User:Hovik bakr

Sup my name is Hovo A.K.A .... HOVO lol

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My name is Hovik John Bakhrdzhyan, son of Ruben Bakhrdzhyan and Armeniu (Amy) Serobyan. Most people cant say my name correctly so I let them call me John Bakr. But on the other hand the cool thing about my last name is that its is 11 letters long and when pronounced correctly it sounds like a vegetable (egg plant) that I love. The way that Armenians know what last name and first name to give the baby is that they use the fathers last name. If it’s a boy then they name it whatever the fathers dads name is. And if it’s a girl they name it whatever the fathers mothers name is. Its actually pretty simple. But the funny thing about my last name is that my mom hated my fathers last name but there was no choice she had to accept it. But 9 years later my dad change his last name to Bakr because it was to long.

My ancestors were Armenian and Greek. I am 25% Greek and 75% Armenian. My great-grandma was born in Greece like her parents. In my family my parents were the first ones to come to America. My ancestors didn’t come to America because they were to afraid to make changes and to start a new life. When my parents came to this country had less then $50 in their pocket and with no knowledge about anything in LA and now, they both have successful jobs which they have worked hard to reach.

My parents came to the United Stated in September,1990 in search for a better life for themselves as well as their children Armenia is a little country in the Middle East and society there has a slim chance of being successful. There are barely and jobs and even when there are, they do not pay well enough. The economy just seems to be on a downfall ever since the Armenian Genocide in 1915 when more than 1.5 million people were killed.

I always had my parents by my side telling showing me what’s right and what’s wrong. My parents have taught me that noting is ever handed to you on a silver platter, that if you want something, you shouldn’t let anything get in the way of you success. They have taught me to always believe in myself and never give up, even if the going gets tough. There are two sayings which has been passed on by father to son. Well the saying are in Armenia so if may sound weird. “ This eye (pointing at his right eye) will lie to this eye (now pointing at his left eye). This saying is telling you not to believe everything & everyone. The second saying is “ If you can have something don’t risk it to get something even bigger”. This mean don’t be greedy and leave something to try to get something else bigger.

I always tried to imagine how it would be like if my parents didn’t take this trip to America. How it will be in Armenia, with all the struggles for money and education. I am really happy that my parents did decide to come to LA. Even now my uncle just recently came from Armenia with his wife and two kids. We let them live with us and have a place to stay so they can get up on start a new life. Even after they got a home and a job we lend them money and even furniture, because my parents don’t wan them to struggle like the way that they did when there was no one to take them in and help them like the way we helped my uncle. I still have a lot of family members in Armenia I really wish that ALL of them would come to LA to make a new and better life. And I wish that one day my wish will comes true so we can all be together instead of being miles apart.