I’m really fond of shopping, but who doesn’t love lots of discounts when you shop? So It was boxing day. Me and my friend were already deciding a long time before that we’re going to do a bulk of shopping on Boxing day. So we decided to leave early in the morning as the shops were going to open around 9 AM So we decided to reach the DFO, um, before the opens so that we can, um, start shopping as soon as possible. But, um, when we arrived there, the crowd was huge because of the big sales and huge discounts are offered on the boxing day. People that are like crazy about shopping on that day. And it was my first time actually to visit our shopping center on Boxing Day in Australia. I’ve always heard that it’s always a busiest day and the shopping centers get really crowded, but until that day, I didn’t realize how crazy people can get over shopping for discounted rates. So, um, I really wanted to go and get my shoe, Nike Air. Like, those are the popular shoes everyone wear in Australia. I think, and it’s very fancy. And, um, it’s just affection. And I’ve liked following shoes trend. So Nike Air, I wanted to buy it, but the line waiting line was so It started outside the DFO, and I thought it’s going to end at the gate, but, no, there was another queue in front of the showroom. The Nike showroom. So I had to wait half an hour outside the DFO and another half an hour in front of the shop, um, Nike shop. And finally, when it entered, I was so relieved because I’ve been waiting for an hour to get into the shop.
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I'm really fond of shopping, but who doesn't love lots of discounts when you shop? So it was Boxing Day. Me and my friend had already decided a long time before that we were going to do a bulk of shopping on Boxing Day. So we decided to leave early in the morning as the shops were going to open around 9 AM. We decided to reach the DFO before it opens so that we can start shopping as soon as possible. But when we arrived there, the crowd was huge because of the big sales and huge discounts offered on Boxing Day. People go crazy about shopping on that day. It was my first time actually visiting a shopping center on Boxing Day in Australia. I had always heard that it's always the busiest day and the shopping centers get really crowded, but until that day, I didn't realize how crazy people can get over shopping for discounted rates. I really wanted to buy the Nike Air shoes. Those are the popular shoes everyone wears in Australia, I think, and they're very fancy. I like following shoe trends. So Nike Air, I wanted to buy it, but the waiting line was so long. It started outside the DFO, and I thought it was going to end at the gate, but no, there was another queue in front of the showroom, the Nike showroom. So I had to wait half an hour outside the DFO and another half an hour in front of the Nike shop. Finally, when I entered, I was so relieved because I had been waiting for an hour to get into the shop.
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