Where are you now? -physically, emotionally, financially\r\n\r\nI have lived in New Orleans East for over 10 years. After the hurricane Katrina incident, my parents and I moved back to our old house despite the fact that it was flooded and molded. We\'ve moved back since January. My parents fixed the house since then using the insurance money that we got. Recently, sometimes in July, our house was totally restored to how it was before hurricane Katrina and maybe a little more beautiful. My neighborhood is livelier than how it was when we first return. While there were many people returning at my place, almost all are Asians. Most of them stayed in trailers while they steadily fix the house. Around 75% of the people in my neighborhood have begun fixing the houses or are nearly done. \r\nWhen I first returned here from Houston, Texas, my first thought about New Orleans was that it was a dead city. I hardly see any cars. It was pretty scary to drive around at night because there might be criminals lurking around. I was sad because almost all of my friends are still not back. When I go back to my old school, many classmates were strangers. There was no life. Now, I see lots of cars in the street, which makes the city has more life. Many of my friends have returned and go to the same college as I am. I am very happy now.\r\nBefore hurricane Katrina, we were still paying the bank every month for the loan of the house. It was around $30,000 that we owed them. But now, thanks to the insurance money that we got, we finally paid off the house. It was a relief, yet there was another problem coming up. My parents are now jobless. The places where they\'ve worked before, Gulf Wire Co. and Arnaud\'s Restaurant in Downtown, are either closed or not hiring anymore. Now, my parents are looking for a job and helping my aunt fix her house. Hurricane Katrina helped us solved some problems, yet it created more, new problems.\r\n