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“Only my dogs will not betray me.” (Maria Callas). Dogs have been around for a very long time, since the beginning of mankind. They have been existing since 13000 B.C. in Central Asia. Before, humans feared these wolves, until they figured out that they ate their leftover foods that drew insects and protected them from the wild. Dogs descended from wolves and slowly evolved into the modern dog, for example, a tiny Chihuahua to a huge great dane. On the other hand, cats also have been around for…

The half-dead man was lying on the stretcher. With the help of constables and people around, he was brought down the building. People had crammed the place, every inch of the stairs was taken up by the neighbors. Even at midnight it seemed that a night out was planned by all at the same time. Lying helplessly on the stretcher, he moved his hands over his body. He knew something was wrong since he never felt anything like that. The pain was getting unbearable with every passing moment. With…

People’s own ways, whether internal such as self experiences, and what they then believe in can be said to be more than just materialistically driven; it can be formed, transformed, and shown by a number of factors, whether internal or external. Internal could be such as love you feel towards a person and what type of relationship you have with them and what makes you that way. Although one may feel that one’s own materialistic objects may affect a person’s way of feeling and can display…

There are some experiences that change a person’s life forever and those experiences are remembered for a lifetime. The one experience that turned my whole life around, was the time that my family and I immigrated to Houston, Texas from India On May 13th 2008, I had the opportunity of coming to the United States and fulfill my dreams as a child of going to America. But moving across the world had its ups and downs. I faced many challenges and some I still face today. However, through these…

There are many strengths that I could describe for myself, but my three top strengths are believing in myself, adopting lifelong learning, and discovering self-motivation. I feel that believing in myself is the most important thing in life. You need the right mindset when it comes to many things that a person does in their lives. I feel if I do not encourage myself nobody else will. I live in a world where a lot people are out here for their selves and could care less how I am feeling. It takes…

Communication is very important in human civilization history and it has been developed until today so that people will know the best and efficient way to deliver messages to the audience. Generally, people used to think that speaking is the best way to communicate to other people, however for me, speaking is not the only best way to communicate to the people because we can send our ideas or message to other people by using many different ways. In this class, I was taught to have good skills of…

Success is defined as the accomplishment of a aim or purpose. I feel that there can be many different types of success. Whether its in a sporting event or simply losing a minuscule amount of weight that you have been aiming to lose, success is a very important thing. In my eyes, success in college is most important. What does success in college mean to me? Success in college means to me the ability to be able carry myself through this world with skills and knowledge that I learned here at the…

This movie was an extremely powerful movie. I am glad we watched it in class. It got me thinking about how I feel about forgiveness and compassion. One idea that I liked that was mentioned during the movie was one religion (I’m still not sure which one it is) has an idea of “40 days of grief”: if you cannot fully grieve the loss of a person after 40 days, you are impeding their soul’s journey to the next life. It is a very interesting idea, and will make me think after I have experienced a loss…

I arrived in Martinsville VA. It was the very next day after my graduation. That very evening I showed up at the ballpark. Nobody was there except me, Roly DeAarmis (the manager), Craig Strobel (the trainer) and I think someone from the front office. He introduced himself to me. He showed me my locker and told me that I need to be at the park the next day at 3 p.m. The next day I arrived at the park at precisely 3 p.m. as instructed. It wasn’t good. When I showed up, I not only was…

It is 4:00 am July 3, 2009 I groan as my mother’s tender voice calls out “Teneshi yene mar (Get up my honey)” struggling I open my eyes to the sunlight tapping against my window panes. My mother calls my name once more “Mar, Mar honey” I hear a jangling as she impatiently wrestles with the door knob. At last she forces her way in, balancing a pile of folded clothes in one hand, with a look of concern clouding her face “Why aren’t you ready yet?” How could I have forgotten, today is the day, I…