March into the Unknown

Fictional stories stretch the boundaries of imagination but most if not all are based on reality.
My fictional story would be a derivative of my personal experience.

I finished serving out my time in the Army and following that I had two options. I could take some time off, until Fall 2007 to enroll in college or I could start early in Spring 2007. Most of my fellow contemporaries took the former option but I chose to be different. Why, so garang (enthusiastic in colloquial Malay) ? This is a question most of my fellow friends asked me. My reasons were complex and it had huge ramifications in different aspects of my life.

I want to build a story in which provide a fictionalized, slice of the story where the emotions and actions can be explored in detail. Traveling alone, moving into a new country, a new problems. Having broken away from the norm, the protagonist faces numerous difficult dilemmas as he ponders over whether he made the right choice or not. Though choosing when to start school seems a relatively trivial choice, it is far more complex in the context of the protagonist.

The focus of the story would be on the journey from Singapore to dorm and the first day in Madison. The internal thoughts and actions of the protagonist would be covered in the story. I hope that the story can help me create a fictional framework to express my own experiences.