Last summer I had an opportunity to visit my friend‚ who lives in Moscow. As a method of travelling I had chosen travelling by air. For me there is nothing like travel by air; it’s more comfortable‚ more convenient and of course far quicker than any other method. There is none of the dust and dirt of a railway or car journey‚ none of the trouble of changing from train to streamer and then to another train. Besides‚ flying is a thrilling thing‚ though‚ statistics show that it’s 25 times safer
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I have never really thought about how much I depend of technology. We got our first family computer when I was about 9 years old. At the time my brother was a computer geek (still is) and he would go buy the computer books that had programs in them where you had to type everything out to get a game on the computer to play. So when I would help or when he was teaching me‚ we would mix some of the programs up and see if we could come up with anything. Then it was to BBS’. That opened a whole new world
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until you had been an Ex-smoker. Unfortunately I was smoke Addicted six years and I can not imagine my life is now without smoking. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast my life when I was smoking and after I quit it. When I was been smoking I faced three main problems: First: health problems and it was the worst! I was always sick tired and lazy‚ so that led me to lose my focus in studying because of the pressure that cigarette made to me and I tend to forget many things when
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college students is that they develop independence from their family. I recalled when I first lived away from home‚ tried living off campus and in an apartment‚ I had to learn how to cook‚ clean and for the most part take care of myself. For the first time‚ I learned how to balance my checkbook and pay my bills. I had acquired personal maturity by being responsible. I met new people from various cultural and personal backgrounds. I found all of this during my first year while living in a dormitory and thereafter
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During our training at Balik-Manggagawa‚ I learned a lot of things such as interacting with other people. We know that people have different characteristics and attitudes‚ however‚ making friends with them is not that difficult. I learned to build on my competence‚ professionalism in dealing with people‚ discipline and ability to communicate with people. I gained self-confidence and maturity which are needed in the work and acquired the ability to work harmoniously with employers‚ workers and other
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An unforgettable memory The silence was so dense and heavy I could almost feel it but it was always like that between me and dad. He had told me to go grocery shopping with him because we had come back after the summer vacation and there was no proper and edible grocery at home‚ so we were headed to the local store. Dad was really sick and weak after the flight back from our homeland so I made myself do all the shopping quickly so that he wouldn’t have to tire himself. And whenever I am in
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the age of thirteen‚ I moved from Tanzania to start a new life with my parents‚ who were fortunate enough to gather the courage to leave their home country and move to Canada. Their main objective was to provide a better future for my sister and I. Growing up in Tanzania‚ I witnessed the injustices imposed upon the rural members of society. What troubled me the most was that I saw no progress. The gap between the rich and poor was so evident that it became a norm‚ a way of life. Although I realized
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Speech – High School Experience (sound alarm) Don’t you just love that sound. Ahhh the sound of school calling at 6 in the morning. When you start a new school or a new grade many emotions are most likely running through your head which stress’ you out. But when you get to high school it’s a whole new beginning and experience. The overall experience of high school is pretty neat if you asked me. The freedom is nice‚ although there is a lot of stress‚ the people in the hallway can be disturbing
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My First Skydiving Experience "Jumping is fun! Skydiving is not just falling; it is flying—the closest we have been able to come to free‚ unencumbered‚ non-mechanical individual flight‚" says Mike Turoff in the book The Skydiver’s Handbook. I totally agree with him because skydiving provides the maximum liberty that one can ever experience. In this article‚ I’d like to describe to you my first jump in order to show you how much fun skydiving is. First of all‚ I learned about skydiving via the
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Mary Pittman Mr. Zemp English 101 January 20‚ 2010 Unforgettable Night What started out as a normal night‚ ended up as a night from hell. It was the day of graduation and everything was perfect. This day marked the beginning of the summer before my senior year. I had already made plans to go on trips to the beach with my family and friends. My friend‚ Bailes‚ was in town for graduation‚ as a surprise. She moved to Ohio her sophomore year and came to South Carolina when she could‚ which was
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