Well, maybe I would describe the time when I get my mother the birthday present I made myself. Uh. If that present with the handmade flower. That gift took me a lot of time to finish. At first I had no intention making handmade gift because it’s quite a lot of time. But as I’m not, uh. I’m not have so many. So much money. So that I decide to make the presents on my own. And at first, I don’t know how to make the flower by paper. So that I have to search some videos on YouTube. So I could, uh, repeat the techniques to create my own. It’s quite hard at first. Like, I don’t know how they could fold the paper so neatly to create this shape of the flower. And this was so amazing that after about few. Few nights, I finished the, uh, present. And. And I could say that it’s worth an exhaustingime experiencet to me. Because, uh. I have to spend a lot of time on that. I. Because I want to make my mother surprised. So that I don’t tell her what I prepared for her birthday present. But somehow when I gave the present to her, she said, uh. That she knows, uh, about this present a few days ago. And I was a little bit sad. But anyway, she was so happy. So I think that this was, um. A success. A successful ##ful missions that’really delight and grateful.
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I remember the time I gave my mom a handmade birthday present. It was a flower made from paper, and it took me a lot of time to finish. I wasn't planning on making a handmade gift at first, because it seemed like a lot of work. But I didn't have much money, so I decided to make something myself. I didn't know how to make paper flowers, so I had to watch some YouTube videos to learn the techniques. It was really hard at first, I couldn't figure out how they folded the paper so neatly to create the flower shape. But after a few nights of practice, I finally finished the present. It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. I wanted to surprise my mom, so I didn't tell her what I was making. But somehow, she found out about the present a few days before her birthday. I was a little disappointed, but she was so happy when I gave it to her. It was a successful mission, and I was glad I could make her happy.
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