I’m very punctual person and uh, I try to my beste to reach everywhere on time. I got this habit. I got this habit from my father who is very disciplined and strict about being on time. He always told me that if you are punctual it tells people that you are dependable. If I have an appointment, I take extra caution and try to reach at least ten minutes before my appointment time. But sometimes even giving myself this extra time has not helped and I have been late. I remember being late to my best friend wedding. My best friend Fariha got married last year. She is the first one to get married among my friends and we were all very excited. Bangladesh freeeding ceremons are very lovish and usually there are three or two functions before the ceremony. A day before the wedding there had been a shangit ceremony where we dance and pr party till late night. I was drired in the morning, but woke up and got ready on time to be with my friends. On this uh, on her special day, the wedding evenreony was in the Gu Radwa on the outskirts of her city about 15 km from my home. I had been there before with Fariha and she had given me direction that time. I’m bad with remembering direction and road names. I always rely on my cell phone’map. Uh, on the weding day I put the in address in my phone and started from my home well on time. After 40 minutes my mobile GP said that I have arrived at two destination but when I looked around there was no gurudva and just some old buildings there. I realized that since the gurud was new and away from the city the map have had not recognized the address and taking me a different address I got out and asked around. Fortunately someone knew the exact location and told me the direction I had talking the wrong route and drive the opposite way. I was so annoyed with myself for not paying attention. I called another friend who was at the wedding and asked him to share his location in case I uh, got lost again. By the time I reached the cereony ceremony had already started and what was done. I feel trival about being late to my friend’s wedding till this day. He te me that I, who is always poetous.
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I'm a very punctual person and I try my best to reach everywhere on time. I got this habit from my father, who is very disciplined and strict about being on time. He always told me that if you are punctual, it tells people that you are dependable. If I have an appointment, I take extra caution and try to reach at least ten minutes before my appointment time. But sometimes, even giving myself this extra time has not helped, and I have been late. I remember being late to my best friend's wedding. My best friend Fariha got married last year. She is the first one to get married among my friends, and we were all very excited. Bangladeshi wedding ceremonies are very lavish, and usually, there are three or two functions before the ceremony. A day before the wedding, there had been a Sangeet ceremony where we danced and partied till late at night. I was tired in the morning but woke up and got ready on time to be with my friends. On her special day, the wedding ceremony was in the Gurudwara on the outskirts of her city, about 15 km from my home. I had been there before with Fariha, and she had given me directions that time. I'm bad at remembering directions and road names. I always rely on my cell phone's map. On the wedding day, I put the address in my phone and started from my home well on time. After 40 minutes, my mobile GPS said that I have arrived at the destination, but when I looked around, there was no Gurudwara, just some old buildings there. I realized that since the Gurudwara was new and away from the city, the map had not recognized the address and was taking me to a different address. I got out and asked around. Fortunately, someone knew the exact location and told me the right direction. I had taken the wrong route and driven the opposite way. I was so annoyed with myself for not paying attention. I called another friend who was at the wedding and asked him to share his location in case I got lost again. By the time I reached the ceremony, it had already started, and much was done. I feel terrible about being late to my friend's wedding to this day. He tells me that I, who is always punctual.
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