On September 3‚ my boyfriend and I attended the 38th Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park. This was my first jazz concert. My boyfriend and I headed towards the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; its stage looked like a steel version of the Sydney Opera House. As we looked for a place to sit‚ I noticed that the audience’s demographics consisted of Indian‚ Asian‚ some African Americans‚ and Caucasians. We sat near the stage in the plastic orange seats because the grass area was extremely packed. However‚
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For my first biology test I received a grade that I am not proud of. To be completely honest the night before the test I attended a concert and didn’t get to sleep until two in the morning. This optical is defiantly something that I could have avoided. I should not have attended the concert‚ or at least I should have prepared myself weeks in advance knowing that I had a concert the night before. This is my second time taking the class and I expected better out of myself. I made the same mistake I
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become an important part of my life ever since I joined the Centennial Lakes Little League in 2010. This was my first sport and I had never been on a team before. I had no prior sports skills because I had never played any before this one. The day I walked into the facility for the first time I knew it was just my first day of softball‚ but what I did not know was that it was the first day I would shape my personality and discover my priorities. Being only eleven years old I was not putting much
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My first time to Hawaii went like this. The first 5 hours I was on the plane I was feeling extremely sick and tired and felt like throwing up. After all that torture we finally got off of the plane and tried to find our hotel. We got lost for about 30 minutes until we actually found it. After we got into our hotel‚ I noticed that they didn’t have a refrigerator or a microwave‚ so every time we wanted to eat‚ we had to go buy some food. After we unpacked all of our stuff‚ we went out to the shopping
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It was a chilly August morning. Filled with excitement and wonder‚ I woke up from my slumber and got ready for school. Today was my first day of Sophomore year. I was no stranger to the curriculum‚ and I was familiar with most of my teachers. I already had a set friend group‚ surely‚ no problems would arise. I did my usual morning routine and got into my car. Driving along Main Street‚ my mom talked about how much I needed. She said I needed to improve this year‚ to try and do better than last year
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to go and play down in Orlando‚ Florida. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing‚ my coach never even told us we had to opportunity to go. I had so many question to ask my parents. When do we leave? What do we do to prepare? What team are we playing first? What are we going to stay in? A house or a hotel? Are the teams we are going to play good? I had so many questions that couldn’t be answered! I had no idea what to expect. I couldn’t sleep that night‚ all I was thinking about was being able down in
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Last year‚ my 400 m dash time decreased by nine seconds from the first track meet until the last. Never running in a track meet before‚ I was extremely nervous. Using the bathroom about five times‚ I felt like I was sick. I was shaking terribly before the race started. I could not even set up my blocks. The assistant coach‚ Lindsey‚ set them up for me. I had totally forgotten how to. Even if I had remembered‚ I probably would not have been able to. I was shaking very badly. I got into my
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to cook dinner. On the good days‚ when he would come home happy‚ he sometimes let me listen to the radio‚ but on those bad days‚ he would hurt me. He would be drunk from being at the pub‚ he would’ve had too much to drink and he would touch me‚ at first I would push away but he would get angry‚ he would shout and grab the nearest thing to him and hit me with it. If it would break‚ he would blame me and punish
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When I was young I always dreamed of flying on a plane. Finally‚ my dream was coming true‚ and I was on my way to the USA where I had always known I would end up. This was my first trip on an airplane‚ and it was also one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I remember everything about my first flight‚ and it was a lot to remember since it took twenty-seven hours from start to finish. The fight did have one stop in Japan‚ but that was just to change planes. Once my parents and
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Hugo Flores Oct 9‚ 2010 English 001 MA Essay My First Job in U. S. A. Before I came to The United States‚ I worked in several jobs in my natal country‚ Dominican Republic. The most of them were not exactly the kind of job that people would enjoy. I have worked under the hot Caribbean sun‚
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