My name is Jasen, 33, half Italian and half Slovak. I live between these two countries. I work as a director, commercials, TV shows, music videos and recently my first feature film. This is why I decided to try it where the big things happen for real. Hollywood , Los Angeles .
That was a great idea, but there was one small problem. How can I get there? Everybody wants to go Hollywood . What I needed was a connection, somebody that could help me to get there, and could help me with all the paperwork needed to go to the US . Well, not so easy, or better, almost impossible. That's what I thought.
I spent the following two months sorting out how to achieve this. I checked web pages, I sent a lot of emails, but of course nothing happened. Then I discovered CHI, Cultural Homestay International. I sent them an email about me and about what I wanted to do. In few days I got an answer from them, telling me what they could do for me. They asked for some time to sort it out. At the same time they gave me the address of their partner company in Italy , in order to start sorting out all the needed paperwork.
Less than one month later I received an email from CHI, telling me that there was an opportunity to get into a production company in L.A. I couldn't believe my eyes, that was simply fantastic. I started thinking about all the friends that could have done a played a joke on me. It was impossible to believe. Can you imagine it? You are under a storm, going back home with the dog as quickly as possible trying not to get wet, when suddenly your phone rings and they tell you that you are going to spend one year in one of the biggest film production companies in the world, with one of top directors available on the market.
Well, going back to reality, one month later I was at the American embassy in Milan doing my paperwork and on the 1st of July I landed at LAX, the international airport in Los Angeles. Probably it was only then that I realized that it was not a dream. And if it was, well, I didn't want anybody to wake me up. But that was not all. I forgot to tell you that CHI took care of all the rest too! I came to L.A. and I already had a place where to live. I really didn't have to take care of anything at all. I am staying with wonderful people, in a very nice house. I have all what I need, and I am having fun with them too, laughing most of the time. They're simply great.
Now, middle August, I am one of the happiest persons I've ever met. I am working hard everyday, enjoying every minute of it, learning things that I couldn't even have dreamt about.
Well, keeping it simple, what CHI did for me is to transform a dream into reality. A big dream. And it happened in less than 3 months.
Jasen – Italy
我的名字叫亚森，33岁，一半意大利血统，一半斯洛伐克血统，我同事居住在这两个国家。我是一名导演，做商业活动，电视节目，音乐录影带，还有最近我的第一步电影。这就是为什么我选择了好莱坞，因为这里无所不能。
这是一个非常好的主意，可是却有一个问题困扰着我。我要怎么才能去到那呢？每一个人都想去好莱坞啊。我需要有人帮助我联系，然后到那儿，并且还能帮我办完所有的出国手续证明等等一些繁琐的纸头文件。好吧，这一点也不容易，我几乎觉得不可能了。
在接下来的两个月里面我一直在寻找机会实现我的梦想。我查网站，我发了大量邮件，但是却一无所获。后来我发现了CHI，我给他们发了一封邮件表示了我的意愿。在接下来的几天里面我果然接到了他们的回复，告诉了我他们能为我做什么。他们告诉我需要一些时间来寻找这样的机会，同时他们还给了我一个设在意大利的合作机构的地址，为了让我更方便的完成一些出国的手续证明。
在不到一个月的时间里，我收到了一封来自CHI的邮件，他们告诉我有一个机会去洛杉矶的一家制片公司，我简直不相信自己的眼睛，简直难以置信。我想我的那些朋友听了这个消息之后肯定会觉得我是在和他们开个无聊的玩笑。我还是想说太不可思议了。你能想象得到么？就像你站在一场暴风雨下，你却和自己的狗儿很快顺利回家身上却没有一点水汽。然后我突然接到电话，他们告诉我在接下来的一年中我有机会去世界上最大的一家电影制片公司工作，并且该公司里面还有很多在电影界最最出名的导演。
好吧，让我们回到现实，一个月之后我来到了驻米兰的美国大使馆，办理我最后的出国手续。我在7月1日抵达了洛杉矶的LAX国际机场。这个时候我才意识到这原来不是一个梦，就算真的是一场梦的话，我也希望不被叫醒。但是这还不是全部。我忘记告诉你们了，CHI还安排好了剩下的所有事宜！我来到洛杉矶，发现他们已经安排好了我的住处，我不需要再为这些事情儿烦恼了。我和一些可爱的人住在一个非常舒适的房子里面。我需要的东西都已经准备好了，和他们呆在一起总是有很多乐趣。真是太好了！
现在已经是八月中旬了，我觉得我是我所见过中最最快乐的人之一了。我每天工作都很卖力，享受我在这里的每一分钟，学到了很多我曾经想都不敢想的经验和知识。
好吧，说得简单一点，CHI就是帮我把一个梦想变成了现实。一个大大的梦想，在不到三个月的时间里面实现了。
亚森——意大利 |
