Three Assignments by Phillip

The New Year's Eve That I will Remember

It was the day of new Year's eve,and my sister was visiting from Montreal. It wasn't very cold outside, but we decided to make hot chocolate ,with marshmallows, anyway.We caught up on old times, as we drank our hot chocolate and listened to our favorite band "Moist". The lights were dimmed, music playing in the back ground, and the aroma of hot chocolate made that moment special for me.

Later on in the after noon, I had started to play my guitar to some familiar songs Stacy sang. When I played all the songs I knew, Stacy and I drank more hot chocolate.

In the evening, my dad and I started a fire, in the fireplace, downstairs.My mom, dad, sister and I sat around looking at the flames flicker, hearing the wood crackle and eating a delicious Chinese fondue! The smell of vegetables cooking and the Chinese hot sauce, quickly filled up the room.

We watched the ball drop on Time Square and the celebration of the beginning of a new year and a new millennium.

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Three Days To See

Total blindness, forever! What would you do? What would you see? In three days, I will be blind, but what I will see in these three days blindness can't take away from me. Memories that will stay, not memories of what somebody will say but of what I will see today.

On the first of three days left to see, I would want to see some places that are important to me. I would want to see Australia, because of its beautiful landscape and wildlife. I would want to see a heard of Kangaroos running across an open field. I would want to see black and white, baby Koala bears with their mothers. I would want to see the coast, with waves crashing on the enormous rocks, making mist, that you can only see up close.

I would want to see my favorite sports for one last time. I would want to see a real game of rugby Australian style, and to see a hockey game between two arch rivals, the Leafs and the Canadiens in the famous Forum or in the Gardens.

On the second day I would want to wake up well before the sun rise to go to the mountains and see the sun rise up over the tips of other mountains. I would see the beautiful pinks, oranges and bright yellows that would all blind me as I gaze into the sun. I would then watch the sun as it moves over me.

Later in the day, I would want to see my house and the surrounding areas. That way I would be able to remember it for a long time. I would remember the way the sun reflects on the hard, shiny pine wood floors as you walk into the house. The way the trees in front of the house make it private , but at the time add some colour to the fading bricks that blankets the house. The way the grass turns into flower beds and gardens, both with vivid colours that I will remember forever. Oh yes, the tree, out back, about one hundred feet from the house, the tree in which I made my first tree house. I spent days even weeks working on it with my father to perfect it. I would see the initials of my father that I engraved in the bark.

In the evening I would head for the mountain tops were I would want to see the sun set. I would see how nature turns the sky into a color extravaganza, with pinks, oranges and fading yellows of the sun. I would watch the town below as street lights, car lights and lights in the houses light up the small town and turn it into a unforgettable moment. The temperature will cool, and a breeze would start, as I would be left standing there, gazing into nothingness.

On the third day I would want to see the people who mean the most to me, my family. I would stare at the wrinkles on my grandparents faces, as if each one tells a story. I'd look at my sisters and brothers, for it is them who helped me overcome bad times. I would watch my parents closely for it would by the last time I would see the people who brought me into this world so full of things to see. I would see all the people who love me, and who I will always love and will always remember.

Now that my three days have come and gone, now that I have seen all the places I wanted to, and that all of this is engraved into my memory, I will most likely forget the big picture but remember the small things, for example, the way the first blossom of the tree rises on a spring morning, or the way the grass is so green on a cool summer day, these are all things that I hope to be able to see someday.

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Three Events Of 1999
 
 

1999, 365 days of events that happened to me, not all significant, but these events are.

It was mid summer, and my brother was visiting. I hadn't seen him in about a year, so we had some catching up to do. This moment is significant to me because, in the five or six days that he was visiting, I didn't have to look up to him, and he didn't have to look down to me, we were both the same, just two guys, that understood each other, and were having fun.

It was around Christmas time, and my sister was visiting from Montreal. I had recently seen her, but we still talked over music anyway. This was a significant moment to me because she ask me for advice, which is pretty awkward because I'm the younger brother, and she's the older sister. She asked for advice about her and her boyfriend breaking up, I had no clue what to tell her so, I just simply said " I'm sorry, are you okay. You better ask mom". And we both laughed because that's what she would have probably said to me.

Coming to an end of the year 1999, New Years had a significance to me because I spent the first second of the new millennium with my people who I love, trust and respect, and who do the same to me, my family. We lit a fire and watched the celebrating on T.V. The " When I was your age..." stories had there place in the evening, I didn't pay much attention to them I was more interested in who was saying them, people who I will love for eternity, my parents.

As you can see the year 1999 had some special moments in my life, it must have had some in yours too.