Actually, I count myself as a person who doesn’t like puzzles, crosswords and all that stuff. And I don’t know the accurate reason, but I can observe that from my childhood. And I remember when I was a little kid, I have never loved crosswords, puzzles. And I think it is because I couldn’t solve it. And it was my weakness part, because I couldn’t do that. And I also have a lot of memories of how my parents bought me puzzles, jigsaws. But I tried my best, but I couldn’t solve it. And I was mad because when you were a child and you put a lot of effort in, when your tenacity didn’t pay off, it really hurts you when you were a little kid. So I just stopped to solve all that stuff. But one day I remember how my father bought me some puzzles. And that puzzle was a picture of the London. And you need to build up with lots of little details. And the art was about one thousand details. And it was really a top-executed puzzle for me. But I was solving it about three days. And in the end of the days, I could solve it. And I really felt myself like a genius. Also, I want to mention that I had a lot of puzzles. And yes, I solved a lot of them, but not by myself. Also, when I relay with my father, with my sister, and my sister loves all that stuff with jigsaws, puzzles, and she really has some passion. So with her help, I could solve that puzzle. But when I solved my first puzzle by myself, it was a picture of the London. And I really, even now, felt proud of myself.
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Actually, I count myself as a person who doesn't like puzzles, crosswords, and all that stuff. I don't know the exact reason, but I can observe that from my childhood. I remember when I was a little kid, I never loved crosswords or puzzles. I think it is because I couldn't solve them. It was my weak point because I couldn't do that. I also have a lot of memories of how my parents bought me puzzles and jigsaws. I tried my best, but I couldn't solve them. I was frustrated because when you are a child and you put a lot of effort in, and your tenacity doesn't pay off, it really hurts you. So I just stopped trying to solve all that stuff. But one day, I remember how my father bought me a puzzle. That puzzle was a picture of London, and you needed to build it up with lots of little details. The puzzle had about one thousand pieces, and it was really a well-executed puzzle for me. I worked on it for about three days, and at the end of those days, I managed to solve it. I really felt like a genius. I also want to mention that I had a lot of puzzles, and yes, I solved many of them, but not by myself. When I worked with my father and my sister, my sister loves all that stuff with jigsaws and puzzles, and she really has a passion for it. With her help, I could solve that puzzle. But when I solved my first puzzle by myself, it was a picture of London, and I still feel proud of myself.
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