Dale's World
United States
June 2, 2010
These days, especially in the United States, it's easy to go online and go to a website and put in your name, and then right there in front of you is your family tree. Since almost all Americans are from immigrant families, our family trees often span across the globe. I have started to track down my own family tree. Your family tree is chart of who is related to whom. It's fun to know where our family members are. If you go to where ever they are in the world, then you are not alone, especially since you have family there.
I started to contact people with my last nime via a social media website and asked them to start to put their family history down in a email. I asked them to go as as far back as they can go. Personally, I only know of my grandfather and I don't know if he had brothers or sisters. So I stop right there.
Do you think it is a good or bad idea to get in touch with people that have your last name? It's like contacting a stranger, and your name is your only connection. How many family members do you know you are related to? How many people do you know in your family?
I can't wait to share what I find out about my family. Right now, I have contacted 60 people with my last name, and I am interested to see what will come out of it.
As a last bit of information, last year I was able to find out through a latin expert, that my last name, Acelar, means "fast." Acelar is related to the word "accelerate." Both come from the Latin "accelerātus," wich means to go faster. I am very proud to have a great and original last name!
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shanna2203
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12:46 AM Jun 08 2010 |
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ollina
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May 13, 2010
Wow, it's beautiful out today. Today has been called the warmest day of 2010 so far. How exciting for summer to be here. I am pretty weird about heat though. When I lived in the Philippines, my fear was to sweat and to be hot. That's why I love where I live. Yes, it does get hot--but not so hot that i have to worry about being covered in sweat. I would have to say, I believe that I have perfect weather.
What do most people do when it is nice out? For me, it depends on what mood I'm in. I usually sleep. I like the sun, but I get lazy. It's a weird mix. Because when it rains, I have the desire to clean!
I like being at the beach and riding Jet Skis. I love to scuba dive and I want to learn how to surf. I can't wait to Scuba dive again. Being in the water and the sun makes me happy.
It's amazing that just a small thing like a day being sunny can change everyone's mood from gloomy to happy.
I hope everyone has a fun day in the sun soon! For me, it's today. See ya!
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03:28 AM Sep 26 2011 |
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JIERCHEN
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04:28 AM May 25 2010 |
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This is me
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January 11, 2010
Recently, I was approached by an old friend who said, “I haven’t seen or heard from you in a long time, why didn’t you contact me?” I responded, “Why haven’t you contacted me?”
Then we had a long conversation about friends. Who are we obligated to stay in contact with and who are the ones we just let go until we reconnect again? Do we have friends out of convenience because of where we work? Or do we search for people to like us and then they become their friend? It was so much easier in our younger days, people became friends just by running in to one another. Now, we have to worry about who we trust in telling anyone any personal details. We have to worry about someone who gets too close, and worry about who we lend anything to.
As some of you know, I have had 4 different lives I have lived so far. Two (which I will mention here) of which are polar opposite. First, is the celebrity life I lived in the Philippines, while the second, is the manager of a large venue. My old friend asked me point blank, “Who is your true friend here?” Here meaning the Grand Central, the place I work. With no immediate response, he asked me – “When you were in the Philippines, who were your friends there?” This started to trouble me, because I realized that I do have friends everywhere… But I do not have really TRUE friends. I don't have any friends who I would consider as a confidant, a go-to person, someone you can lean on. Is that depressingly true? Can I not think of someone?
Even now, I don’t think I really have true friends. I have so many people I can go out with, people I can drink with, people I can watch a movie with. I guess I just need one good friend, and that is all I ever needed.
At the end of the conversation, I realized my only friend that my one true is my best friend, my girl.
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