{"id":292,"date":"2009-10-20T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/292"},"modified":"2015-05-24T06:50:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T06:50:08","slug":"beat-addictions129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/292","title":{"rendered":"Beat Addictions!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My addiction was watching TV programmes.  I usually spent tow hours or above on it every day.  I knew it was a waste of time, but I couldn’t stop myself from switching on the television.  I loved it because it gave me fun.  I hated it because it was just like the harmful drugs, which I couldn’t live without.
 My English assignment in the Easter holidays was to overcome an addiction.  On the first day, I told myself that I could do it.  I could stay away from the TV.  Watching TV was the only entertainment for me when I felt bored and had free time.  So, it was difficult for me to live without it.  Because of the uniform test, there was much work to do in the holidays.  I could not go out or play with my friends.  At night, when we were going to eat dinner, I could not resist the temptation of the TV and wanted to switch it on.  My mother stopped me and asked me to stay away from it.
 The next day, I was feeling twinges of withdrawal.  The TV was just like the harmful drugs.  If I didn’t take the drugs, I would feel twinges and pain.  My mother saw this, and asked me to do housework with her when I felt bored.  So, after a few hours, when I felt bored, I prepared lunch with my mother.  She also taught me how to make some delicious food.  I felt proud of myself because I could make some delicious food.  Also, when I was cooking, I talked with my mother and this improved our relationship.
 On the third day I did the same thing when I felt bored.  I didn’t feel twinges anymore.  I talked with my mother and shared how I felt.  It was fun sometimes when we told some jokes.
 There’s a pride to saying ‘no’ to things.  I can be free and make a real life with my family.  There’s a big improvement between me and my family.  I feel happy from this.  Besides, I can learn a vital lesson in self-discipline.  I can learn to overcome the temptation of watching TV.  I can choose to watch TV or not.  I am not controlled by the TV anymore.  This is good news to me.  In addition, I can save time from it.  I can have much time to do other things.
 In short, I can learn many things from this action.  Miss Ng, thank you for helping me to stay away from my bad habit – watching TV!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My addiction was watching TV programmes. I usually spent tow hours or above on it every day. I knew it was a waste of time, but I couldn’t stop myself from switching on the television. I loved it because it gave me fun. I hated it because it was just like the harmful drugs, which I couldn&rsqu.........Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","schoolyear-8"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/2585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}