Chapter 1- Doors to success

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Boom! Boom! Boom! My heart is racing as I'm dashing, like I'm running a 100 metre race. I slow down as I look at the time. 8:30. I still have plenty of time. I need to get there at nine. The route is simple. Walk five metres to Cherry street, take the bus at Steve station, run to the second bus to get to the destination. Approximately 35 minutes. I collapse into the second bus seat and slump with relief. But it's so busy. Crowds of people standing up on the bus, being pushed from pillar to post. What do I do? I can't cope with this.

Eureka. That's it. I put my headphones on and listen to calm music, as I daydream about yes, Dolphins. What can I say? They are my everything. You must be thinking that I'm working at an aquarium. No!! Aquariums are putrid prisons keeping sea life, like my darling dolphins captured. Animal cruelty at it's peak in 2028. No it's my first day at Andy Aerospace, one of the biggest and best aerospace companies ever which work closely with NASA. They were the ones who discovered a gas on Venus called Jungreis, a gas which helped cure the deadly virus, Ekberg. It was killing many people last year but they managed to find this mystery gas. It was always my dream to work with NASA and make revolutionary discoveries like this. This was a big deal for me and my dad. This morning my dad have me clear and sharp instructions, while I was eating pancakes with bananas and blueberries which I always eat for breakfast. It was called Chun li pancakes, named after this famous Chinese attorney, Lee Young li who was autistic and made pancakes where you can see all the colours so the person would not be alarmed by unexpected texture or flavour. This is precisely why I eat this every breakfast but it's fat free so it's healthy. It's a win win. 

My dad instructed me, 'Don't say anything weird and don't be too blunt. Side note I'm too honest for my good. My dad also said'' NO TALKING ABOUT DOLPHINS!!!I can't help it, I love dolphins. Anyways here I was, at Andy aerospace, anxious as ever. I barely made through the revolving door. I needed assistance by this lovely guy. I then felt foolish walking upwards. My nickname in Space University was FPA Henderson. For first place again Jasmine Henderson. Jasmine Henderson who remembers every book she read since birth but cannot go through a revolving door. Here I was at the door of my employer, George Jung. Boom! Boom! Boom!


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