Bank Holiday I have read the story under the title “Bank Holiday” by Katherine Mansfield. Speaking about the author‚ I should say that Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand in 1888. Katherine is a New Zealand writer and she is known by her short stories which deal with human nature and psychology. This is a philosophical story for a discerning reader who has to read between the lines. Giving the reader a chance to see somebody else s inner life‚ presented directly and indirectly‚ the author
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Gloucester Road‚ Wan Chai‚ Hong Kong 6 September 2013 Mr Aris Chu 3/F‚ 8 York Road Kowloon Tong‚ Hong Kong Dear Mr Chu RE: Working Holiday Scheme Thank you for your letter dated 2 September enquiring about our working holiday scheme. We are glad to provide the information you need. Our department has been holding the working holiday scheme for the past 15 years and this scheme aims to provide an opportunity for young adults to work over seas. Our team will ensure that you have
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My Favorite Holiday Holidays are when family come together to spend time together. Everyone is happy to see one another and catch up on recent news. My favorite holiday to spend with my family is Labor Day. Many families all over the country celebrate Labor Day. Adolescents may not understand the importance of this day. There is more to this day then barbequing and family coming over to eat. Labor Day is very significant to veterans and especially America. Labor Day came about over
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agriculturist‚ life became to change. Some people believe that transitioning from hunter-gatherers to agriculturists was one of the best decisions the human race has made. Jared Diamond the author of “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” believes that life changed for the worst. Diamond also believes we never recovered from the agriculturist mistake. Jared Diamond believes that the adoption of agriculture was a terrible idea. Due to becoming agriculturists‚ many new problems occurred
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Holidays filled with fun‚ family outings‚ shopping‚ Christmas Trees‚ and bringing in the New Year. It is not always like this for others. Holidays can be a very depressing time for others. When families get together you might want to pay attention to that loved one that maybe still grieving or going through life’s blows. It is hard to get into the grove of things when you look around and see that their is someone missing this year. Life is not the same without that person or persons. You are
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John wake up! You are going to be late‚ come on for god sake! “ That’s usually how my day starts‚ but today it was really frustrating! As you can see I’m kind of a sleepy-head (at least that’s what the others say because I don’t agree). Anyway‚ I woke up after my sister’s calls‚ thinking that it was going to be a normal day‚ but things were going to be far different from normality. I was on my way to work when my eye caught that little girl‚ trembling and asking for help. I could see that there
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cool breeze swept through my hair‚ making me shiver with excitement. I arched my neck to take full view of the breathtaking beauty of Eiffel Tower‚ which towered above me like some iron giant. It was such a lovely day. The melodious chime of the twittering birds filled me with glee. The sun too‚ it seemed‚ was in a playful mood‚ playing hide and seek behind the fluffy clouds. “Trrring trrring!” The telephone rang all of a sudden; bringing me out of the scenic beauties my mind was roaming in.
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The Tet Holiday- What did you do? [pic] According to our traditional custom‚ the Tet holiday is the Lunar New Year Holiday – the most important holiday in Vietnam. It is around late January or early February‚ depends on each year. We celebrate three days beginning of the new year‚ the first day of new year marks the beginning of Tet . This year‚ the New Year Day is in January 26th. People will have about two weeks off. Although there are three days which are the main days of Tet but we
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated generally on December 25th around the world. Every year more than 400 million people celebrate Xmas around the world — that makes Xmas one of the world’s biggest religious and commercial festivities. The celebration on the 25th of December starts with Christmas Eve‚ the evening of December 24. Popular customs include exchanging gifts‚ decorating Christmas trees‚ attending church
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Memories of Holiday Ladies and gentlemen. Let me ask you a question. Do you like to travel for holidays? Yes right? I believe everyone love to travel. Today‚ I’m going to share with you about my holiday experience in U.S. In Nov 1998 when I was still in primary 4‚ my mum surprised us that we were going to United States for 1mth to visit our father who was on a business trip. We were very excited when we heard the news as we had never been to another country and these will be our first time traveling
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