describe a piece of good news that you heard about someone you know about

what it was

when you heard it

how you knew it

explain how you felt about it

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well this is a very good topic that reminds me of my cousin ，who is someone I know about and I once heard a piece of good news about him .

what I am talking about was a fact that my cousin got admitted by a?world top?academy in the UK , the university of Cambridge for his postgraduate studies , in the meantime he received a scholarship covering everything for everyday use .

I heard about this piece of news approximately two years ago back in high school , it was?some time in June when he got the letter of admission?, at that time my cousin was in the pursuit of?a bachelor’s degree in Tsinghua , a prestigious university in China .

I got to know it from my mother who is the elder sister of my cousin’s old man?, truth be told she has been using my cousin as a role model?to?spur me on since I was little?, there was no way for her to hide me from big time news like this .

speaking of how I felt about this piece of good news , you know what

firstly ,

I felt glad even sort of exhilarated for my cousin who was about to?study in England , which promised his future , actually his major in undergraduate years was plant science which gave graduates a hard time in?job hunting?, yet earning a higher degree in Cambridge made things different , for example ,....

secondly ,

deep down inside I felt a little bit jealous and stressed?out , back then I was in high school facing college entrance exams?in which I was not that confident to see myself shine , especially when my folks made a comparison between me and him?, for instance , .......

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