I remembered nothing‚ but as I stepped off the plane into the tropical humidity I felt a sense of familiarity. Soon after landing at the sleepy Nadi international airport my father and I boarded a cramped bus on its way to the capital of Fiji‚ Suva‚ my birthplace. Perhaps if George Speight had kept his ambitions in check and decided not to attempt a coup d’etat in 2000 it could have been my home. But it was not to be‚ and as the sounds of gunfire trickled down from the parliament up the road to our
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traveling and history. My first big adventure came when I moved to Canada. I was born in Great Yarmouth‚ England and I lived there for the first five years of my life. To this day my English citizenship and heritage is a big part of who I am. Before moving to Canada‚ I moved to a small town in rural Maine. My family built the home we call “Old Brick” in 1812‚ and it is has been passed down ever since. I moved to Canada six months later‚ however we returned to Maine every summer. Living in Maine created
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My family consists of five people including myself. I live with both my mom and dad and my two older sisters. Both of my sisters are currently enrolled in college. Currently‚ mom is the sole provider‚ she works long hours in order to be able to provide hard in order to provide for me and my sisters. I was born in Jalisco‚ Mexico‚ at the age of five my parents decided that the best option for economic stability and the opportunity of a future education we needed to move the United States. I do not
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If you have ever been bullied‚ you know where I am coming from when I say that it is something that no one should ever go through. Unfortunately‚ I have gone through it before and I am glad to have fought through it. I can clearly remember the time when I used to get bullied. My family and I had just moved to Canada a few months ago and I wasn’t able to speak English very well at the time. I was so excited to learn everything there was to know about Canada‚ especially now that I knew that everyone
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Thomas My grandfather had always told me to if you don’t pray 3 times a day your relationship with god will not be good. My parents had died in a fire when I was 6. But the one of the things i remember about the is that they they said that I should move to Cleveland. I tried to apply to some of the major colleges in Cleveland but I could not get into any of them so I applied to Ohio state. I Got into Ohio State I got a my major in regionalism and now I’m a rabbi at one of the major synagogues
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The holidays are fast approaching and I can’t believe it. The leaves have changed colors and are falling rapidly off the trees. It seems like I looked and blinked and an entire year just just flew by‚ and my now little girl is not so little anymore. I’ve been going through photos of past Christmases and I can see the growth that has taken place throughout the year. As most of you know‚ I grew up in the Caribbean and I never experienced snow until we moved to the United States. Christmas for us meant
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When I was seven years old and almost a half my parents told me that my family was going to pack up everything‚ leave our home‚ our livelihood‚ and move to Idaho. I was young but I knew I was going to miss Albuquerque. I was going to miss the plump quails who walked quickly with their babies toddling behind in a straight line and the skinny‚ all leg‚ roadrunners who would sprint across the roads. I was going to miss my little Crocodile Smile green room. I had chosen the paint color‚ I had watched
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Relocating to London. When I was growing up‚ I had this burning desire of relocating to London because one of my role models had done it. At the time‚ I did not think of it as something that I would actually do and I did not have a very good reason for relocating other than following in the footsteps of my role model. As time went by‚ I began to realize that I had to have a very good reason for relocating‚ I wanted to get a better education‚ and it was then it dawned on me that I should always set
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Growing up I attended private Catholic schools and was surrounded by hundreds of loving and devoted Catholics. As a very young child‚ I remember walking to church with my family every Sunday morning and going to mass‚ or we went to church events and dinners with each other and our friends. However‚ as I grew older we moved from California to Alabama and my faith changed. We still went to Church but less frequently and it felt less like a family reunion where God greeted us all. My faith and opinion
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Clack‚ clack‚ clack. That is the noise my feet make when I usher myself up the stairs to safety. By safety‚ I mean my bedroom. Safe from? Not from the world‚ this isn’t a narrative about how the world is too hard for me to handle. Safety from my family rather. No‚ they’re not abusive and I don’t need to be saved from them. It’s more safety from not having to talk to them and just be by myself. Again‚ no‚ I don’t have long black straightened hair and listen to Metallica. I don’t like to be alone that
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