July had finally come – my faith was concealed in a small white envelope. A few months earlier I had spilled weeks worth of arduous Advanced Placement objectives onto a few sheets of blank paper. In my mind I deemed my essays of being level five worthy, but I was still unconvinced. As I darted […]
One day I will travel to Hong Kong. Though most people are attracted by the city’s tourist sites, I want to enjoy Hong Kong’s extensive subway system, large double-decker busses, tiny shuttle busses, and the famous double-decker streetcars that have climbed the hills of this city for over a century. Studying and experiencing various transportation […]
Cindy Lew once said “remember that the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under the tree, but in the heart of a true friend.” Having a friend is similar to receiving a present from this life. Everyone receives one lifetime with a time limit. A friend is one who will go through […]
Every Saturday morning at my synagogue, there are three separate services occurring simultaneously: an elementary and pre-school service, a middle school service, and the adult service. Each one, much to my liking, has a set order of prayers. While sitting with my father, I check my watch and see that it’s “that time” already. I […]
The faculty system of at this time has turn into the one approach approach for adults to make a dwelling wage . Nonetheless, there are folks in at this time? society who encourage college students to take an internship over an precise schooling . Whereas our schooling system of at this time isn’t the most […]
When Uncle Jim and I first met, for the first time after my mom getting re-married, he looked at me and my stepfather and started to rap to “Gangster’s Paradise.” At that moment, I knew that Uncle Jim would leave me with joyous memories. No matter what obstacles were put in his way, he was […]
Being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease my freshman year wasn’t easy. It was, however, a catalyst for lifelong compassion, a newfound forum for personal philosophy, an ideal foundation for tackling obstacles, and the ultimate lesson in redefining my limits. Most importantly, it’s the premise of my bravest story. Lying in the light of a monitor […]
when im sitting in study hall and you are sitting Right next to me i dont know what you are thinking but i know what you are seeing and i know you ant seeing me but im seeing you and wish you where mine o mine all mine
In 1984, at the end of second grade at the America School in Japan(ASIJ), my parents were told I couldn’t return to school because of my behavioral and learning difficulties. By 1995 my parents would read in the Stamford Advocate that I was a commended National Merit scholar. In fourth grade I could barely read; […]
It was a scorching summer season evening after I first seen him watching us. It was the same old chaotic neighborhood get collectively; adults drank and talked whereas the children performed within the pool. All people was had fun, apart from him. All evening he’d enterprise nearer and nearer to us, reaching his hand down […]