work I felt the need to get away from it all‚ to rest and relax‚ and to broaden my perspective of the world. I made reservations for six solo days of scuba diving in Croatia. I was excited‚ nervous‚ even a little scared of traveling alone. I told myself that I’m 36 years old‚ have two kids‚ and lived in another country‚ so I held my head high‚ bid my friends farewell and took off. Upon arrival in Croatia I picked up my rental car at the airport in Zagreb. I got on the A1 motorway and pointed the
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My Life Changing Experience It’s not easy facing the death of a loved one‚ and I assure you it wasn’t easy for me. Faced by the traumatic scene I constantly faced upon entering and exiting the hospital‚ I felt my heart ripping open every time. It all started back on December 20‚ 2013 my beloved father was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. This came to my whole family as shocking disbelief. How can a person who dedicates his life towards his family have such a lethal disease? Tears poured
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My name is Melissa Losada. I was born in Michigan in the year 1995. I lived there with my mom until my younger sister Rebecca was born. Soon after we moved to West Virginia to be with my grandmother‚ it was 1996 I was two years old when I moved to the city of Beckley‚ West Virginia and that is the only place I have ever lived since. Beaver elementary is where I went to elementary school‚ I lived directly in front of the school so I was never really far from home. Back then my mom was our girl scout
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It was a very strange experience that I had in a bar I was sitting watching a game of my soccer team‚ and suddenly something unexpected happened‚ something I thought would never happen‚ look at the door of the Bar‚ and my ex-girlfriend school was entering and I was very surprised to see it again‚ it was a very strange feeling that happened to me. She looked at me and approached me to greet me and ask me how I was living in my life. After a good time talking to her‚ she told me to leave very uncomfortable
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Park. My girlfriend Rosie was 21 years old and she was also working at Tarza as an Administrative Assistant. We started dating in January of 1998 after our co-workers set us up on a date. Since then after work we would go out to one of the many bars in Tumon with our co-workers and party the night away. This was our daily routine since we had no kids or curfew to worry about. We were young adults working in the heart of Tumon which was the party capital of Guam. So on January 3rd of 2001‚ my life
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band. Band is one of the single most important aspects of my life. Band shaped the person I am today and will continue to shape my future. Band picks me up when I’m feeling down and makes the good days even better. It is a place to escape and get lost in music. I have been in band since sixth grade. My intentions were to play the trombone but my father told me “Trombones are for boys” so I ended up playing the trumpet. In this case my father was completely wrong. Almost of the girls in class
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Today is July 16th‚ 2012. Exactly a month later‚ it will be Leman’s birthday. That means we will be celebrating Leman’s birthday on August 16th‚ 2012.. Jali‚Seli‚Setopa and I were best friends since our good old days in form 3.Now we have just finished our secondary school and all of us did very well in our SPM examinations.We were on cloud nine at that moment and celebrated our flying colours results at one of the well-known restaurants in town.Oh gosh! that was the best moments in our lives
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During my high school career‚ I participated in the MCJROTC program. It was there I met three Marine instructors that changed my life. I had them for four years‚ and every moment I spent with them was with pleasure. Each and everyone had a different influence on me from their advice‚ help‚ and the way they taught. Two of them‚ Major Wirsig and Sergeant Major Pereida‚ made the most influence on me with their different approaches in life. Major Wirsig retired after thirty eight years in the service
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from my third grade year. My teacher‚ Mrs. Cibulous‚ wanted to make things fun and have a writing contest. The writing could be no more than a page long and could be either a short story or poem. I really liked to read and one of my favorites‚ (outside of the newspaper) was a pretty good sized book of nursery rhymes that I had at home. I had never written anything that rhymed‚ especially anything that I would have labeled as a poem‚ but I decided to give it a shot. I remember that I sat at my desk
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My Summer Vacation One of my favorite family traditions is summer vacation. Every summer without fail we go on vacation‚ and we stay there for at least a week. For the past five years we have been going to Disney World with our family that lives in Los Angeles. He is my cousin Ricardo‚ he lives with his wife and his 1-yearold daughter. I like them because they’re nice‚ cool and funny. It has turned into
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