There are places that call your name. Though _______ passes, there’s a lasting calling, an ancient appeal to experience their offerings. Egypt has always been that _______ place for me. I wanted to swing on a camel’s back while gazing (凝视) between its _______. I wanted to have a sense of how its people _______ life, death and rebirth.

I lost loved ones like many during the COVID. One result for me was a _______ that no one knows what’s around the comer. Life is precious and _______ I have to ride a camel, the time is now.

On my second day in Egypt, my four-legged adventure partner, called Humphrey, and I _______ each other. Then I swung my leg over his back and the owner signaled him to _______ so I could move toward the location of the best _______ advantage. The smile on my face in those photos is beyond ________.

Amazingly, the camel boss asked, “You ride horses?” “Yes.” He threw the rein (缰绳) up to me and said, “It’s just like a horse.”

I was ________. “Can I go anywhere?” He nodded.

Unbelievably, I rode with Humphrey and gazed between his ears at the most spectacular view of the Great Pyramid of Giza, a wonder that has ________ to the present day. As I ________ my way back, the camel boss asked if I wanted to go faster. Of course!

Returning Canada, I continue to feel the magic and mystery of Egypt, as if it was deeply rooted in my heart. Death cannot be avoided, and the Egyptians ________ that view. They did not fear death but planned for it by living ________. Even for a camel-riding.

Why are younger age group so much more willing to post an offensive message on social media? Why aren’t we changing the _________ in the actual cyberbully (网络欺凌)? That’s when I had a(n) _________. What if I gave them a chance to _________ what they were doing? If an adolescent _________ to post an offensive message on social media, and if I went, “Whoa! Hold on. You’re about to _________ an offensive message to someone. That can really _________ them. Are you sure you want to post this message?”, would they still be _________to do it?

So early this year, using my science and technology skills, I _________ a software system. And basically, they were able to compare whether a _________ which caused adolescents to consider what they were doing actually reduce their __________ to post offensive messages.

In the end, I was able to get 1,500 __________ trials of data. 93% of the time when adolescents __________ a caution that says, “Whoa! You’re about to post an offensive message”, they finally __________ their mind. I was able to __________ the willingness to post offensive messages from 71.4% to 4.6%.

Now, the app Rethink has become __________ popular. I also currently hold a patent for this __________ idea. According to the data, Rethink has __________ that, in those seconds, when you decide whether or not you’re going to hit “post”, the __________ of the seconds means so much in the future. So, I__________ all of you: rethink before the damage is done. We need to slow down,__________, and consider what we’re doing.

From the age of eight, I had to contribute my share of labor along with my father. Our family was too poor to ________paid laborers. Working in the rice fields was no easy job, especially in summer. The________sun would beat upon my back. With only a hat, a shirt and a pair of shorts as my________, I would be sweating like a pig within seconds.

One day, while resting beside the field, I________my present life: My family was tied to land, doing________jobs every day. How could we and farmers like us have________to a better life? ________ of this, I was suddenly consumed with great pity and great respect for them, and the focus of my________began to extend beyond myself and my family. A voice inside me________that I should do something to help that. It was right then ________ I promised to pursue useful knowledge and technology to________their burden of labor. This dream ________ me hard to go to a university on a scholarship and________earn a degree on agriculture.

Although now I went into academic research, I would always________what working in the rice fields had taught me: Your hard work will be________if you plant your feet firmly on the ground, for being down-to-earth is an unbroken truth.