Alright, so I want to tell you about a story that happened to me just a year ago. So 2026, I won a summer program. I was the only winner from Kyrgyzstan. And in July of this year I went to US and there I met a lot of friendly people. Like I met around 20 or even 25, uh, international teenagers from all around the world. And we came to a campus where we should live. So when we came there, it turned out that administrations in a hotel, uh, had some issues or problems with their computers. So that’s why they just couldn’t give us a room. So that’s why we were standing there for about three hours just waiting for these computers to work. So that’s why we’ve been standing there for about like three hours. And our phones were not working because we didn’t have any SIM cards and we didn’t have anything to do. So I just came with some idea to my friends, I suppose that we could play a game. And I just created a new game called a frog. So I put all the people in a circle and we started playing this game for two hours. And we just didn’t realize how fast this time could last because three hours could actually sound too long. But at that day it lasted for like three minutes actually. And I felt really good because of doing that. I was the one creator and initiator to do this. So that’s why everyone shouted like, yes. Woohoo. And after that, of course we get our runes of all of this waiting in this queue. And that’s why I felt really excited at the same time and overwhelming.
Band 7+: Describe an occasion when you had to wait a long time for something. You should say: - What you were waiting for - Why the wait was so long - What you did while you were waiting And explain how you felt during the waiting period.
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Alright, so I want to tell you about a story that happened to me just a year ago. In 2026, I won a summer program. I was the only winner from Kyrgyzstan. In July of that year, I went to the US and there I met a lot of friendly people. I met around 20 or even 25 international teenagers from all around the world. We came to a campus where we were supposed to live. When we arrived, it turned out that the administration in a hotel had some issues or problems with their computers. So that's why they just couldn't give us a room. So we were standing there for about three hours just waiting for these computers to work. Our phones were not working because we didn't have any SIM cards, and we had nothing to do. So I came up with an idea for my friends; I suggested that we could play a game. I just created a new game called Frog. I put all the people in a circle, and we started playing this game for two hours. We just didn't realize how fast the time could pass because three hours could actually sound too long, but that day it felt like three minutes. I felt really good because of doing that. I was the one creator and initiator of this. So everyone shouted, yes, woohoo. After that, of course, we got our rooms after all this waiting in the queue. And that's why I felt really excited and overwhelmed at the same time.
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