I would say I am not a person who really interferes in another person’s life. But today I am going to talk about one occasion when unintentionally I got listened to some of the conversation of a stranger person. I remember a time when I was travelling in a bus to my home. I was going from my hostel to my home to surprise my parents. The person just sitting with me, he was on call with I guess with his five. And he was continuously talking about the gifts. He was talking about the gifts he bought for his children and some clothes for his wife. And one of the toys that I remember he discussed, it was a car. It was blue in colour and as he was describing these packs, I got to know that the quality of that car was really good quality. And he mentioned some of the clothes for his grandparents as well. And the most important thing that I remember about that incident, he was about to surprise his children. He didn’t tell his children that he is going to come home. So I think that was the moment when that reminds me of my father. That reminded me of my father and because my father used to do these kind of surprises. And he always surprised us with new gifts when he came to our home. To sum it up, I would say we should appreciate these kind of surprises. And as it was unintentionally listening to some other person’s conversation, I would say that these kind of surprises got emotional me. And I would say I would love to have these kind of surprises.
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I would say I am not a person who really interferes in another person's life. But today I am going to talk about one occasion when unintentionally I listened to some of the conversation of a stranger. I remember a time when I was traveling on a bus to my home. I was going from my hostel to my home to surprise my parents. The person sitting next to me was on a call, I guess with his wife. He was continuously talking about the gifts he bought for his children and some clothes for his wife. One of the toys that I remember he discussed was a car. It was blue in color, and as he was describing these items, I learned that the quality of that car was really good. He also mentioned some clothes for his grandparents. The most important thing that I remember about that incident is that he was about to surprise his children. He didn't tell his children that he was going to come home. I think that was the moment that reminded me of my father. It reminded me of my father because he used to do these kinds of surprises. He always surprised us with new gifts when he came home. To sum it up, I would say we should appreciate these kinds of surprises. Even though I was unintentionally listening to another person's conversation, I would say that these kinds of surprises moved me emotionally. I would love to have these kinds of surprises.
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