Malaysian. As the government tries to strengthen racial bonds and enrich the people’s identity‚ Malaysians themselves are showing vast improvement in living together as one. "Oh‚ no! I’ll be late for work again!" So begins a typical Malaysian day‚ customarily‚ with a jolt as one realizes that he has overslept on yet another gloomy morning‚ this owing to the faulty Petaling Street alarm clock. Vigorously brushing his teeth while trying to do the buttons of his collared shirt with the other free
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one joyous occasion that will stay strong throughout our family history‚ and that’s Christmas. On Christmas day we gather together and reunite to celebrate before the New Year and also bring a new life into the circle of our family. In the past the family would get together on a regular basis because my grandmother was ill and there was no time frame on when there would be that one last time to be able to see her. So my grandmother’s children decided to at least have one big event to dedicate to
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The history of Thanksgiving day. The last Thursday in November‚ as you know‚ is a holiday in America. People call this holiday Thanksgiving Day. It is perhaps the most important day in the American year. People go to church‚ and families come together for the day. They decorate their houses with the fruits and flowers of autumn and prepare traditional American food: roast turkey‚ potatoes and pumpkin. It’s rather like Christmas‚ but what are people celebrating? What are they giving thanks for?
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The answer to this question is a prophet. A prophet was a person who God chose to spread his messages and warnings to the people. This may seem like an old term ‚but there have actually been many modern day prophets who lived in our times! An amazing example of a modern day prophet is Dorothy Day‚ who was a journalist‚ author‚ Catholic convert and a social activist‚ whose goal was to promote non-violence (also known as pacifism)‚ and help society become united as a community. Dorothy has acted much
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this team yet‚ and I needed to work on my game and tryout next year. I was devastated; I could not believe it‚ I had thought I deserved to be on that team‚ but the coach did not. Without that day‚ I would not be here playing basketball on a scholarship for Wheeling Jesuit University. That day taught me so much. I came into that basketball tryout overconfident‚ like I had made the team already because I thought I was that good. In eighth grade I was the man in basketball. I could not be stopped
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“Graduation Day” As the beautiful sky happily accompany sunrays‚ that shined down on the entrance of the field house where the ceremony of my graduation took place. Someone above must have known it was my graduation day and blessed me with a beautiful day. I was so excited‚ that the night before the graduation I couldn’t sleep at all. I tossed and turned all night‚ thinking about the graduation and if he’d even show up. I waited for this moment for four long years and I will make the best of it
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Bastille Day: French Independence Day "Bastille Day‚ on the Fourteenth of July‚ is the French symbol of the end of the Monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution" (www.hightowertrail.com). Bastille Day is a national‚ symbolic‚ historical French holiday and is celebrated every July 14. To celebrate Bastille Day‚ also known as La Fete de la Bastille‚ French citizens remember the storming of the Bastille which was the first major event of the French revolution. Bastille was not just a prison
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This happened to me when I went to Sofia last year to see one of my favorite singers Enrique Iglesias. It was fantastic experience that I will never forget. The day was near‚ it was ten days befor the concert‚ and every day I asked my father for permission and money. One day he finally said “yes”‚ and he gave me the money. He told me that it was the gift for my birthday. I was so happy and immediately called my friend to tell her about the news. The next day we bought our tickets and we were waiting
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them feel sad. Whether it was because your favorite team lost or you and your significant other had a dispute. Feeling this kind of emotion is normal for humans from time time to time. These kind of feelings aren’t temporary‚ they usually last a couple of days and you go on with your everyday life. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in everyday activities. Depression affects how you feel‚ think and behave and
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Alzheimer’s Day E.V. Ramakrishnan is a bilingual writer who has published poetry and criticism in English and Malayalam. He is the author of three books of poetry‚ publishing each after symmetrical intervals of fourteen years: Being Elsewhere in Myself (1980)‚ A Python in a Snake Park (1994) and Terms of Seeing: New and Selected Poems (2008). He is also the author of a landmark book of translations of modern Indian poetry. ‘Alzheimer’s Day’ highlights the pain and anguish of a man who could
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