Undergraduate / someone who made an impact on your life (my unlce) [2]

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Sometimes we come across a person who changes our whole perspective of life for the better. Last summer I met such a person. It was my uncle Marat. My parents sent me to my uncle on holidays. I was supposed to spend my whole summer holidays with him and his family. I haven't seen him before that summer, so that was the first time we have been introduced to each other. At first, I thought that it was going to be my worst holiday ever. I felt embarrassed of living with people I hardly knew and wanted to return home. But days passed and I got to know my uncle better.

Everyday we used to wake ...