Dishwasher

The 1920s were an odd decade in Canada’s history. From an economic slump to an economic boom to the Great Depression, this decade toyed with people’s emotions almost more than any other. Now ‘roaring’ is an interesting way to describe this time period. “Roaring” has several definitions, but the one that pertains to the 20s is ‘prosperity especially of a temporary nature’ (merriam-webster.com). Now this name focuses on the positive events that occurred, and let’s be honest, this was not only a…

wanted to kill me. Or, I would leave my room in the middle of the night to go to my mom’s room, feeling scared, and my sister’s porcelain doll would be out of its box and staring at me. Or, most commonly, I would walk into the kitchen and open the dishwasher to find my generic baby doll in there, stretching his hand out to either tickle me to death or strangle me (it varied from dream to dream). These were dreams with killer dolls, just like Chucky. But it wasn’t a one-time thing, like when a…

In the novel, Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, the author has earned a Ph.D. in biology and one day she is having lunch with Lewis Lapham, an editor who hoped to have her write for future articles in his French magazine. During their lunchtime conversation, they started to talk about poverty. This led to the question, “How does anyone live on the wages available to the unskilled?” (Ehrenreich 1). Lapham, then challenged her to act as a journalist, live the life of the unskilled and with…

Joe, hearing the beeping of the trash truck, thought there was a bomb in his house. He ran through the house searching in the closet, in the refrigerator, in the dishwasher, and the bedrooms trying to find the bomb. In reality, there was no bomb. Joe came home from the war with many challenges to overcome. One of the many challenges was that he stayed in fighting mode for a long. Coming home after the war veterans struggle, though they often try to hide it. When people think of veterans, they…

My mother, Wendi Briseno, is a 35 year-old woman. She was born in 1981 Ogden, Utah. My mom was only 19 years-old when I was born. She is the youngest of three girls. She and her family were a very poor family, and they grew up travelling around. Her home town is Ogden, Utah. They moved to Washington for awhile. They lived there a few years before moving back down to Utah. Ogden, Utah is right next to the Wasatch Mountains. She remembers and loves the four seasons; Utah had cold winters, and…

The old saying goes to show true: You are what you eat! This can be said for every person on this planet, but the view of food and the way in which people consume food has changed dramatically since the 1900’s. There have been many people who led the change and paved the way to society as we know it today. During the 1940’s, America was full of drive-in diners. This was about the time that automobiles were industrialized and introduced into society. Americans were fascinated with the idea of…

The title, “Good Neighbors”, is used ironically as none of the neighbors are truly genuine. Although some of them appear to be authentic at first glance, upon further investigation, there is a flaw pushing all of them to be deceitful, rude, or mocking. Although, in the end, Franzen isn’t just writing a story about jealous neighbors who get themselves mixed up into drama. He is making a point that even in polite and close nit societies; human nature makes it almost inevitable for people to…

1) Community Scan of Organization I am volunteering for the Central Alberta Cancer Centre located in Red Deer. There was a huge need for a centrally located cancer center, people were having to travel hours to receive treatment they desperately needed. The Cancer Centre in Red Deer opened in 2013 and I started volunteering their shortly after its opening. The Cancer Centre recruits their volunteers through the volunteer resources department of the Red Deer Regional Hospital. I have been a…

An airport is a great place to find lines of people that do nothing but have their heads glued to their phones while waiting for their flight. Sadly, I am of those mindless zombies, who sits at the tables with the provided charging ports with my phone in hand and my face staring blankly down at the screen. Often when I am in that position, I find myself scanning the environment to see people scramble in a rush to plug their phones in before it hit 0%. When I see people perform such actions, I…

1.Background of entrepreneurs Albert Alavera Albert Alavera lived in Quezon City and worked as dishwasher at a pizza shop in the early 1980s. From his dishwashing experience in 1984, Alavera continued to learn new skills and achieved a degree in Marketing Management from the University of the East. After that, he studied culinary courses in Singapore, New Orleans, Barcelona and London in order to master his skills as a restaurateur and entrepreneur. He also loved to watch cooking shows,…