When I was 19 years old, my parents and I were going to our Bangkok anniversary. He decided to get together in order to celebrate his anniversary with his wife. So we decided to attend. Even though we tried to get ready really quickly in order to be there on time, we still had to face some circumstances which were unlikely to happen. Our car unfortunately broke down and we were on the middle of the road. The place that the anniversary and the celebration was held was kind of far away from Tehran. It was around suburbs. So we didn’t know what to do. My father called some car services in order to maintain the car. They arrived I think after two hours and they tried to repair the car. But it was too late so we had to take a cab. That unfortunate event resulted in our late arrival. All the guests were already there so it was really awkward. But at the end of the night we tried to enjoy ourselves and move past that really unfortunate event. We tried to celebrate our uncle’s anniversary. We even prepared some gifts but because the cab was really small, we couldn’t get our stuff in the car. So at the end we had to leave those presents and go there without anything. It was really unfortunate and it was really weird. At the end my grandmother saw our faces and she felt like something bad had happened to us. So she was like what happened and we said about what happened to our car. I think the engine was at fault or something I’m not sure. She tried to comfort us.
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When I was 19 years old, my parents and I were going to my uncle's anniversary in Bangkok. He decided to get together to celebrate his anniversary with his wife, so we decided to attend. Even though we tried to get ready quickly to be there on time, we still faced some circumstances that were unlikely to happen. Our car unfortunately broke down, and we were in the middle of the road. The place where the anniversary celebration was held was kind of far away from Tehran, in the suburbs. We didn't know what to do. My father called some car services to repair the car. They arrived, I think, after two hours and tried to fix it. But it was too late, so we had to take a cab. That unfortunate event resulted in our late arrival. All the guests were already there, so it was really awkward. But at the end of the night, we tried to enjoy ourselves and move past that unfortunate event. We tried to celebrate my uncle's anniversary. We even prepared some gifts, but because the cab was really small, we couldn't fit our things in the car. So in the end, we had to leave those presents and go without anything. It was really unfortunate and quite weird. Eventually, my grandmother saw our faces and sensed that something bad had happened to us. She asked what happened, and we explained about our car. I think the engine was at fault or something; I'm not sure. She tried to comfort us.
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