On that dark day I had received the heartbreaking news when the doctor said “Your second surgery did not go as well as we expected… unfortunately‚ you will be staying here for one more week”. The struggle was not just the pain in my leg or the vacuums in my skin the struggle was being alone. When I was thirsty for hours‚ not finding anyone to bring me water. The distress was seeing my mom crying on the phone screen‚ because she can’t come all the way from Spain and help me. The shame was hearing
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"He throws like a girl!" This insult is heard all too often and is harsh to boys because of the perception of girls being weak. We are constantly bombarded with moments emphasizing gender in everyday situations. After training myself to see these differences my eyes have been opened to something I have previously believed "natural" and allowed a new perspective to push through. I see attitudes and behavior now as socially constructed and not usually inherent. In R. W. Connel’s book Gender‚ he
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know I am a very shy person. For just one single day I’ve become a teacher‚ I must admit at the beginning‚ this task was very simple‚ at the end I found myself with a lot of job ahead of me ‚because; I haven’t any single idea that how to be a teacher in front of a class. So‚ I was doomed. I made a lot of research that how to prepare a class‚ how to stand in a classroom‚ how to speak with the people in the classroom‚ even how to get dressed for that day. For real I was lost. I got just a very good
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The day of the oral report is the most embarrassing moment happened. I slowly raise my hand after the teacher asks if anyone else needs to do the oral. As I scoot the chair back to stand up‚ my ears begin to turn red hot and I start to sweat on my hands and forehead. As I look up from the podium‚ I am startled by the forty pairs of unwavering eyes glaring at me‚ waiting to be engrossed by my brilliance. I find myself having difficulty breathing‚ almost as if I have forgotten how to. I wipe the
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Live in the Moment: A personal response to "Snapshots" Life never goes the way you think it might. This year has been pretty bad for me and it seemsthat everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. Getting out of a rut is never easy and the worst part of it is that knowingly people that you thought you could depend on to be there walking away when things gets tough. It really feels like life doesn’t have any meaning anymore at a point and all you can feel is an emptiness
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Life is the summation of many single moments. Some moments give happiness‚ some give sadness and some moments give us such a glory that we want to recall those moments whenever we get some times. I can yet remember the day when such a glorious moment came to my life. That time I was in seven standards. I was learning painting as it was my passion. One day‚ I got to know from our art teacher that ‘Standard Chartered Bank’ was going to organize an art competition all around the country. Our teacher
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maaalala even up to this very moment na tapos na ang performance night‚ dahil hindi lamang ito ginawa para sa aming mga sarili ngunit para na din sa ibang tao‚ a concert for a cause‚ which aimed to help some kids from Doña Remedios Trinidad‚ Bulacan. PREPARATION: We just had an almost 2 weeks to prepare for our performance night. Personally‚ I never imagine that the outcome of the concert would be that good given the fact that we had different schedules and other school requirements that has a deadline
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Happy Moments Happy moments are everyone dream. In my whole life‚ it is uncountable how many happy moments that I’ve gone through since I was small.Happy moments are something that made us very happy and it is unforgettable.It will never be erased out of our mind and we will always remind of it for the rest of our life.It might happens daily‚weekly‚monthly and even annually but it really happened.it makes us smile to the ears and sometimes it tears us down.I just can’t imagine how does it feel if
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Rhetorical Moment Just yesterday morning‚ I visited my new Calculus professor‚ Dr. Rukimbira‚ because I needed all the worksheets that the class had been working on since the first day. Although this might seem like a simple thing to do‚ I had already tried to ask a professor for worksheets that same day‚ but unfortunately‚ the teacher thought I had been skipping class and yelled at me instead of facilitating me the work. Therefore‚ I planned to first do some research on the professor‚ since I deducted
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had a daughter. Her name was Bao Bei which means “Precious One”. The woman was ugly looking and her face was scarred. Her husband died when their child was still a baby. She worked very hard to support herself and the child. One day‚ while she was cleaning the house‚ getting ready for the Chinese New Year. She saw an old photograph. She held it up in her hand‚ and looked at it for a long time. Then her daughter‚ Bao Bei walked into the house. She greeted her mother rudely.
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