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Dreaming of a white Christmas
I'm at bed..today has been a very hard and heavy day.this morning I woke up early (5 am), I took a bus and in 1hr and 15mins I arrived in a city near my home town to aplly for a job. i've been waiting to have an interview, which finished at 1 pm. But unfortunately I' ve been rejected. Then I took the bus again to come back home and I fall asleep. I was so tired and I've gone back home at 15.30..end of story: I am unoccupied as ever, tired, bored..I d like to escape of everything and everybody. ..but in despite of this I keep hoping for an happy and merry and white Christmas for me and you all.
In English, we use the simple past when talking about past events at a specific point in time (even if we don't say the time explicitly).
I waited for my interview, which ended at 1 pm. But unfortunately I was rejected. (Specific time: when the interview ended at 1 pm).
Now, if you get home and youre friend says "what happened?" you could say "I've been rejected," because the time is not important in the conversation -- the importance to your friend is that in the PRESENT you are still unemployed. This connection to the present is why we use the present perfect. (Although in colloquial American English, you could use the simple past here also.)
Where you say "unoccupied," I think you mean "unemployed" (ie: without a job). Or do you mean that you have "nothing to do"?
Dreaming of a White Christmas
I'm in bed. Today has been a very hard and heavy day. This morning I woke up early (5 am). I took a bus and in 1hr and 15mins I arrived in a city near my home town to apply for a job. I've been waiting to have an interview, which finished ( ended ) at 1 pm. But unfortunately I' ve been rejected. Then I took the bus again to come back home and I fell asleep. I was so tired and I've gone back got back home at 15.30..end of story: I am unoccupied as ever, tired, and bored. I'd like to escape of from everything and everybody, but in despite of this I keep hoping for an happy and merry and white Christmas for me and you all.
Merry Christmas, Samantha!
Dreaming of a white Christmas
I'm in bed..today was a very hard and tedious day. this morning I woke up early (5 am), I took a bus and in 1hr and 15mins I arrived in a city near my home town to interview for a job. i've been waiting to have this interview, which finished at 1 pm. But unfortunately I was rejected. Then I took the bus again to come back home and I fell asleep. I was so tired and I arrived at home at 15.30..end of story: I am unemployed as ever, tired, bored..I'd like to escape from everything and everybody. ..but in despite of this I keep hoping for an happy and merry and white Christmas for me and you all.
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