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7/1/2011

The Sunday Afternoon Walk

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I got myself into a big mess once.  Well, only once that I feel like explaining now.  I was twenty years old and we were hiking in the mountains above Hong Kong.  We were so close to the city that we could see the lights and see the harbor.  That gave us a false sense of security.  I was hiking in an area called the Eagle's Nest.  It was December but the weather was not too cold.  Three families decided we would hike the short trail and come back to our cars before it was dark. The other kids in the family were between the ages of 12 and 20.  Several of us moved ahead quickly while the parents took their time.  We soon became separated but two of my friends knew exactly where we were going so I was not concerned.  About half way through the hike you come to an area with a beautiful view of the city of Kowloon.  We stood and watched for a while assuming that our parents and the younger kids would soon show up.  After several minutes when they had not arrived we moved on.  From there we went down some steps to connect to another trail to take us back to the parking lot.  At the bottom of the steps we turned left. 

We arrived back at the parking lot in about 20 minutes.  The temperature was dropping and it would be dark soon.  We waited patiently for our parents and the others to arrive.  As darkness descended there was no sign of them.  We began to worry. 

We knew that none of us should be alone so some of us stayed at the cars in case the others returned and some of us headed back down the narrow trail that lead into the woods.  It was difficult to see and as the light faded quickly we had to watch our step.  We were running as quickly as was safe.  Soon we reached the bottom of the steps.  Two or three of us stayed at the bottom and two or three of us ran up the steps.  They came back shortly to say there was no sign of the other at the look out point.

The path continued on in front of us.  This was new territory to us since we had turned left at the bottom of the steps to get to the parking lot, this was the other direction.  We continued running.  The ground was moist dirt, not quite mud, but slippery enough to make us move cautiously.  After about 20 more minutes of running we found everyone.  They had realized as it got dark that the path they were following was not leading them to where we had left the cars.  They had turned around and started heading back.  We were very concerned about Robert and Ian's mother since she has Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and she was fairly weak.  The walk had been very long for here and turning the wrong direction had made it even longer.  Robert and Ian helped their mom and the rest of us made sure our parents were okay.

I was reminded of a rule I should have followed that day.  Never separate your group.  Always travel together.  Many of us had climbed mountains and traveled for days in the mountains on dangerous paths.  The nearness of the city and its lights had fooled us into thinking that the rule did not apply that Sunday afternoon.  After all, it was just a Sunday afternoon walk.

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corwin
7/1/2011 02:39:22 am

I was at a wedding and the bride threw the the flower down. My cousin told me to get it because you get 20 dollars so I went for it. It turned out that you also wanted to get married. The whole crowd was watching too.

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anthony tsoi
7/1/2011 04:42:12 am

At Hong Kong the taxi driver was driving to the airport. Then i open the door and every one saw. I was so scared my heart was pounding faster and faster.

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7/1/2011 04:42:18 am

I was at naga naga when I tried to kick my sister.my shoe fell inside a fish tank.

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Misty Chen
7/1/2011 04:42:54 am

I got into big mess when my parents were fighting and then my sister told me to stop them so i just asked them"what is there to eat and they replied"Why do you want to eat we just wnt to the restraunt! and then thats when everything went wrong and they still kept fighting more and more! thats the time when I messed up

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Ray Shell
7/1/2011 04:43:17 am

The Day I Lost My DS (short version)

My family and I were going to Florida. We transferred flights in Georgia. My DS bag was slung over my shoulder. It just so happened that I had to go to the restroom.

I hung the DS on the hooks in the stall did my business, then got frustrated with the technological flushing function. My mom said to stand on the side of the stall to flush it. So I open the door and stay to the side. Yay, it flushed. I walk vainly out with nothing in hand.

After quite a long time, I asked, "Where is my DS?"

We realized I had left it in the restroom of the 2nd stall. My mom went back to check. Gone. Lost and Found? Not there.

Now, even though I have curses of forgetting stuff ever since that 3rd grade incident I always check around before I leave a place or always count what I have before and after an occasion.

>______< I had puffy eyes from crying >____<

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Basketball kid
7/1/2011 04:43:29 am

I remembered the time we were on the championships for basketball. On our last game in the championships we lost to the other team and they were full of girls. I really messed up.

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Bryan
7/1/2011 04:44:34 am

once i was at my moms bosses house and i went to get an ice cream and left the freezer open and all the ice cream in her freezer melted

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joseph solis
7/1/2011 04:44:52 am

One time i went to Mexico with my family on a cruise ship. My mom went off on her own with her friend while my brother, my dad, and I went off. My brother and my dad went to a hot dog stand to eat and i walked off because i thought they were following me. A few minutes later i turned around and they were not there. I had to wait in a shoe store to wait for my mom. she loves to shop for shoes.

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Julieanna
7/1/2011 04:45:53 am

One day at my after school, I was helping the teacher sell foods and snacks(because I Was the teacher's pet),and someone came to buy Popsicle, but they only gave me two tickets(4 tickets= one Popsicle), so I refused. But she said this was her only two tickets so the assistant teacher told me to give her one Popsicle, and I did. Other people saw that and thought it wasn't fair, so complaining started to pile in. HELP!

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ryan wu
7/1/2011 04:47:13 am

i messed up on a report when i accentaly dropped a green sharpie on washingtons nose. The teacher made me redo it. i got angry so i posted a mocking youtube video of my teacher. she saw it but luckily didnt know who did it.

>:30 I :) I

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Amber Morales
7/1/2011 04:55:20 am

MY big mess was when I went walking on a big hill. I biraght my scoter with me. I rode on my scoter down the hill. I all most fell down.

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Julieanna
7/1/2011 04:55:45 am

Hi Mr. Aitken

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Julieanna
7/1/2011 04:56:12 am

Summer School Is AWESOME

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greengirl#10
7/1/2011 04:57:07 am

once i got my mom angry.













once i got my mom REALLY ANGRY. we were coming back to the house and she said that if i got her ANGRY again i would have to stay at my dad's house for a MONTH.



























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Justin Zhang
7/1/2011 05:13:36 am

The time i messed up is when i got someone else's McDonlad's. You should know the rest........ :(

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victoria gonzalez
7/1/2011 05:23:06 am

The worse day of life is when had too go too the hospital and my stomach was hurting a lot that I had too go too the hospital and when we got too the hospital we had too wait for 20 minetes,and when it was 20 minetes we went inside the room ,and then they found out that I had a stone in my Inpendix.

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