end of the world’s longest reigning monarch‚ at 70 years of service. During this time‚ King Bhumibol became much beloved and respected‚ both within his country and without. In this op-ed‚ written by Paul Handley‚ esteemed writer of The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej‚ Paul utilizes choice diction to properly eulogize what he considers a great man and to shed light on some of the more controversial aspects of his regime. Bhumibol’s reign was marked by repeated military
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holding my leg. It happened so fast I didn’t know one movement from the next. After a while I notice I’m on the bench with an ice bag on my knee‚ while watching my team lose to a great team. After the game I went to the mall able to walk again. The next day I played again‚ thinking it was nothing but a bruise. It’s spring break 2 weeks after the blow to my knee. Just yesterday I got hit again right in the same spot. But unlike last time I wasn’t able to walk‚ so I just began to limp. My mom didn’t
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The first day is always the hardest. You go from being the leaders of the school‚ to the babies of the school. It was the first day and everybody was full of both excitement and fear. I looked around‚ I saw a bunch of crowded newbies all around me‚ anxiously awaiting the bell‚ at the start the only person I could recognise was Chiara. Chiara is one of my best friends; we went through primary school together. Gradually more and more people showed up‚ until I could barely move. A few of them
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being overthrown face‚ but still he continues trying to please‚ which shows resilience and hard work. This theme is shown in other pieces like “The Raid” by John Steinback. When when Dick and Root get beat up for fighting for their cause “‘they bust my arm and a couple of ribs’” (Steinbeck 13)‚ they don’t regret anything and are ready to continue to fight‚ this is obviously resilience and hard work. Another work that shows this is “The Little Red Guard” by Anchee Min‚ when she is ordered to denounce
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My First Day at University Every student of college‚ in his life‚ at certain point‚ dreams about his university life. It is the dream of every student to get admission in a university of high esteem. A university with full colors of life makes a bigger share in good memories. I also thought about the same thing. After I had done my Fsc exams‚ I appeared in entrance tests of different universities. I got admission in few of them and my final decision was for Air University for its emerging repute
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The Day That Changed My Life Forever It was a bone chilling January night; my mom received a call at about 11:15 PM‚ a call that changed my life forever. My Aunt June was on the other line. She was crying so hard my mother could barely understand her. Through the sobbing my mom finally understood that Brian‚ my cousin‚ had been in a horrible accident and she didn’t know how bad it was. My mother jumped out of the bed after she hung up the phone. She screamed up the stairs at my sister and
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My Grandma’s really into buying bootleg DVD’s at the Flea Market and picked up Mona Lisa Smile. I didn’t see it in theaters but I heard awful reviews of it. Everything from "this movies doesn’t make sense‚" to "just feminist garbage". Bored off my mind one night‚ I decided to pop the DVD in and have a look with my cousin. Both her and I agreed it was one of the best movies we had ever seen! We loved every character‚ we thought it was so well done‚ and the plot was just amazing. There is not one
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influences in their lives or events that were painful‚ and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal. When I try to recall my childhood days‚ many memories comes rushing. They over whelm me with their intimacy‚ beauty and wonder. Some of them very much delight me‚ others make me thoughtful but a few of them make me sad. I used to play and enjoy with boys and girls of my age‚ but I play with boys most of the time. We played marbles
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My Perfect Day Tik‚ tok‚ tik tok‚ my palms are sweaty‚ my breaths are shallow. My hearts is pounding in my ears‚ I feel so stressed‚ maths examinations make me really nervous. Think about a good place‚ calm my nerves‚ yes my perfect day‚ I carry myself back to a perfect day at the beach........... Excitement builds within me when I hear the soothing sound of waves crashing on a deserted beach and smell the saltiness hanging in the air. Waves crashing onto the fine sand beckon me to pick
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I was cleaning out mum’s belongings for a few hours when something caught my eye. It was an ultrasound…of twins. I thought back to my past life and never saw a pair of twins in my life. Neither mum‚ nor dad ever talked about me having twin cousins. I was starting to think that mum just kept this ultrasound because she felt like it but something else caught my eye. The date on the bottom right hand corner stated that the ultrasound was taken on the 2nd of July 1998
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