Okay, so to begin with, I would like to talk about a friend that I met in university. Also to give some background, we were in the same team when we first joined the university. We did work together in this project and through that, it gave us an opportunity to understand each other more. I remember vividly that after that experience, that the first time we have to bring some ideas with each other, we did hang out a lot afterwards. It turned out to be that we had a lot of similar hobbies and interests such as studying languages or going to some quiet and simple places for relax. Till now, she is a person that I can confide in from the stories of my family to do my studying. What stands out the most is her inspiring characters. For example, she helps me a lot in my studying when I have to struggle with some difficult exercises. Moreover, we normally rely on each other on exam season. She also gives me the emotional support when I have difficulties in life. So because of that, honestly, I feel very grateful to have a friend like that. It’s not only the support in studying but also in every other aspects in life. So that’s why I chose to talk
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Okay, so to begin with, I would like to talk about a friend that I met in university. To give some background, we were in the same team when we first joined the university. We worked together on a project, and through that, we had the opportunity to understand each other more. I remember vividly that after that experience, the first time we had to share some ideas with each other, we hung out a lot afterwards. It turned out that we had many similar hobbies and interests, such as studying languages and going to quiet, simple places to relax. To this day, she is a person I can confide in, from stories about my family to my studies. What stands out the most is her inspiring character. For example, she helps me a lot with my studies when I struggle with difficult exercises. Moreover, we rely on each other during exam season. She also provides emotional support when I face difficulties in life. Because of that, I honestly feel very grateful to have a friend like her. It's not only the support in studying but also in every other aspect of life. That's why I chose to talk about her.
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