MY LAST MOMENTS WITH MY FATHER In the year 1992‚ Senegal was‚ for the first time‚ the capital of the African football. The African nation football cup was taking place in Dakar and Ziguinchor. Everybody was very exciting to have the best players of the continent in Senegal and it may be the year to win the African cup for the first time. With all that excitement‚ I kind of forgot that my dad was very sick and he too wanted people to forget that he was seriously ill. It began‚ one cold night
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My Moment I was tall for my age in seventh grade‚ the tallest girl on the junior varsity basketball team. I was goofy and gangly and not quite comfortable in my body. I remember how excited I was to get to play on the team. I was going to play for the Aviano Saints! Since we were just a small American school in northern Italy‚ everybody who tried out got to play for the team‚ but it was a pretty big deal for me. Some of my best friends were also on the team and we looked forward to an amazing
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Once I was training in my boxing gym and I was lifting 18kg weights. The other weights were set out on the floor for when I needed them. I was on my last set of ten when I fell back and the weight came crashing down and landed on my leg. I couldn’t feel my left leg. I twisted my ankle and then I was rolling around in excrushiating pain. My manager came in once he heard my call of pain. He sat me up and I hobuld over to the ring. He sat me down on the side of the ring and got me a glass of warter
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Leah Young Young 1 2/14/13 Essay#2 English 101 My Best Friends There’s really no great way to start my story other than with the truth. I was 31 and living in a tiny apartment in one of the worst neighborhoods in Louisville. I was on my second divorce and third abusive relationship. Between me making excuses for bruises and the women my then husband was seeing while I was working‚ life for me was a sad one. I woke up one morning and decided I had to leave. I packed
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are never ever the same” (Unknown). What is a “best friend”? Almost everyone has one‚ and almost everyone is one. There’s something about a best friend that cannot be duplicated. Everyone has their own definition of what their own best friend is like and what an impact he or she has made in their life. In this essay I would like to take a better look at some of the simple things that we might take for granted when we think of our best friends.A best friend is a title held for the few and privileged
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also where I had my “aha” moment. I was up first to play the supervisor role for stress management and was flipping through pages of the student guide to find instructions or steps that would help me communicate with my subordinate. My “aha” moment was when I realized that there are no exact guidelines on how to talk to a subordinate about difficult topics and that I must rely on open communication and my knowledge of resources to effectively be there for my airman. This has changed my problem solving
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How does the lanuage used create effects? The following paragraphs explore how language is used to create effects in the poem Not my Best Side by U. A. Fanthorpe‚ an ekphrastic poem that uses the free verse form arranged in three stanzas of nineteen lines each. It’s purpose is to entertain‚ which it does through the use of humour‚ using Standard English in an informal‚ conversational manner. Dramatic monologues from the characters re-tell from their own perspective‚ the historical myth of a
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MY BEST VACATION. Dear all‚ Today‚ I would like to tell you about my best vacation. A few summers ago‚ my sister‚ her colleagues and me took a vacation to Nha Trang for 5 days. As you know‚ vacation was special days! We visitted many well-known places such as: Vinpeal Land‚ Hon Tam Island‚ Diamond Bay‚ Thap Ba Pagoda‚...and so on. On the way riding in the cable car to go to Vinpeal Land‚ we saw several jelly fish in the very blue water. It is the first time I have ever seen an extremely beautiful
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Robert Pittman Professor Blummer English COMP 100-97 10-23-2012 Compare and Contrast Essay Walter Winchell once said‚ A friend us one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. In my life I have three different best friends‚ and the three of them walk into my life whenever there needed when the world walks out. My three different friends help me achieve any goal I set my mind too‚ and I know I can always run to them for support. The first friend that I have is the friend that I’ve known
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Everyone has a friend with whom you feel like sharing every moment of your life. I am lucky that I found one .We have known each other since I was in grade 7. To me‚ he is really special boy. Not only does he has a good appearance‚ he also has a good personality. He is smart and handsome. However‚ the thing that makes everybody like him the most is his personality .He is always very positive‚ cheerful and modest. He’s one of the best student in my class. He’s good at every subject‚ but she never showed
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