that plane my life would never be the same. All I had in my possession was the clothes on my back‚ my wallet‚ and cigarettes and a liter. I was a scared 18 year old but an extremely excited one also. I knew I was leaving all my friends‚ family‚ and loved ones as a young immature teenager but would return with more maturity and a brighter future. As the flight began its taxi down the runway I was thinking to myself‚ am I doing the right thing or should I have chosen a different path for my life. I spent
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Something that I am the most proud of is when I made my fist cosplay. All my friends from high school are into cosplay; some of them even won awards for it! I had thought I was too unskilled to join in‚ and procrastinated dabbling in the art. However‚ this Halloween I finally decided to try it out by dressing up as Professor Layton (from the Professor Layton video game series). The most important aspect of the Professor was his signature top hat‚ which I had to figure out how to replicate. I consulted
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Colder weather means it’s time to fill everyone’s bellies with warm‚ comfort food! Chicken and dumplings is a classic‚ of course‚ and it’s always a crowd-pleaser. Abbie from Lovin’ Our Chaos shared her super simple Crock-Pot version of the dish‚ and it only requires four ingredients! At first‚ she puts the chicken breasts in the bottom of the slow cooker and pours the cans of condensed soup over them. She mixes them and leaves them to cook together for 8 hours. She added: “This works well for
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When I am feeling angry or stressed‚ I head to my gym‚ Planet Fitness. Whether it’s snowing‚ raining‚ foggy‚ or sunny‚ the gym is always very busy. In order to enter the gym‚ I have to open and pass through two double doors. I immediately see the main service desk‚ where I sign in with my account number. I also notice a bowl of Tootsie-Rolls on the desk‚ so I grab a couple to enjoy some extra sugar before I work out. Behind the service desk‚ there are four tanning booths that look like alien
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Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood‚ Truth Serum‚ A Year of Rhymes‚ Guess Again‚ and most recently The Bill from My Father: A Memoir. Cooper is art critic for the Los Angeles Times and frequently contributes to The New York Times Magazine‚ Harper’s‚ Nerve‚ The Paris Review‚ and five previous editions of The Best American Essays. His work has received the PEN/Hemingway Award‚ the O. Henry Prize‚ and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation‚ the National Endowment for the Arts‚ and the Getty Museum. He currently
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IDENTITY AND CULTURE IN ‘PRESENTS FROM MY AUNTS IN PAKISTAN’ The poem‚ ‘Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan’‚ appears to be about a young girl‚ half English‚ half Pakistani‚ talking about clothes she received as presents from her aunts‚ who live in Pakistan. What the poem is really exploring‚ though‚ is the poet’s views on Pakistani and English culture and how she fits into one‚ both or neither of these cultures. A society’s culture is made up of many things such as the food we eat‚ the music we
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Greg lee Professor Bed Paudyal English 210 14 January 2015 My career goal is when I graduate from Honolulu Community College in my Major (CENT) is to be a computer technician. The skills I will need to be a successful Computer Technician would be Active listening-Giving full attention to what other people are saying‚ taking time to understand the points being made‚ asking questions as appropriate‚ and not interrupting at inappropriate times. Critical Thinking-using logic and reasoning to identify
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Personal Response Number One Title: Dreams from My Father ‘A Story of Race and Inheritance’ Author: Barack Obama Genre: Autobiography‚ Life Memoir Before Barack Obama was a Politician he was an author. ‘Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance’ is an Auto-Biography written by Barack Obama. The book describes Obama’s life in three parts‚ from his birth in Honolulu‚ Hawaii up to the final part of the book which includes his emotional and revealing trip back to his father’s homeland;
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Barack Obama – “Dreams From My Father-A Story of Race and Heritance” Today I want to introduce you United States President Barack Obama’s first memoir‚ dreams from my father. It was first published in July 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career and republished in August 2004. Author: Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author‚ I just will give some personal facts about him. Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior
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Who would want to be friends with a girl that comes from a strange place. “ They wanted to know about more important things‚ such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?”( Firoozeh Dumas page 90). Why would people want to know ting such as this? It was because the had no clue where this place was located just from what they hear. This is the main reason people need to know about geography skills‚ and about cultures. Geography a topic taught in high school
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