trying to break from the routine

a young man sets his mood. daily routine always gets in the way. at 7:40AM he arrives close to the school, late as usual. since he would be punished at from the time he arrives until the next period, he went ahead to an internet cafe and waited until 8:30AM in which the next period comes. he lets himself get lost in the vast world of the internet and at 8:15AM began to head to school. he remembers that he needed to email something to his friend, but he procrastinated and put it off for the afternoon. the catholic school's prefect punishes him for being late--for fifteen minutes since the next class would be coming. he was given the green slip (the lateness slip).

lunch comes and he headed off to the local diner, a very cheap one and ordered a bottle of coca cola, two sticks of barbeque, a cup of rice and a pack of marlboro reds. he ate his lunch and smoked a couple then continued his high school routine at 1:00PM. He badly wanted to dozed off because the most boring class was put into the first afternoon period, but he kept awake somehow.

the afternoon passed by like a snail. finally at 3:30PM the bell rang. he was supposed to have physical education class which are always on tuesdays. naa, he thought, he thought he'll skip this one and show up next week. he went to the internet cafe and surfed the web again. he remembers that he needed to email his friend, but that can wait before he leaves for home. at 5:00PM he headed home and when he was in public transport, he remembered about emailing his friend. he thought he can do it the next day.

at home, he went on to water the plants before night completely takes over the day. after waiting for dinner, he watches dragon ball z. dinner was served and he hungrily devoured his food. he dove to his homework and worked on it for a few minutes then turned on the tv. dexter's laboratory was in it, so he watched and told himself that he'll do the homework after.

after the cartoons, he turned off the tv and he crams his homework and by 10PM has completed what's needed to be done.

he settled in the couch and turned on the tv. he grabbed a bottle of coca cola and tried to decipher what was showing in wowow*. at 2:00AM, he falls asleep, but was not worried about the tv since it was on sleep mode.

this is a typical day.

when the student headed off to college and started working, he starts his day off by getting to work late at 9:30AM. needs to email something to a friend but keeps putting it off. arrives at home and waters the plants. crams homework and easily finds something to watch online or something on tv before continuing to cram on his homework. when homework is done, he grabs his 40 oz cup, fills it with ice, and pour diet pepsi. surfs the tv and look for somwthing interesting. at 2AM he falls asleep and is not worriied since the tv is on sleep timer.

that my friends, is me. there are some things that didn't change, but at least i know that i am trying my best not to be a procrastinator. (well, i do, but i know i get them done now). the other difference is that, i actually work on my school work until completion with a few five min breaks. the habit i have is for days without heavy homework--which is getting rarer and rarer =(.

* a scambled japanese channel in cagayan de oro city which was known to show various women in different states of undress

Labels: random_musings

Posted by Ron Valiente