How many people have the good fortune to travel by plane? I was one of the fortunate few. My first flight in the air was the most exciting experience in my life. I was travelling from Delhi to London by air. I entered the aeroplane in the morning. It was like getting into a car or bus but the noise of the machine made us feel that it was different. Soon the plane took off and rose in the air higher and higher. The buzzing sound which had fascinated me continued. When I looked down‚ things looked
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grade at Peterson elementary there was a field trip to Yosemite‚ and while I was getting the paper so my mother could sign it. “Hey mom‚” I said. “I need you to sign this for me‚” “Sure‚ what is it for‚” she replied “It is for a field trip to Yosemite‚” I said. “Well lucky you‚” she said. After she signed it I immediately began planning out the trip and figured out what I would bring. I couldn’t stop thinking how much cool things I would see. My backpack was packed with nuts‚ water bottles‚ a
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It was the first day getting ready to go off on our trip ‚ it was a hot summer day and not a cloud in the sky it was as bright as ever‚ my parents‚grandparents‚ and I were going on a trip from Sioux Falls to Denver and back. We arrived at the airport on time and got on our plane‚ it was a long trip from Sioux Falls to Las Vegas as soon as we got off the plane we were going to wait for an uber‚ but then we saw that you could get a limo so we did that instead. We had a great time back there. We stopped
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Honors English 10 Scott Alexander Period 7 03/27/14 TED Talk TED Talk: Hyeonseo Lee “My escape from North Korea” Summary: Hyeonseo Lee saw her first public execution at age 7. A child growing up in North Korea‚ the moment affected her‚ but she didn’t understand the government repression going on around her. Lee was very scared on her mission to save her family from being jailed. She crossed them through the border but once they got there they got jailed. Lee spent almost all of her money
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a road trip to Colorado with my church group. It was supposed to be one of the best weeks of our lives‚ and it was. We still reminisce about Colorado and talk about going back and visiting almost every single day. The experiences we gained while working with others is one that taught me valuable lessons. Up until I went on this trip‚ I was a sand-in-your-hair‚ sand-on-your-feet‚ salt water type of person. I could have lived on the beach my entire life and still never feel as if I’ve had my fill of
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On our trip to Cedar Glen‚ I learned numerous things that will benefit me in the future and assist me in making crucial decisions. One of the things I learned is group dynamics and working with other people. My group participated in various activities‚ such as logs and marshmallows‚ which taught us that we shouldn’t just focus on ourselves when completing a task‚ but also everybody in our group. In both logs and marshmallows‚ our group made sure each person reached the other side instead of just
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geographical area with a population of 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese -speaking country in the Americas. The summer of 2011‚ I counted down the days until I until my trip to Sao Paulo‚ Brazil. This was the first mission trip I had ever been on with other people. As a matter of fact‚ it was the first time I had flown out of the country. On Saturday‚ July 16‚ 2011‚ we had finally arrived at the airport in Brazil. After getting our suitcases‚ we found the pastors’ from the churches
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I was as wet as Shamu. My first coaster. I got in the roller coaster‚ I strapped myself in and was ready to ride. The ride started to move‚ we went up slowly. Then out of nowhere the ride went sailing down. It turned really fast. Then it turned again. Then it came back to the start and it was over. Moving I was so nervous when my family decided to move to a new house. I was nervous because I didn’t want to move away from our old house. I was nervous because when my parents showed me the new
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First They Killed My Father.. quotes Death and Revenge: * P 146 - I hate the soldiers... I etch their faces into my memory and plan for the day when I come back and kill them. * P 159 – We are all different now... I am sad and many days I wish I am dead. * P 143 – My hate empowers and scares me... Rage makes me want to survive. * P 251 – Holding on to my hate for the Khmer Rouge soldiers also allows me to go on living the mundane details of life. * P 168 – I need the new memories
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“Here we come Los Vegas!” I yelled excitedly as my mom told me the news that we were going to Los Vegas for a week. My family have been planning to go on a thanksgiving vacation trip to Los Vegas for a month now. I was not only exited for the trip but I was also excited because I was going to meet my cousins again after 6 years. I’ve never been to Los Vegas before so I was very happy to go for the first time. As later I will see how it affected my family as good as it did and how much it helped.
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