crushing pressure and dark‚ dank air felt like my only company. I was dying‚ or so every part of my being was telling me. The immense‚ clutching pains radiating from my chest to my jaw could be only one thing… a heart attack. I lay there silently‚ overwhelmed with crippling fear and panic; frozen‚ immobile‚ waiting for what my mind had deemed inevitable. Wait…the pain was beginning to ease. The powerful clutch of dread freezing me was beginning to weaken. My mind flooded with hope. I’m going to be okay
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irrationally. My friends would always do things with spontaneity while I would get left behind sitting alone shrouded by my fear. As life gradually moved on‚ I grew to overcome my fears and not overanalyze situations with the help of a few moments in my life. One event I remember with startling clarity was when I was seven. Like many children‚ my brother and cousins loved to ride roller coasters and enjoyed the thrill that accompanied it. However‚ I never relished the execrable feeling of my
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The magical word “Happiness” There are plenty of movies‚ songs‚ and books about happiness. Human beings try to figure out what happiness means. For some‚ life is really about about being rich so being happy or who has the most respect and the highest rank is the happiest. Maybe happiness is hidden in a smile‚ or in love‚ or in a flower. Happiness means different things to every person. There is no universal rule to be happy. Whatever it means‚ everyone agrees that it may be the most important feeling
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Where did it come from? A old‚ wooden chest was placed on a stool. The wood was peeling off‚ revealing an ugly tint of pink. Shiny‚ gold borders decorated the sides and the top of the chest which had a keyhole in the center. Ms. Amber‚ our teacher‚ suggested that for home work‚ we should write where it came from‚ who previously owned it‚ and what it was used for. As I was thinking about my story‚ the chest opened. I turned around to see if any of my classmates noticed‚ but no one did. My attention snapped
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that my parents would handle anything. I was the youngest in the family‚ the “porcelain doll” that no one could touch. I was doing things not because I wanted to but because I felt I needed too. Part of my struggle was that I believed that my thoughts and ideas were too fragile for the harshness of the world and refused to let them see the light of day. Everyone around me was evolving; they were finding the thing that made them “them”. My sister had law school‚ my cousin had music and all my friends
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Like many before me one of my most defining moments came from my high school days when I was still attempting to find a balance between getting good grades and maintaining a social life. During that time‚ I was just entering a period where I had dealt with bullying without standing up for myself in school. As a result‚ I entered high school somewhat embittered but also made it intentionally difficult for others to get close to me since many of the people I had once held close to me had turned on
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My memory may have failed me that day‚ but I knew I was going to get into the house one way or another. I had seen dozens of movies where people got into their house without a trace so my twelve year old brain thought I could pull off the same stunts as a million dollar movie. In my mind I had planned out the best idea for a break in and ended up with a sliced up a finger dipped in hydrogen peroxide‚ having to wrap plastic all over the windows so snow wouldn’t get in and overall forgetting my phone
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on a boat‚ go fishing‚ falling from a tree‚ etc.? I have never been on a roller coaster and everyone else has. You can’t really bond with people once they talk about their favorite subject that you haven’t yet done‚ until you do it. It was May 26‚ 2017‚ it was the day I had I have been waiting for. The day I would go on a roller coaster for the first time. I was happy the day before‚ I was planning nothing out but acting like I was. I woke up at 5:30 in the morning‚ my eyes were tired‚ I was still
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My fondness for computer was initially sparked by my first exposure to it by my father when I was just 3 years old. The mystery and delicacy of this gadget absorbed the attention of young me and gradually shaped my academic enthusiasm. Meanwhile this keenness paved the way for my massive attachments to the investigation of applying the computer technology to the modern world. Consequently‚ I have decided to study Computer Science as my undergraduate course and to work as a software engineer in
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and crime was a constant concern for us. It worried my parents to see that I was losing interest in school‚ so they moved me to Chino Hills after I finished 7th grade to live with my sisters‚ hoping that the environment would be a better place for me. The different atmosphere I was in changed my perspective on education. The students in Chino Hills are very competitive in their academic pursuits which motivated me to try harder and work up to my potential. The realization that a different environment
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