My father fought in the Vietnam War against the communist country in the armed forces. After the War in 1975‚ he wounded around his shoulder and he put into prison. Life in re-education camp has fulfilled with harsh‚ strictness‚ and overprotective. He spent eight years in re-education camp to sacrifice with all of the hardship. He was a boat refugee and was taken to Pulau Bidong‚ Thailand and Malaysia to resettle in the refugee camp. My dad came to the United States in 1984. My mother was a boat
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History 121 Book Analysis “All But My Life” February 15‚ 2013 All But My Life All But My Life is a memoir about a young Jewish girl‚ Gerda Weissmann‚ who was able to endure the hardships of World War II and the Holocaust. Gerda went through and saw more horrific things in the matter of a few years than any of us will ever have to face in our lifetimes. The fact that a girl this young and hopeless can withstand so much pain but yet contain so much strength should be an inspiration to all. Reading
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childhood friends due to gang activities. In the midst of my environment disadvantages‚ my parents were doing a little bit better compared to the rest of our community until I reached the age of 5. One month after my 5th birthday‚ my life took drastic turn. My mother migrated to the United States (US) and left me in Haiti with my father‚ who subsequently became a drug addict. My living conditions came from as being ‘doing ok’ to worst. I suffered malnutrition‚ if it were not for my neighbors I would
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Ever since my childhood I have been fascinated with the Fire trucks responding to emergencies wondering what kind of services they were going to provide. I knew by the time I was sixteen that I would be a firefighter when I got older. I have been a Firefighter since 1994‚ first as a volunteer in Prince George ’s County then as a career firefighter/medic in Montgomery County‚ MD. I work a rotating shift schedule of 24 hours of work followed by 48 hours off duty. This means I do about 9-10 24-hour
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MY AIM IN LIFE “The mere act of aiming at something big makes you big.” (Jawaharlal Nehru) Bestowing man with life and sending him on earth to live is fully justified. This all has been done for a specific reason. Idealizing his purpose and endeavoring to objectify it into reality is the real pinnacle/ culmination of human being. A man without an aim is like a rudderless ship
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Hello my name is Charles Hamburg but previously known as Boipelo in my tribe. I hate saying this but I was striped of my freedom and brought to a foreign land that I had never thought existed. I never thought I would be kidnapped from my country and become a servant to the foreigners of the West. Well‚ let me tell you how my perfect and simple my life was before it taken away from me. It was a peaceful summer day‚ where I played with my children and enjoyed my wife’s company. It was a great moment
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A Routine Life to One Person May Be a Glamorous One to Another It started out as a typical boring day. It is amazing that one can be so accustomed to a certain way of life‚ be so bored and restless‚ and then suddenly something sneaks in and alters one’s whole perspective. That something was one of my life’s little lessons. It was a hot and humid Tuesday morning which was typical for North Carolina. I had gotten up‚ did my toiletries‚ made breakfast‚ and prepared to go to work. I had been
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smell from miles away. My stomach turns and rumbles. My mom and dad are amazing cooks. I have many favorite dishes‚ and my parents are always trying out new recipes. Every day‚ I come home from school and expect to see dinner laid out on the table. I feel very fortunate and grateful to have a loving family‚ a warm home‚ and delicious food waiting for me. I can’t help but think how that’s not the case for my parents growing up. My grandparents and their children‚ including my mom‚ immigrated here in
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The Reflections of My Life Kim L. Copeland INF103: Computer Literacy Erteza Abdullah July 1‚ 2010 The Reflections of My Life There has been a lot of research in children and early adulthood development‚ as to how each person is different‚ between the ways that a person is brought up from a child to an adult. Other issues can be the way that a child grows to become an adult‚ and how they handle their own family and life. Everyone’s life if different in so many ways; you have those
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me back in to reality. Not all people are into music but if you’re like me music affects your life in a serious manner. Music tends to get me through everything I go through in life. There are different genres of music out there pop‚ country‚ hip-hop‚ contemporary Christian etc. and each and every tune and songs that has been established‚ conveyed a certain deep important meaning in its lyrics. When life tends to knock me down music has a way of uplifting and encouraging myself to try harder and never
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