Honestly, I consider myself as a really punctual person. So, even if it’s like morning classes at my school, I always try to be early, like 20 or 30 minutes earlier than it actually used to be. But there is some unforeseen circumstances. For example, traffic jam or other unexpected situations in which I can’t do something. So, today I’m going to talk about the situation when my cousin was gathering our family members and other relatives at his house. Originally, I had to be there at 6 after my extra classes. But the circumstances were that the bus in which I was coming accidentally had broken. I lost a lot of time by waiting for them to fix that. Since it was a rear-coming bus, I had no other choices, other except waiting. It was a really house. Everyone was yelling at bus driver while I was trying to remain calm. The taxi service is really expensive in my country. But anyway, I had no choice. So, I called the taxi. But anyway, I got stuck in traffic jam since it was rush hour. When I looked at the time, it was almost 7. And my cousin was calling to me and asking if I’m coming. I explained him all the situation and after which I arrived at 7.30. I found out that I missed all the… I missed all the… Interesting moments with my family. So, yeah.
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Honestly, I consider myself a really punctual person. Even for morning classes at my school, I always try to be early, like 20 or 30 minutes before they actually start. However, there are some unforeseen circumstances, such as traffic jams or other unexpected situations that can arise. Today, I'm going to talk about the time when my cousin was gathering our family members and other relatives at his house. Originally, I was supposed to be there at 6 after my extra classes. Unfortunately, the bus I was on broke down. I lost a lot of time waiting for them to fix it. Since it was a rare bus, I had no other choice but to wait. It was chaotic. Everyone was yelling at the bus driver while I was trying to remain calm. The taxi service is really expensive in my country, but I had no choice. So, I called a taxi. However, I got stuck in a traffic jam since it was rush hour. When I looked at the time, it was almost 7, and my cousin was calling me to ask if I was coming. I explained the situation to him, and I arrived at 7:30. I found out that I missed all the interesting moments with my family. So, yeah.
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