1 Corinthians 12:4-7 explains, “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” There is a ministry for all writers looking to give what they have received.
The pieces below were composed in response to the prompt:
* Plan a review about a restaurant, store, or other place you know well. Include two sentences using commas after introductory phrases.
Maui by: Halle Smith
In Maui, Hawaii located on the main island. Maui has a ton of waterfalls, pools, beaches, activities etc. But my favorite is the beaches, because the beaches are hot, quiet and fun to build sandcastles with. Also, beaches have cafes on the sand and in shallow waters or the ocean. In the ocean you can go fishing, swimming, diving, scuba diving etc.
The beaches have pools with hot tubs close by. In the pools there is a giant ship where you can glide down against a waterfall or you can also climb a wall while being squirted with water! One of the best features on the ship is the diving board. They also have the best food my favorite is the smoke salmon with coconut sauce. When you walk in the restaurant you can smell the food, hear the sizzling of the food on the pan, and see the fish rotating over a coal fire. But when you taste the food it is like heaven. Every flavor imaginable you can taste. Then after an exciting day of climbing rock walls, swimming in the cool, chilling ocean. You will feel happy and exhausted. You will want to sit back relax and wait for another day in paradise.
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Old Country Buffet by: Evan Lam
Old Country Buffet is well rounded in service, food, cleanness, and many other things. Right away, when you walk into the buffet, you will realize that their place is well spaced, and at the same time very clean. When your too-happy-to-help server happily pulls you to your table, you see that the tables and chairs are wiped down efficiently, but with no dirty spots.
When you finally settle down at your table, you will be urged to grab food, by the great smell of crispy bacon wafting from the kitchen. At the food stations, there is a large variety of food, from crunchy, warm tacos, to cold, soft cantaloupe. As you look at the food in each tray you see that the foods aren’t mixed with the gravy on the next tray. Wrestling your food back to your table, so that it doesn’t drop, you sit down to vaporize the mac n’ cheese, chicken noodle soup, mashed potato and gravy, and last but not least, the sweet and juicy steak that is freshly cut the chef.
As you finish your plate of gravy, you feel so full that you might burst. Quickly, your server swoops by and takes your empty plate in a blink of an eye. Soon, you feel like you can have cotton candy, so you get up, and walk to the cotton candy station. Within a minute, a lady hands you your cotton candy and you are happily eating your sugary dessert. As you walk out the door, you feel satisfied, your stomach and your conscience about not over spending.
When you finally settle down at your table, you will be urged to grab food, by the great smell of crispy bacon wafting from the kitchen. At the food stations, there is a large variety of food, from crunchy, warm tacos, to cold, soft cantaloupe. As you look at the food in each tray you see that the foods aren’t mixed with the gravy on the next tray. Wrestling your food back to your table, so that it doesn’t drop, you sit down to vaporize the mac n’ cheese, chicken noodle soup, mashed potato and gravy, and last but not least, the sweet and juicy steak that is freshly cut the chef.
As you finish your plate of gravy, you feel so full that you might burst. Quickly, your server swoops by and takes your empty plate in a blink of an eye. Soon, you feel like you can have cotton candy, so you get up, and walk to the cotton candy station. Within a minute, a lady hands you your cotton candy and you are happily eating your sugary dessert. As you walk out the door, you feel satisfied, your stomach and your conscience about not over spending.
Universal Studios by: Amelia Park
Universal is a place where it can be ‘Hello Kitty World’, ‘Super heroes World’, ‘Dinosaurs World’, and all kinds or character worlds you could think of. Entering the Universal studio, you will be dreaming about yourself being a main character of a bedtime stories you appreciated. It is because Universal studio is a perfect place for house who are full of dreams and wonders.
First of all, the rides are extremely realistic and amazing. Riding the rides in Universal Studio, you will realize that they are based on very famous movies and shows such as Jaws, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and even more. For example, if you decide to get thrilled by riding Jaws ride, very suddenly Jaws, the shark will be right in front of you, showing its great white teeth and being ready to swallow you in one bite. With these thrilling rides, you will be screaming and laughing, throwing out worries and stresses in the air.
Also, stores in Universal Studio are great to go to. Just like any other thing in Universal studio, stores are designed to be full of adorable characters. Furthermore, they are full of souvenirs you could never be able to purchase again in any other place. As an example, there are cute stuff like Tinker bells, Sesame Street, or hello kitty. There are also scary items such as Jaws and Zombie masks. With so many items, stores in Universal studio are places where normal characters can become the most special items in the whole universe!
If you become hungry while playing, restaurants are always nice to go. They are very clean, even the restrooms, and have a variety of food you can enjoy. You can try American food such as fries and hamburgers, or pick new choices from Asian food such as sushi, teriyaki, and kimchi. I think I loved the teriyaki especially. You will have a lovely, relaxing rest in such a comfortable place.
Finally, there is a parade called “Character Parade” in the evening. If you are not very excited in riding rides and do extreme stuff, the character parade would be perfect for you! There is every character you can think of, waving hands and taking pictures with you. Even Elmo and Cookie Monster from Sesame Street, Tinker Bells and Totoro will be a great friend to you!
These are the reasons why I highly recommend you a dream place, Universal Studio. Trust me, I bet you will have TONS of fun and it will be one of the best memories of all!
First of all, the rides are extremely realistic and amazing. Riding the rides in Universal Studio, you will realize that they are based on very famous movies and shows such as Jaws, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and even more. For example, if you decide to get thrilled by riding Jaws ride, very suddenly Jaws, the shark will be right in front of you, showing its great white teeth and being ready to swallow you in one bite. With these thrilling rides, you will be screaming and laughing, throwing out worries and stresses in the air.
Also, stores in Universal Studio are great to go to. Just like any other thing in Universal studio, stores are designed to be full of adorable characters. Furthermore, they are full of souvenirs you could never be able to purchase again in any other place. As an example, there are cute stuff like Tinker bells, Sesame Street, or hello kitty. There are also scary items such as Jaws and Zombie masks. With so many items, stores in Universal studio are places where normal characters can become the most special items in the whole universe!
If you become hungry while playing, restaurants are always nice to go. They are very clean, even the restrooms, and have a variety of food you can enjoy. You can try American food such as fries and hamburgers, or pick new choices from Asian food such as sushi, teriyaki, and kimchi. I think I loved the teriyaki especially. You will have a lovely, relaxing rest in such a comfortable place.
Finally, there is a parade called “Character Parade” in the evening. If you are not very excited in riding rides and do extreme stuff, the character parade would be perfect for you! There is every character you can think of, waving hands and taking pictures with you. Even Elmo and Cookie Monster from Sesame Street, Tinker Bells and Totoro will be a great friend to you!
These are the reasons why I highly recommend you a dream place, Universal Studio. Trust me, I bet you will have TONS of fun and it will be one of the best memories of all!
Chuckee Cheese's by: Talia Weiss
Chuck E Cheese: the ruiner of tokens, the crusher of tickets. Also, it smells atrocious.
First things first, it smells like a wet dog. This is a result of many things, including stinky children with sweat flying everywhere, fumes escaping from the rancid bathroom, and garbage and food dropped on the floor.
On the topic of food, it’s a biohazard. Every time we eat anything there, we end up buying a pizza, and someone ends up, to put it in the politest way possible, ‘losing their cookies’. Also, you are inevitably going to get food poisoning. In addition, the food isn’t even edible. They have plastic-like pizza, and sugary drinks that are at least 800 calories.
Although the Chuck E. Cheese character may look fun on the T.V., but in person he sure isn’t! The animatronic suit (picture below) is terrifying in real life. You can practically feel his beady, lifeless eyes staring into your soul.
Last, but definitely least, the games. Most of them are a millennia old, give or take. Also they glitch, one minute your looking Pac Man, the next a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic. To play the games, you have to buy tokens. For 4 tokens, it is one dollar. Imagine how much you have to pay for a hundred tokens! As well as all the things above, the most infuriating is when you don’t get your tickets.
Because of all the things above (and more!) I do not ever plan to attend Chuck E. Cheese.
First things first, it smells like a wet dog. This is a result of many things, including stinky children with sweat flying everywhere, fumes escaping from the rancid bathroom, and garbage and food dropped on the floor.
On the topic of food, it’s a biohazard. Every time we eat anything there, we end up buying a pizza, and someone ends up, to put it in the politest way possible, ‘losing their cookies’. Also, you are inevitably going to get food poisoning. In addition, the food isn’t even edible. They have plastic-like pizza, and sugary drinks that are at least 800 calories.
Although the Chuck E. Cheese character may look fun on the T.V., but in person he sure isn’t! The animatronic suit (picture below) is terrifying in real life. You can practically feel his beady, lifeless eyes staring into your soul.
Last, but definitely least, the games. Most of them are a millennia old, give or take. Also they glitch, one minute your looking Pac Man, the next a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic. To play the games, you have to buy tokens. For 4 tokens, it is one dollar. Imagine how much you have to pay for a hundred tokens! As well as all the things above, the most infuriating is when you don’t get your tickets.
Because of all the things above (and more!) I do not ever plan to attend Chuck E. Cheese.
Universal Studios by: Jessica Finch
Universal studios is a noteworthy place to have a breathtaking, relaxing time to spend with your family. It all starts with the extremely entertaining rides. My favorite was the Transformers 3D ride. You start in a small car and you get to watch all of the Transformers walk around and talk to you. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. Of course, there is another ride I loved. The ride was a simulator of a Simpson’s rollercoaster. At first, I was experiencing extreme nervousness, but I realized it was the most creative ride there. At one point of the ride, the baby Simpson popped up and sneezed all over me! It was so disgusting! Luckily, it was just water! I think the scariest ride there was the Jurassic Park ride. It was a water ride, and at the end you saw the light then you plummeted down eighty feet into a small pool filled with water! I cannot wait to go on it next time!
After, I went to the stores there. At the minion store I bought the comfiest, softest, most adorable slippers ever! They even had minion faces on them! It felt like I was placing my feet in a tub full of cotton balls. The second store was the Transformers store. There were lots of ultra-cool t-shirts, toys, and other souvenirs like a snow globe.
The food at Universal Studios is delicious! For lunch I devoured a barbeque sandwich and lemonade. For dessert I had elephant ears. They were sweet, buttery, and had so much cinnamon! I want another one!
The last thing we did was go on the tour. I got to be on the real, live sets of Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and the ancient movie, Jaws. For the Back to the Future set, I saw where the lightning bolt struck the Town Hall. On the set of Jurassic Park, I watched all of the life-size dinosaurs, and one of them spit on me! Finally, on the set of Jaws I observed the shark coming out of the water and the FAKE diver jumping in. The tour was so eye-opening and jaw-dropping!
Overall, Universal Studios is one of the most exciting places on earth! I hope you go someday. I cannot wait to go back next year!
After, I went to the stores there. At the minion store I bought the comfiest, softest, most adorable slippers ever! They even had minion faces on them! It felt like I was placing my feet in a tub full of cotton balls. The second store was the Transformers store. There were lots of ultra-cool t-shirts, toys, and other souvenirs like a snow globe.
The food at Universal Studios is delicious! For lunch I devoured a barbeque sandwich and lemonade. For dessert I had elephant ears. They were sweet, buttery, and had so much cinnamon! I want another one!
The last thing we did was go on the tour. I got to be on the real, live sets of Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and the ancient movie, Jaws. For the Back to the Future set, I saw where the lightning bolt struck the Town Hall. On the set of Jurassic Park, I watched all of the life-size dinosaurs, and one of them spit on me! Finally, on the set of Jaws I observed the shark coming out of the water and the FAKE diver jumping in. The tour was so eye-opening and jaw-dropping!
Overall, Universal Studios is one of the most exciting places on earth! I hope you go someday. I cannot wait to go back next year!