71. Write about a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. (Hope College)
He knows he is balding but tries to act like it doesn't bother him.
He wears the same watch and carries the same wallet for 20 years and still refuses to replace them.
He cannot make out the difference between his brown pants and his cream pants.
He always finishes every grain of rice on his plate.
He likes his tea without any milk and the tiniest bit of sugar.
He has portraits of people who inspire him hung around the house: B.P. Koirala, Buddha, and Mahatma Gandhi.
He loves hiking because he knows it does good to his old heart.
He hates it when people disturb him while he is doing something.
He cannot type so fast so he asks me to do it for him.
He does not have patience for a keyboard with malfunctioning keys.
He won't stop doing something just because it doesn't seem possible.
He likes to steal ice-cream from the refrigerator once in a while.
He likes shaving his beard with the door ajar so that my little brother can watch him in amazement.
He believes that one cannot be a writer if he is not a reader.
He likes to tease me about getting old and disconnecting from the family.
He hates it when my mother scolds my siblings and me.
He likes to bring Disney movies back from his travels although he knows his kids are growing up.
He loves traveling and has been to more than 25 countries.
He is not particularly fond of dogs and is only tolerating the one at home because of us.
He lives by the words of Budhha when he wants to live in moderation.
He likes to work late into the night, although he tells me not to do the same.
He shows me the importance of being with the elders in the family. He thinks that I cannot hike for two hours without complaining, no matter how much I deny that fact.
He loves red wine.
When he is drunk, it seems to me like all the worries in the world are put to a rest with his deep, hearty laughs.
I tease him of dressing up like a Nepali politician but I can see the pride when he wears his national clothes.
He has a longing passion for the work he does.
He truly believes that he can make some difference to the world.
This is my father, whom I love very, very much. The pride and faith he has in his family, his job, his country, and his culture never fails to amaze me. He is a man of simplicity and wants nothing for himself. He works hard to make a living, to make sure his children grow up the right way, and to make sure that everyone he cares about is happy. His passion for his job and what he stands for is something that not many people posses. He loves what he does, and when I ask him when he is planning to retire, he says he is going to work till the very end. What my father is is everything I want to be. The kind heart that he possess, the amount of love he has for those he cares about, and his carefree nature about what other people think is something that I want, something that I am striving to have. He is my father, my idol, my inspiration.
