The day arrived. The day I have been dreading for weeks. I knew that today I would have to deal with unwanted tears and emotions of sadness and emptiness running freely throughout my body. Today was the day that everything changed and the whole world around me would collapse. This was the day that I would have to travel 6209.2km across the world. To a place that is foreign and unknown to me but was once a place I used to call home. It was 6:09am in Bahrain. I watched as the large glowing sphere
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Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative
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It’s really annoying how I have to walk Adeline to her kindergarten because I have already been going to school for five years. I can’t understand why she can’t walk herself to school; I mean she has her own legs. Finally‚ after complaining and complaining‚ Nai Nai finally has told the rickshaw puller to pull us to school and bring us home. Yay! I now don’t have to listen to Adeline complaining that her legs hurt‚ or that I need to slow down and wait for her. She complains so much‚ but I also still
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Some people will go to extraordinary lengths to achieve a sense of belonging; whether it to be a group‚ culture or city‚ some people will try anything. Techniques such as stage directions‚ hamartia‚ and dialogue are used in the set text Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” to display belonging and not belonging. Other techniques such as symbolism and camera shot are used to exhibit belonging and not belonging in the supplementary text Your Favorite Martian’s “Zombie Love Song” film clip. In Arthur Miller’s
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Creative writing As I wind down my window piercing sounds of cicada instantaneously bash my ear drums with their high pitched drill echoing into the bush. Hot air swells into the open window‚ and is being pushed back out by the ice cold air conditioning which effortlessly hums out of the vents. The strong sweet smell of summer fills my nostrils with every breath I take. It was just like I had left it so many years ago. The rigid road leaves a enormous dust cloud behind me. It feels like I am a
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Short Story Screaming in pain‚ Rebecca was about to give birth to her first baby. She was forced to have a homebirth as there were no hospitals around for miles. Her shrieks of pain had woken everyone in the neighbourhood‚ many came up to the house to get a glimpse of the situation. One of Rebecca’s friends‚ Rick‚ had rushed into the house in a matter of minutes after he heard the screaming. Rick stayed with Rebecca for several hours that followed to comfort her as best he could. His best attempts
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“Discovering our identity is a challenging journey.” Humanity is born lost. It is only through embarking on a lifelong journey do we even begin to unfurl our identity. As Socrates once said‚ “the unexamined life is a life not worth living.” Without this journey towards self-discovery our time will leave us feeling hollow and unsatisfied. The human race faces many challenging experiences from absent parents‚ to the media’s perception of what we should or could be. Each challenge along with our role
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Nerves and freshly straightened hair‚ I walk into the first house party I have ever been too. House music blaring‚ the haze of cigarette smoke and the scent of cheap wine and bear entice me into an epitome of teenage angst. Hormones are raging at the same pace as the fierce bass notes dropping. God help me. It’s a pale autumn morning and my mum and I awoke to the prize of empty bottles scattered across the kitchen. A small pool of stale leftovers of my father’s evening gathers at the bottom of the
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A family as dysfunctional as ours‚ you must understand why being so different is so hard. Having a twin brother who is the perception of a golden child‚ and a sister‚ who is probably going to be the next Miss America‚ really makes you stand out as the ‘other’ sibling. I obviously lack the physical genetics which my brother and sister gained to my disadvantage. Being in my family is hard; not knowing which snide remark would come next towards my supposed unworthiness to sit at golden table for dinner
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Bright‚ blood red colours saturated the makeshift tent‚ signalling the arrival of a new year. Red papers rustled in the breeze. Inscribed on them were golden characters each indicating happiness‚ health and prosperity. Red flowers bloomed in their various places around the tent. Bodies piled in ecstatically‚ one after another‚ sniffing‚ as they entered‚ the heavenly aroma of the vast array of foods present. Greetings were exchanged. So was money‚ which remained silent in the red packets they were
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