across the nation with great pomp and excitement. The festival is mainly associated with lights as it is called the festival of light. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody’s home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies ’rows of lighted lamps’. Diwali is a five-day festival‚ beginning on the 15th day of the Hindu calendar month of Kartika (Ashwin). By the Gregorian calendar‚ Diwali falls in October or November. Diwali marks the beginning of
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How I Got Chased By a Dog: One of the Worst Days of My Life Looking back when I was a little girl about the age of 7‚ I always wanted a pet‚ I didn’t care what I just wanted one. So I told my mom about it and she let me get 1 fish. I loved that fish‚ I named him Samuel. Samuel was an angelfish‚ he was blue and he had a smaller fin on his right side. I chose him‚ assuming he wouldn’t get picked by anyone else. He only lived for a week and a half. After Samuel died‚ my mom didn’t think I would be ready
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have cultivated this land for generations‚ the idea of paradise only conceals the enduring oppression that dictates their reality. Every aspect of my entire life has been surrounded by this oppression. Throughout my years in the public school system‚ I have been constantly told by others that we native Hawaiians are responsible for our own dissolution because we are inherently lazy and the lifestyle of our ancestors were uncivilized. One of the most common statements used to describe the situation
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toughness: that you’ve been through it‚ and you’re still standing.” I don’t have too many scars myself but there is this one that will forever be an interesting story to share. Notably I usually avoid situations that lead to dangerous outcomes but this was completely blinding to the fact. Plus it was the last day of my 8th grade year and it was Field Day so it was only fair for me to act according to the occasion. But in this moment I was chilling with my female friends out on the football field until
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them. Whoever was slower would get picked on for the rest of the day. "Only because I wanted to give you a head start‚ maybe you could have actually gotten some game this time‚" Jimoel replied with an equally large smirk as he walked towards his bowstring and quiver on the wall next to the front door. He grabbed his and his father’s strings and sat down on one of the stools around the room. Once he has passed off the spare‚ he got to work stringing his bow. Within that minute‚ both had completed
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“Get out!” she screamed annoyed‚ but with hesitation‚ as I tried to go into the bedroom. It was Memorial Day weekend and we went to St. George Island. She was infatuated with the beach‚ but this time all she did was lay in bed with her laptop; someone who is usually exhilarated about the beach‚ only wanted to stay by herself. I had been living with Kim and my dad for two years. Kim was my father’s new wife. The two of them were married for around 5 years and had a daughter together‚ Brianna‚
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GETTING MARRIED Getting married is one of life’s largest decisions. Some people get married for different reasons. Some people get married because of love‚ age‚ career‚ religion‚ children‚ and sometimes just to say that they have been married. There are so many questions that you can ask yourself and significant other before making that big step. You may ask questions like are we going to have more children? How do we plan to deal with our finances? Are we going to set boundaries for
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years I have been through so far‚ I have thankfully not experienced losing someone really close to me‚ losing a prized possession‚ etc. Everyone hopes these things will never happen‚ but I know one day I will‚ even when trying to avoid them‚ it’s impossible. However‚ there was one moment that made me realize all the grateful things I already have around me. This day‚ was Thanksgiving day of 2012‚ in Central Park‚ Pasadena‚ when I was helping out at a little event for the homeless. This day was to
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I can’t recall the day I first met my husband. I had seen him at work for a few weeks‚ and I was beyond intimidated. He strutted around the production floor of the food manufacturing plant where we both worked. He was a supervisor with a reputation for being hard and demanding‚ but his crew was loyal. He had a long goatee and even longer curly dark hair‚ which when not in a bun‚ fell past his waist. His hair had orange stripes from a hair bleaching gone wrong. When combined with his massive
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Why do people get married? Well it is a known tradition in humanity that a man and woman will come and live together. Marriages are a lifetime commitment with love and caring among people. Although the most important element is love‚ almost half of all marriages today end in divorce and the rate of marriage decreases. Why? There are several reasons to support it. Marriage means giving up freedom. People who get married are defined by the responsibilities of a husband or wife. They cannot do
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