So, naturally I bought a bottle of champagne and went home to draft my resignation letter, planning to hand it to my boss the next morning.

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When I returned home I continued to feel ill so I went to my doctor who shrugged it off as flu.

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"I only went a few times this last year, so I think it's time to buy something closer to home, " he says.

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My parents had travelled to their home town to visit our grandparents, so Nnamabia and I went to church alone.

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He's always been a non-achiever, and when he came home with his football trophies I was so proud, and when I went to watch him at the football matches, and you know, I was just really proud.

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About a month went by before I secretly hoped Scary Gary would return home and rescue us from being so dull.

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So I went and started shining shoes, better yet, smelling feet and I only had to take my money home and give it to her and one day, she told me to look under the bed and there was the horn and I picked it up and played it.

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As the race went on I knew as a team we were covered on all angles, so when Mo Farah came down the home straight I panned with him and got a great effect, with him showing incredible determination, gritting his teeth and really pushing for the gold medal dream.

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