The IT clown and Ronald McDonald

Ronald McDonald was walking to work when he heard a high cheery voice exclaim “Hiya Ronald.” Looking around he spotted a friend. It was Penny wise! 

Fist

fish

T-shirt

Monday mornings are terrible. I hardly have the energy in the morning to even open my eyes sometimes. There are times when I have managed to somehow turn off all of my alarms without any memory of doing so. However, once I finally muster up some form of motivation, I eventually get up. Usually, I would drag myself to my drawer and fish out a t-shirt and a pair of jeans with my fist. Then as I head to the restroom in a daze to brush my teeth, I prepare myself mentally to go out into the world for another bright day. As the week goes by, I once again return to this robotic routine.

I am from beautiful beaches,

From pho and ao dai

I am from the landscaping house, open view, closing nature and windy.

I am from the sun flower and lotus,

The tropical rain, moist ans wet.

I’m from family meals with steam rice and love watching TV show together,

From dad Thai and mom Le.

I’m from the pagoda visiting every new year, loving peace and pray for happiness.

Something that people would be surprised to know about me is that I really like to garden. I love the feel of the sun and going out to take care of my plants. I actually have a garden in my backyard with a variety of plants. I have sunflowers, daisies, roses, bean sprouts, a pepper tree, a lychee tree, and some tomato plants. Originally, there was only cacti there because the soil was sort of dry and did not have enough nutrients for different plants. However, eventually I brought in fertilizer, watered the soil, and planted seeds. Overtime, they grew and I expanded the garden out into pots and reused plastic containers and such. I simply enjoy seeing my garden grow and become more lively.

As a writer, I now have a larger understanding of grammar and its structure. Not to mention over time, I have expanded the vocabulary I am able to use and the method in which I organize my thoughts onto paper. My writing has improved a lot and I can say that I am a lot more confident in my current skills. My writing used to be a lot more messy in structure and in the way I try to organize my essays. It makes it a lot more difficult for readers to understand the point I am trying to get across.

In ten years from now, I would like to have finished my education and find myself a stable job that would sustain me. I want to have moved out into another house with my significant other, a place of our own. I want to be financially stable enough to go traveling with her and enjoy our time together. I want to try going to different countries like Europe, Japan, Maldives, and so forth. However, the most important part of where I would like to be in life ten years from now is that I want to be happy, happy with my friends, family, and significant other.

It would honestly be terrifying to have to live for a year with the Nacirema. I would brush my teeth to the utmost caution to not create any holes for them to widen further. I myself am not fond of pain nor can I understand those customs. Thus, for me it seems like a nightmare to suffer to have to suffer such torture. It also seems like a miserable way to live, seeing oneself, their humanity as disgusting and increasingly defiled and then to create more deterioration to oneself. The ceremonies themselves are full of methods to further pain in attempt at purification. It seems like a sad way to live, to be born into a society in which everyone is sinful and must torture themselves and others in attempt to achieve some sort of purification.

    My favorite place to be is in the comfort of my own home. At home, I can relax and simply be myself without needing to worry about appearances. I can be at ease, doing the things that I like. I am comfortable at home around my loved ones. I enjoy spending time with them immensely and making the most goofy memories together. We often share meals and have long conversations about anything and everything. It is a nice feeling that I appreciate very much. Home is my favorite place to be because of the people, freedom, and the soft feeling of joy it gives me.

    My most prized possession was a gift from my parents, a simple necklace. It is has a silver chain and a simple ring lies in the center of it. It was given to me the day I turned eighteen, symbolizing the start of a new journey. It is very important to me because it is a little memento from my parents, something that they entrusted me with. It was my father’s and now he has passed it down to me. The necklace has a lot of sentimental value and it reminds me of home, of the people that has taken care of me and guided me since I was a child. It is like a reminder that no matter where I am, they are still there for me.

My favorite toy when I was a child was actually a gift from my father. The financial situation that my family was in when I was a child was not the greatest, therefore, the gift had meant a lot to me. He had given me one of those little toy cars that looked realistic with the opening doors and trunk. It was a bright red car that faded into a dull red over time. I remember I always carried it around when I was little. I would always imagine and create stories in my head as I zoomed around with my tiny red toy car. The toy signified a lot of my childhood memories and it is a memento from my father to me.