kudirat+omonkhegbe

01-27-2010

Past Experience with Writing Right after I finished secondary school and proceeded for the college, I was allright with my writing: letters, composition, and stories.but in college where I took the English course, I saw some improvements I could take advantage of, and I could not resist.I was ready for the next step in my writing learning. "because there are steps to follow" I then realised I could really be improving to the benefit of my major course: Nursing, and for my future in general. I am hoping to touch the areas that I have not yet improved to my satisfaction, and also to be able to use it in the job I am doing now: Nursing Assistant and my part-time job:secretary. As a secretary I have to continue writing one thing or the other, so the improvement could give me a promotion and raise. I also need it for my major, so the earliest I can get it done, the better it would be for me and my career.

12-17-2010 ACTIVITY 16 The student had several ways of passing time during the dull lecture: a) Pretend she is listening b) Thinking and miles away c) Checking the time every minute.

I could tell I was coming down with the flu: a) I started having running nose and congested b) I had very high fever c) I had sore throat and was feeling cold

The food at the cateteria was terrible yesterday a) It tasted very bad b) It was too cold for comfort c) It was too small for the price.

I had car problem recently a) I couldn't get a repairer on time b) I was stranded at home c) I had to go around for the spare-part

Whe your money gets tights, there are several ways to economize a) think about necessary things first b) Adjust your spending options c) spend less if you can and cut out unnecessary things

some people have dangerous driving habits a) They can over speed and over take b) they can pass the red light when they are supposed to stop and wait c) Cross the lines any how

Kudirat Omonkhegbe English 1005 Writing Assignment 02-18-2010

WHEN YOUR MONEY GETS TIGHT, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO ECONOMIZE Firstly, think of the priorities: The house bills and food. If you are leaving expensively, you should cut down some expenses that are not necessary at your present condition. This might not be the right time to think about party clothes or shoes bags: you can avoid fast food from the restaurants and make meals at home instead, to save some money. You can consider less expensive but good quality food. Secondly, a second job might be a good idea, so that you can maintain your present standard of living: Private school fees and car payment. If you can-not continue any of your payments: house or a car, you should think about trading it in for a smaller or less expensive one. You should think about good public school for a change. Consider if you still need or can afford your credit cards Lastly, let your family know that money is tight, and that they should adjust to the present situation also. If there are places that they used to go to, like movies’ house or clubs, they can stop going there for the alternatives: to watch movies or dance to the music at home. In that ways, they can save those expenses.

Kudirat Omonkhegbe English 1005 Writing Assignment 02-18-2010

The Reasons for My Recent Stress

I have been under stress recently and it shows. Firstly, at home I have to do more house work than I used to do. Because I moved to a bigger place, and I have to vacuum regularly now, which is something I was not doing before because I had a carpet. I also have to go for shopping regularly because my husband traveled for a while. Even, I have to be taking the car to the mechanic because I have nobody around me to help. And when the mechanic needed a spare-part, I had to go around looking for it. It is just like I have the job of two people all by myself. The other day when it snowed, I ended up clearing it, which is usually my husband’s job to do.

Secondly, my job is flexible, but it is also stressful. When I got to work, before I even change to my uniform, people wiould be waiting for me to attend to them. As a waitress, I have to stand or walk around throughout my eight hours shift. I usually start by welcoming the customers to tables of their choices. Next, I would take their orders. When their orders are ready, then I would serve them from one table to the next. I would then return to the tables one after another to collect their left-over and discard them appropriately. After that, I would give them their bills, collect the money or credit card, and then return the change or credit card with a receipt to them. I 'm usually tired at the end of the shift that I can’t do any overtime.

Lastly, the stress involves in my schooling is mainly how to finish my home-work. Sometimes I don’t have enough time to read or do my home work, due to my daily activities. But I know that I have to continue reading and doing my assignment regularly, otherwise I won’t be able to meet up the class schedule. The class time is not really convenient for me either, because I usually go to bed early, so that I could wake up early as well, but I decided to adapt to the available time.

Delvis Colon Kudirat Omonkhegbe Lori O’Connor

My Self-Centered Husband My husband does everything his way. First, he always decides where the family goes on vacation. Like when during Christmas break, the kids wanted to go to Disney, but he decided we were going to Las Vegas instead. There was nothing for the kids to do but he had fun spending all the money gambling. He wanted to convince the kids that they were having a good time so he took them to the pool for ten minutes but then went right back to gambling.

Next, he spent all the budget money on a Rolex watch for himself and gifts for his friends. He usually doesn’t consider buying the kids what they actually need nor does he think he needs to buy me anything.

Last, he never helps with any household chores. He believes he does not need to help with the kids at home. He never gives the kids a ride to school or helps them with their homework. At bedtime, he won’t read them a story even though they ask him to. He doesn’t realize how selfish he is by not putting the family first.

Kudirat Omonkhegbe Professor Noonan English 1005 13 March 2010 Homework Life in the united state is faster-paced today than ever before because of better life, open opportunities with no discrimination, and new technologies everyday. To start with the better life, those days, people came to America to study or get just suitable jobs to continue their lives- to the end. But today, it is quite different because someone doesn’t have to stop at just a high school graduate or odd job. Somebody can always continue his/her education or technical training for a better life. Although a better life of those days was good enough and comfortable, unlike nowadays, nothing is ever good enough for some people, as they are getting a house with a swimming pool, they’re already thinking of how to trade their cars for the new ones, even when they can’t afford the prices. But it is good to know that majority of the people today are following the comfortable-live-according to your incomes. The next one says there are open opportunities now than before. Yes, someone can have an opportunity and turns it out properly because people are ready to welcome and give someone the chance if he/she can prove that he/she is for real. For example, my cousin came to America forty years ago, his intension was to do some odd jobs and gather the money together, to take care of his mother especially. He did just that to his satisfaction. But he realized that the people that came here before him did not utilize the open opportunities that were/are here, so he decided that he would be useful. Even though he was a college graduate, and he could do was some odd jobs, he found out that he could go back to school, and he would get some credits and he could finally finish his studies and graduate with a career. In addition, he could live better than a bedroom, because he was just saving without knowing that he could buy a house, good car and send his children to any school of his choice or theirs, because he was thinking of taking the money back to his country to build a comfortable home and live happiness. Also, he realized that he probably didn’t have to go back to his country because everything he was going back for is actually possible over here, including bringing his mother to live the way he wants for her, and getting the food from his country, because even though he’s used to American food. He missed those from Ghana so much that he used to send money to his friend to transport them for him. So, in the end, he is very comfortable because he saw the useful opportunities, and he made use of them for the good. It is true that we have more technologies today than before, and the rates are so fast useful, and sophisticated. Like the communication systems: home and cell telephones, communication among people those days was almost a barrel. But since the introduction of home and cell phones, communications have been a lot easier. So are many other technologies that are helping everyone in the daily activities. For example, the computer is widely used in offices and homes: for businesses, schools, and personals. Another ones that easing people’s lives are the television and radio, which were barely recognized for our daily news or communications because we could use letter and news paper, but now it is like we can’t live without these machines because they are so useful for us.

Kudirat Omonkhegbe

Professor Noonan English 1005 13 March 2010 My Friend’s Friend is a Betrayal My friend‘s new friend is a betrayal and not to be trusted. My friend ‘Smarty’ was a good mother and wife for seventeen years, until she was introduced to adrela by another friend. She thought that she really like her as a friend because they looked very much alike, and they also had so much in common. In terms of, music, education, life style, fashion, and background. In fact, they were like identical twins. My friend never did anything, or went anywhere without her family with her, but that was before she met Adrela. They were always together; they started wearing the same clothes, shoes, and bags. Adrela would come to her house everyday to stay and help her. At first, her family did not mind their friendship, but they started noticing the change of character in her: she did not care about them like she used to; she would not even go for shopping, cook, and do any housework like she used to enjoy doing. So her husband and the children asked her why she was neglecting them. She told them that her new friend thought she was doing too much for them and they were not appreciating her, and that they didn’t love enough. At this point, her husband asked her why she would want to believe a new friend over seventeen years of family. But to their surprise, she told them that she trusted and believed her friend because she just realized what she did not see by herself before her friend started coming over to her house to see it for her. She then decided to go stay with her friend, but they couldn’t stay together for so long because she was not comfortable enough, and she started noticing that Adrela was not trust-worthy, because she told an untruth story in her present. Smarty rented an apartment close to her anyway, and they were visiting themselves regularly. Suddenly, she was going there after work to see and chat with her for a while before going home, like she used to, but Adrela door was always locked for two month, she looked for another of her friend to ask about her where about. Only to be told that Adrela got married two months ago to a man she met at a party, who happened to be Smarty's ex husband. She finally realized that Adrela misled her because she wanted her husband and children. She then rushed over to her family to conform the story, but for one reason best known to them, they just didn’t think that they owed her any explanation, neither did they wanted to hear a word from her. But her husband sent a message to her that she missed her luck and someone that valued it, found it.

Kudirat Omonkhege

Professor Noonan

English 1005

04-07-2010

What Breaks a Strong Marriage

A strong marriage can break because of the following reasons- lack of interest, falls out of love, incompartability, and new physical figure. A stronge marriage that supposed to last forever can suddenly ends because the man is no longer interested in the partner due to her new figure and behavior. she does not act as the woman he married two years ago. she can't communicate with a reasonable result, and she has gained weight after having a baby, which she is not ready or trying to lose. Another common reason is if a partner falls in love with someone else. It can be hard at times because he/she might not intent to break the marriage, but as times goes by or in the ends. it would happen if he/she doesn't back off from falling in love with someone else. Incompartable can also break a happy marriage because the couple probably didn't realised that they wouldn't be compartable, but after some times, they would realised that there are somethings like choices of clothes, food, and friends that they can not tolerate about each other. if they can not solve the problem through communication or other ways, they would end up breaking up.

Kudirat Omonkhegbe

Professor Noonan

English 1005

04-14-2010 Differences Between Two Bbrother there were two boys with their mother living close to me.they they different in everything and ways.:- Appearance, behavior and manner, and association and relationship. sheeny is 5 8inches and have a very light skin, while poker is 5 5inches and very dark in complexion. I wondered why two children from the sme parents could be that much different, but i later found out poker was adopter when he was stranded and had no place to go. sheeny, the natural child was about sixteen at a time. he was very spoiled; he could and would get anything he asked for from his mother, and if she hesitate for a moment or say ' that is too much, I don't have it now, may be later he would get mad at her and take her properties to sell for a much cheaper price to buy what he wanted. In contrast, poker could do anything and everything for the mother and his brother, from cooking, cleaning, shopping, and any kind of messages. sheeny was very moody and unfriendly, even when smother's tried to say hello to his mother, he usually scared them away with his behavior and attitude. so they rather meet his mother at her job. but poker was friendly, kind, and he could help anyone in trouble whenever he could because he was also a police man. sheeny on the other hand refused to finish his high school even though he was capable and intelligent enough; he also refused to get a stable job because he thought his mother would always be around for him. his mother was so miserable and worried abotu him. but she also thanked God for poker who was always ready to console, and make her happy. he told her that she should not let the situation ends her good life because she tried and she should continue trying but to avoid thinking much about it all the time.

Kudirat Omonkhegbe

Professor Noonan

Engish 1005

04-14-2010

My Life in the Real and Fantasy World

My life in the real world is so much unlike my life in an imagined.why? - I thought I was ready to get married and settle down to start raising my children and have a wonderful life I dreamt of for years. But so for it looks like it is not going to be that simple. First, I thought I had enough education to earn enough money to care for my family of six. But I found out that my GED level of education could not be enough for just me, never talk about my family. Second, I thought that I met the right man, who would always cherish, love, and respect me like a wife or mate supposed to be treated. However, he seems to be the total opposite. He claims that he only wants children from me and I can go my own way. I can understand if he has decided to choose the children before me, but I don't understand why he needs to choose anybody including his last emplyee before. it looks like I don't matter or exist at all. The third thing is that I thought my friends would be admiring the ways he would be treating and caring for me:- giving money for help, buying gifts whenever necessary, showing me love, and care, or taking care of my car when needed. But once again, that also turns out to be a dream and a big joke. but I am like a rejecte flower trying to grow anyway because my friends can't laugh out enough due to the ways he has be treating me. He has turn me to a slave, he wants me to do every things, including cleaning and cooking without getting or asking for help from anyone around. He claims that he is through with me as a wife, but he is not letting go of me because we are supposed to remain together forever whether he can give me love or care, or not. Most of all, he has turned the children against me, his reason is that I am competing for his love and money for them instand of helping him to care for them. My dream was to be closed to the children especially now that they are teenagers. althought I raised them to this stage, until he was able to poison their minds against me because he will rather be closed to them alone.

Kudirat Omonkhegbe

Professor Noonan

English 1005

04-14-2010

Shopping in the Mall vs Neighborhood Shopping in my neighborhood stores and Mall are different in ways: distant, prices, convenient, manner of approach and comfortability. To start with the first thing, which is the distant. The mall is a little far from where I'm living, so I must drive to get there. but the shops around the corner of my house can be easily gotten to, so it is convenient for me to shop there. Also, I have many options;I can see different kinds of brands that are display in the stores. Unlike the mall which is of course more expensive so times,and I have to go to a particular section for a particular product. for example, if I need a Nike product, I would have to go to that section before I can get that particular Nike, otherwise it would not be available any where else. Although in the mall, someone might get a better reception and enough attention because the salepersons are always willing to welcome customers and to render assistants when needed. In addition, the mall always have designers products that are very good qualities for the people who cares and can afford the prices,while the neighborhood stores sometimes don't really bother about very good qualities. It could be cheap and use while it last type of produce and also in the neighborhood stores, someone might not get the kind of attention given in the mall because they expect the customers to know their ways around the aisles. furthermore, someone can receive gifts for shopping or coming to the mall,for instance, free manicure and pedicure, free make-up, free perfume or bags or a T-Shirt, whereas there are no such things at the neighborhood stores; may be sales sometimes