Descriptive Essay About Balik - 1217 Words

Name: Khai Seong Wong Assignment #4 ENGL 102 I first met Andrew â€Å"Andy† Balik four years ago at the church my partner attended. After years of being away, my partner and I moved back to Bayonne, New Jersey, a small peninsular town that shared a border with Jersey City, and is surrounded by Newark Bay, Upper New York Bay and Kill Van Kull. We were first introduced to Andy by his wife, Joanne. She is a loud and brash woman whose presence could easily fill up a room wherever she goes. Andy is a big and tall man who has a pair of 4-inch dark-rimmed glasses on that makes him appear bookish and intelligent. He always has a wealth of wisdom to impart and plenty of offensive, politically incorrect jokes to crack. He has this unmistakable, hearty†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"I’d have to say it was my time in the Air Force because I went into a novel career field. They gave you a test that covered eight different things to gauge your mechanical and critical thinking aptitude. I scored 15 out of 100. I was glad t hat I would not be a mechanic. I asked the sergeant, ‘what can I do,’ and he said ‘language school.’ I picked Russian because it was similar with my family language of Slovak. I went to an army language school in Texas, and was stationed in Hokkaido in northern Japan. It was during the Cold War, and I was responsible for intercepting Russian intelligence and translating highly classified information.† I became more intrigued with what he had to say. He continued, â€Å"once, we just had a very expensive new taping equipment installed. We were sure that we were going to pick up something of value over the airwaves. As I listened in the device, it picked up a Mickey Mouse cartoon dubbed in Japanese.† I could always count on Andy to inject a dose of humor. To this day, Andy is still heavily involved in the production of Bayonne, Today!, a local TV show that features interviews of local celebrities in Bayonne and New Jersey alike. He joined the pro duction in the early 1990s with then mayoral candidate, Lenny Kiczek. The show featured an impressive list of figures, from various New Jersey politicians and governors, to Captain Bayonne, to local boxing legend Chuck