My wagon train is now in Alcove Springs, we have been here for only a day. It is time to just have fun since we have had supper and all, so I decided to write during this time because I really don't have a lot of time to write throughout the trail, but I try.…
After several minutes of standing there alone waiting for my bus, I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. Naturally I pulled my phone out to look at whatever notification it could have been and to check the bus schedule. As I did this, I saw the outline of a man who appeared to almost walk past me before doing a quick turn to my front right side. Letting him take his position I made my second mistake. I quickly put away my phone into my pocket and the man began to speak. "Hey man I really need some help I have been sleeping here for a few weeks now and I really need the money to get on the train you think you could help me out with twenty bucks?" The man was dirty and made a big deal about how his shoes were all worn down but in reality they looked fine. "I would love to help but I don't carry cash on me sorry man" I said trying to dismiss the situation and get on with my day. I had other things to worry about like this test and whether or not I was going to pass. Or so I thought. The man tattoo on his face or possibly a bruise hell it could even have been dust slowly began to reach and grasp at his front pockets of his pants and then slid his hand into his hoodie and pointed something at me. "You don't…
I am a very forgetful person. I can lose things within minutes and have absolutely no idea as to where it is. Consequently, being that person can be very tough because no one really trust you with their belongings, you lose everything and it becomes very frustrating, etc. So it is very of the norm for me to causally misplace my phone. One day while leaving the mall after a day of handing out with friends I realized I misplaced my phone. I didn’t really give it much thought because this is a normal habit for me. However, it wasn’t until I got home that I realized, “I really don’t have my phone.” I went straight into panic mode because I realized that it could be anywhere, with anyone. After about forty-five minutes of crying and searching,…
This is so ridiculous, all I wanted to do was see a move. Its bad enough that i can’t walk home without being called “Greaser!” as an insult, but now I get beat up too! I hate this town so much sometimes. The main reason I really hate it here is because of the Socs. They can’t find anything better to do, so they cause havoc.…
Thud! I hear my phone hit the ground, it is face down and I don’t know what happened. The thought in your head “is my phone broken or not?” You look around and try to figure out who dropped and/or messed your phone when you weren’t looking. I go to my phone and pick it up, but it’s broken! I don't know what to do, should I tell an adult, or should I ask who did it?…
Personal background starts off small, it changes and grows over time into something big, it grows into an identity. Walking down the hallway at school, seeing someone standing alone, my first instinct is to make conversation, compliment, or even just smile at him or her. This instinct came from someone once telling me an act so small could turn a person's entire life around. As a kid, reading encyclopedias about random topics, consumed my time. Many days were spent coming home to find an injured wild animal in my dad's arms waiting to be saved. My dad would sit outside and draw animals, trees, and anything else he saw. Nothing excited me more than trying to draw whatever my dad drew, and as good as he did. Any assignment that was handed to…
Now this is where I`m supposed to write “all about me”. This is where I become lost. I mean, come on. I wouldn`t know where to start. But I guess the best way to have an idea what makes me tick and what ticks me off is by checking my journal that i fill with endless ramblings about whatever and whoever catches my fleeting fancy or rage. :)…
Growing up with divorced parents from two radically different cultures was at first difficult. My mother’s family was from Peru, while my father’s was from Bangladesh. In my young mind, there was an internal struggle with what my identity actually consisted of. I wasn’t wholly from one culture or the other, and felt like a black sheep when interacting with either side of my family. Due to this, I attempted to keep these cultures partitioned. At the time, they were different portions of my life that simply couldn’t intermix. This mentality in turn led me to foolishly shy away from my joint heritage. I kept myself enclosed in a box, blind to the beauty of my surrounding culture. However, as time progressed, I knew I had to make a change in my understanding.…
I am of Chinese descent and one of the biggest parts of being Chinese is food. Food in China is diverse and unique from region to region. As a result, one’s cooking will often reflect one’s identity. As I learn to cook, I have to choose. Will I favor the Szechuan style, hot, spicy, yet heart-warming? Perhaps I’ll favor the sweet Shanghai style, more delicate, yet more refined. Or, I may go with my parent’s Shandong Style, rich, powerful, and familiar to me. As I learn to cook, I will refine my identity through the dishes I…
Does moving to a new place change everything you ever experience? Moving to a whole new descriptive place is like being pop out of your mothers belly again. Especially, when you move to a place where the language, the food, the people, school and everything else is brand new. Those type of situations, shape your way of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That's the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago, my mother had to make a decision that will affect her and affect the love ones around her. An option that will make her leave everything she ever loved and wanted behind forever. The option was to leave her lifestyle, her family and leave a part of her own blood made from her flesh. The own blood was me, leaving me with my grandma so she could had gone to find a job and start a new journey. To have a way to support the her baby and her own family. Departing to the U.S.A when I was only one years old. Until a sudden burdens of death that was going to make my whole story, lifestyle, my whole childhood and the rest of my life changed.…
It was 12:00am I heard my phone ring and I wondered who would call so late the number was unknown to me but I answered anyway “hello” I said and a familiar voice answered “hey Gaspar what are u doing come over and chill” it was Charles nervously I responded “ill be over there in a bit”. I was nervous because of the events that had unfolded over the past 4 days that involved me him and his girlfriend it all started on Tuesday. It was 6th period and we were about to get out of school me, Valencia and erns had plans to go hang out at Charles’s house. Finally the bell ring and me Valencia head out of class to met Charles and erns we meet them at the front and Charles has brought his girlfriend Sol along we dint have a ride to his house so the five of us head out walking towards Charles’s house the walk is about a half mile. The halfway point to Charles house is the saint josephs church as we pass it Valencia decides it would be fun a scale the church wall which makes the security there angry with us and they kick us out as we leave Charles turns back and yells fuck you the guards act like they dint hear. We walk the rest of the way to our destination and when we arrive we began to play the Xbox 360. Sol seems really bored and Charles acts as if she doesn’t exist me and Valencia find this funny. We have been hanging out for a while and it’s getting late so I told the guys that I had to go home cause my parents are strict they think it’s funny but I leave anyways I get home shower, eat, brush my teeth and go to bed cause am tired. I wake up at 6:30 the next day and get ready to go to school when I arrive at school sol sees me and she begins to talk to me she asks me if I’ve seen Charles I tell her no but that he’s probably not going to come today she looks disappointed and goes into class. The day has progressed and it’s the end of fifth period we see each other as we change classes she says hi and I respond what’s up we began to talk and I walk her to class I tell her…
Like most, my Fifth grade year was supposed to be awesome; it was the last year before I was finally able to go to Ben Franklin, the giant School whose football and baseball fields I had played on for years, just waiting for the time I could show I was good enough to play for their City Championship teams. But when I look back on that year that had so much promise, it didn’t go as I had thought, and ended up being one of the hardest of my life, both mentally and physically.…
On average I sleep 8 hours a night, that takes my day from 24 down to 16. In 16 hours there are 960 minutes. My total mediated communication in a waking day is 43.229%.…
My internet was down for a while, and we had to get new connection, and it was unstable, and the last time I checked it was on my phone, and it was when i had to work on my project. I had to use the google app, and it was very hard to do my project on my phone, because my computer was packed up, and because we were supposed to move, and I knew that we were supposed to move before this gets graded on 28th were our previous plans , and it was very hard to do my project on a 3.5" phone, but we have changed our plans a couple of days ago, that's why I wasn't able to work on the…
It was in the meridian of summer, where the sun was shining brighter than gold and the orchids where blossoming to the waterfall’s melody. The sound of children’s bare feet sizzeling on the barren and hot sand gave me an indication that this day could be the hottest day of summer. I got a call from my friends, telling me to go with them to the beach, where we would rent a speed boat and ride on the waves. In a few hours, we reached the beach and hopped on one of the speed boats. I picked to be the first one to drive, so I accelerated, causing the boat to fly of the water. For my bad luck, I put my backpack on the far end of the speed boat and my phone, right next to it. With all my supermacy I accelerated causing my phone to slip into the water. My friend notified me immediatley so I circled around the position where my phone dropped and I saw it slowly fading away in the deep ocean. I jumped in to grab it but it was too late for me. I was waving good bye to it, as if we were lovers who were never going to see each other again. I told my friends to return me back to…