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An event that changed my life
I have never forgotten that moment when I heard some very bad news that changed my life. The person who was my uncle died two years ago. His death was a great shock to me. When I found out that he only had three months to live, I felt really sad about that. He died from cancer. I had no chance to talk with him. Now I understand why he always said that humans can’t exist without air as similar as humans can’t have a nice life without a healthy body. He had gotten cancer 2 years before. But he had never told anybody because he did not want anybody to worry about him. My uncle was a teacher and he taught me a lot of things about life and studying. I remember when I was in high school, I always had some argument with my parents and I did not like to stay at home. I was not a good student in the teacher’s mind. My teacher told me like, “don’t think it like this, don’t do anything like that”. But I always listened to it with left ear and it went through on my right ear. So I really regret that I had never accepted his opinion before. Granted that I want to listen to him, I have no chance anymore. Whatever I have remembered he spoke to me for his last moment. He held my hand tightly and talked to me very slowly. He said, “You are not a little kid now, you can control your life with your own mind. You are going to be a successful person. Listen to your parents’ opinion. They love you so much. When you are old, you have to look after them.” I was pained by his sickness. My uncle’s words rose in my mind during the life. It helps me more in the future. Basically, I want to be a doctor because of my uncle. I think doctors are the people who can help the patients directly whenever they need. You will feel more successful after that. In order to achieve my goal I must study hard from now on. Furthermore, my uncle also talked about the relationship of the relative is more important. Now, I am in communication with my parents when I have some problem. We can get on well with them always. Life is valuable, and we only have one life, life belongs to us only one, so we need to do something that we will not regret.

An Event that Changed my Life

An Event that Changed my Life


My last Christmas in Mexico was unforgettable. After so many years it was the first time that all of my family was together since my grandparents died. I arrived in Mexico on December 15th, 2007, ten days before Christmas. When my family and I arrived at my aunt’s house, my whole family was waiting for our arrival. For Christmas as is the tradition in my family, we spent Christmas Eve at my aunt’s house. We prayed to the baby Jesus, broke the piñata, ate tamales for dinner, and when midnight arrived everybody gave hugs. We also exchanged gifts, and danced until dawn. For New Years, my mother cooked turkey and all the family and friends came to my house to wait the New Year together. It was so funny when midnight strikes, as in my family tradition we went outside to throw fireworks, after that we shared hugs and kisses with each other. I will never forget this special time in my life. These memories will always be in my mind because this special event has been never changed in my life.

An event changed my life

When I was first grade, I learned an important lesson about school and responsibility and more, this event fixed my bad habit. When I was little kid, I just liked to play with friends. I didn’t know how much school and homework were important. For me, school was just a new playground, and I was really excited to make new friends because my neighborhood didn’t have many children. Usually, the first grade teacher wrote homework on the board after all the classes were finished and the teacher made students write down homework in their notebook. I was not always writing my assignments, but I often didn’t write it down. I did it again and again, so I often couldn’t do homework frequency. One day, my teacher called my mother to come to school. I was scared and I just stayed at my room. But my mother didn’t tell me anything after she came back, so I went bed without worrying. However, it was not finished because after I went to bed, she told my father about my problem. After he listened, he was really angry and he woke me up and scolded me. When he woke me up, I was half sleeping and half awake so I didn’t know what was going on and I couldn’t understand why he was so angry with me. Until then, my father had never scolded or yelled at me. Finally, I was kicked out only wearing my underwear, and it was a cold winter night. I stood one hour in the hallway of my apartment. My apartment’s hallway was as cold as outside. Since then, I had never missed homework and my father checked it every day, so my bad habit was fixed. And I quickly realized that school and assignments are more important than other things, so I did well. Now my father and I have good relationship, but after that happened I was hard to be close with him.

Remember my trip and history

I will remember a bus trip on a beautiful day that I felt longer and brought me back to our history in Hawaii. I went there with my husband three years ago that was my first visit. I had been avoiding visiting typical resorts, because I had thought they would be boring. But my husband wanted to show me how it’s nice there, so I yielded to him and decided to go. Upon our arrival there, we went to a travel desk to book some activities. Because an agent strongly recommended Pearl Harbor Tour, we agreed to join that for forth day’s activity. The first three days, we enjoyed shopping, horseback riding and beautiful shores. I was beginning to realize that it was such a nice place. The morning of the Pearl Harbor Tour, we were waiting a bus very relaxed. That small bus which had picked up all other members for this tour stopped in front of us as final stop. I stepped inside, then I was shocked and had goose bumps because everyone else was white and old aged people. Once we had seated, the tour started. I had been very nervous and thinking about how to answer if some of them said something bad to us. When we were close to the destination, the guide started talking “ One Sunday morning, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor unexpected…….” I wanted to get off the bus because I felt their expressionless faces seemed addressing a grudge to former enemy. I was scared from them. While we were there, we watched documentary films and many pictures and we visited a memorial by a small boat. Later, some people in the bus talked and smiled to us very friendly. I was relaxed and reflected on my thinking about the tour as sightseeing. This tour reminded me what did happen in our history in Hawaii and this had big significance for the both countries.

An event that changed my life

An event that changed my life was preparing for the high school examination. During the first three years of high school ,we were very happy and free .But we often heard that Grade 4 would be a hell. After the final exam of Grade 3 in June, everything blew onto our faces: teachers’ changing, harder and harder tests, terrible pressure and of course the graduate exam .Where your position was on the list board became the most important thing in our life. But I must say that it’s really changed my life. Under the pressure we lived our life to the fullest, and enjoyed the true interesting things that we may have never cared before. Grade 4 in high school was a turning point in my life. My attitude to learning, my world outlook and my philosophy of life all changed. I turned to be positive and strong. I also gained many people’s true & pure friendship, both teachers’ and classmates’. In some way, I like that kind of life, as it taught me many things I’d never learned before.

An event that changed my life

I will never forget the day 2 years ago because my brother and i alost died. I have a brother

in my family. He is a good brother and he always helped my family and me. When my parents

went to work and they could't come home,my brother always manged our family,and drove me

to school. One day,he almost left me.After we finished breakfast,my brother drove me to

school. I said to my brother:"can i drive for a second because i already got a drivers license,I

want to try. Then my brother agreed to my request. Actually,my driving skills were bad,and i

was tensional. A lot of cars moving on the street. Our car look like a snake,as it wiggled on the

street. Because i could't control the car. After that, an accident happened,I drove on the wrong

side of the road,and a car crushed with our car. We both got hurt and it was very bad. Since

that day, I have been scared to drive,it seems like I have psychologic problem.

Event that changed my life

The event that changed my life forever was when I made the decision to move into the United States. I was getting ready that morning when my best friend picked me up. Then, in the airport he told me I wasn’t the only one with fears, thoughts, and lot of questions. He assured me that soon everything will be great. I completely agreed with him because at that time I knew I had needed to make a really big change in my life. I still remember my first day when I arrived. My parents had been already here, but for one reason I didn’t know were I was. The first person I saw in the airport waiting for me was my stepfather. While we were walking to get the suitcase, I was hearing the people around me speaking in many different languages. Everyone seemed happy to be in a Large city, such as Chicago. However, I still couldn’t understand why I felt the same as before when I left Mexico. How is it that other people, upon arrival to a new city, are able to change for the better and not feel like I had felt? On the highway, I saw people walking in a hurry back and forth. I was able to hear the rails of the train in the distance, and the noise of the world. In some way, I am still trying to overcome the solitude that I can say most immigrants feel during the beginning stages of staring a new life. These changes will always be present, and forever help me grow to become successful.