When I became an international student in Dubai, many life issues changed. I do not live with my family anymore, so I have to learn how to do things by myself, how to live in harmony with others and how to move to other areas. Being a student of a foreign country makes individuals acquire a lot of things therefore, at the first period of acclimatization, it can be difficult to attain new activities as it occurred to me. I encountered three main effects of being a foreign student: the first one is being apart from family; the second is adjusting to the city and the last one is "making friends."  The main cause that disturbed me most in the Dubai as a foreign country is the fact of living without my close relatives and the family home to which I accustomed through all the years of my life. This means that I did not find my new accommodation pleasant. In the past it was pleasant when mom cooked for me or when she made my bed. Also, dad took me to school, and when classes finished, I returned to my premises and made myself completely comfortable. Nevertheless, being a foreign student means to live in a dormitory or rent an apartment as my parents did. My brother or I would have to take care of messy rooms, cooking and dirty dishes. I actually learned new things, such as cooking simple dishes, in a few words; I learn how to be independent and organized. Another effect of living abroad is that I have to find the way around the city and get familiar with roads and directions, for example, to get to grocery shop, for example. Therefore, I learned the main parts of the city. Few times I got lost, but then I found a way back home. If one does not have a car, he or she needs to learn how to get around in buses, with taxis or by walking. For this I needed to find out about bus routes or typical costs for taxi usage. Accordingly, I started to plan the time it takes me to get from house to university or other places and the costs of transportatio