My First Lambeau Experience It was a cold cloudy morning on December 30‚ 2007‚ I was sleeping when I was awoken by my Dad. He woke me up and said‚ “I have a late Christmas present for you‚” he then proceeded to hand me two Packers tickets for the game that day. I jumped out of bed and started yelling out of joy. Growing up watching the Packers on TV every Sunday‚ I had always dreamed of going to a Packers game. I do not think I could have been more excited. My dad told me to hurry up and get ready
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opening day for deer hunting‚ 5:00 AM‚ I just woke up. I was getting ready to go out putting everything go out and I just had a feeling‚ similar to the one that professional athletes have before a game. It was my third year hunting and spent so many days sitting and waiting and I knew that I would get my chance to shoot a deer. When I got to the my deer stand I was so tired‚ but I was determined to stay up. I knew I couldn’t go take a nap and miss the chance to shoot my first deer. Before I went my
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My First Skydiving Experience "Jumping is fun! Skydiving is not just falling; it is flying—the closest we have been able to come to free‚ unencumbered‚ non-mechanical individual flight‚" says Mike Turoff in the book The Skydiver’s Handbook. I totally agree with him because skydiving provides the maximum liberty that one can ever experience. In this article‚ I’d like to describe to you my first jump in order to show you how much fun skydiving is. First of all‚ I learned about skydiving via the
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I pulled up my socks‚ slid in my shin guards‚ and tied my cleats extra tight; my hand was in the huddle as I looked around at our pink jerseys and proceeded to shout my team name. I was about to play my first soccer game ever on a 6v6 field with my dad at my side as my coach. Who knew that eleven years later I would still be playing and working my way up to the collegiate level. Starting in the fall of my freshman year‚ I played in an extremely competitive national league‚ where everyone was trying
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Common App Essay I remembered I was 4 years old flying a plane to a place I have never seen before. I touched down in a dry‚ humid place with little to no green trees‚ but all the people there looked like me. Living in America has always made me wonder what life back home was like and I got the chance when I was about 4. If only I could remember most of the things I experienced. At the time I was living in your average suburban neighborhood but I never forgot where I came from. My parents are both
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At first‚ I hesitated to not go because of my perspective about Americans and also‚ it was a hard to say good-bye and leaving behind friends‚ family‚ and my house. Nevertheless‚ my parents urged me and again lecturing me Korean education of considering English to be valuable and useful and the best way to learn it is to be there. I had no choice to obey my parents and together go to America. Arriving in America was a shift for
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Deer Away The greatest day in a boy’s life is when he turns fourteen. Fourteen meant everything because at fourteen a fellow can hunt the most exciting animal that ever lived in Michigan‚ the deer. Yes‚ the year of the deer I shall never forget. When my dad poked his head into my bedroom at 5:30 A. M. in the morning on November 15‚ 1973‚ I knew the day had finally arrived for my first deer hunt. Even though I had barely slept at all the night before‚ I was wide wake‚ eager to get into the
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The saddest day of my life Human life is a paradox‚ composed of joys and sorrows. If today we are happy‚ tomorrow we may be sad and vice versa. There are times when life seems to be radiating wit the splendor of success‚ everything seems to be dressed in sprinkling joy‚ while there are some moments when life becomes so sad that they leave a trace of it for the rest of our life. The saddest day of my life was probably the day my grandmother passed away. Not only was she my grandmother‚ but
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forever. The story First They Killed My Father written by Loung Ung discusses her childhood life and how she had to deal with the Cambodian genocide.. As a young child who had to experience the war‚ Ung was faced with many challenges that impacted her chances of a normal childhood. When Ung was first faced with this new world she realized that she was being stripped away of everything‚ including her individuality. In the text Ung states‚ “I cannot take my eyes off of my dress…. My insides are tied
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My First Trip Home I am originally from Moldova‚ a country in Eastern Europe. My country was a part of Romania and for a longer period a part of Soviet Union. Since I was seven years old I knew that I would live abroad‚ because all my three older brothers were living in Europe and I got information from them that Europe has many developed countries. Who does not want to live in a developed country? Everyone wants to live in a developed country‚ where people can achieve their dreams‚ and be successful
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