Well, actually, I definitely have two bad habits. They are interconnected. As a student, I live in a dormat university and shareade a room with one of my classmates. Uh, we both have a laptop, and as you might guess, we play online games until very late at night. I know it’s not an excuse, but every student does it does itat at my school, even the girls. And because we play for hours at night, we never go too be early. Usually we get back to our, um, rooms after dinner. We do homework quickly. You know, I don’t have too much work to do, and teachers give give us a lot of time to finish our assignments at university. So I have quite, quite a big bit of time on my hands to spend online. I chat with some friends through instant messenger programs and, um, me and my roommate download games and we play for hours. We frequently head to bed after midnight and sometimes much later. I know I should study more at night and it would be a good time for me to read and review my lessons. I guess, I guess I should be more efficient, but playing computer games is so tempting. In addition, everyone says it harms our eyesight, so I should try to limit the time I spe doing it. As a result of my habit, I often get up late in the morning when I don’t have class. And I suppose it’s a waste of time to because my teachers always told me that it could be very productive in the morning. And, well, I don’t do much do much us usually before 11:00 a.m. and when I have class and, uh, I must get up early, I feel a bit under the weather generally. Last year I made a new year’s resolution to get up earlier in order to study and exercise more. But I must admit that it didn’t last very long. What is kind of funny is that at home my mother says the same thing to my father because he’s always out having dinner with business clients of just having fun with his friends. I guess the lesson, lesson to learn here is that, uh, we should always listen to our mother.
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Well, actually, I have two bad habits that are interconnected. As a student living in a university dorm, I share a room with one of my classmates. We both have laptops and tend to play online games until very late at night. It's not an excuse, but many students at my school, including girls, do the same. Due to our late-night gaming sessions, we rarely go to bed early. Typically, we return to our rooms after dinner, quickly finish our homework (as we don't have much), and then spend a lot of time online. I chat with friends on instant messenger programs, download games with my roommate, and we play for hours, often going to bed after midnight or even later. I know I should use the night time to study and review my lessons, but the allure of computer games is strong. Moreover, excessive screen time is said to be harmful to eyesight, so I should try to limit it. Consequently, I often wake up late on non-class days, missing out on potentially productive mornings. When I do have early classes, I struggle with feeling unwell. Despite making resolutions to wake up earlier for study and exercise, I haven't been able to stick to them for long. Interestingly, at home, my mother advises my father on similar habits of socializing late. Perhaps the lesson here is indeed to heed our mother's wisdom.
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