Okay, so I’m starting to write this about 2 months into the swim team season and I realized something pretty quick— all of swim is hard. They don’t go easy on you, regardless of if it’s the first day, if you’re a freshman like I am, or if you a load of AP Chemistry homework […]
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We’ve discussed Saigon. We’ve discussed Phuket. Now we’re onto the next part of the trip… in the Capital city of Thailand: Bangkok. (Yes, that’s the name) We woke up again to the view on the tropical Thai beach. After grabbing a quick breakfast, we spent most of the morning packing up and getting ready to
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June 18th, 2023 Phuket Island, Thailand Our last full day in Phuket covered all the different locations around the main Phuket Island. We started our day with breakfast at the hotel (Forgot what we ate). After an unproductive handful of minutes back at the hotel, I finally got myself up and getting ready for
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One of the best months of my life happened this June, the summer before I started that 4-year-long hell called “High School”. The story started the day after my promotion at middle school. It was late afternoon, and I was all ready for the trip. We were headed to Vietnam for a whole month with
So if you haven’t caught on yet, Malcolm Anderson is my grandfather on my dad’s side. He’s the one who carries the Scottish blood in my family and has passed it on to my dad, and then onto me. During my video conference with him a few weeks before he died, I asked him a
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10/7/2023 – The Homecoming Dance I’ve never actually been to a school dance. My middle school didn’t have anything like this. Well, they probably did, but I was either too distracted with something else or just didn’t care enough to attend. High school was different, though. The homecoming was a big deal and from all
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Chapter One – The Photo Book I suppose I should start by introducing myself: I’m Marilag Anderson or Mary. I live in Los Angeles, California with my mom, my dad, my older brother Jason and my younger sister Ava. Oh, and did I mention I’m Korean-Italian-Mexican-Vietnamese-Scottish-Japanese? You likely didn’t catch all of that at