The Immigrant

By Syed Kashif Sajjad

The immigrant is not just a book it's a true story of a young man who left his family and his friends behind and relocated to the UK...

"I left my home in the sunshine and next morning when I woke up I found myself in the streets of London" ...

"After half an hour a young girl came next to me and said, "Sir would you like tea, coffee, juice or Pepsi "? and I asked her " What else do you have?". She smiled and said, " Food will be served after a while "...

"As soon the doors opened the fresh and the cold air hit my face and said welcome to London Heathrow a place where dreams can come true"...

"In thousands of people nobody knows who I am? Where I came from? Why am I here?"...

"I ran towards the doors and heard the another announcement, " The doors are now opening" and I was surprised and thought it's not only known as The London Underground but also The speaking trains...

"Somebody from the queue said Sainsbury and I asked? Is this a town or city other than London or Manchester"...

"After arriving in the UK I found everyone who was already here as a philosopher and a high profile intellectual as they give me advise free of cost and they want to force their advise on me that I have to do it"...

"Next morning I was awoken by a call from The Police. They explained to me that they had fined my house mate 30 due to riding through a No Entry and they retain the bike to check the ownership status as its been reported as stolen few months ago"...
After 7 years one day I was sitting on my own, feeling alone, tired, and very stressed completely fed up with everything and I thought to go back home to visit my family and friends. The people who I left behind long time ago and to live not a slave but an independent life...

First Edition 2014 By Syed Kashif Sajjad

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jul 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496985293

Syed Kashif Sajjad

Syed Kashif Sajjad was born in 1985 in a small village of Gujrat, Pakistan and relocated to the UK in 2007 to complete his higher education in business studies. He has completed his MBA in 2011 from Liverpool John Moores University and currently running his own business as a Management consultant as well as a director.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Special Thanks

Preface

Chapter 1 First Flight

Chapter 2 Arrival At London Heathrow

Chapter 3 First Day

Chapter 4 A Dinner With Mr. Zulifaqar And His Family

Chapter 5 Trip To Eastham On The High Speed Underground Train (Lost Luggage)

Chapter 6 A Visit To Central London

Chapter 7 Relocating To Greater Manchester

Chapter 8 First Time Looking For A Job

Chapter 9 Getting Paid First Time

Chapter 10 Who Am I And Where Have I Come From

Chapter 11 A Night Life Experience In Manchester

Chapter 12 Stolen Bicycle And Police Fine

Chapter 13 £45 Contaminated Fuel Cost £650 To Repair A Small Car

Chapter 14 University Life - A Journey To Achieve The Desired Destiny

Chapter 15 After Graduation

Chapter 16 Own Business Experience

Chapter 17 Business Partnership Experience

Chapter 18 Visiting Back Home First Time Since I Become An Immigrant

THE IMMIGRANT

THE STORY IS BASED ON TRUE LIFE EVENTS.

DEDICATION

Firstly I would like to thank the Almighty Lord for giving me the wisdom to complete this Book. My Father Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah is the first whom I would like to say thank you for his help during this project. He is the one who has helped me throughout the journey of The Immigrant.

I would like to thank my Brother’s Syed Farrukh, Syed Shujat, Syed Mudassar and my mother Nasreen Kousar who always encouraged me to complete my first book. The Immigrant Project was one of my dreams. I was not able to achieve that but today with the help and support of my presents, my family and friends who always prayed for my success and it’s became possible for me to accomplish. Finally I would like to dedicate this book to all those Immigrants who have migrated from their homeland to make a difference in their family life.

SPECIAL THANKS

1.   Syed Afzaal Hussain Bukhari (Bradford, United Kingdom)

2.   Naeem-ul-Hassain, Afzal Khan and Community (Manchester, United Kingdom)

3.   Mark Toner Artist (University of Salford, United Kingdom)

4.   Hassan Syed (University of Bolton, United Kingdom)

5.   Liz Harvery, Gavin Brown, (Kaplan Financial, United Kingdom)

6.   Yvonne Moogan (LJMU University Liverpool, United Kingdom)

7.   Ch Akhtar (Switzerland)

8.   Ch Zia Ullah, Ch Suffi Ullah (Gujrat, Pakistan)

9.   Rizwan Haider (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

10.   Zulifaqar Ali and Family (London, United Kingdom)

11.   Ch Aftab Ahmad and Family (Blackburn, United Kingdom)

12.   Ch Manzoor Ahmed, Raja Faisal Aziz (Bradford, United Kingdom)

13.   Shafqat Hussain (Manchester, United Kingdom)

14.   Guhlam Mustafa and Sabeena Khan (Manchester, United Kingdom)

15.   Noreen.Ali (Bradford, United Kingdom)

16.   Saqib Safdar (Athens, Greece)

17.   Ghazala Choudhary (New York, USA)

18.   Rena Moudgil (Late) (Manchester, United Kingdom)

19.   Naseer Hussain (Dewsbury, United Kingdom)

20.   Yaseen Sial, Afnan Manzoor (Barcelona, Spain)

21.   Syed Khawar Nazir (Gujrat, Pakistan)

22.   Zahid Hussain Shah, Faisal Shah (Bologana, Italy)

23.   Tahir Sabir, Fida Shah, Jaffar Warriach (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

24.   Pervez Iqbal, Ejaz Ahmed, Farrukh Shahzad, Amir Shahzad, Imran Ali (Manchester, United Kingdom)

25.   Fakhar Sabir (Dubai, UAE)

PREFACE

T he immigrant is not just a book it’s a true story of a young man who left his family and his friends behind and relocated to the UK in order to complete his higher education (Master degree). Obtaining a UK master degree from a well established and recognised institute was just one of his dreams. We all have a family and we all love our family. It was not easy for him to relocate abroad. The story is full of efforts and sacrifices he made in order to achieve his desired destiny. The story also explains his daily life as well as his experience living abroad as an immigrant. Every single chapter is full of fun, excitement and challenges which you will never observe or experience being a citizen.

In the light of Islamic values immigration (Migration) was a profession of prophets and saints because of their preaching’s, teachings and presentations to deliver the message of Allah (God) who is the Lord of the Universe. Immigration (Migration) is also a continuous process from Generation to Generations.

Many things happen first time in life but you can never forget them. you can change and you can replace everything in your life but you are unable to replace your memories when you learn a good lesson from them. Most of the people think that when someone come from abroad or relocate from one country to another it’s because they want to earn money. They want to have a good life and a life style but I would like to say that money is not always a reason behind migration or relocation.

It does not matter which colour we are, where we live, which nationality we hold, which language we speak, which culture we belong to, what we do in our life but i am sure that we all were born exactly the same way on the same planet and we were given the entire galaxy to understand and explore its natural beauty. Life is not all about having money, business, properties, luxury life and other assets but having good friends, good people around you who understand you, who are always there for you in your good and bad times.

When a citizen relocates from one country to another he becomes an Immigrant and it’s never easy for an immigrant to have a good life. There are lot of factors which have great impact and influence on immigrants daily life. If you are a citizen or if you moving abroad for short break or relocating permanent with or without family after reading this book you will have a great understanding of an immigrants life.

CHAPTER 1

FIRST FLIGHT

O n 28th march 2007 I was sleeping in my room and at 7:00am my mother knocked at the door and said, Wake up now as everyone is waiting for you. you getting late for your flight. Many things happen first time in life and it was my first flight. I had breakfast with my

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Nina is a thirty-year-old English lecturer in New Delhi, living with her widowed mother and struggling to make ends meet. Ananda has recently emigrated to Halifax, Canada; having spent his twenties painstakingly building his career, he searches for something to complete his new life. When Ananda's sister proposes an arranged marriage between the two, Nina is uncertain: can she really give up her home and her country to build a new life with a husband she barely knows? The consequences of change are far greater than she could have imagined. As the two of them struggle to adapt to married life, Nina's whole world is thrown into question. And as she discovers truths about her husband - both sexual and emotional - her fragile new life in Canada begins to unravel. Tender and compelling, "The Immigrant" is an honest exploration of a marriage, what it costs to start again - and what we can never leave behind.