Assignment #20: My Christmas Story

The first Christmas is usually when people are around two, but for me it happened when I was six. It was December 24, 2001. I didn’t even know what Christmas was, but little did I know what was going to happen Christmas morning. I had moved from Afghanistan to America for a better life. When I was in Afghanistan we usually celebrated a holiday called Eid. It is similar to Christmas, but also many differences. Eid comes twice a year. At Five O clock the Mullah (priest) sounds and that means that it is time for prayers. All the guys in the household dress up and go to the musk and pray, while the ladies pray at home. Than it is celebration after that. As a family you start going to all of your relative’s houses. It is a ritual for the elders in every house to give money to all the young ones for a present. Usually we went first to my grandparent’s house and the brought us a lot of sweets and tea and would always pay me the most money.

There was one thing that I loved doing, which was to fire firecrackers. I can still remember when my mom bought me a type of crackers that were exactly like matches and you would throw it and wait for it to pop. It made a really loud noise. So we were on the way of going to my grandparent’s house and my mom bought me the same crackers. We knocked on the gate which was before the door and before they can open it, I threw a cracker under the gate. Right when he opened it “boom” sounded the cracker; it made my cousin jump so high that it looked as if he had been hit by lightening. We laughed about that for the rest of that day. We also went to my aunt’s house a she paid me one thousand rupees or twenty dollars which was the most anybody had ever paid me.

It was Christmas morning and I wake up to a snowy day and not knowing that it is even Christmas. The world looked so beautiful and puffy. All of a sudden I hear police cars and see about ten cars coming towards our house. They all parked in front and there was hardly any space left. At first I thought that we might have done something wrong but they all opened their trunks. There were about twenty cops two from each car. They each held about three presents each. They came inside our house and gave us all about five presents each. For some reason they already had our names on it, and I got all the biggest ones.

I opened the first one it was a giant semi with a lot of little cars inside it. All the cars were so nice but my favourite one was the green and black Ferrari. After seeing this present I couldn’t wait to open the rest. The second present I opened was bigger than all of them. At first I was trying to open it nicely but I was too excited so I just ripped it as fast as I can. It was a skate board set. It had many different colours of little skate boards and ramp, bikes, and little guys. I was starting to get even more excited, so I opened another one. It was a box of logos, which I enjoyed a lot at the time. Then they gave me the best present in the world. They took me outside with my eyes closed and there was something that I had never imagined that I would have one of my own of. It was a dark green and black bike. It was just perfect; it was also my favourite colours. I started riding it around in circles until I got dizzy.

My mom called us inside and we had a giant feast. Our house was really packed, but full of joy. We thanked them a lot and ever since I have never had a Christmas like that ever again. That night I think I stayed till morning playing with my toys. I just couldn’t stop. From the celebration of Eid where I made a lot of money and had fun with firecrackers had turned to getting the most presents I had ever seen and having a big feast. That was the changing for a better life for me and my family. Now we celebrate both Christmas and Eid. Together they make the greatest times of my life and a lot of wow moments, to where nothing can get better.

Assignment 19: My Very Short Story

Very very long ago in a village know for their Soccer, there was a newborn. Just as his parents looked at him they knew that he was going to have a great future and he was going to be called Pollo, which meant chicken in Spanish. At the age of five he started playing soccer. Little that he knew that he was going to be a legend. Nobody could have guessed what was going to happen to him in the future. He was very small for his age group, but if it came to competition, he can beat anybody, whether it was running, soccer, or even football.

In the early 1974’s he moved to the great land known to everybody in the world as California. He developed as an athlete and human being. He started in school as a fourth grader and his soccer team went undefeated ever since. It was a one man team. No school in the state would want to face them. Years and years went by and he finally got to high school. His first year he broke all the records that was held by any man. They started to be known as the god of soccer.

At the age of fifteen he went pro. All his dreams were starting to come true, but behind all success there is a weakness. Humans are something that you can’t always depend on and that was the same case for Pollo. In his late twenties when he had all the success in the world, he got injured. There was two minutes remaining in the game and he was going to kick the game winner but a guy cut right in front of him and broke his leg. His season was over. There was a chance that his whole career could have or had been over. The legendary pollo’s career was over at least that is what the people thought.

After four years in his late twenties he made one of the greatest returns in the history of soccer, but he was starting to get too old. There were many fresh, young feats. Now it was the time for pollo to prove that age doesn’t define a person but the ability to overcome obstacles did. He had fought through something that nobody thought he would return; now it was time to be the legend again.

It didn’t happen, but he knew to himself that he never gave up and did the best at every chance he got. Now it is the next generations turn to take over, but I doubt they can break any of his records.



assignment #18: My Poem

Life moving fast

I am starting to think about the past

I hope I didn’t miss out

This world makes me want to shout

Everybody in this world needs to unite

Maybe go out for a bite

I have lived a wonderful life

I am just missing a wife

My dream is to go to New York

Huh I am starting to sound like a dork

My favorite color is green

Now I am looking out of the screen

I see the sky very blue

Let me tell you something true

I don’t really have a clue

Of what I am writing about me and you

I am in my English class

Forgetting to bring a pass

This world is full of many dangers

You need to watch out for strangers

I have always wanted a bike

But for right now I am going on a hike

Until next time I will say bye

Who know we all might dye 

Assignment #17:Lone Ranger and Tonto

There is a saying a friend makes you cry and an enemy makes you laugh by samir Gul. No matter how much your parents sound like they are doing the wrong thing, well they are not. They are just doing it because they want the best for you.

Once upon a time, in Florida, their lived a princess named Bella. She was very pretty and loved her mom and dad very much. There was this witch from north pole that always did bad to princesses. This witch was jealous of princess Bella and had put a spell on her [when ever it rains something bad happens to her].

On one rainy day her mom died. The second time her dad died. She had nobody to take care of her except the servants, so she had to marry and rule her kingdom. She married this prince from California. The prince was very hansom. The witch got even more jealous and on the third rainy day when Bella was walking by her pond she fell in the pond. She screamed and drowned. A minute later when she opened her eye’s she could feel rain. She screamed, “Aahh, I wonder where I am at.” She was in the witch’s world, where it always rained. She was tripping, and falling until she saw the witch. The witch told her, “You have three days to live because this rain will kill you.” The witch disappeared into thin air and the princess was stuck in the rainy, cold world without any food or shelter.

The prince had started to look for her, and went by the pond because that is where she had been last. While searching for the princess, the prince saw this old turtle crying. The prince asked,” what’s wrong?” the turtle said,” the princess has fallen in the pond and has gone to another world, where it always rains and she is captured by the witch.” The prince asked,” how do you know so much?” the turtle said,” I used to be a princess and the witch had put the same spell on me, and nobody saved me so the witch turned me into a turtle.

The prince, with excitement, asked “How do I get there?” the turtle replied,” You have to dig a pond exactly the same size as this and wait for it to rain, then jump in, “ So he did, taking him about one day and waited for it to rain. Right when he was about to jump in, the turtle stopped him and asked him, “Aren’t you going to ask where to find the witch?” The prince said” Yes, could you tell me?” The turtle said, “The land over there is very big so don’t get lost. Just fallow the yellow brick road, and take this wooden knife. Right when you see the witch stab that bitch.”

So he left on his journey and fallowed the yellow brick road to the witch’s mansion. The witch was very smart and noticed everything that was happening. she killed the prince in front of Bella with magic. As the prince was falling to the ground he threw the wooden knife to the princess and she grabbed. Wooden knife and stabbed the witch.

It was over, the witch was dead, so was the love of her life. She started wondering how to get out of this terrifying place, she toke the witch’s wand. The suddenly, she heard the rain stop, the sun came up, and everything started to fall apart. She ran outside of the mansion and said “I wish to get out of here.” She appeared in the pond, swimming. She got out and heard “boom!” She knew that it was over and the terrifying place was destroyed. She looked around and saw this pretty princess and wondered who she was. The princess told Bella how she was a turtle and helped the prince rescue her. Bella thanked her and asked “Do you want to live in the castle with me?” The princess replied “Yes!” they went to her castle, and told everybody the story. One sunny day, one month later, she went by the pond and saw this hansom prince that looked exactly like the other one. She fell in love again and they lived happily ever after.

This story was a fairy tale, but if it wasn’t, a princess without the guidance of her parents would just fall apart. Parents do a lot for you, so don’t count every mistake they make but all the good things they do for you. Imagine a world without parents well then there would be no one to look up to. So the next time you are about to get in a fight with your parents, take your time a think about the one and only question. What if my mom or dad weren’t here?”

Assignment 15: Multiple Intelligence Essay

There once lived a little boy in a big city. He was very slow and all the kids in his class made fun of him. One Monday morning on his way to school a group of kids came out in front of him. They called him many mean words. After having a horrible day at school he went home, but matters just got worse. He was one of the poorest kids in the entire city. His dad worked in a cake factory, which didn’t make them that, enough money at all. His mom just stayed home and cleaned. Even though they were facing this entire obstacle they were still a happy family.

Well this Boy was Samir Gul and this is who he is. Life goes by fast, and at a blink of an eye you will be gone. But there is time right now, live everyday to the fullest and try to let the world know that you exist. The shy people aren’t going to get anywhere or accomplish many things. Even if you think you are dumb, you aren’t, because there is not just book smartness. Everybody has their own gift, something that they are really good at. Even I have a talent that I can share with this world. They are things that make me different, which is good. The most important things about me is that I am athletic, Afghani, religious, and outgoing.

Sports are the main thing about me; I just have a passion for it. The unusual thing is that I am actually good in most of it. Most people have desire of something that they might not be good at and need practice, but for me it is very easy to do something I love. I think that is something that makes me different. Football is a wonderful sport and without it I wouldn’t really know what to do. But just going outside on a sunny day and playing a game of football makes my day.

Most of my life I have been teased of my nationality or of my religion. I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and came to America at age six for freedom. I don’t tell anybody that I was born there because that just might make the racism to be more. I have been called Osama’s son, terrorist, and many more things. At first it would bother me but not anymore. This is something that makes me really different, I am one of the few afghani people in the United States. Their racism is one of the things that have given me courage to not care and still be myself that is who I am. Be proud of where I am from.

Bringing God into your life can change it and make you become a better person. I pray five times a day and love the almighty God which we call Allah. There is this feeling of purity when ever you are on the Jaynamaz (it’s this rug kind of thing that you pray on), praying to God which is unexplainable. After praying it feels as if you don’t have the ability to lie, steel, or hurt anybody. So the question of god being there is that nobody know but if really have faith in Noor (which means invisible neither a man nor a women), you will see him/her in a form of something that can make you really believe in him/her. To me religion really builds a persons characteristic. Most people don’t believe in god but I think they should give it and chance, have faith in god and there beliefs might change. What if there is hell and heaven then they will have regrets of not giving it a try.

The people that are over achievers are most likely to be outgoing. I am very out going and like to learn new things, go on adventures, and be open to new things as life throws it at you. This makes me different from my afghani community because most of them are not open, they don’t like to try new thing. I have a big dream of becoming a doctor and curing people, but it is not going to be easy, it is going to take time and effort. But I will over achieve most of the people and become one.

That is some of my personality that yours may differ, but that is a good thing. So I hope before taking the last breath I achieve my goals and not be a follower and do something new. Don’t listen to anybody and be yourself. There might obstacles in your way that might try to stop you but never quit, but always fight. Know that somebody with a different idea about the world is a good thing. The greatest thing about us humans is that we can think for our self’s and do anything we want so why try to be somebody else.