Well, primarily surprises are part of everyone’s life and in my life as well I have been blessed with many surprises but the one surprise which is very close to my heart and I vividly remember is the one which was given by my elder cousin Vikas on my 18th birthday So I remember I contacted him few days ago whether he can come to India on my birthday but he denied because he was having very hectic schedule and his examinations were also on the way so I was little bit disappointed but then I tried to move on to accept the reality and I was literally surprised when I was just about to cut the cake on my birthday and the doorbell rang When my father opened the door I saw Vikas standing on the door so I was literally very shocked and felt very overwhelmed I just ran towards him and hugged him very tightly The tears of joy from my eyes were coming out and I literally I can’t explain that moment of happiness which I had in my heart and surprisingly I got surprised that Vikas was standing in front of me but apart from that as a birthday gift he bought an electric guitar which was like an amazing gift and it turned out to be a red letter day for me because I was somewhere in the back of my mind I was just planning to buy an electric guitar because I was planning to join electric guitar school classes because my aim was to appear in the musical contest of my college and surprisingly Rajit Singh who is a very great singer and musician and he is also my favourite singer he was about to come and come as a judge in that competition so I actually thanked him very much for gifting me such a beautiful guitar and the surprise overall made me very happy and I was feeling over the moon at that time
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Well, primarily, surprises are part of everyone's life, and in my life as well, I have been blessed with many surprises. But the one surprise that is very close to my heart and that I vividly remember is the one given by my elder cousin Vikas on my 18th birthday. I remember I contacted him a few days before to see if he could come to India on my birthday, but he denied because he had a very hectic schedule and his examinations were also coming up. I was a little bit disappointed, but then I tried to move on and accept the reality. I was literally surprised when I was just about to cut the cake on my birthday and the doorbell rang. When my father opened the door, I saw Vikas standing there. I was literally shocked and felt very overwhelmed. I just ran towards him and hugged him very tightly. Tears of joy were coming from my eyes, and I can't explain that moment of happiness I had in my heart. I was surprised that Vikas was standing in front of me, but apart from that, as a birthday gift, he brought an electric guitar, which was an amazing gift. It turned out to be a red-letter day for me because I had been planning to buy an electric guitar since I wanted to join electric guitar classes. My aim was to participate in the musical contest at my college, and surprisingly, Rajit Singh, who is a great singer and musician and my favorite singer, was going to be a judge in that competition. I actually thanked him very much for gifting me such a beautiful guitar, and the surprise overall made me very happy. I was feeling over the moon at that time.
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