Shengliver’s Note: Zhihua could have kicked herself when she lost her glasses again.

Each of us may have some bad habit. It hurts us time and time again and yet we seem not to be able to break away from it. My worst habit is that I keep losing something that I cannot live without, such as my glasses. To be honest, I think my glasses are the luckiest ones in the world. What drives me nuts is that I have lost them three times. What amuses me is that I have recovered them on each occasion.

One day after a PE lesson, I hurried to the canteen for lunch, where I ordered a bowl of noodles. When I was eating, steam from the bowl blurred the glasses, so I took them off and left them on the table. After lunch, I left without any thought for the seeing aid. It was not until I raised my head and glanced at the board in the classroom that I realised that my dear glasses were not on my nose. Luckily the dinner ladies found my glasses and handed them over to Lost and Found, where I went and claimed them the next day. I determined the mistake was not to be repeated.

Despite my resolve, the very same mistake happened a week later, exactly in the same manner. The only difference was that I went to Lost and Found without delay and retrieved them. Thinking of the funny experience, I could have kicked myself.

During the National Day holidays, I had to stay at my uncle’s overnight because I missed the bus to my hometown. The next day saw me taking a coach home, with my precious spectacles left behind in my uncle’s home. Aware of the importance of my glasses, my uncle took the trouble to drive all the way from town to my home with them. When he explained why he had come over, all my family laughed out loud. What a fool I was! I was so ashamed that I wished I would evaporate then and there.

My painful experiences with my glasses helped me to keep my glasses with me wherever I go these days. Unless my glasses have legs, I don’t think they will part from me again. This time, I will be cured of the bad habit once and for all.

Guys, I hope you will break your bad habit right away should you have one. Otherwise, you will suffer the same fate.