"Life"(one of journals for class)

Life can be full of surprises sometimes. You can never expect a lot to happen in one single day or even a week. For me, theres has been many unexpected moments in my life, and some are good some are not so great. A day ago I was walking to the Westport building to meet up with my friend and I saw a good buddy of mine from one of my previous classes two semesters ago. It was really good to see him and catch up a little because we were both in a hurry to get somewhere. Even if it was for a little while, it was still good to see him considering I don't see him that often as I see my other friends. This is what I mean when I say that life can be full of surprises sometimes, even the little things in life can make an impact on your life and surprise you. In a sport, whether its basketball, cheerleading, or tennis the effort you put into it can even exceed your expectations and even shock yourself. For example, when basketball teams practice each day and a few people make 30 shots in a row that just might be shocking but also a great feeling of a step towards a great goal. Another example, cheerleaders practice almost everyday to get their routines right and everything perfect for games and competitions. When they get everything on point and perfect after so many times of practice they have a great feeling and exceed their expectations. My motto is always life life with no regrets because you only live once. I can say proudly that I've done many things in my life that I thought I would never do because either I was scared or afraid. One of the many things that I've done would be riding Nitro (rollercoaster in six flags). It was the most scariest feeling ever I closed my eyes throughout half of the ride, but I have to admit it was kind of fun. I remember when I was in Malaysia, I spent an hour walking up many narrow steps of a temple, I never thought in my life I would do that, but I did and I conquered my fear of heights. I almost suffered from dehydration afterwards because Malaysia is very humid since its right near the equator and walking up those narrow steps that aren't even isn't exactly easy at all. Last thurday September 16, 2010, we had two tornadoes that hit us, it was the worst disaster ever. My hometown Flushing, Queens got hit the hardest I was in shock when I saw the pictures in the chinese newspaper and the stories I heard. I saw pictures of trees fallen down, roots pulled out with the trees, cars damaged, the whole street of main street flushing with trees and a piece of the church that was taken apart by the tornado. Main Street, Flushing was closed down because a lot of damaged happened and police were investigatin on what occured. My best friend didn't get home until midnight that day because her dad was stuck in traffic for an hour. I was completely worried because I knew that I wasn't going to be calm until I know that she was home and fine from all this mess. I guess that's how I am because I care a lot about my best friends/friends and family. I'm glad she didn't take have to take the LIRR or the 7 train because the 7 train wasn't running at the time due to the incident of trees on the tracks. I texted my best friend the whole time until she got home since it was late and it's also dangerous at night. I also called my relatives in Fushing and made sure they were okay and safe at home. This whole tornado situation that I just explained about is also an unexpected occurance in life that surprises us to no end. It is crazy how something can destroy a part of New York in such a small amount of time. I live in Staten Island, and I'm just glad I survived this thing and I'm greatful that we didn't get hit with it badly. Live life to the fullest and don't regret it because you have a lot to live for and you only have one life..