I’m a person who is really particular about keeping in contact with my old friends. But sometimes this happened that somehow we lost the connection with them. Especially when we move for our further studies when we get busy with our life. So this was one such incident when I got back my contact with one of my um, favorite friends of the past. And it happened during the last time when I came back home to my hometown to attend my cousin’s wedding. And it was during the Christmas time. So most of my friends, most of the people, my family members was uh, attending the function. So it was a bit far away from my homet town. So we had to travel there and reach there the previous day. So when I started attending the function, I found so many family, uh, phases in that function because that was the place where I have done my schooling, my um, schooling, especially the lower classes. So while I was sitting to take my breakfast, I found someone. And I was really familiar. The face was really familyiar for me, but I was not sure about who the person was. So I started staring at her and she also started looking the same way. So finally I decided to go and talk to her. And that was the time to realization that I had found my old friend. She was one of my best friends during my school days and somehow we lost contact in between. But we both felt very happy that we met again. And it was really a wonderful time. Uh, we started talking each other, uh, non stop about our old school days, how happy we were during those days and about the silly fights that we had. And between the talk, uh, I came to know that she was my cousin’s classmate, uh, during the college days. And even during that time, she never knew that I was a cousin. So we both felt over the moon talking about all the past things and knowing about each other. I.
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I'm a person who is really particular about keeping in contact with my old friends. But sometimes it happens that we lose connection with them, especially when we move for our further studies and get busy with our lives. This was one such incident when I reconnected with one of my favorite friends from the past. It happened the last time I came back home to my hometown to attend my cousin's wedding, which was during Christmas time. Most of my friends and family members were attending the function. It was a bit far away from my hometown, so we had to travel there and arrive the previous day. When I started attending the function, I saw so many familiar faces because that was the place where I had done my schooling, especially in the lower classes. While I was sitting to have my breakfast, I noticed someone whose face looked really familiar to me, but I wasn't sure who the person was. I started staring at her, and she also began looking at me in the same way. Finally, I decided to go and talk to her, and that was the moment of realization that I had found my old friend. She was one of my best friends during my school days, and somehow we lost contact in between. We both felt very happy that we met again, and it was a wonderful time. We started talking to each other non-stop about our old school days, how happy we were during those times, and about the silly fights we had. In the course of our conversation, I learned that she was my cousin's classmate during college. Even at that time, she never knew that I was her cousin. We both felt over the moon talking about all the past things and getting to know each other again.
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