Final exam speaking task 3 Describe a tradition in your country

Describe a time when you were surprised to meet a friend.
It all happened about a few month ago when I went to attend a Samarkand branch of TSUE in order to complete my bachelor degree. I shared this plan of mine with almost all of my friends and relatives. I am pretty sure that I told about attending a Samarkand branch of TSUE to this particular friend of mine as well, but little did I know that this friend of mine was also planning to attend a Samarkand branch of TSUE

By the way, this friend of mine, named Parviz, and I attended the same university in order to complete our Bachelor degree. We were studying different subjects, but we still became good friends because we lived in the same dormitory, next to each other’s room. Anyway, after arriving in Samarkand, I naturally got very busy with my life, classes, homework, grocery shopping, cooking and doing laundry, in addition to learning about the area where I was living. In fact, I was so busy for the first couple of weeks, after arriving in Samarkand, that I managed to call my parents only once to say “hello”. Then, suddenly, one late afternoon, I noticed that someone, who looked exactly like “Parvez”, was coming towards me when I was taking a quick snack at our university cafeteria. Initially, I thought that he was just someone who looked like him, but when I watched him a bit carefully, I became so startled that I choked on my food in my mouth. Anyway, I became so astounded to see him because he never really told me before about his intention or plan to go abroad in order to study, even though, I thought that we were good friends. I was very surprised also because I never thought of him as a person who could stay away from his family. Finally, meeting someone so close at a far away from home was somewhat surprising.
Describe an old person you know and respect
I respect my grandmother because she never says any to any person, and sometimes she goes out of her way to help others. Her opinions are highly valued. She is a great advisor and never misguide others. I must mention here that she never hesitate to donate a portion of her pension to provide basic things to the people