Describe a time when you saved money to buy an expensive gift for others.
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I can’t think of much really. The only thing that really comes to mind is a painting that I bought for my father when he was sick, about ten years ago. You see, my father got really sick when I was about 12 years old, and he was in bed perhaps for weeks, maybe even longer, maybe about 2 months. Anyway, he was in bed a long time, and very sick. It was a sad occasion really. But, my mother and I spent a lot of our time looking after him, and feeding him and making him feel more positive as much as we could. I said to my mother that I think we should at least make the bedroom look more attractive, seeing as he’s stuck in that one room all the time, day in, day out. So, I started to save up my pocket money – well, actually, I counted the pocket money I already saved and added to it, but anyway, I counted all this pocket money and after a couple more weeks of adding to it, my mother and I went to a big art market which was just outside of the city, and chose a painting of a lady in a golden gown… it was a sort of Buddhist painting, actually. A modern version of a traditional Buddhist monk, but a female one, or at least one that looked female. It sounds a bit strange but my father has always been quite an artistic person and has a love for traditional arts and culture, too, so we knew he would appreciate this modern painting about a traditional topic. So, we bought this painting. We took it to a place in town to get it framed in a golden-coloured frame and presented it to him as a gift. He was absolutely delighted. We then hung it on the wall opposite the bed, so that he could see the painting when he was lying in bed. Perhaps you’ll think I’m superstitious, but he very quickly started to recover after that, and my mother and I still sustain that his recovery was partially due to the painting we hung up there for him. So, yeah, this is one item, which was expensive, that I saved money to buy as a gift for someone….. my father, when he was sick in bed for quite a long time, and the painting, come to mind.
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