My First Car My first car was a bit of a roller coaster‚ I had just learned to drive the year before and now it was time for me to have my own car. I would say the excitement I felt was overwhelming but even that might understate it just a little. The search began on a Sunday morning we went to several different dealerships‚ in search of the right mix of economy and style. Well‚ to be honest my mom was mostly interested in the economy part. The first dealership we went the car salesman seemed
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This is what this paper has explored through my childhood memory. This reflection paper has helped me to understand that the method of memories creation is influenced by an amount of factors including; my way of thinking‚ my believes‚ interests and my explanatory of the things around me. If my childhood memories are exactly‚ I would like to say that I had a comparatively happy childhood. I had a loving family who supported me in everything I did. One of my favorite childhood memories is the family
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SUMMER SOLSTICE SUMMARY The Summer Solstice is a short story written by Nick Joaquin. The book tells the story of a ritual performed by women to call upon the gods to grant fertility. The ritual they perform is to dance around a century-old Balete tree. The ritual was known as Tatarin and lasted for three days during the summer months. The last day of Tatarin is the same day as St. John’s Day. The story is set on St John’s Day in the 1850s in the Philippines. Entoy tells Dona Lupeng that Amada
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My First Game A specific event that greatly changed the course of my life is the day that I attended my first sporting event. Shocking‚ right? On this day‚ I discovered‚ for the first time‚ that I had a large interest in watching live sports. The day of the game was the thirteenth of March‚ in 2011. The location was Ricoh Coliseum‚ on Toronto’s Exhibition Grounds. The teams were the Toronto Marlies and the Texas Stars. My parents had decided to take me to a hockey game. They let me choose
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Two years ago‚ on a cold Saturday morning‚ I prepared for my first ever track tryout. I took a shower‚ put on my clothes‚ and got into the car. On my way to practice‚ I felt strong physically‚ but I also had an undefined‚ jittery feeling about how the day was going to go. At 7:25am‚ I arrived at practice and was quickly spotted by the coach. He called me over and said‚ "You’re a big‚ fast guy‚ and I want you to be a sprinter." I knew I was fast‚ but I thought that being 6’1 and 225 pounds‚ I would
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Capitalism‚ Sierra Leone’s downfall and the reason for the extraordinarily terrible things we do to one another in the chase for the all-mighty dollar. This downfall was the outlined theme throughout the film Blood Diamond. In 1999 Sierra Leone was suffering from a civil war involving the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the government. The RUF were a group of African rebels who fought believing they were doing the right thing and setting the people free from the clutches of the corrupt government
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Done By: http://www.livetvee4u.blogspot.com/ Summer Farm‚ Norman MacCaig Norman MacCaig was born in Edinburgh‚ the capital city of Scotland‚ in 1910‚ and spent much of his life in this and other Scottish cities until his death in 1996. His family came from the quiet countryside and this background is reflected in ‘Summer Farm’. This poem is characteristically about nature and personal reflection. It begins with simple descriptions of the natural world and the farmland that he sees around
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headed to my first class which just so happened to be my favorite subject‚ English. The hallways were very wide but when filled with students I felt like I had to shove my way through just to get to my locker. The lockers were a mixture between Gray and purple. The school colors were supposed to be purple and silver but there was no way that these lockers could be considered. I took a look at the little piece of paper that the lady in the office had given me and tried out the combination on my locker
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English 100 16 October 2014 My First Job Ever since I have been legally old enough to have a job‚ it has been in my interest. My best friend worked at a restaurant‚ The Clock‚ so when the time came around‚ I jumped straight to applying for a job. After a while I went back to check on my application‚ and the hiring manager informed me that he wanted to have a sit down interview with me the next day. The moment I heard those words my hopes shot straight up. Out of all my excitement‚ the thoughts I
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To start out‚ Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa whose history for a long time has not been good. The West African country was established by the Temne and Mende local tribes in the area but soon after it flourished the Scramble of Africa took place and Britain took control in 1787. From then on the European imposed a hut tax and would utilize most of Sierra Leone’s natural resources to make themselves wealthy. This caused the government today to even be weak and Africans to be anti-european
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