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
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the bold decision and take initiative in my life. For it was in the past that I spent countless hours in my home‚ wandering wondrously with no ambition. I had no hope‚ no desire‚ no goal for myself. I lived life as the days rolled by. My family was concerned. I would say my friends were as well‚ although at the time I had none. My father called me a bum. The phrase “low-life” was thrown around quite a bit as well. He said that I was to not exist if my life was to continue on in it’s sub-par glory.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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made the choice (Becheerah) to represent my people in a positive way. I feel that it is incumbent upon me to carry out the responsibilities of what it means to be Jewish in my daily life. Ultimately‚ how we are judged by others is based upon our actions. To demonstrate this‚ I chose to show my duty to G-d in my secular life as well. In addition to being a Jew‚ I am also a Boy Scout. One of the tenets of Scouting from the Boy Scout Handbook is that “a Scout is reverent. He is reverent toward G-d. He is
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cocktail glass. My husband who is by me my entire life looks at me with lovely eyes. Humid‚ warm and cool wind from the ocean pushesthe brim of my wide hat upwards. I sip my cocktail and toast with my lovely husband. We listen to old pop‚ smile‚ and kiss one another. My husband and I stay in one of the most beautiful hotels in Caribbean for almost six months. We saved money for our retirement to spend our entire life traveling around the world. “Life is a dream for the wise‚ a game for the fool‚ a
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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
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The Life of a Substandard Perfectionist When I do something extremely impulsive and wrong‚ what do I feel? Deep down inside‚ I know what I am doing is unacceptable‚ but my conscience lacks consistency in those moments. All my pain is internalized until I release it in a rush of instability and loneliness. I never heard a song that described the emotions I felt when I made those spontaneous decisions until a couple days ago in a dimly lit computer room. I was sitting in a black uncomfortable chair
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