It was very popular and regular in my childhood and adolescence to receive money as a gift from my parents, family members, and parents, friends in religious occasions, festivals. And when I exiled at a school exam or in my birthday, I was extremely happy and elated by this gift because it empowered me in a sense. It allowed me to buy whatever I want from the supermarket when my parents exerted a kind of restrictions on the amount I can buy from the supermarket by day. Also it helped me at certain point to save and then to extra buy items where above the budget of my family or when or because my parents refused to pay me extra items supporting this would have a spoil of me. So I enjoyed a lot. I stopped receiving money now as a gift, given I became an adult, independent and responsible person. But I think this is very common culture, reach you in Egypt to give kids and people usually money in happy occasion, social kitchens, weddings, new porn papers, people moving to a new property. So it’s very common in Egypt.
Band 7+: Describle time when you recceived money as a gift
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It was very common in my childhood and adolescence to receive money as a gift from my parents, family members, and friends during religious occasions and festivals. When I excelled in a school exam or on my birthday, I was extremely happy and elated by this gift because it empowered me in a sense. It allowed me to buy whatever I wanted from the supermarket when my parents imposed restrictions on the amount I could buy each day. It also helped me at certain points to save and then buy extra items that were above my family's budget, especially when my parents refused to pay for additional items, fearing it would spoil me. So I enjoyed it a lot. I stopped receiving money as a gift now that I have become an adult, an independent and responsible person. But I think this is a very common culture in Egypt to give kids and people money during happy occasions, social gatherings, weddings, and when people move to a new home. So it's very common in Egypt.
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