Okay, now I would like to talk about a time that I lost something that is really important. So that was my military certificate, and I needed that for my graduation assessment. So I remember that happens like few days ago because when my teacher told us that we need some several documents to complete a form and turn it in before Thursday, I was panic and I was really flustered because I didn’t remember where I put this certificate. Um, then, for a moment, I thought that I might have forgotten it at school or maybe accidentally threw it away or something because I tend to forget about, like, the location that I put things and sometimes when I see my tables get too messy I would just like take everything on the table and throw it in a trash and it is a very bad habit of me so I thought the certificate ended up in the garbage can so I tried to search it, I tried to search for it but I didn’t see anything. So that day, I suddenly remembered that I told my mom to put it in the safe for me because I might need it in the future and when I phoned my mom to ask about their certificate, she told me that she did put it in the safe. And it was exactly where she told me it would be, so it was there all along, and I was worried about nothing. So yeah. So the moral of the story is that I would have to take notes of everything that I think about I consider important, and I think next time I will note the location of these important items in a book.
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Okay, now I would like to talk about a time when I lost something that was really important. That was my military certificate, and I needed it for my graduation assessment. I remember that happened a few days ago because my teacher told us that we needed several documents to complete a form and turn it in before Thursday. I was panicking and really flustered because I didn't remember where I had put this certificate. For a moment, I thought that I might have forgotten it at school or maybe accidentally thrown it away or something because I tend to forget the location of things. Sometimes, when I see my table getting too messy, I just take everything on the table and throw it in the trash, which is a very bad habit of mine. So I thought the certificate ended up in the garbage can. I tried to search for it, but I didn't see anything. That day, I suddenly remembered that I had told my mom to put it in the safe for me because I might need it in the future. When I phoned my mom to ask about the certificate, she told me that she did put it in the safe. It was exactly where she said it would be, so it was there all along, and I was worried for nothing. So yeah, the moral of the story is that I need to take notes of everything I consider important, and I think next time I will note the location of these important items in a book.
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