An Incredible Surprise As my grandmother and I were walking out of my physical therapy appointment at 4:15 into the brisk, cold air, on the date of Friday, November 17th, I never expected a surprise such as the one that was in store for me. My fourteenth birthday had just passed on the 15th and I had no plans for celebrating since my parents and I had agreed to do this for financial reasons. Plus, they were saving up for a huge Christmas. I stepped into my grandmother’s silver Dodge Durango with plans of heading to my friend, Morgan’s house to hang out. We stopped by Wendy’s to get a quick snack of a juicy cheeseburger and some strawberry lemonade before we sped off to Morgan’s. On our way to Morgan’s, Morgan sent me a text that read, “I’ll be in the basement watching a movie so just come on in when you get here. Also, text me when you’re here.” I replied, “ Ok, will do. See you soon,” as we drove along in the awfully long car ride until we finally reached the edge of Morgan’s driveway. I texted her immediately to tell her I was there because I hadn’t seen her outside …show more content…
My friends along with my mom explained that Morgan and Kaylee both came together to throw me a party since my parents couldn’t throw one for me. Then, they showed me all the amazing Harry Potter house decorations and symbols along with the snacks they had set up. They had everything from pizza to chocolate candies. I couldn’t believe they had done all of this for me. We had so much fun eating the delicious candies, snacks, and pizza and talking. We also had a timed scavenger hunt to find stuff like wands, brooms, and fake mice and snakes. Other things that we did at the party include soda pong, where we filled cups of soda and tried to get the ping pong ball to bounce into the cups, and playing
It was the day of April 13, 2000. I woke up at exactly 12 o’clock because my boyfriend was to pick me up at 1 like we planned the night before. The day looked quite nice, but I was in a fowl mood. I got into a car accident the night before and had a huge argument with my parents about the car. I finally dragged myself into the shower and got ready in half an hour. Then I went downstairs, sat on my couch, and repeatedly told myself the day would hopefully turn out better than last night. At around 1:15, my boyfriend came to pick me up. We took the 5 freeway to the 57 since it was the only way I knew how to get there. As we approached the 134 freeway, my girlfriend veered to the right, taking the 210 which was wrong way and got us lost. So, we exited the freeway and got back on the right track. Then finally, before long, we reached Norton Simon.
As my family piled into our car for our four-hour drive, I sincerely hoped my brothers wouldn’t ruin the best chance that we’ve had in a long time. They were already arguing about who got what video game, and were not making my mom and dad feel any better about going. We were going to Illinois, to Chicago, to be even more specific. Chicago was the city I’d been dreaming about visiting for a long time. (Well, that and New York.) I could not believe that my parents were getting out of their comfort zone and taking us to a big city.
Unfamiliarity, in the broadest sense, can evoke a feeling of fear or anxiety. However, my unique cultural upbringing has made me comfortable with unfamiliarity, and eager to embrace differences among people with compassion and tolerance. I am the product of a cultural infusion—I was born in the United Kingdom to an English father, but was influenced by the Turkish customs of my mother. While living in England, I grew up eating dinner on the floor, listening to Turkish music on the radio, and waking up to a poster of Kemal Ataturk. I spent every summer living in Turkey where I learned the language, saw the way different people lived, and became familiar with the practices of Islam. At 14 years old I was immersed in yet another culture when I
I am an undocumented student at UC Davis. When I am asked a simple question such as, "describe your personal experiences", I ask myself: Where do I begin?
From a young age, I was very curious. Curiosity caused my mind to see everything from a different perspective than most. I saw what could be improved and how I could improve. For example, when it came to editing movies, I was always able to see what could how it could have been better or I questioned how they had created it. My curiosity led me to try many different activities throughout high school, such as film camps, stage managing for plays, yearbook, and even creating videos for Rochester High School’s awards day. Finally, my junior year, I decided it was time I made films of my own for competitions. I wanted to have something that I could call my own. When it came to the two films I did for contests, I was there throughout the whole process.
On that fateful day in March, I was a couple months shy of my third birthday. My family and I lived in New Mexico at the time and were renting a house with an outdoor in-ground pool. The day was beautiful. I was outside with my oldest sister Rachel and my father. Rachel was diligently reading curled up on a bench that sat against the house, and my father was mowing the backyard. My mother and my other sister were in the house. Off to one side of the house there was a group of large bushes. I was playing over there with one of her large cooking pots, off in my own little world. At one point while amusing and en...
“Come see me when you get home” It read. The rest of our journey back was much quieter. We chatted as we both tried to process what had just happened. When we got to McDonald’s, I jumped in my car and headed home.
Finally, she looked at her watch. “Oops! Its 5:30, I have to be back in time for dinner. It was nice meeting you, Travis!” Sarah skipped down the tracks waving good-bye. I waved back and caught myself grinning.
I ran in the middle of the Common Room to embrace all of my fellow Gryffindors. The twins cut the cake into pieces for all of us to eat. After we talked about different things to each other while eating the cake,and I must say it was one of the most fantastic cakes I have ever tried,we opened the presents. The most amazing presents were a pot with some roses implanted in from Neville,a cute white bracelet from Parvati Patil and a big book from Ginny called "The Art of Magic". It's about famous wizard artists through the ages.
We went over there for even more birthday presents I left my grandparent’s house pampered with birthday presents to take home. I fell asleep around 10 o’clock that night and just before I closed my eyes, BING! I woke up to find my mother standing in the cracked doorway of my room holding the phone. The light from the doorway seeped into my room as if a racecar on a racetrack.
I remember this day distinctly. I pulled my hat over my eyes because the sun was shining extremely bright on this hot summer day. I looked over to my mom to tell her that the gas had run out of the lawnmower. She was trimming the extra leaves on the bushes. My mother loved taking care of the lawn. She couldn’t take the lawn looking neglectful. I loved that about my mom she didn’t care how old I was she only cared that I represent her and my dad and no one else. As I am walking to the garage of our brick townhouse to get the gas little did I know that this would be one of the momentous days of my life.
"Happy Birthday", my mom screamed out and scared me the morning of June 9. But it was surprising and nice of her since she wished me before anyone else. It was my eighteen birthday and it was my day. While looking out the big windows in my room, I thought to myself, I will do what satisfies me today, but wasn't quite sure what? I didn’t receive any calls from my friends, or other relatives. Nobody was home either besides my mom with whom I can’t make plans because she got her own work to do. It depressed me because it seemed like this was going to be one boring eighteen birthday.
It was a day of eager anticipation. It was a day of last-minute planning. It was the day before my fourteenth birthday. I had been looking forward to the party for at least two months. Everything was accounted for: balloons, Super Soakers, and music. There would be a barbeque of magnificent proportions. Miraculously, everyone had read the RSVP deadline and called in a week ahead of schedule. An enormous ice cream cake was to be delivered with eight large pepperoni pizzas. Needless to say, I was excited. It was to be my first party at our new house. I helped cook the enormous array of snack foods. I eventually surrendered to the temptation and stole a few strips of marinated steak when my mom wasn't looking. I had gone to bed that night with dreams of family, friends, and possibly a new stereo system.
It was dark that night, I was nervous that this dreadful day was going to get worse. Sunday, October 23, 1998 I wanted to start writing this to tell about the weird things i’m starting to see in this new neighborhood. Gradually I keep seeing pots and pans on the sink suddenly move to the floor. I would ask my sister but she is out with my mom and dad getting the Halloween costumes. When they got home I didn’t tell them what I saw because i've seen Halloween movies and I have to have dissimulation otherwise the ghost will come out and get me first. October 24, 1998 I think I got a little nervous yesterday with the whole ghost thing. 12:32pm, Went to eat lunch with the family today and I go to get my coat. I heard the words furious and madness,
It was December 4, 2014 and it was snowing outside. I was sitting at the kitchen table doing homework. All my family was downstairs, so I was all alone. My English teacher told us to write a paper about how I am different from my classmates. I was thinking about what in my life makes me different and slowly my whole life was playing like a movie in my head. The first memory that popped into my head was my fourth birthday party. It was supposed to be the best birthday ever. My dad was going to come. It was February 24, 2002 at my birthday party. There were so many people there, but I was so focused on my dad coming, no one else seemed to matter. My cake was pink and yellow with a bicycle on it. I had a red and blue inflatable that kids were