Well, I would say the best gift I’ve ever received was my phone. So I was offered the phone on my 20 feet birthday by my elder brother and his wife. I had been having so many difficulties because I was unable to use my phone in doing a lot of things that I needed to do. I was trying to apply for some scholarships and I needed to constantly be checking my meals and the best way to do it was through my phone but I was really struggling because the phone was constantly going off. And there was one time I had an interview and I was unable to pick the call because of how the phone was misbehaving. My other brother saw how I was suffering with it and he got really worried about it. And he and the wife… On the day of my birthday, I was supposed to travel that night and my birthday was going to be the next day. So from every indication they wanted to offer me the phone on the day of my birthday but because I was supposed to travel, they decided that they were going to give me the gift the day before. Honestly, when I saw the gift, I did not know what to do. I was so happy. I lacked words to express the joy in me. I started crying. It was so emotional for me. I had never really received such a nice phone in my life. It was my first real Android phone that made sense. I had a lot of space. I could take nice pictures and it had a lot of options and functions that I could do with it. I was super excited and grateful for the thoughtful gift that I was offered. Thank you very much.
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Well, I would say the best gift I've ever received was my phone. I was offered the phone on my 20th birthday by my elder brother and his wife. I had been having so many difficulties because I was unable to use my phone for a lot of things that I needed to do. I was trying to apply for some scholarships, and I needed to constantly check my emails, and the best way to do it was through my phone, but I was really struggling because the phone was constantly going off. There was one time I had an interview, and I was unable to pick the call because of how the phone was misbehaving. My other brother saw how I was suffering with it, and he got really worried. On the day of my birthday, I was supposed to travel that night, and my birthday was going to be the next day. From every indication, they wanted to offer me the phone on the day of my birthday, but because I was supposed to travel, they decided to give me the gift the day before. Honestly, when I saw the gift, I did not know what to do. I was so happy. I lacked words to express the joy within me. I started crying. It was so emotional for me. I had never really received such a nice phone in my life. It was my first real Android phone that made sense. I had a lot of space, I could take nice pictures, and it had many options and functions that I could use. I was super excited and grateful for the thoughtful gift that I received. Thank you very much.
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