Regret
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I tossed and turned on my bed, attempting to make myself sleep. However, no matter what i did, i could not do so. Glanced at the illuminated green digits on the digital clock - it was ten past two in the morning. I closed my eyes to entice myself to sleep. However, the consistant thought of my uncompleted homework kept me awake.
Four weeks ago was the start of the June school vacation. On the first week, i told myself that i would start my homework early on the second week. So for the whole of the first week, i concentrated on my CCA and enjoyed myself. In a blink of an eye, the first week flew past like this. Though i was shocked at the rate that time passed, there was nothing that i could do to slow it down.
On the second week of the holidays, i believed that i had not enjoyed enough and pushed back the starting of my homework to the thrid week of the holidays. For the second week of the school vacation, i spent most of my time watching television, sleeping late and playing computer games. I had also went out with my friends to catch a couple of movies. Hence another week of enjoyment finished off anoter week of the school vacation.
In an attempt to redeem myself, i faithfully started on my homework on the third week of the vacation. However, because i started on it, i told myself that i should play even harder to "balanace" my lifestyle. So i did an hour of homework for each day and played the rest of the day away. It ws not surprising that the standard of my work was slipshod as my mind kept on wandering. Sometimes i would sit with my homework on my lap and daydream about the computer games that i would be playing or had played yesterday. Thus the quantity and quality was sub-standard.
Panic only set in somewhere in the middle of the last week of vacation. I had realised that i had only done a fifth of my total homework. Though i reduced the amount of time i spent on enjoyment and trippled the time i spent on my homework, i found that i could not do my homework as i had not paid attention in class when the concept was being taught. Out of desperation, i turned to my friends for help. However, i realised that they were reluctant to help as they were either enjoying their last week of holiday without any worries or they were also struggling to complete their overdue homework like me.
Then the weekend came and i suddenly remembered that i still had three tests to study for before the end of the vacation. Abandoning my homework, i attempted to study two year’s worth of work for three subjects in two days. However, my panic only allowed me to remember fragments of information from my textbook and notes. I resigned myself to copy homework from my friends and prayed for some miracle that would let me pass my tests.
I opened my eyes and looked at the time. Ten minutes to six. I heaved myself out of bed and prepared for the first day of school. I realised that i should have completed all my homework before i played away my holidays. Now i can only regret my actions.
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the deed itself can be an acorn, but once men hear of it the tale soon becomes a mighty oak
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