Coincidently, we were both recently fired from our jobs, and we had to go pick up our last paychecks that day. I told him that I would pick him up in an hour. We cashed our checks at a local bar and we were on our way. On the road I told Scott how much fun that the previous night’s R.E.M. concert was and he just laughed and said, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet”.
After the summer they spent together, Allie had to return home with her family, in Raleigh. They promised each other that the summer was over but their love and that they would write letters. Yet, knowing this, Noah wrote to Allie often, but his letters went unanswered. For both Allie and Noah, the years of not seeing each other had haunted each of them. Unexpectedly, one day fourteen years later, Allie came across an article in the paper about Noah rebuilding an old plantation house that he loved since he was a child.
After she was seen, she came out with two missing teeth and a swollen jaw. On our way home there was a horrible wreck on Interstate 10, there were people and sirens everywhere…my portrait of the city wasn’t so great. About 2 years later, my uncle fell sick and the local hospital couldn’t do him any good, they rushed him to the VA hospital in New Orleans…where he later died. Again my view of the city wasn’t so great. A couple more years passed, by this time I was a senior in high school and Senior skip day was approaching and all the students wanted to skip to New Orleans.
We didn't stay on the beach long, we all wanted to get a good nights sleep. My step-sisters Katy and Bethany have never been to Cedar Point before and the last time i was there was 8yrs ago. None of us could fall asleep, we were all to excited to go enjoy the huge amusment park. When our parents woke us up the next morning we all rushed around, even tho we had plenty of time before we got into the park an hour early. After we were all ready we ate breakfast at a very crowded resturant.
Furthermore, our attendance at the Menin Gate to pay our respects to the soldiers who had fought in World War One gave us all a new found appreciation for the ‘sacrificed generations’, with even a few of the boys shedding some tears. 1:30 in the morning in Bayeux what do we all hear but a fire alarm which according to some reliable sources, Mrs Duggan’s room had set off. Needless to say this was a very eventful start to the morning with everyone gathered in the hostel courtyard attired in their fuzzy socks and nightgowns, only to hear the caretaker say, “We are sorry about this”. When entering the beautiful city of Paris, the excitement in the atmosphere escalated as we all glimpsed the Eiffel tower looming overhead. After our visit to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triumph and the Louvre to see the infamous Mona Lisa no one wanted to return to Australia although we were all missing our families a great deal.
This piece of history is in downtown Honolulu, just few minutes’ walk from Hawaii Pacific University, Downtown. I reached there at around 2:30 and my classmates were already there. Professor Gilbert told us that we will be tour by Mr. Mike but at that time he was not there so we were introduced by mission houses museum volunteer Ms. Lisa and she was originally from Europe. The Mission Houses Museum offers visitors to its place of wonderment and history. Being in this place I felt so strange, it's pretty neat and clean.
Trip to Sequoia National Park This past summer I went on a day trip to Sequoia National Park with my family. It was a Saturday morning, and my dad, my stepmom, and I decided to go on a one day trip to the Sequoia National Park. We never been there before and wanted to see what it was like, so we got some supplies and embarked on a journey towards the mountains. Going through the winding roads of the foothills were a first of experiences I would experience this day. As we arrived at the entrance, I got relieved that we were out of those wavy roads, but then cringed to find out there were many more winding roads before we actually got to the park.
It is almost seems like a vacation in itself for Phil. Instead of relaxing on the weekend, Phil chooses a new wardrobe at work for relaxation. Goodman even gives the exact time of Phil’s death, as though it were just part of his everyday, planned routine. She writes, “So when he finally worked himself to death, at precisely 3a.m. Sunday morning, no one was really surprised” (77-79).
As it turns out that night and the wonder of going to my first concert was one of the most inspiring moments of my life. After waking up the morning after the show it seemed I couldn’t satisfy my lust for music. I started finding ways to listen to music whenever I could. Even during the short 3 block walk to school I had to have my walkman. For my ninth birthday all I asked for was more music.
College professors often have these lectures before their retirement and they allow them to reflect on what they have learned and what they are grateful for. Randy had been asked to share his last lecture at the school he had taught at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. The problem with this is that he would have to travel on his wife, Jai’s 41st birthday. She knows that he will be busy with the project; and that it will be the last birthday that they would get to spend together. Randy delivers his talk to “an unexpected full house of 400” (Pausch, 15), and proves to both the world and himself that he is still alive.