end until three in the morning. When my family gets together‚ either it ends either terribly or with rancheras playing and my drunk uncles doing the Mexican grito. For my cousin’s quinceañera my family decided to go all out‚ since it would be the first of many quinceañera’s my family would be celebrating. We didn’t expect for
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Harvey Cedars is a Christian Bible Conference located on Long Beach Island. The first time I went there was in 2007. The view from when you walk in there is the ground is covered in shells‚ there’s a big lodge with lots of apartments where people stay and a gorgeous dock with beautiful sunsets to see. Last of all you see the beautiful sand with the volleyball courts and people talking and kids playing and occasional dogs running around. When I was old enough to remember and do activities at Harvey
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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 but for all the other characteristics that it brings. I appreciate how it demonstrates that being a part of a team is crucial. How some people can be leaders and some will have to be role players
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developing countries by sending basic needs such as food‚ clothing and education. True enough‚ economic conditions of benefiting countries have alleviated. Nevertheless‚ the effort should not be one-sided. National governments should always see first-hand the welfare of their people. Seeking for aide should not always be the option. For the betterment of the nation‚ governments should inspire the people to help themselves by providing employment opportunities for basic needs to be met. The government
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Ideal Vacation My family had always looked forward to leaving the valley during the torrid summer months. You see I never really had an actual vacation‚ since my father had been gone for eight long‚ dreadful years. He was sent away to a prison thousands of miles away‚ in Florida‚ when I was only six years old. My loving mother talked about ancient vacations we took‚ but I was too young to remember. My father was back home and he was as healthy as a young doctor. It was now summer of 2010‚ and I
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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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“First Love‚ Last Rites” book review “First Love‚ Last Rites”‚ a collection of Ian McEwan’s early works‚ was first published in 1975. It consists of 8 whacky stories which differs from each other yet share an essential dark characteristic altogether. The themes used include murder‚ rape and child abuse - bold topics for any era‚ but in some of these stories you can see the spark of "greatness" that is hidden between the lines. Some of the subject matter will undoubtedly offend and even upset me
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Tin Spur Ranch: First Look The Tin Spur Ranch is every cowboy and cowgirl’s dream wedding destination. Located on a stunning prairie‚ six miles outside Victoria in Southern Texas‚ the 40-acre working Long Horn Ranch is the perfect spot for a simple country wedding. Grab the photographer‚ the ultimate photo spots are everywhere on the rustic ranch! Get up close (But not too close!) with a Long Horn for a candid or two. On a more serious note‚ stroll down to the two beautifully landscaped ponds for
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The urban sprawl of Suva held so much of my early life from my parent’s first house at PTC to my birthplace at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital with its rusting sign and broken strips of barbed wire atop the chain-link fence. It was here that I was shown the hospitality that is present in every facet of life in Fiji we simply
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personalities. The house I will forever have embedded in my mind was located in the rural town of Bovina‚ Texas. This was the house my father and his twelve brothers and sisters grew up in. Every time we went there‚ I remember driving up and the first thing I saw was a medium sized dead tree with a rickety tire swing hanging from one of the larger tree limbs. The front yard had splotches of somewhat green grass here and there. The walkway to the front porch was kind of old and some of the cement
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