I need 6.000 euros. 3.000 for school and accommodation, other 3.000 for account.
                 How did I find that money? Firstly, I was running a small shop, a tradition food shop: Çiğköfte, with my 3 friends and I sold my share. Secondly, I made a list of friends and other people who I can barrow money from them around me and I borrow from almost all of them with small amounts. Thirdly, I was working for a company previous summer and I made an agreement with them that they employed me for 1 month and pay my salary in advance. In addition to that the boss of that company, who is one of the richest man in the city Bolu, gave me one extra salary. With that extra salary, I managed to collect enough money for school and accommodation and now, time to find other 3.000.
             I didn't have that amount and I couldn't find it.  Therefore, I needed to find another way. I came up with an idea and share it with my education counsellor: I called him  and told him that I had 3.000 euro and I would take loan from a bank and then put all money in my account. I took my bank statement with 6.000 euros and put it to my visa paper. After I took the visa, I would take the money from my account and send back half of them to bank and other half to my counsellor for paying for school and accommodation. At first he said no as the expense of school and accommodation needed to be paid earlier, but in the end he accept as I insisted.
              I called my brother and told him to take 3.000 euro from the bank and sent it to me. He did and I applied for visa. The result came after one week: Reject because a student account cannot have that big amount of money, So I sent all money to my father account and took a letter of attorney from him. I applied again and this time they accepted. I managed to overcome difficulties and so my first abroad adventure started.