Owing to the advancement in technology, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets are gaining grounds in today’s world. Today, I’ve got opportunity to talk about a time when someone gave me something that I really needed and it was none other than mobile phone. If my memory serves me well. In 2020, when a chronic disease COVID-19 arrived in my country and started taking life of many individuals, there was lockdown in all the states of my country. When situation became stable, after five, six months, shops used to open once in a week and schools planned to organize online classes so that the study of children does not get affected. I used my mother’s mobile phone. My mother being a tuition teacher, she had classes at the same time when I used to have. Then my father thought of giving me a mobile phone on my 16th birthday, which was iPhone 11. It was of black color and had two cameras at back. Although my father was on tight pocket, but he still bought an expensive phone, which was around 60,000. I felt very delighted and grateful and also thank God for giving me father who always fulfilled my needs. And I was really excited to use my mobile phone because I wanted it and I got it. To cut the long story in short, a time when someone gave me something was mobile phone as it was gifted by my father.
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Owing to the advancement in technology, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets are gaining ground in today's world. Today, I've got the opportunity to talk about a time when someone gave me something that I really needed, and it was none other than a mobile phone. If my memory serves me well, in 2020, when the chronic disease COVID-19 arrived in my country and started taking the lives of many individuals, there was a lockdown in all the states of my country. When the situation became stable, after five or six months, shops opened once a week, and schools planned to organize online classes so that the studies of children would not be affected. I used my mother's mobile phone. My mother, being a tuition teacher, had classes at the same time when I did. Then my father thought of giving me a mobile phone for my 16th birthday, which was an iPhone 11. It was black and had two cameras on the back. Although my father was on a tight budget, he still bought an expensive phone, which was around 60,000. I felt very delighted and grateful and also thanked God for giving me a father who always fulfilled my needs. I was really excited to use my mobile phone because I wanted it, and I got it. To cut a long story short, the time when someone gave me something was when my father gifted me a mobile phone.
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