<p>Ahh I m soo behind on movies, still havent watched django or a whole bunch of other things</p>
<p>I like to kayak…but only recreationally haha :p</p>
<p>Sent from my SGH-T959P using CC</p>
<p>I want to try again:) Kayaking was soo much fun the last time I tried…</p>
<p>Oh and my dad is ‘THE’ movie buff of the century…He got a home theater along with all the movies from the 80’s till date…Surprising that he never watches any of them now:)</p>
<p>@KD
I agree, though a lot of people here in Mauritius actually know a lot about movies (we download anything to see if we like it) 
I haven’t sailed, been on a sail boat with someone else sailing though, but I was much younger (we were in Seychelles) - loved that trip :D</p>
<p>@Rishav
You could probably download it online? 
But I do recommend it when it comes out!</p>
<p>@Canadian
Not sure any of us do kayaking as an actual sport? <em>Somebody correct me if I am wrong</em>
You are lagging behind! :P</p>
<p>@Quiver
Where did you go kayaking? (like ocean, river, raging river, rapids) xP</p>
<p>Wow! How theatre and almost/all the movies from the 80’s till now… respect! I’ve only got a couple on my laptop… but they are my favourites and I download others when I find a new movie I could watch over and over and over again :)</p>
<p>river----:)But don’t know how different it was from ocean cause there was not much flow in river anyways:)</p>
<p>@Quiver
Was the river calm?
For me the ocean has small swell and waves, so your kayak keeps going up and down… sometimes turning over :)</p>
<p>yup…definitely a smooth ride:)Well this ride was more of a joyride anyways!!</p>
<p>@Raith - Well when I said “That doesn’t matter…” , I meant I’d download it!!
Even the HD print is up!! :D</p>
<p>And I went kayaking in a river too - twice at the same place!! :)</p>
<p>More like the catchment area of the river but luckily, the second time, it started raining and the river picked up a slight current & we(my brother & I) got drenched!! :p</p>
<p>^ I actually based my commonapp essay on that … so a lot is riding on it!! :)</p>
<p>@Rishav
Haha nice! :P</p>
<p>Clearly you really enjoy kayaking ;)</p>
<p>My common app short essay was about kite surfing 
My long essay was about my sister (the role model type question) :)</p>
<p>@ Raith :Ahh! Nice!!:D</p>
<p>I answered the “significant experience” question!! :)</p>
<p>I wrote about my love for MUNs in the short extra-curricular prompt! </p>
<p>Btw,did you get around to sending an arts supplement??</p>
<p>@Rishav
MUN??</p>
<p>I sent them an email asking if it was ok to send a link to soundcloud or a similar sort of web based site. Unfortunately no reply yet 
been trying to record some pieces but I keep messing up xP not sure if it will help… plus I have only found the form on their website - which doesn’t seem to help me that much.
I think it is probably just too late (but I am still trying to record some good stuff, just don’t have any good recording devices or software. Oh well what can you do? :P</p>
<p>@Raith: Rishav probably means Model United Nations.</p>
<p>To add to the conversation, my commonapp essay was called OmniBus (I’ll leave the rest to your imagination) and it was a lot different from my short essay on my passion for birdwatching!</p>
<p>Long essay title: “Spinning the Globe” (open to wild guesses lol)</p>
<p>Long answer: Putting myself outside the comfort zone.</p>
<p>Peer Rec: Great, but kind of stereotypical. </p>
<p>Very fun challenge to put my amazing and wonderful existence into a very generous 500 words (note the sarcasm). The CommonApp increased the word limit to 650 words for next year, so maybe my brother will have to cut less stuff out!</p>
<p>650 words? are you sure it doesnt come with a twist? like they have to stick to the stereotypical topics?</p>
<p>@Raith, MUN = Model United Nations as Keya said!! :)</p>
<p>Well you can’t do much!! They haven’t replied you say?? That’s weird!! :O</p>
<p>@Keya - Hmm…Interesting Which question/prompt did you write “Omnibus” under??
And yeah, CommonApp’s becoming better next year. And as my chances this time look bleak… I might get to use the new CommonApp as a transfer student!! :p</p>
<p>@Iboss, Something related to you dreaming in geography class about changing the world?? :p</p>
<p>& What do you mean by long answer & long essay? Is it the EC prompt & the personal essay you are referring to??</p>
<p>Ohh my CommonApp essay was titled “The Calm After the Storm” !! :p</p>
<p>The title’s a pun, cause even though it, in general, points out to the storm while kayaking & the calm after it, it also refers to the storm in my head & the calm after it!! :)</p>
<p>I think they’re changing the topics next year! 
500 words was so less ugh. Mine ended up longerrrr!</p>
<p>Also short essay : Soccaahhh! B)</p>
<p>Long essay : Standing up against eve teasing in public. And losing a few bones and winning bruises in the process.</p>
<p>Raith - Have you tried Audacity? :)</p>
<p>@guyinblue - Respect! :D</p>
<p>Sounds like you all wrote about such interesting topics… “points” deducted for not being very original Spoke about how if it wasn’t for my sister, I probably wouldn’t have gotten myself to work so hard or motivate myself to do so much better!</p>
<p>@Rishav
I really don’t think you will have to transfer but my word or opinion unfortunately isn’t really worth anything here xP</p>
<p>Oh ok, never done anything with the model UN… don’t even know what it really involves :/</p>
<p>Anyone feel like posting their short EC essay? (honestly the only one I wrote that I liked) haha</p>
<p>What is the best(proudest) thing that you have ever done??</p>
<p>Mine was the day I got called to receive an award for my service in Beijing…It was a ‘black collar night’ and stuff and all the people I saw there were like 30+years older than me…(I also did get a couple of looks for that;))They were awesome and soo friendly…Night to remember for a guy who has never ever left his hometown right…</p>
<p>Seriously… why does everyone have such awesome essay titles!! :’( This sucks :P</p>
<p>@Raith
The title of my essay was A night drive to Spain. Not really awesome or creative </p>
<p>@guyinblue
I had no problem at all with “only” 500 words. How long is your essay? :)</p>