the horrific smell of unwashed bodies came over me‚ almost making me choke in disgust. It was rather humid and I was finding it increasingly difficult to suck the oxygen into my body. I was suffocating like a fish out of water‚ labouring with every breath. The walls‚ the ceiling and the floor were all the same dull colour. My hospital room was small. I could not even take two large strides before I reached the other side of the stinking cage. Then an unearthly caterwauling sound filled the air. The
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My memoir will be about something I rarely ever talk about much less let my feeling about it show through. I am going to writ about the time that someone tried to physically hurt me while I was working out. I work out in the weight room of the school I work at. I was in there one day‚ alone‚ when someone began to bang on the doors that thankfully were shut. He threatened all kinds of bodily harm to me while beating on the doors with a concrete trail and metal pole. He was not there in a
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Personal Narrative It was October 12‚ 2007. A calm and quiet evening and an empty highway lined with trees. Something happened that changed my life forever. I lost someone I loved and will never be the same without him. There was a devastating car accident that cost my father his life. To begin with‚ my parents got a divorce when I was four years old. My father had a fiance for about a year or two after the divorce and was living with her. He had an alcohol problem. After he was coming back from
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My leadership potential is somewhat paradoxical. Although I am very driven and passionate about my work‚ I make sure that I never boast about my accomplishments. From basketball‚ I heard the phrase‚ "Hungry and Humble." I would say that this is very accurate to my leadership capabilities. As a leader‚ I am very "hungry" to accomplish our task at hand. My drive and passion fuels me to finish the job. If I were to receive any recognition for my work‚ my first reaction is always denial. I respectfully
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crowd of people watching me. My anxiety was getting worse and worse every minute that went by. Why was I so scared? I’ve done this before. As the person before me was finishing up my teacher asked me if I was ready‚ in my head I was thinking no but I told her yes. At that moment I repeated to myself I can’t do this over and over again‚ I was right. Gymnastics has been one of my passions for many years‚ 6 to be exact. I started when I was about 5‚ I was inspired by my cousin who has done it sense
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I come from a low-income‚ single parent‚ immigrant household. My life hasn’t been the easiest‚ but the challenges I faced growing up that most shaped who I am today weren’t from any external factors. They were within me. I am in a constant struggle of identity: humans‚ particularly insecure‚ neurotic‚ coming-of-age women like myself‚ are in a constant search for identification‚ an anchor that we hold on to validate our existence and legitimize any worries we have that we aren’t normal. It was difficult
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“Can we please go to Sam’s house?” my sister and I asked in unison. “ Fine‚ but you can only be there until 8pm‚ no more than that ”. My Mom instructed “ YAY!” we screamed on the top of our lungs. We ran upstairs at top speed to get changed to go to our next door neighbor‚ Sam’s‚ house. The reason why we wanted to go so bad to her house because‚ she had a trampoline‚ a basketball hoop that had two times the span of ours‚ and she had a deeper‚ bigger pool. Obviously we were jealous since we moved
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I sit perfectly still in my chair as some stranger appls a sticky-sweet glue to my teeth. I can tell it isn’t something natural that should be there‚ but I want to be the perfect patient. I want to impress them with my obedience. After I get my braces on‚ I cannot yet feel the pain. It will come eventually‚ though‚ says my orthodontist. I am free to go. First off‚ you have to get over any fears you have of getting braces. It isn’t a very scary process‚ and doesn’t even hurt much at all when you get
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Let me take you to my world where your my love and where i can give you diamonds and pearls. Let me take you to my world and show you how this world was created it was created july __ that was the first day i officially declared my love for you to Abaidoo Nate and Ankomah Joshua and at that same moment somewhere up in the stars my love has created a world just for me and you and for no other human being to penetrate through ever since that day I could never stop thinking about you even if you far
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done with me. My dreams are way bigger than me‚ dreams so big I had no choice but to buckle down and obtain them‚ my dreams and goals continuously reminded me they were still unaccomplished‚ they still
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