their blessings. They bring with them beautiful presents. My last year’s birthday was truly special and memorable for me. The morning began with a trip to the temple. After coming home‚ my mother served me delicious breakfast. Then my mother and staff became busy in decorating the house. They went to the market and bought balloons‚ party ribbons and clown caps. Soon they were all busy in decorating the hall. The staff with utmost care helped my mother in tying balloons‚ ribbons and soon the house was
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challenging profession. But‚ I didn’t want to follow a career path that had already been chosen for me‚ as it is usually the case in countries like India. I wanted to discover it myself and this true incident is an account of how I chose to be a doctor. I was fifteen when the incident happened and I remember everything about that day. I was flying to New Delhi from my hometown Hyderabad‚ a city in the southern part of India to visit my grandparents for the summer. As I settled down and looked at
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fight against it‚ is by framing our dis- 1 Copyrighted Material 2 Giving Voice to Our Values cussion here as a thought experiment. We are invited to consider how we might voice and act on our values if we were going to do so. In this way‚ we sidestep all the pre- emptive arguments and rationalizations that pop up naturally‚ about how difficult or even impossible it may be to do so. We create a safe and enabling space‚ if you will‚ for experimentation and creative thinking. In the service of creating
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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS written by Veronica Chan This school holiday‚ I spent most of my time at home‚ although I already knew this was going to happen‚ I still eagerly awaited the holidays to bring a break from‚ school work‚ extracurricular activities and tests. For me‚ spending the holidays at home is much more fun than being at school. On the last day of school‚ I eagerly waited for the school bell to ring at 12:40pm and on that day the time flew past. Then‚ I felt like a caged bird that has just been
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well-being for others? While at a block party last Fourth of July‚ a dangerous accident made me realize how brave I could be. I live on a cul-de-sac with a roommate‚ Chris. Chris and I were invited‚ by our neighbors‚ to a block party this past Fourth of July. They were going to have plenty of food‚ drinks‚ fireworks‚ and games for kids and adults alike. We could not resist a good time. I invited my girlfriend over and we all walked down to the festivities. We could smell the barbecue as soon as we
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lingers in my nostrils. The breeze moves through the trees‚ creating a melody for all to hear. The bubbling sound of a brook can be heard far in the distance. Peace and tranquility settle upon my soul‚ and I feel that everything is right. Nature wraps its arms around me and I feel safe and comforted. I soon hear the sounds of children’s laughter and the whooshing of bicycles going by. I finally open my eyes and pull myself out of my sleeping bag. Goosebumps cover my flesh immediately‚ and I hurry
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English: Holidays * I love the holidays. The nippy weather‚ smells of all that great food and the general merriment in the atmosphere as everyone celebrates in his or her own way. If you can look past the consumerism that’s saturated the season‚ then the holidays can really be a great time. Sydney In Sydney‚ the largest‚ oldest‚ and most beautiful of Australia’s cities‚ the monumental doesn’t figure prominently. There are no great pyramids‚ no historic ruins‚ no monuments or buildings that warrant
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How can someone be claimed as insane? In the case of Andrea Yates‚ she was found not guilty by reasons of insanity. Clearly Andrea Yates was insane because of what she did. Andrea Yates murdered her five children. Andrea Yates has thought about killing her children for quite a while before she really did kill her children. Her husband Rusty Yates knew about his wife trying to kill their children and caught Andrea before she did it the first time. Andrea Yates attempted to kill her kids before and
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in love with Summer Finn—a girl who doesn’t believe in love. The story details the 500-day relationship of the two individuals from Tom’s perspective of the present‚ while retelling certain events in a non-chronological order. Summer states upfront that she does not want a boyfriend and believes true love is fantasy. Tom ignores this and continues to see her‚ forming a strengthened relationship together with each existing month. After spending nearly a year together‚ Tom and Summer had their first
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Edie‚ an unschooled girl‚ is working for the Peebles family one summer when a stranger comes along and steals her heart away. He is an older man‚ and being a foolish young girl she thinks that he really cares for her. "I am going to write you a letter. I’ll tell you where I am and maybe you can come see me. Would you like that? Okay then. You wait" (Munro 136). He promises her he will write‚ and for months after that
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