Long Journey
At a steadily slow pace, the boat creaked along the gloomy waters. The constant rolling motion of the waves wove a spell on everyone's mind, creating a dull world where nothing ever changed except the rolling of the waves and an occasional cry from an infant. Nobody had a clue if they would live through this expedition, but it was a chance they were all willing to take.The boat of refugees from Vietnam were trapped in a prison of water, desperately searching for the key to their cell, which was American land. Not only were the drifters in complete isolation from the world, but they were in constant fear for their lives. Sickness seemed to overtake them, slowly sucking the life out of the weak. Also, fears of raiding pirates crowded every last ounce of sanity that they could muster. Only two days earlier the trailing boat had been overtaken by a band of pirates. These are not the same pirates you dream about in Wonderland, these ones carry automatic machine guns instead of swords. You probably can't even imagine the terror that the overtaken boat went through as the pirates murdered and raped the ones unfortunate enough to live so long. Miracously, my present boss Long Kieu, survived this ordeal. Long has a very unique p
ersonality. During work hours, he is seen as a very intense individual who could intimidate the top CEO's of any company; after work hours he transforms into a funny mellow character that will do anything for a laugh. He's always telling jokes about his life experiences and trials. Another important characteristic is his drive to succeed, this is mainly why he is in his present condition today. As he began to grow more proficient in reading, he began to start studying about computers. He told me that he wanted to get involved with computers so he didn't have to get involved with anybody else. He could just sit there and communicate with the computer, and not worry about having to deal with communicating with people. When his computer skills started to improve, he landed a job at a small software company where he had to program on a picnic bench in the lunchroom. Even though this doesn't sound like your ideal job, it was paradise to Long. This started off his brilliant career in computer programming. Since then he's worked at numerous well heard of places including: Walt Disney, Speedo, Packard Bell, Warnaco (which sells brands such as Calvin Klein, Warner's and Olga), and ma
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Approximate Word count = 803
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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