It was five years ago I wanted to travel to the US but it wasn’t successful so I was wondering why it was not. So I was told with the rejection paper they gave me that I’m supposed to have a certain amount of money in my account that I can’t or will not be able to sustain me. That is what I presented. And there are also friends that told me that I could also go through invitations later but I hadn’t anybody to give me that invitation. This is what I wanted to do but it was not very successful. And then I’ve been trying to see what I could do in the future because it’s also in my bucket list of visiting new years. So I’ve tried serving money. I even joined the cooperative society where I contributed a certain amount of money on a monthly basis to be able to build up my account because I would like to visit the US. I was also told that I should take an exam so that I’ll be able to also pave my way in. And all these are all I’ve been trying to do that I believe that it will be a success when the most important thing is having a plan and trying to make up the plan by doing certain things and that I’ve been in my pipeline and I believe that I will be able to do it. That’s why.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren't very successful. You should say: when it was what you tried to do why you were not successful in doing it.
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It was five years ago when I wanted to travel to the US, but I wasn't successful, so I was wondering why that was. I was told in the rejection letter that I was supposed to have a certain amount of money in my account that I couldn't or would not be able to sustain me. That is what I presented. There were also friends who told me that I could go through invitations later, but I didn't have anyone to give me that invitation. This is what I wanted to do, but it was not very successful. Since then, I've been trying to see what I could do in the future because visiting the US is also on my bucket list. I've tried saving money. I even joined a cooperative society where I contribute a certain amount of money on a monthly basis to build up my account because I would like to visit the US. I was also told that I should take an exam to help pave my way in. All these are things I've been trying to do, and I believe it will be a success. The most important thing is having a plan and trying to execute that plan by doing certain things. That has been in my pipeline, and I believe that I will be able to do it. That's why.
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