2. Describe a “defining moment” in your experience. How did it significantly impact you? There was a particular incident where I had a tough time making a decision. One of my team members from a mission critical project wanted to return to India as he had a personal emergency. He wanted to sort this out as it had begun to impact his work. I had learnt that peace & happiness in personal front will reflect into your professional world but till this incident I never stood up for such cases. But
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The next 24 hours of my life are crucial. Sometime in those hours‚ I will learn if I’m dying or not. My heart and my mind are racing at speeds I can’t comprehend and I don’t know how to make it stop‚ I just want it to stop. I want-no‚ I need these results. Feeling this way freaking sucks. The waiting‚ the unknown‚ I can’t deal with it and taking my mind off it is my main goal right now. “Malia‚ stop stressing. You have the whole day to relax and hang out with me‚ the best person you know‚” Leilani
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Like many before me one of my most defining moments came from my high school days when I was still attempting to find a balance between getting good grades and maintaining a social life. During that time‚ I was just entering a period where I had dealt with bullying without standing up for myself in school. As a result‚ I entered high school somewhat embittered but also made it intentionally difficult for others to get close to me since many of the people I had once held close to me had turned on
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7:00 am sharp. “Perfect!” As always‚ I leap out of my bed at the first ring‚ hastily change out of my night clothes‚ and run down the stairs to eat my breakfast. Breakfast was always the same: 2 eggs; sunny side up‚ 3 slices of bacon; over-cooked to the perfect amount of crisp‚ and a glass of 2% fat milk in my favorite mug; the “Employee of the Month” mug from 3 years ago. Finally after devouring my food‚ I rush out the door to go to work‚ taking a quick detour to visit the Starbucks for my usual
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I don’t remember the exact dates‚ but I do remember these moments. There have been numerous times when I realized that I was no longer a child. Two events that have happened were within a year‚ and I will be writing about those events. The first event that I had realized that I was growing up was when my family decided that we were moving from Arizona back to Colorado. At the time of this event‚ I was only nine and a half years old‚ yet I was relieved and sad at the same time because I had just
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English Assignment: Autobiographical Piece In an instant‚ I was wide-awake. An asphyxiating‚ crushing pressure and dark‚ dank air felt like my only company. I was dying‚ or so every part of my being was telling me. The immense‚ clutching pains radiating from my chest to my jaw could be only one thing… a heart attack. I lay there silently‚ overwhelmed with crippling fear and panic; frozen‚ immobile‚ waiting for what my mind had deemed inevitable. Wait…the pain was beginning to ease. The powerful
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things through and consider consequences before acting irrationally. My friends would always do things with spontaneity while I would get left behind sitting alone shrouded by my fear. As life gradually moved on‚ I grew to overcome my fears and not overanalyze situations with the help of a few moments in my life. One event I remember with startling clarity was when I was seven. Like many children‚ my brother and cousins loved to ride roller coasters and enjoyed the thrill that accompanied it. However
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extra push I needed. I sat down with a pen and a piece of paper and began to write. With each word my view of the world shifted. Everything became brighter‚ each noise became just a little bit louder‚ and each action became sharper. I finally had the moment of clarity that everyone was raving about. And it all started with a feeling. When I get the urge to write it’s the most miraculous feeling in the whole world. Sweat coats my brow‚ my palms become damp‚ I become nervous that this image that crowded
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The hands that I look down upon can’t be mine‚ why because they’re covered in blood. But they must be‚ I also taste the blood on my lips every time I breathe. I can’t feel my face‚ all I feel is the adrenaline rushing through me. The blood‚ the adrenaline‚ and the metallic taste‚ all mixed together is too much. I start running to my mom. I can’t yell because if I do the blood will get in and the taste will remind me of how hurt I am. How could such a childhood experience end in blood and a broken
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Have you never done something in your life that everyone else has done‚ maybe like skiing‚ going on a boat‚ go fishing‚ falling from a tree‚ etc.? I have never been on a roller coaster and everyone else has. You can’t really bond with people once they talk about their favorite subject that you haven’t yet done‚ until you do it. It was May 26‚ 2017‚ it was the day I had I have been waiting for. The day I would go on a roller coaster for the first time. I was happy the day before‚ I was planning nothing
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