Culture history My family name is Liu, the fourth largest family name in China, the largest family name in Jiang Xi province. I had asked my father about ancestor, he told me he just know them came to Hu Bei from Jiang Xi several hundred years ago. Jiang Xi is on the right side of Hu Bei, I am not sure the exact reason why they moved, if guess based on the history experience, I think it is about famine or war. Most Chinese ancestor are farmer several hundread years ago, because we were agricultural
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My mom overcame a lot of conflicts and, hardships in order to come to America and, create a good life for herself and, her family. She went through lots of pain and, suffering while birthing me and, my brother but she still finds a way to love us with all her heart. She taught me that I can get through any problem with resilience and, hard work. She has taught me working hard is the only way to be successful in this world. She found a way to make something out of her life. My mother had a tough
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was starting off to be a wonderful New Year’s day, while hanging around with family, reuniting, catching up and all that good stuff. Later in the evening I was home sitting in my room on my phone, by this time it was around six pm. While on one of my social media accounts on twitter, I had seen a tweet that had popped up on my feed from a man named Jim Rome, CBS Sports. I did not know of the man named Jim Rome but I had read the tweet anyways that had said “Is there anyone not in a Marching Band who
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In 2002 my family was faced with the a emotional roller coaster life event. My dad was diagnosed with leukemia which is an type of cancer and was given twenty-five percent survival rate. Hearing your dad only had twenty-five survival rate was the scariest thing for a little girl to hear. I was barely six years old. I remember being in Billings, Montana a hearing, my parents tell me my dad had cancer. Everyone in my family was so scared for my dad and not knowing what our future or next day was going
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I can't believe she's still going on about this. Just drop it already, Laura! I do not care what a bitch Kathleen was to you this week. Not one bit! And yet, after an hour, you still manage to keep talking about it. Unbelievable. Usually driving is the only peace and quiet I can even - ohshitohshitohshit "Shit!" Those were the final thoughts of old Gerald Engelbert before the semi-truck plowed through the front of his van. As an unfortunate but common result of an icy road and distracted driving
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day. In my opinion, everyone is born with a blank slate. No one’s personality is predetermined. I don’t believe any baby can be born evil, just like dogs can’t be born evil. This has been proven inaccurate after several cases of people being evil although they were raised in a good family. Every person has their own opinion on this topic and is yet to be discovered fully. I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised in a Hispanic household. I was conceived in Colombia but my dad moved
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not naturally talented at writing. While this may seem counter intuitive, I think it gives me an even greater edge over other applicants. Because I’ve struggled with my writing I understand how to help others who are also struggling with their writing. Writing the perfect paper, or finding the perfect word for a sentence is one of my favorite parts of writing an English paper since it doesn’t come naturally to me. I look forward to be able to help other people like me who may have struggled with their
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experience made me more perseverant. It is true that you have trillions of choice to attend one sport event, and the reason why I choose the Marathon was kind of special. Not only simply because it was challenging but also because it was set in my lovely hometown, Chongqing. Chongqing, which has a meaning of “double celebrations” in Chinese, is in the south of China and has a population of 31 million. I was born there, and I lived in Chongqing for nearly 20 years. For me, Chongqing is like a lovely mother
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windows, resounding the fact that it was monsoon season in the Philippines. “Take this,” my grandmother whispered, passing me a handheld candle. “Thank you,” I whispered back, taking the candle and holding it up to the foggy window. It was difficult to comprehend how a week ago I was in the United States in the middle of a beautiful, sunny summer with my friends. Now, I was in the muggy Philippines with my family, stuck in the midst of Typhoon Glenda without power. The typhoon carried on for two
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English 101 March 18, 2011 Richard Pryor never lived. Sure, he was alive, but he wasted an entire lifetime and a lot of money until the day he had a heart attack. How he became a comedian is somewhat a mystery, as his live stand up show makes watching grass grow hysterical. His best work was in movies he did with Gene Wilder, who is still alive. Could it be that the racist Richard Pryor destroyed his health using cocaine? Or, could it be that he destroyed his health using cocaine? It’s hard
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