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Alone at Home
One morning I woke up and could not find my parents in the house. First I thought they were still asleep, but when I went to the kitchen I saw that my breakfast was on the table, and also a brief note from my mother. My mother informed me that I have to stay at home alone, as she needed to help her sister to organise a wedding party. My mother left $300 for me.
This took me with surprise at is was the first time that I stayed at home alone. Whilst eating my breakfast, I convinced myself that everything will be alright and I also thought about all the household chores I need to do in the absence of my mother. After breakfast, I did the washing up and went to the market in order to buy food. As I didn't know by then what I wanted to cook for dinner, I just had a stroll around in order to gather some ideas. At the end I bought some noodles so that I could bake Vietnamese noodles for dinner. As I didn't know how to cook those noodles, I researched a recipe via google for 30 minutes, and at the end I found a video which demonstrated step-by-step how to cook the noodles
. This was the first time I cooked a dinner for myself and I wanted it to look pretty. Just as it looked in the video, and just as my mother tought me. She always says:
"When we cooking or making food, we have to think all about love and beautiful things, so our food can be more delicious."
So, whilst cooking I was thinking about beautiful things, and I also cooked with all my heart. After 30 mins the noodles were ready to eat and I was very pleased with the result, as the noodles tasted delicious.. That's made me so proud of myself, and also about what my mom has taught me. All of the sudden the door-bell rang. My little cousin came in order to play with me. He was younger than me, but was happy that he kept me company. I was sharing my noodles with him and later we played some games. We played a game called Quick hands, Quick eyes. It is was really fun, and it made me feel not scared anymore of

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