Giving and receiving gifts are one of the best things that we love. I remember a gift that I gave to my sister, that is a, uh, smartphone. And I felt that this gift was so precious to her because of, uh, so many reasons. And also, the phone is different from any other gift that I have ever given to someone because it was not locally assembled. Moreover, it was much expensive than any other present that I have given out. The reason owing to the following reasons, I feel that it was important to give the phone to my sister because she had, uh, performed well in an academic. And initially I had promised her that if she is going to do best in a KCSC exam, I would appreciate her, uh, with her phone. Therefore, when the results were out, we. It came out that she was the best student in a school. And this really motivated me to give, uh, her the present. Moreover, she needed the phone because she was joining college. Uh, therefore, she was in need of the phone so that she can use it, uh, through communication with her friends. In addition, she can use it, uh, when doing assignments or doing a research. Since when you’re in the university, most of the assignment is given so that you can do it online and you can use as way to do some research.
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Giving and receiving gifts are one of the best things that we love. I remember a gift that I gave to my sister, which was a smartphone. I felt that this gift was so precious to her for many reasons. The phone was different from any other gift that I have ever given to someone because it was not locally assembled. Moreover, it was much more expensive than any other present I have given. I feel that it was important to give the phone to my sister because she had performed well academically. Initially, I had promised her that if she did her best in the KCSE exam, I would reward her with a phone. Therefore, when the results came out, it showed that she was the best student in her school. This really motivated me to give her the present. Moreover, she needed the phone because she was joining college. She needed the phone to communicate with her friends. In addition, she could use it for assignments or research. When you're in university, most assignments are given so that you can do them online, and you can use it as a way to conduct research.
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