Journal Entry #1 : Free Writing : My Favorite Holiday As an immigrant from Vietnam living in The United States‚ I have been celebrating many holidays every year such as July 4th‚ Christmas‚ Easter‚ Labor Day... However‚ my favorite holiday is still Tet Nguyen Dan‚ which is usually called Lunar New Year. With the whole family here‚ we can still celebrate Tet annual as a traditional custom. It is not only a traditional celebration when the new year comes‚ but also the most important annual celebration
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Nachos Fajitas “so exactly where are we going again?” I asked my dad while pulling out of our driveway. “Just wait I know you’ll love this restaurant‚” he announced. He was taking me to Espinoza’s‚ an authentic Mexican restaurant. There was a large window right beside the door when you pull in‚ with a big‚ orange‚ neon sign with the words ESPINOZA’S written in capital letters. My dad opened the door and I led him in. Right when we walked‚ there was a young girl‚ about five feet and 3 inches tall
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Favorite Brand Antoinette Mitchell MKT/421 November 5‚ 2014 Eric Mc Math Favorite Brand The world is filled with brilliant products and services developed by diverse companies. These developments have extended consumer choices heightening the level of competition between companies. The implication of this is companies have to develop strong brands that will gain most of the market share compared with their competition. The Apple Company is a well-known company mobile and software industry. Three
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How Celebrity Culture Affects Our Lives Posted in: Arts & Entertainment‚ December 2010 Diane Qi‚ Arts & Entertainment Journalist One of the strongest influences in the lives of many North American teenagers is celebrity culture. Tabloids such as people‚ and TV shows like e-talk and TMZ fuel our appetite for details about the personal lives of celebrities‚ while the style statements lauded by pop stars determine trends in fashion and beauty. But‚ the truth is that this carefully nurtured
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My two favorite places Everyone has their secret special places that they go to or places just to simply get away or look for advice at every once and a while. I am not anyway different than anyone else‚ as I also have some very secret places where I go when I need privacy or just seeking much needed advice. One of my places is the lake in the wintertime. There I can escape from the everyday mess and can think more rationally or just simply soul search. The lake is located approximently 45
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and you’ll end up failing the test. Bottom lines‚ if you’re not going to do it while taking the drivers test‚ don’t do it when you’re on the road on your own. You’re on the way home from work. You haven’t eaten all day and you don’t feel like cooking. Stop by Chick-fil-a and get a chicken sandwich? Maybe McDonalds. You go through the drive-thru and pick up your meal. The food smells extremely good and all you want to do is grab a few fries while you’re driving
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My Favorite Mistake Madeleine Albright on the time she stuck it to Putin. Jul 25‚ 2011 1:00 AM EDT Madeleine Albright.‚ Cindy Marler / Hollandse Hoogte-Redux When I was America’s biggest diplomat‚ I made a really bad mistake. This is how it happened. In 1999‚ President Clinton‚ Defense Secretary William Cohen‚ and I were in a room together‚ celebrating the 50th anniversary of NATO. It was a completely accidental thing; we were just sitting and joking around‚ and we pretended to be the “See
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Throughout the short story‚ “My Favorite Chaperone‚” written by Jean Davis Okamoto‚ the siblings Maya and Nurzhan do things to deceive and trick their parents‚ all in an effort to help one another‚ as they try to adjust to life in the United States. The story itself is about Maya and her family‚ who moved to America from Kazakhstan. Together they overcome challenges from others and from themselves‚ and in the end they are a stronger and more developed family. At the beginning of the story‚ Maya
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on Long Island‚ near the now married Daisy‚ and begins the process of recapturing her favors. I have read this book in my junior year of high school. It was I truly memorable book because it was taught by an enthusiastic and descriptive teacher. It’s what isn’t written and the hidden‚ subtle meanings between the lines and my potent reaction that makes this book one of my favorite classics of American Literature. Also Fitzgerald’s elegant‚ almost dance-like‚ symbolic and deep prose; yes‚ many might
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I really don’t think I have a favorite; I think I have a few of favorite pastimes. My favorite pastimes are NASCAR‚ baseball‚ and football for sports. Others would be watching television or movies‚ and probably sleep. I think my favorite pastime of them all would be NASCAR. I started watching NASCAR when I was really little. I always was sitting in front of the television every Sunday. For the past five years we have been going to Michigan International Speedway for the whole weekend when the Sprint
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