...different than the lifestyle I was used to, being attached to a special forces unit of Army Green Berets was different since I am in the Air Force, and facilitating operational missions with the special forces team showed me what it's like to be apart of the mission instead of supporting it. As I reflect back, I don’t think I’ll ever be put in any kind of situation that’ll test me more than my deployment did. I will discuss the many challenges I faced during my deployment, and also explain the deployment events and experiences in sequential order. After I’ve told my story, I’ll briefly discuss how the deployment changed me as a person. First, after a deployment to Afghanistan, I never looked at life the same because having to adapt to a deployment lifestyle was significantly different than the lifestyle I was used to. The beginning of my deployment was a culture shock when my boots first hit the ground in Afghanistan. I had no idea what to expect and the reality of the situation happened so quickly. I can remember one of the first moments when I exited the helicopter; the team chief asked who I was and what I was doing there. I told him I was the cook sent to his site and he must have been expecting a mechanic to fix the vehicles, because he was not happy with my presence. That same night, I was already put into the rotation for pulling guard (security) on the roof and in the control center for one-hour shifts. My initial reaction to everything happening was a little panic because...
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...ALOHA MR. NICE GUY Some Times You Need A Change Choose Who You Want To Be To Stop Hiding Under A Hood Hussnain Nawaz "Life is a movie till the very end". Dedication And Appreciation This book is dedicated to Thomas Malkin. You are my chubby bunny, my hero, and my best friend. If not for you, I would still be a hopeless, clueless Nobody. You are truly a gift from God. Thank you. For Arslaan, Ibrahim, Kai, and Ashley. You are the greatest friends a person could want. You are each so different and unique that you make friendships a never-ending joy. Thank you for all the times you asked, "What ever you are doing now, will change you're life forever" Don't ever stop being just who you are. Who can forget my beloved parents? You have been there for me not only when I needed you, but when I wanted you exactly at the right moment of time. Dad even though we don't really see eye to eye, I still want you to know that you will always have that special place right in the centre of my heart. I love you guys. Contents Introduction Chapter One – Nice Guys Chapter Two – The Truth About A Nice Guy Chapter Three – Family Chapter Four – Learning To Please The Person Who Really Matters Chapter Five – Is Love Real? - Thomas Malkin Chapter Six – Make Your Needs A Priority Chapter Seven – Me, Myself & I – Thomas Malkin Chapter Eight – Life Without Love Chapter Nine – The Prodigal Son – Arslaan Amjad Chapter Ten - Is It Worth Being Nice? Final Chapter – Will You Change? Introduction Two years of dramatic...
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...My Self Concept My self-concept is not a very complex one, it consist of elements that a lot of 18 year old men would say they have with a few exceptions of course. The first element I wrote down athletic as my first choice because I put a lot of time and effort into sports, they’re very important to me. I have brotherly as an element because I have a younger brother who actually turned 14 today who I love very much and we do everything together maybe more than we should. Student is also very high on my list of elements because I like to take pride in my schoolwork, even though sometimes I can get lazy. I also have friendly as an element of myself concept, I don’t have a lot of friends but the circle of friends I do have we are very close almost like brothers. I’m a happy guy; I always look to have a good time and not be negative during the day no matter what happens. I like to try and live a healthy lifestyle that doesn’t always mean I’m a gym rat or all I eat is salad more like I don’t smoke, drink or do drugs. I wrote down loving and caring because I’m a guy with a big heart. I really believe I’m an intelligent person to my core I know knowledge about things that no one could think of, does that make me a genius of course not. I have religious as element; I went to 12 years of catholic school I’m very faithful to my religion and attend church every Sunday morning. Talent is something that everyone has so of course I included that as an element talent can come from anywhere...
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...My First Crush Moya Morgan ENG 121 Lesa Hadley April 25, 2016 My First Crush Once, I saw this amazingly handsome guy at Eisenhower High School in my physical education class during my sophomore year. I did not know Miguel's name, and I was too shy to walk up to him and introduce myself. Over time, after noticing him in class and around campus, I got to witnessed more of his beauty, attributes, and how romantic he can be. It was my junior year when my best friend, Tamera, and I joined show choir. The moment I set foot in that choir room, I saw my crush, Miguel, and time slowed down. He was a beautiful person I have ever seen in my life; Miguel was the most attractive guy that I have ever seen. Tamera had already known him, so she introduced me to him. He is about 5'9, an inch taller than me and has an ivory bronze complexion. His hair is the color of ebony and wavier than an ocean on a stormy day. His exotic Salvadorian eyes are the color of milk chocolate with eyelashes so long they curl at the end. His nose is pointy, and his lips are lusciously rosy pink. He has a deep timber in his voice, and a smile that can make me feel like a million and one butterflies are racing in my tummy. His smile brightens up my day as the glorious sun does to a blooming sunflower. Miguel is a real gentleman. He is sweet, kind, caring, respectful, and trustworthy. A week before our homecoming dance, Miguel kindly asked me if he could walk with me...
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...date. OK, not totally blind, because I'd met this guy on the Internet, and had sort of seen pictures. I thought it was a bit weird that when we were corresponding the guy kept on asking how tall I was, making a real big deal out of it. In one email he said he even got out a measuring tape to convert (I only knew in cm's and he only knew in feet). Well my question was answered when I arrived (a bit late) at the fancy restaurant he had booked for us - he was tiny. OK, not that I have a problem with short guys, but I'm short for a woman, and he wasn't much taller. That and the fact that the guy was old enough to be my grandfather - early 60's at least - I was in my early 20's. In emails prior to meeting up he'd said he was older, but didn't give out any specifics. I quite like older men, so it wasn't really something on the forefront of my mind, and I just assumed he'd be in the age category I had specified in my profile criteria. Well, let me just say this, there's older men and then there's just old. And this also has a lot to do with how much a guy looks after himself, his dress sense, his outlook on life etc. Well my question was answered when I arrived (a bit late) at the fancy restaurant he had booked for us - he was tiny. OK, not that I have a problem with short guys, but I'm short for a woman, and he wasn't much taller. That and the fact that the guy was old enough to be my grandfather - early 60's at least - I was in my early 20's. In emails prior to meeting up he'd said...
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...been George since he had known him for a long time. George shouldn’t have to carry around the pain of knowing he killed his childhood best friend, he made the wrong choice by killing him because what Lennie did was an accident. One reason why George shouldn’t have killed Lennie is because he was Lennie’s childhood friend. One quote that backs up my reasoning is, “Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy” (page 22 Steinbeck). The other workers have never seen anyone come to this ranch and be responsible for another guy. The...
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...When I was smaller and was about 7, I started to go with my mom and her friends to horse shows. In horse shows you show you show your horse to a judge and the judge judges you on how well you present yourself, present your horse, showmanship, and you show them your skills by riding your horse around the perimeter of this oval shape rink filled with well treated dirt. I always remember this one horseshow was better than all the rest, we would normally stay in our small trailer during the horse shows, but this one was special, we would go to this one once a year. It would be really big and a lot of people would show up to it. We normally showed up put all of our tack in one stall, our horses in the others, and head off to the practice arena to lunge the horses then get on and practice and get use to the dirt and such. This show was different because instead of going to our trailer afterwards we actually got to stay in a hotel. This was at the expo in Topeka with a hotel right next to it so we stayed there, it had a pool, it was as fun to be at the hotel as it was to be out riding horses. The next morning I went downstairs to the ground floor thinking there was just going to be a continental breakfast nothing fancy, but I got down there and they had the whole thing! They had pancakes, bacon, eggs, French toast, you name it, and they had it. They...
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...you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life by being a part of it. Someone who makes you believe that there is really good in the world. Somebody we can trust with our secrets. Though we are not related by birth, but we are related by our souls. But how long can I trust her? How can I be sure that things will never change? This is a story about me and my sister. I mean my non biological sister. We came from different blood, different mom and dad. Yet we consider each other as a sister. We’ve been sisters for almost 16 years. We lived in the same place. We go to the same school, we enrolled in the same sections. I know her well. I know...
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...other Zodiac. I am and i like to be a perfectionist. I always think i am doing the right and appropriate thing , and often i think i make no mistake. I am a bright guy and could accept comments if i thinks it can improve myself. I am the type who well adjusted to make changes. I will spent money carefully and spent it worthwhile. I will only extravagant for my personnel pleasure only. I am quite romantic, a type of guy who can drive 100 miles just to tell you how much i misses you. If i does not care about you, i will not even spent a dime to call you locally. Long distant special low rate call is also out of the question. I hate rough and crude people. My woman has to be clean and dress well. I inspects anything in details beside being a perfectionist, so you could be lying in your bikini with a perfect figure and i can suddenly comments you about your big feet. If you gain 2 pounds , i may comment you are getting too fat. Before going out with this kind of guy, look at yourself had to toe in the mirror and ask yourself if you are really and entirely ready. Unless i dates a model, then i will have less comments. I am neat and tidy, so my life always in a schedule, a fix time to lunch, the same theme to go home. I am well knowledge about food and conscious about nutrition, so you won't see my guy eating a junk food, or strange and exotic food for sure. You will see me in social events or party if only necessary. I am gifted with acting, so if i say i cannot...
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...I picked the film series of Family Guy for my final exam. Family Guy is a series of shows that has been on for a while, and it displays many of the concepts we have covered in class this semester. These concepts include stereotyping, gender inequality, culture, and technology, but the show is meant for entertainment, not to be taken to the heart. Stereotyping is a huge concept in Family Guy. The characters often make jokes and racist comments. Family Guy makes jokes about many races such as Arabs, African Americans, the Irish, and many other races. Some out-groups may find the comments offensive, but the purpose of the comments is for laughs. Sometimes Peter and the guys make comments about Cleveland (an African American male), like...
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...Guy Montag from Fahrenheit 451 deals with conflict in his society. In the book, the theme is ignorance against knowledge. Guy’s society gains ignorance through the media and his society’s way of controlling its people. Since Guy and the rest of the people in his society are exposed only to what is “normal”, they don’t get the chance to gain knowledge. Guy gains knowledge through Clarisse and Faber because they open up Guy’s viewpoints. However, when Guy tries to educate others it doesn’t always go smooth because of the society’s insistence that their society shouldn’t be changed. In the story, Guy himself shows his ignorance in the book by showing his possessed joy of burning books. Guy Montag tells about his joy for his job, “ It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.’’(pg.1)(paragraph 1) Guy himself shows ignorance by doing his job, which is burning...
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...Running head: Observation of TGI Friday’s Observation of TGI Friday’s Psychology of Human Sexuality – PSYC 332 6380 University of Maryland University College Alicia Montague July 12, 2015 The TGI Friday’s is located not too far from my job. I have never dined at that particular location before, but heard from several people that it is a very lively on Friday’s. I figured TGIF on a Friday should be interesting. As I turned off of the main road I can see the huge TGIF sign reassuring me that I was heading in the right direction. The exterior of the building is really nice. Perfectly manicured lawn, shrubs, trees, and patches of yellow and purple flowers surrounds the brownish taupe structure. There are also several red and white stripped awnings all around the building, except the one by the main entrance, which is black with a red and white TGIF sign. I found a parking space not too far from the entrance. Above the entrance doors is a stripe that says “In Here, It’s Always Friday". I pulled open the F-shaped handles on the door and walked in. As soon as I entered TGIF I was greeted by an elderly woman who offered me a menu and asked how many people would be seated. I accepted the menu and told her that I would prefer to sit in the bar area, so she told me to pick any seat I desired. I usually prefer to sit in booths, but for the purpose of this research, I decided it would be best if I was seated at the high top table in the corner, which gave me a view of the entrance...
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...Scene 1 – end of the song… DJ1: Biz.fm bringing you the latest hitz song of today, im Hafiz… and im Azim on the evening tea time show. Waddup waddup waddup yo that was the song by Carly Rae Jepson, Call me maybe. One of my girlfriend favourite song. Ok hafiz lets get back to our topic for today, the case of fiddle or not to fiddle. DJ2: Yes Azim, but before that we have a very special gift for you to grab, we have 4 pair of tickets to One Republic concert happening on this 23 October, 2 more days to go people, so hurry up and call now at 03-623 3322. DJ2: Lets have our first caller for today, hello whose on the line? C1: Hello its Ali! DJ1: Yea Ali may I know where are you from? C1: Im from Rembau. DJ2: Okay… Ali!! are you ready to win the ticket!? C1: Yeah! DJ1: Alright first I want to ask you what do you understand about corporate governance C1: Well I don’t expect this kind of questions being asked on a radio station, but I think I do know a little bit about corporate governance. It is a system by which a company are directed and controlled. The governance specifies the responsibilities among different participants in the corporation such as BOD, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders. It also specifies the rules and procedure for making decisions in corporate affairs. DJ2: Alright, I see you know your facts very well Ali. So let’s not waste time, here’s the question, in the fiddle or not to fiddle case, the foreign investor contribute capital and operational...
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...Dianna McWilliams Brian Walker WR115 05 1 February 2014 Friends Call Family] When I look at the whole picture of my life thus far, I often think there are so many times in my life that I could not have survived without my friends who I call family. There are those who teach me and those who walk with me through hardship and joy. I believe all humans have these people in their lives but maybe with a different name for them. There’s the forever friend’s, the ones that remain in my heart and have for many years. These are the women who I have gone several years without contact with, then comes that day we reconnect, and it’s like we never loss touch. These are the friends that when you talk to them there is the same love and respect you have always felt for them. These are friends that I have known for a lifetime and we share a special bond that cannot be understood or replaced even as our worlds are so far apart. We remain always friends There is another kind of friendship, friends in recovery. There are a few in which I can say we have true respect, trust and a common path we walk together. They are honest and loyal friends both men and women. I trust them with my deepest secrets, my fears, my joy and my struggles. These are the friends that will tell me the truth not sugar coat my ideas about life. They are the ones I have coffee with or a small dinner party, we laugh about things that life throws at us that most people cannot understand. We live by principals and walk...
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...ORDINARY SONG Intro: C-Am-Dm-G-; (2x) G- C Am Just an ordinary song Dm G To a special girl like you Dm From a simple guy G C-G- That's so in love with you C Am I may not have much to show Dm G No diamonds that glow Dm No limousines G C-C7- To take you where you'll go F G But if you ever find youself Em Am Am/G Tired of all the games you play F G When the world seems so unfair Em Am You can count on me to stay Am/G F Just take some time G To lend an ear F G C-G To this ordinary song C Am Just an ordinary song Dm G To a special girl like you Dm From a simple guy G C-G- That's so in love with you C Am I don't even have the looks Dm G To make you glance my way Dm The clothes I wear G C-C7- They just seem so absurd F G But deep inside of me is you Em Am-Am/G You give life to what I do F G All those years may see you through Em Am Still I'll be waiting here for you Am/G ...
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