across the nation with great pomp and excitement. The festival is mainly associated with lights as it is called the festival of light. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody’s home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies ’rows of lighted lamps’. Diwali is a five-day festival‚ beginning on the 15th day of the Hindu calendar month of Kartika (Ashwin). By the Gregorian calendar‚ Diwali falls in October or November. Diwali marks the beginning of
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How I Got Chased By a Dog: One of the Worst Days of My Life Looking back when I was a little girl about the age of 7‚ I always wanted a pet‚ I didn’t care what I just wanted one. So I told my mom about it and she let me get 1 fish. I loved that fish‚ I named him Samuel. Samuel was an angelfish‚ he was blue and he had a smaller fin on his right side. I chose him‚ assuming he wouldn’t get picked by anyone else. He only lived for a week and a half. After Samuel died‚ my mom didn’t think I would be ready
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have cultivated this land for generations‚ the idea of paradise only conceals the enduring oppression that dictates their reality. Every aspect of my entire life has been surrounded by this oppression. Throughout my years in the public school system‚ I have been constantly told by others that we native Hawaiians are responsible for our own dissolution because we are inherently lazy and the lifestyle of our ancestors were uncivilized. One of the most common statements used to describe the situation
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GETTING MARRIED Getting married is one of life’s largest decisions. Some people get married for different reasons. Some people get married because of love‚ age‚ career‚ religion‚ children‚ and sometimes just to say that they have been married. There are so many questions that you can ask yourself and significant other before making that big step. You may ask questions like are we going to have more children? How do we plan to deal with our finances? Are we going to set boundaries for
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I can’t recall the day I first met my husband. I had seen him at work for a few weeks‚ and I was beyond intimidated. He strutted around the production floor of the food manufacturing plant where we both worked. He was a supervisor with a reputation for being hard and demanding‚ but his crew was loyal. He had a long goatee and even longer curly dark hair‚ which when not in a bun‚ fell past his waist. His hair had orange stripes from a hair bleaching gone wrong. When combined with his massive
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toughness: that you’ve been through it‚ and you’re still standing.” I don’t have too many scars myself but there is this one that will forever be an interesting story to share. Notably I usually avoid situations that lead to dangerous outcomes but this was completely blinding to the fact. Plus it was the last day of my 8th grade year and it was Field Day so it was only fair for me to act according to the occasion. But in this moment I was chilling with my female friends out on the football field until
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“Get out!” she screamed annoyed‚ but with hesitation‚ as I tried to go into the bedroom. It was Memorial Day weekend and we went to St. George Island. She was infatuated with the beach‚ but this time all she did was lay in bed with her laptop; someone who is usually exhilarated about the beach‚ only wanted to stay by herself. I had been living with Kim and my dad for two years. Kim was my father’s new wife. The two of them were married for around 5 years and had a daughter together‚ Brianna‚
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them. Whoever was slower would get picked on for the rest of the day. "Only because I wanted to give you a head start‚ maybe you could have actually gotten some game this time‚" Jimoel replied with an equally large smirk as he walked towards his bowstring and quiver on the wall next to the front door. He grabbed his and his father’s strings and sat down on one of the stools around the room. Once he has passed off the spare‚ he got to work stringing his bow. Within that minute‚ both had completed
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Since I was young‚ I used to want to be a successful man. I wanted my life to be great like an adventure but not a boring peaceful life. I started to live by myself without parents when I was 15 years old. I’ve learned many things and have a lot of life experiences. To make my dream come true‚ I was thinking about a better education and environment. America was the very first option that came to my head. And my life has turned to another page since I made that decision. Not like many other students
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Comparing the Married and Single Life in Modern American Society The difference between being “married” and “single” is very important in today’s modern society. Although these are the only two terms defined by the government‚ there are many more aspects to relationships than just married and single. The US government only recognizes married and single relationships‚ and does not recognize roommates‚ domestic partnerships‚ etc‚ in their statistics. Even so‚ the economic differences and similarities
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