Those celebrating Diwali spend time with family and friends. They perform religious ceremonies to bring in wealth and prosperity for a new year, cook and eat delicious food, design rangolis. Rangolis are patterns created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using, materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals. They also light up their lives by lighting diyas, candles and sometimes, by lighting fireworks. It is a celebration of lights, and for many, it is truly a…
Sandals are my favorite article of clothing because that means it’s summer time! They bring back memories of sweet summertime, the lake, and freedom. The lake is my friends, families and I’s happy place. Every summer that’s where I spend the majority of time. No one has any cares out at the lake, it’s so stress-free. I love it out there. The last day of school everyone is anxiously waiting for that last bell to ring to let us out of school. Once it rings, we all spring out of our chairs and run…
Swoosh! The sound of players passing by. Ding! The sound of the puck hitting the post. These sounds represent my life. For 9 out of 12 months in a year my whole life is on hold for hockey season. There are many milestones that have gotten me to the place I am now. I have amazing friendships with people that I would have never known if I didn't join hockey. When I first joined a hockey team it changed how I felt in this world forever. When I was about 6 years old I quit figure skating because I…
We visited the Synagogue on Shabbat to attend a combination of a mitzvah service and a regular Shabbat service. Shabbat is Hebrew for rest and on Saturdays Jews use this day of rest to praise god and reflect on their religion. Jews are forbidden from doing certain things on Shabbat, such as, cooking, driving, handling money, using the phone, turning on lights, and writing letters. As one can see Shabbat is quite restrictive, however, these laws are in place to ensure that Jews show proper…
Jul 27, 2016- I gave up biology in high school. For a guy like me, who possibly draws the worst diagrams and finds it difficult to memorise even the characteristics of phylum, biology was not my cup of tea. But my love and interest for animals have always been the same—entirely pure and spontaneous. Nature’s creations are one of the things that astound me the most; nature is a perpetual source for divine creativity of which I am only a mere admirer and a weak connoisseur. The creation of tigers,…
We all need to have a daypack for our everyday uses. And, the Fjallraven Kanken backpacks is all that you will ever need. The first Kankan backpack was made in 1978 in Sweden, so this daypack is coming a long way. The daypack is made from the Sweden design and Fjallraven Kanken was founded by Ake Nordin. Since 1978 there isn’t much that was changed from this daypack, apart from the fact that they have added a few new colors and even new Fjallraven Kanken models like the mini and the laptop…
Myanmar. I hate that word. A word can bring so much pain and memory. People often say “life is a journey from moment to moment. Live each moment to its fullest”. However, life is not fair to every one of us. Some of us are lucky and some of us are not so lucky. For the fortunate ones, life is an impossible journey for the very unfortunate. But famous successful people have overcome significant handicaps. It is never hurtful to keep trying and trying till the end. Myanmar is…
Shinkansen(新幹線) Shinkansen is a network of high-speed railway line in Japan, which is order by 4 Japan Railway Group companies. It is the first high-speed railway line for commercial purposes of the world. The first Shinkansen line, Tokaido Shinkansen, was start operating at 1964, has totally 2,615.7 km of lines with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h. The Shinkansen network link most of large city on the island of Honshu and Kyushu, such as Tokyo and Osaka. Shinkansen means new trunk line,…
The specific skill I choose is jogging a mile (4 laps) on the track. The components of the skills are a proper warm-up, the activity which in this case is jogging 4 laps around an outdoor track, and cool down. I usually start my run around 6-7 PM and the sun has already set by then. Script: Imagine a dark sky, look up at the moon if it’s out today, see the outdoor field and the black track, feel yourself walking down the steps to where the steps end and the track begins. You can feel the track…
“Danger signs in pregnancy” was found in the Health Reference Center Academic database from the Tennessee Electric Library. Despite the unidentified author, the article remains credible because of the status of the publication on an academic database. The article addresses the danger signs that are found in pregnancy. The layout of the text is a bulleted list of information of all the dangers, and then an in-depth coverage of the listed topics, in addition to the bulleted list, the article lists…