Confucius say,

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Confucius say, You Guy no do like dat no
mo. born on December 23, 1984

• Golden Temple Massacre, India May 1984
• Indira Gandhi Assassination October 31, 1984
• Sindhi-Muhajir Conflict
• 1984-1992
• Thai- Laotian Border Clash 1984
• By Jeff Philakham

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Hobbies and Interests

• writing short stories
• drawing and painting
• camping and hiking
• listening to ROCK music baby, yeah!!!
• web designing
• e-mailing friends
• eating, eating, and uh, eating

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Writings and PoemsWe Were Slaves 4 You

• I know I may be a slave. But Ive got feelings
  too.
• And I need to do what I feel like doing.
• So let me go and just listen.
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• All you people look at us like were way below
  you.
• You may be white and your clothes look aight.
• But we all have feelings too.
•  Whats happening everyday aint no surprise no
  more.
• Treated like filthy animals,
• our bruises are so sore.
•  
• Get it, get it, get it, get it. What.
• Get it, get it, get it, get it. Whaaat.
• Get it, get it, get it, get it. Huh, huh, huh,
  huh.
• Get it, get it, get it, get it. What.
• Get it, get it, get it, get it. Whaaat.
• Get it, get it, get it, get it. Huh, huh, huh,
  huh
•  
• Slavin all day in the cotton fields. Our masters
  were so cruel.

• Baby, a big war now. Its not a time to cry.
• Baby, the north won now. We won back our pride.
•  Abe really wanted to, set all slaves free.
• Abe really wanted to, all that will be.
• Oh no, it wasnt that great, we still were number
  two.
• Oh no, its a shame now. We couldnt even sue.
•  
• Baby, we could vote now, more land for me.
• to a somewhat small degree.
• Baby, reconstruction and lynching legal,
• To an inequality.
•  
• (dance)
•  
• Chorus
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• Separate but equal was their claim, we blacks had
  little say.
• Segregated communities and unequal opptunities.
• Not to mention unequal pay.

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Significant Family Member

• The most inspirational person in my life is my
  mom. Shes not only a mother, a house wife, a
  provider, a cook, and cleaner, a sewer, and cares
  for my sick grandmother, she along with my dad
  brought a young family from over seas and raised
  their kids while at the same time, working
  several jobs.

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Ethnic/ Cultural Heritage

• Ethnic/Cultural Heritage Laotian
• pho rice noodles
• kow neeow sticky rice
• Gin kow boh? Are you hungry?
• kow beuk rice porridge
• nam bah fish sauce
• nung, sohng, sam, sih, hah, hok, jeht, beht,
  goh, sip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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Favorites

• Favorite food fried rice with fried chicken
• Favorite song All you wanted- Michelle Branch
• Favorite band Linkin Park
• Favorite singer Michelle Branch
• Favorite actress Lucy Lui
• Favorite show The Simpsons
• Favorite movie Remember the Titans
• Favorite sport skate boarding
• Favorite athlete Tony Hawk
• Favorite book The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Favorite color Cerulean blue

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Intellectual Accomplishments and Goals

• Accomplishments
• have a cum GPA of 3.9
• got a 1260 on PSAT
• got accepted to ACE-
• architecture, construction, and engineering
• maintained rank of 1
• designed a personal web site of my article
  summaries

• Goals
• to write a short story and publish it
• design a building and make a model
• get at least a 1350 on SATs
• get accepted into a good college
• settle down with a family someday

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Strengths and Weaknesses

• Strengths
• strong morals
• working both by myself and
• with others
• patient and a good listener
• reasonable, understandable
• and dependable
• able to understand on first try
• getting assignments done on time.
• open-minded

• Weaknesses
• lazy at times
• sometimes shy
• I snore and talk while sleeping
• too nice or a little too obnoxious
• too motivated by the standard
• too set in principles
• easily ticked off

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Most Significant Experience

• When I was just about 13, my family and I went
  on a vacation to Laos. There I saw a totally
  different world than what I was used to.
• In my grandparents house, there was no heating
  or electric lighting. There was no running
  water. There, people live in poverty, but
  somehow find a way to make a living.

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Life Strivings or Philosophy

• Confucius Says
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto
  you.
• Strive long and hard, and you will surely
  succeed.
• Why would someone kill someone who killed
  someone to prove that killing people is wrong?
• Carpe Dium.
• Hakuna Matata.
• Never trust anyone over 45.

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Links Resource Page

• http//dictionary.msn.com/
• http//www.laosguide.com/
• http//www.dogpile.com/index.gsp
• http//staff.washington.edu/saki/ubnews/Webs/jeff/
  index.htm
• http//www.michellebranch.net/