I would like to talk about the most remarkable news that I received about my cousin. It is so happened that my cousin arh, my paternal uncle son put up the status on WhatsApp that he was flying to Canada for his higher education after senior secondary last month. I was scrolling through WhatsApp uh, when I got notification and I opened it, read his status that he got his visa and was going to Canada to do a course in business management. My joy. No. No bonds. No bonds. I was indeed on cloud nine. Given how much time, um, my cousin spent studying and doing hard work, passing his board exam came as no surprise. All those sleepless nights have definitely paid off. I am overjoyed about his accomplishment. Without a doubt. I called him immediately and congratulated him. I told him that I was very glad to know this good news, but at the same time I was bit angry that he didn’t told me anything about it before. When we met at a family reunion last month, he told me that it had been a sudden plan and he had not no attention to hide anything. He had no plans of going abroad because his parents were against it. But uh, ur had had an ultimate dream to study abroad so he had a tough time convincing his parents. But finally when his parents agreed, he applied his application. Uh, he got busy in his BA process so he didn’t get any chance to tell anyone about his plan. He also motivates me to follow his footstep to study abroad and I am thinking about it by getting inspired by him. So this was the incredible good news that I received about someone and make me happy.
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I'd like to share some wonderful news I received about my cousin. It happened that my cousin, my paternal uncle's son, posted a status on WhatsApp last month. He was flying to Canada for his higher education after completing senior secondary. I was scrolling through WhatsApp when I got a notification. I opened it and read his status, which said he had received his visa and was going to Canada to pursue a course in business management. My joy knew no bounds. I was truly on cloud nine. Considering how much time my cousin dedicated to studying and hard work, passing his board exam came as no surprise. All those sleepless nights had definitely paid off. I am overjoyed about his accomplishment. Without a doubt, I called him immediately and congratulated him. I told him I was very happy to hear this good news, but also a bit annoyed that he hadn't told me about it before. When we met at a family reunion last month, he explained that it had been a sudden plan and he hadn't intended to hide anything. He hadn't planned on going abroad because his parents were initially against it. However, he had always dreamed of studying abroad, so he had a tough time convincing his parents. But finally, when they agreed, he applied for his visa. He got busy with the application process and didn't have a chance to tell anyone about his plans. He also encouraged me to follow in his footsteps and study abroad, and I'm seriously considering it now, inspired by him. This was the incredible good news I received about someone that made me so happy.
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