So my childhood neighborhood was a place in Almaty, specifically in the periphery area of the Almaty, like suburbs of the city. So it was not that well-developed, I would say, because, well, first of all, the roles were bad and overall the school education and people were not that likeable for me. And teachers in school were not that professional, and that was a huge problem when I was a child. But I had some funny events in there, some accidents. One of them is when I was riding a bike with my friend, Amir, we were racing each other and I was behind him. And the front wheel of my bike touched the back wheel of his. But his bike was okay and he was riding, but my bike fell down and I fell and I got a lot of injuries like in my stomach, in my arm, and in my head. And I had a concussion, so my mom was pretty worried about me and she eventually yelled at me for what I’d done. And we got into a little argument, but it was fine, I guess. And another event was that when we were leaving for school and we were at school already, I noticed that I forgot my bag at home. And we rushed to our house and picked the bag, backpack, and it was fine. But overall, in the future, I would like to visit my neighborhood because, well, I guess most of all because of the nostalgia that I had. And I would like to see how the area have changed. Well, I’m sure it have changed because 10 years passed by and I’m sure the school is okay by now and the roads were fixed eventually.
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So my childhood neighborhood was a place in Almaty, specifically in the peripheral area of Almaty, like the suburbs of the city. It was not that well-developed, I would say, because, first of all, the roads were bad, and overall the school education and people were not that likable to me. The teachers in school were not that professional, and that was a huge problem when I was a child. But I had some funny events there, some accidents. One of them was when I was riding a bike with my friend, Amir. We were racing each other, and I was behind him. The front wheel of my bike touched the back wheel of his. His bike was okay, and he kept riding, but my bike fell down, and I fell and got a lot of injuries, like in my stomach, in my arm, and in my head. I had a concussion, so my mom was pretty worried about me, and she eventually yelled at me for what I'd done. We got into a little argument, but it was fine, I guess. Another event was when we were leaving for school, and once we were at school, I noticed that I forgot my bag at home. We rushed back to our house, picked up the bag, and it was fine. Overall, in the future, I would like to visit my neighborhood because, I guess, most of all because of the nostalgia I have. I would like to see how the area has changed. I'm sure it has changed because 10 years have passed, and I'm sure the school is okay by now and the roads have been fixed eventually.
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