Today I’m going to talk about the one thing that made me happy and I surprised it. It was the gym that I received from my parents last summer for my birthday. I was happy when I received them because of several reasons. Firstly, I had been planning to buy them for a long time and I received them by my parents last year. Actually, it was a long time ago and my parents and I went to the supermarket for groceries and I saw dead jeans and I loved them but we didn’t have enough money for buying them on time. After the years, after the months, actually my mother gave me for my birthday and I was so happy because at the time my friends and I were planning to go on a trip for our vocation which was given by our school. That was really surprising because I didn’t expect to get those kind of things for my birthday because we didn’t have enough money for buying this. Of course, I said thank you for my parents for giving these kind of things for my birthday. That was appreciable and I appreciated them at the time. I even, I think, I’ll never forget those moments, those memories for a long time.
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Today I'm going to talk about the one thing that made me happy and surprised me. It was the jeans that I received from my parents last summer for my birthday. I was happy when I received them for several reasons. Firstly, I had been planning to buy them for a long time, and I received them from my parents last year. Actually, it was a long time ago when my parents and I went to the supermarket for groceries, and I saw the jeans and loved them, but we didn't have enough money to buy them at the time. After months, my mother gave them to me for my birthday, and I was so happy because my friends and I were planning to go on a trip for our vacation, which was organized by our school. That was really surprising because I didn't expect to get those kinds of things for my birthday since we didn't have enough money to buy them. Of course, I thanked my parents for giving me such a gift for my birthday. That was very thoughtful, and I appreciated them at the time. I think I'll never forget those moments and those memories for a long time.
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