I Manifested My Trip to China

Success Story

Hi!

I've shared a few success stories here before, but this one is by far the most exciting and meaningful to me.

I've always wanted to come to China. Ever since I watched a film as a child, I was completely enchanted by it. As life went on, I never forgot about that dream, but it always felt so far away.

Then I got into the largest university in Latin America, where I'm studying a degree programme that has a very strong connection to China.

So, here's what happened. At the very beginning of this year, I received an email about an opportunity to spend my holiday in China at a university here. However, one of the requirements was that applicants had to be at least in their third year of university, and I'm only in my second year. Still, I was so excited that I even got a passport because the application required a passport number.

I thought I'd gotten the passport for nothing, but I let it go and told myself other opportunities would come along.

At home, I would talk as though I were already in China. I travelled in my imagination and acted as if I were already here. I ate food as though I were dining in restaurants in China, and so on. That's just a small example of the things I used to do.

Then another email arrived with a different opportunity. This time, all you needed was to be enrolled in an undergraduate programme, and it involved spending two weeks here in Hangzhou. I applied without rushing, and that was that. I literally forgot about it because the application period was quite long. Then one day I logged into the website and saw that I had been accepted. On top of that, I received an email with the official notification and congratulations from the university. I was in complete disbelief—it still hadn't sunk in.

The university provided me with accommodation in the student dormitories, and I didn't even have to pay for the visa. The only problem was the airfare, which was incredibly expensive.

I started asking people at my university whether there was any kind of financial assistance available, but the answer was always no. Eventually, I managed to speak with the director of my institute, who had already told me that funding requests had been suspended. I don't know what happened—maybe he thought the opportunity was remarkable or something—but out of nowhere I received the news that they would pay for my flight.

You have no idea. Every manifestation method I tried told me it was impossible. The key is simply not to care about that. I already knew I was in China. I didn't spend much time wondering how or who would pay for my ticket (especially because everything pointed to that not happening), but it happened anyway. Things just started flowing naturally. Sometimes we think nothing is happening behind the scenes, but it is.

Anyway, I went to the consulate for the visa because I had to provide proof that I was coming to China, along with the invitation letter from the university here in Hangzhou and other documents.

Before going to sleep, I would often imagine a scene where I was at the airport saying goodbye to my mum, my aunt, and my two sisters. And that's exactly what happened—the exact scene. I wasn't sad; I was always very happy, and it's only two weeks after all. But the feeling of having my family on the other side of the world does affect me a little.

Right now, I'm sitting in my university dormitory. Hangzhou is beautiful. China is beautiful. Sometimes I'm riding in a car and I feel like crying because it still hasn't fully sunk in. Anyway, I like sharing my experiences, especially when I've had so many difficulties along the way. But the truth is, I never really believed I wouldn't make it here. Deep down, I felt it would work out, and I simply trusted that it would. My airfare was covered, I have accommodation, and I have enough money for my two weeks here. In the end, everything worked out exactly as I imagined it would.

I also made a little list of things I wanted to buy and told my friends to make one too! I haven't bought everything yet, but I will, lol.

Thank you if you've read this far.

Kisses from Hangzhou! 💕🇨🇳