Collage Essay 6

46. If you had a day to spend as you wish, how would you use your time? (Carleton College)

                           If I ever got to spend a day as I wished then without any hesitation, I would have liked to visit the past. I would like to visit Japan in the 1600’s. Meaning this would be the first time that all of Japan was united after a very long time by Oda Nobunaga since the Onin war. In this short day I have, I would like to roam around Kyoto and see the old historic places. This way I would see the change of that time and out time, this would help me write my comic (A girl going back in time). I would also go to a see a Geisha performance and be one of them. I would love to ware a kimono, carry a big fan, wear really really big slippers and awesome make up. I would eat all the exotic food served to the rich. I would also ride on horses; I especially want to ride a pure white horse. Then right after that go for a carriage ride around the city, drop off at the Foto Tori Temple. Then I would spend the rest of my day going to the beautify steps. I will probably be sucking on a apple candy and going around. Then my time would come for me to go back once I reached the top of the temple.

                           My whole day would go while I go sight seeing and making good memories of my travel to the past. I hope to eat good food, buy clothes and slovenlier to take back when I go back.  

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Rules of Dating Me

Rules of Dating Me

1.             Pleas keep your “mushy”, “lovey dovey” stuff to yourself and not show it to me. I would rather have a guy who shows his feelings sometimes. That would be more special to me.

2.             Don’t expect me to show my love for you all the time.

3.             I am a very lively person, I am someone who has fun doing weird stuff like going up to a random person and saying I just got married. I am who I am and if you ever! EVER! Say “Ohh you have to stop doing this or that. I don't like it.” Then don't be surprised if I start avoiding you.

4.             I like gay people. I am totally against people who don't like them. And if you have a problem with that, then go find another girl to mess around.

5.             Don’t make me choose between me reading manga and spending time with you because I am going to choose reading manga. You cannot compare to it.

6.             Make me feel special at times when I need it. Like when a girl is around I am first priority.

7.             We will not spend every minute of our lives with each other. Lets make space for our friends too. Lets keep some distance sometimes.

8.             You should understand that I will want to be alone, give me my space, and if something is wrong, I will tell you but give my time to sort my mind out. And if we need space, we can have a temporary side relationship with someone. Then come back together once we have our space.

9.             Don't be angry if someone knows something before you, the reason might me that I am angry with you or it is something that I cannot say it to you personally.

10.          I have guy friends; don't expect me to stop talking to them. And if I like you enough I might do it. But remember this…. I’ll probably hate you for the rest of my life because you made me do something just because you could not trust me enough with guys.

11.          I will not stop you from doing fun stuff with you friends and I will expect the same from you towards me.

12.          Don't expect me to buy you gifts all the time. I’m not one of the dumb girls who get gifts for guys all the time. What a waste of money and time.

13.          I will probably date you because you are fun to be with. Probably you are crazy like me but don't change that fact when I start dating you cause if you did change….. I will be very awkward with you.

14.          There should me mutual respect for each other’s privacy. We should have respect for each other. We will also tell each other the truth if we wanted to say anything.

15.          DO NOT TOUCH ME. If you ever, ever hit me, I’ll probably scratch your eyes out or pay people to beat you. But once you have done that, don't come running back to me because you will be dead to me by then. 

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Collage Essay Number 5

88. Write a brief essay about your activities, interests, achievements and talents.

            “Anime” is THE word that describes me. People just know that I love anime because I try my hardest to look like one too. I get crazy haircuts, I color my hair in rainbow order, I dress up like one by collecting rags and anything that might work. I accessorize as much as possible and so weird make-ups when I can. Yes,  “Anime” is the word that describes me the most.

            Anime is something I found out when I was in Grade 6. I just loved anime and would watch it for hours even when I had exams, which was like 100 percent of my grade. Yes, that was stupid of me but I was really addicted to it. Thank god that this addiction did not go to waste because it slowly turned into my dream. My dream to become a Mangaka (comic artist) came to me when I actually started to take my art serious. I realized I was good at drawing manga and I also loved doing it because it was an escape for me to another world. I used to stay in my room for hours and kept drawing one art after another. I realized that I had this had become a part of me after drawing for so many years. This was like my stress reliever, my escape, my concentration and the list goes one. I was just so into my drawings. I really started to see the change in my art when I went to Japan and copied other people’s style. I had always been original but when I copied, I felt guilty. To remove this guilt, I added my own twist to it and this way I started combining my own style with the copied one. This move made me able to explore and create my own style. So, my motivation to become a Mangaka was because of my interest to Japanese animation.                        

            Well that was one of my most important talent but other things I’m talented in is dancing, making friends, singing, taking care of animals and sports. In my school we always have this opportunity where we can dance for almost any event. Be it after a sport game, or a weekly activity or even during assembly. We just love to dance! I got invited to join the dance club when I first joined my school. I know for sure that they must have seen me dance during the “Come Back Dance” party for all the students. I was a new kid that time so I didn't really care whom I was dancing with, so I just danced randomly. And I’m one of those people who can dance in the moment, I am very bad with making moves for like a show but in dance parties I can dance better because it feels more natural. So, when I was invited to the dance club, I was pretty unsure but I still joined because I was a bit curious. I must say that it was a pretty good decision I made because I learned that I could make moves, it was just that I never had that kind of practice and this was a learning experience for me. Dancing is one of the things that I love and one I’m pretty good at.

            I am also interested in reading books. I just love books but I have a specific type of genre that I read. Which are romance, fantasy and fiction mixed together. When I find a book that I really like be it 600 to 200 pages, I make it by target to finish it in a day, which I’m successful most of the time. But to reach that goal, I have to have a free day to read the whole book. But when I have to achieve a goal I go for it all out and when I’m done reading the book I feel great. So, these are my interest, talent, activity and achievement.

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Collage Essay- Number 4

57. Describe a personal habit that helps to define you as a person.

                        I am someone who can be in two extreme sides. I can be really social if I want to have fun and make friends or an introvert when I want to be left alone. People would say this it is not good to have very high or low emotions, which can be true but to me this has helped me in many ways. These polar feelings give balance to one another. If I was a social butterfly every moment of my, I would have gone crazy! To talk to people all the time, smiling even when you don't want to or just entertaining people. That would put too much stress on my mind and body. In a week I can be like that at least five days but more than that would ruin me. So, I am thankful that I have an introvert side. When I’m not myself, the happy going girl, I just want to be left alone and not talk to anyone. I shut myself in a room, either I’m drawing or reading a book or watching anime or reading manga. During this time, I get a moment for myself in my busy life and can think things through in a more thoughtful way. And if I just don't want to think, well I just distract myself by doing things that I love. Like watching anime! So, after going through this busy social life, my introvert side helps me calm down and rejuvenate me for another round.

                                   So, why do I say these to habit of going to two different modes help me? Well, there are many answers to that, but the most important one is that it helps me in my studies. How? Because when I am social, I learn a lot from my friends, be it educational or just plain crap, this helps me gather information for my assignments. If I were a social butterfly all the time, I would not have time to do any of my homework. So my introvert side gives me time to use my gathered information and complete my work. This habit of mine that goes from a social person to a reserved one helps me complete important works for my school. It helps me balance and separate my time and energy. In all, my habit makes me into an efficient person. I try by best to do my work properly but the most important thing is for my work to be on time and that is what I am very good at doing. I finish my work at least a day or two ahead from the dead line. So, in the end I am a person who has two sides so that it helps me to be on time and control my self.

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Childhood

My Childhood

                        When I was young like really really young, like in LKG and Grade 1, I still vaguely remember those days in my village. I asked my room mate if she remembered her childhood but she said she didn't. I was kind of shocked because I remembered so much of my childhood in clips and pieces. I stayed in Mangan every since I was born, till I had to move away to Gangtok in 2002. But the days in Mangan was the best in my life. I just loved it there and that was probably the reason why I still remembered so much.

                        My first memory of my child hood was my first day of nursery. I remembered my grand aunt leaving me in a class full of kids, I felt scared because I was not used to seeing so people. Then I vaguely remembering picking a seat and then sitting down, I must have waited for a while till class started. And this is the most vivid memory of my nursery; the teacher came around the class passing note books, also called copybook back then, and textbooks. I was so excited to use my new pencil on the new notebook. That is as far as my memory goes for my nursery days.

                         After that I remember more of my life in Mangan in longer clips but they are all jumbled up and mixed up. My favorite among all of these memory is the one where the whole village goes up to the monastery and celebrate a festival. During this festival the monks where these scary mask and scare people. They are not allowed to talk when they where the mask. Ever since I was young we always went to this one monastery. I have gone to that monastery ever since I was young. So, I have grown up with monks my age and we have played with each other all the time. Now when I go back, they remember me and I remember them. It is really nice to talk to them whenever I see them again. So, going back to the monastery every year is something I look forward all the time. That is the best of my childhood.  

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Childhood Stories

Childhood Stories Part I

                          Ever since I was young, I have heard this story everywhere in Sikkim. If I go ask a random person about “Lam Lyame Bhoot”, it is guaranteed that they will have something to say about it. Lam Lyame Bhoot is a local folk story about a woman who is a ghost and eats babies or young kids. Probably this was a story to scare the younger kids to prevent them from outside in the night. There have been different versions of this story but every one of these stories has one thing in common. The lady ghost has HUGE boobs or multiple boobs.

                        When I was young I stayed with my grand aunt, Anyo Tutu, in Mangan (my childhood village). I used to be a very naughty and a hyper girl. So, to keep me home at night my aunt told me ghost stories all the time. There were many of them, but what scared me the most was the story of Lam Lyame Bhoot. The way Anyo Tutu described about this ghost was very vivid. I can still remember her describing this scary woman in the small room where we used to eat dinner. The dim light especially made the look on her face scary and also made the atmosphere creepier. So, right after we ate dinner she started the story.

                        If I were to go outside in the night, a women wearing white dress would appear in front of me. She would have long black hair draping over her face and shoulder and when I was close enough, she would turn her face towards me very slowly and stare at me. Even now, I find these kinds of stories very scary but after this point, it seems more like a joke to me than anything. So, here is how it goes.  The woman turns and is supposed to stare at me and then slowly turn her body towards me. Best part about this is that the ghost has huge boobs and it is all over her body! Can you believe it, the ghost has boobs all over her body and this was supposed to be a local scary story, talk about being deprived of boobs. Well anyways, now this boob lady is supposed to start chasing me and the only way to escape her is by running up hill. The reason, simple, because she has such huge boobies, it would be impossible for her to carry all that weight. So, because she cannot hold her boobs weight while going up hill, it made sense for the runners to run up hill. But if I were to run down hill, then I would have been captured and eaten alive. The reason, simple, while running down hill, she would through her saggy boobs back and gain momentum and speed and catch up in no time. Basically if you ever encountered the Lam Lyame Bhoot, you are supposed to run up hill and not down hill.

                        I wanted to share this story with everyone because the joy I get from remembering this story is just pure joy. It just brings back such good memories, and the story is funny. Childhood stories really make a difference because once it hits you; you will never be able to forget it and also it brings a sense of unity in the community you are in. So, I hope in the future, you tell your kids traditional folk stories too.

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Examples help Think (Things to Think About Part III)

Lonesome George Reflection

                                                                People would want to save endangered species because they are small in size and want them to exist in the world. They also do that with species because they are vital to the ecosystem. But what if they were just dying because of natural selection and they were not needed by the ecosystem? Then that would mean it would be all right for it to go extinct. If humans were not involved in this process (because humans are normally the cause of it – e.g. pouching, hunting and many more.) then that would mean it was a natural process and not an unnatural one.  It is important to let the nature decide for itself in its natural way.

                                                                While my EVS class was working on this subject of natural selection, my EVS teacher brought this post about Lonesome George. Lonesome George is a tortoise and is the last from its species. In class we discussed how we could stop species for going extinct. We had lots of ideas like storing sperms and eggs of species, transporting these species to different places, making special parks for them and so on. Then the discussion went on to how species went extinct through natural and unnatural causes and if it was all right for them to die if it was a natural process. The conclusion we made was surrounded with the idea of natural selection, where if the extinction of a specie was due to a natural process (them not surviving or adaption) then they should allow what the nature wants. But if an animal was endangered due to human involvement then that would mean the humans should somehow stop that from happening and help the population to rise again. For example in Lonesome George’s cause the tortoise started to become endangered because humans started to settle down and because of that they started rising goats. The goats started to eat all the grass that the tortoise ate. This cause the death of many tortoises, because they had to search for food further out, they could not mate and reproduce. So, this caused the tortoise to become endangered and left Lonesome George all alone. Since humans caused this specie to become endangered, this made it into an unnatural process. This example shows that people should be more aware of their surrounding and the effect they have one it and this is the conclusion we came up with as a class.

                                                                   My point of giving this story was because I wanted to show people that when teachers put up interesting live example in class, it just livens up the class. It makes it more interesting for students to learn and when people have fun, they do not mind thinking. The productive discussion we had in class showed that we were having fun as well as thinking and producing good ideas. So, examples help students help more in thinking productively and have more fun in class.  

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