My life changed in September 14‚ 2000‚ when I arrived to this country with my son and my husband. I remember that day like it was yesterday. We woke up early in the morning‚ and went to the airport. I was sad because I knew that in a long time I would no see my family. I was excited the first day that I arrived to the United State of America. Everything looked clean and new‚ the people were nice and friendly. The change for me was a new experience and took a lot of time to get accustomed to. The
Premium Learning Education High school
I was born in Vietnam‚ a small country beneath China. I live my whole life in Hochiminh city; and in my 18 years of living‚ I hardly travelled out of the city with anyone else but my family. Hochiminh was populated with nearly 9 million people flooded in a metropolitan city of only 809.12 square miles. The traffic is terrible. The air is polluted. And I had always dream of leaving it. Why am I using a past perfect tense instead of a present perfect? Because now that I am far away from Vietnam
Premium United States Family Working class
Soundtrack to my Life There are many songs that I enjoy listening to whether I’m sitting in a car‚ or walking to school. I always enjoy the fact that there are many genres and types of songs to choose from these days. There were many songs that which I choose were the most favorite and close ones to me‚ but out of all of them‚ I choose three that was based on my favorite and which topic was the most important to me. The first section that I choose was “Fighting” and the song that I represented
Premium Music Funk English-language films
Life is full of risks. And not all risks are predictable. The first and the biggest crisis in my life happened a few days after the fifteenth birthday. I was diagnosed with a kind of cancer and took a year off from middle school to have chemotherapy after surgery. Fortunately‚ I was on the mend after hospitalizing for the first three months‚ so I received the outpatient treatment after that. Now it was time to go back to school. However‚ I had a lot of different thoughts running through my mind.
Premium Family High school Cancer
two years of my life I spent in a smaller town called Irapuato‚ Guanajuato‚ Mexico. This was my birthplace and home to my parents until they made the decision of migrating directly to Ventura County. Within Irapuato City‚ there are small ranchos or ranches‚ located on the outskirts of town and at our rancho‚ we would raise pigs‚ goats‚ cows and‚ sheep. Surrounding our rancho there are acres of land‚ where we plant fruits and vegetables to consume and sell to our little community. Life in Mexico is much
Premium Mexico Family Biblical Magi
want to do‚ and how I am going to get there. I am one of few kids in my entire family to have both parents that have at least attended some sort of college. With this my parents have been all over me with college and some say I have it easy but my life is actually harder than it might sound.
Premium
As soon as the summer of 2015 ended‚ I was living in Colombia. I was used to spending summer with my family and friends in Colombia or traveling to the US to play golf tournaments or golf camps. But that summer was different. My parents told me I was spending the summer at USF in Tampa at “SuperCamp”. I read all about it on the internet and all it said was that it was a fun academic camp. I was not happy at all‚ but the decision was already made. I remember when I arrived to campus‚ there were
Premium High school Education English-language films
Throughout my life‚ I have faced a number of crucibles but one‚ in particular‚ is more prominent than the rest. About five years ago‚ my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer‚ a traumatic experience that affected my entire family. Each member of my immediate family chose to deal with the news in different ways‚ however‚ I am the only one that elected to live in denial. Sadly‚ the only way I knew how to cope with such devastating news was to continue living my life as if nothing was happening. Denial
Premium Family Mother English-language films
Danny’s sport life In June 2015‚ I had heard about a girl soccer player from one of my friends‚ about how good is she in soccer‚ and she has a nice personality. Her name is Daniela Tellez. I was new in Akron‚ and each one in my group that I hang out with knew her except me. Also‚ they told me that she has a big eye‚ cute face‚ a long brown hair and she is outgoing person. However‚ I was curious to meet her‚ and know her more and how she looks like. After I met her in my friend’s house she was different
Premium Association football Football Girl
ago today I was going to watching Kurt referee his very first high school basketball game. I was so excited and so proud of him. I had no clue three years ago how much reffing would become a part of our life. Reffing is life in our household. Honestly‚ reffing takes up about 9 months of our life. From November-March is basketball season. May-July are camps where he is away on the weekends. October is when he has all the clinics and scrimmages. Basically he is off April‚ August and September. Not
Premium Basketball High school Michael Jordan