To be honest, it is a not easy task to wait something because it requires a lot of patience here today. I would like to talk about a time when I waited for something. It is a few years ago when I was in my graduation. I remember I was in my final master’s exam and it was a project which was built in a laptop. Unfortunately, I did not have a laptop to prepare. Actually, it was necessary to make a project easily. I used to ask my friend for a laptop to complete my project. Moreover, I also wanted to have my own laptop because it was not a good thing to borrow a laptop every time from my friend. Then I asked my mother to purchase a laptop as my mother had not enough income. So, it was not affordable for her to buy immediately. My mother loves me a lot and fully my whole fish is since my childhood. She suggested my old laptop but I did not agree. Hence, she told me to wait for the laptop till New Year. Instead of old laptop, I made my mind to wait for a few months. Basically, I made my decision to wait for new laptop because I wanted to get the latest model with the advanced feature. Needless to say, it was a really difficult period to wait for four months. I was not aware of some where. I also was excited. Until that time, I managed my project routine same as before. Finally, the day came when my mother gifted me a black color HP model laptop. I thanked my mother for brand new laptop and hugged her tightly. Also, I feel over the moon and getting a new laptop.
Band 6+: Describe an occasion when you waited a long time for a nice thing You should say: When it happened What the nice thing was How long you waited Why you waited for a long time And explain how you felt about the experience
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To be honest, it is not an easy task to wait for something because it requires a lot of patience. Here today, I would like to talk about a time when I waited for something. It was a few years ago when I was in my graduation. I remember I was in my final master's exam, and it was a project that was built on a laptop. Unfortunately, I did not have a laptop to prepare. It was necessary to have a laptop to complete my project easily. I used to ask my friend for a laptop to finish my project. Moreover, I also wanted to have my own laptop because it was not ideal to borrow a laptop every time from my friend. Then I asked my mother to purchase a laptop, but my mother did not have enough income. So, it was not affordable for her to buy one immediately. My mother loves me a lot and has supported me since my childhood. She suggested my old laptop, but I did not agree. Hence, she told me to wait for the laptop until New Year. Instead of using the old laptop, I decided to wait for a few months. I made my decision to wait for a new laptop because I wanted to get the latest model with advanced features. Needless to say, it was a really difficult period to wait for four months. I was not aware of some things, but I was also excited. Until that time, I managed my project routine the same as before. Finally, the day came when my mother gifted me a black HP laptop. I thanked my mother for the brand new laptop and hugged her tightly. I felt over the moon about getting a new laptop.
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