I have been a National Basketball Association fan for decades now. I can remember when I was young; I would just sit there on a Sunday afternoon and just stare. Stare without any interruption at my family’s television. Watching the greatness of Michael Jordan‚ who I watched‚ win 6 Championships. The rivalry between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks was one of the greatest series in playoff basketball in the history of the N.B.A. The love of basketball runs deep within me‚ not just with the sport
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The Japanese say that each person wears three faces. The first face is shown to the strangers in the world. The second one is shown around close friends‚ family‚ and people one surrounds their self with. The last one is only shown to the mirror‚ where the true reflection of one lies. For me‚ these three faces are find better adjectives thick‚ heavy masks that I wear in my everyday life. From speaking Vietnamese to painting a portrait to competing a swimathon‚ these three faces are buried behind masks
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A One-of-a-Kind Destination to Call Home There is something to be said for living in a tropical paradise. White‚ powdery sand beneath your feet‚ azure waters as far as the eye can see‚ and balmy year-round temps provide the perfect backdrop for tranquility‚ fun and exploration. Puerto Rico offers all of this along with glitzy resorts‚ architectural remnants of a rich‚ colonial past and an eclectic Caribbean Spanish culture. And the fact that Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States‚ allowing
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Originality at its Finest If you want a quiet‚ humdrum‚ or mundane life‚ then New Orleans is not the place to be. With all of its quirky qualities‚ New Orleans is anything but ordinary. Between all the food‚ festivals‚ music and art‚ one will always be entertained in this city. The food is entertaining enough to keep people coming back. New Orleans is one of the only cities I’ve known where‚ when one goes out to eat‚ they discuss all the other places that they’ve tried around the city. The people
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ERROL WYNSTAN A. RODRIGUEZ August 15‚ 2012 2012-09086 ENG 1 WFX2 2:30-4:00 pm DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY THAT LUSCIOUS SALAGUBANG My father is a small time farmer whose taste for exotic foods has been proverbial. Each month‚ he has a list of rare recipes he used to boast about. For example‚ last January‚ he caught a big monitor lizard which he cooked into a very aromatic adobo. I never tried to imagine myself the secrets of his cooking and the condiments that thrilled
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Jade Richards-Butler Professor Jonathon Farris ARTH 100 Descriptive Essay This work resembles a four-legged animal wearing a mask with human features. It is a sculpture in the round created using an additive method. The smooth‚ highly polished texture and reddish colour of the sculpture give the impression that the material is ceramic. The sculpture’s head displays both human and animal qualities. The ears are positioned symmetrically‚ slightly off center of the head. They are of a triangular
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In a southern Oklahoma there is a large lake full of fish. In this place‚ on many warm summer days‚ my family and I would bring our boat to the lake and ride the cool calm water. We would anchor our boat and cast our rods and relax catching countless sparkling rainbow trout. My family and I did this for many years. The lake was large and always full of people‚ and it was surrounded by trees and full of fish. The smells were great‚ as well as the campfires and food‚ and it was always a good getaway
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Topic: SHOULD WEALTHY NATIONS BE REQUIRED TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH AMONG POORER NATIONS BY PROVIDING SUCH THINGS AS FOOD AND EDUCATION? OR IS IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF POORER NATIONS TO LOOK AFTER THEIR CITIZENS THEMSELVES? Whether or not rich countries should help poor nations by providing food and education has long been an issue. Others go against such act of charity arguing that it is the poor countries’ governments’ full responsibility. I say‚ charity is good‚ but governments
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My little sister is an idiot. She is definitely the devil incarnate herself. Cunning‚ calculative‚ witty but annoying. An insufferable know-it-all. Sometimes I couldn’t help but wondered how on earth could I be still sane under years of torture she gave me. She has caused our family countless problems since the day she was born. She is bossy‚ always wanted to manipulate the others. She is nosey too‚ just couldn’t mind her own business. Last fall when we were preparing our winter clothing‚ she was
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There were many other places where we camped including Gatlinburg‚ TN‚ Pickwick Dam‚ Lake Travis‚ Este Park‚ CO‚ Bull Shoals‚ AR‚ and the many times back to Rio Dosa staying at either the South Fork campsite or the Apache RV park‚ Dinosaur Park in Glenn Rose for the bluegrass festivals‚ Branson‚ just outside of St. Louis camping with Larry and Sandra‚ White Sands‚ Carlsbad Caverns‚ and Palo Dura Canyon On one of the trips to Apache Mountain outside of Rio Dosa‚ we were asked to sample some of the
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