遲到，一直都是的我一個很壞的毛病，卻又沒有努力去改。

星期五的半夜，在我攪東攪西之下，好不容易才趴到床上去，那時候是二時多。

星期六的早上，鬧鐘沒有鬧我也沒有醒。結果，當我一起來，看到鬧鐘的大顯示寫著 09:23。

這次死定了，本來九時開始的補習課，我九時半還在床上！學生一直在等我吧！又想，為什麼補習中心還沒有人打來找我？

我立刻打電話到補習中心去。Susan (Office Manager) 一接了我的電話，我就在猛賠罪，說我要遲一點才能到。雖然我沒有講出我遲到的原因，但是她好像從我半睡半醒的聲音猜得到。 而她卻很若無其事的叫我不要擔心，saying that she has got it all covered. Don’t worry.

就因為她的平靜，我更覺得有點不安。心想，這會不會是風暴的前夕？這會否是我在補習中心的最後一天？我要麼說服老闆令我留下？在前往補習中心的路途上，地下鐵的車廂上，這幾個念頭就一直在盤旋著。

結果，全都是自己嚇自己。老闆或許不知道我那天的schedule，或許他知道但沒有跟我說些什麼。

雖然如此，我也是難辭其咎。有一些壞習慣，真的須要努力改掉。

A year ago, Halloween was the day when I got my first paycheque (see Treat). This time around, there is still no trick, only more treat!

The Ontario government decided that while the electricity cost is soaring (FYI: At 5.8c - 6.7c per kWh in commodity, Ontario probably has one of the lowest rate in the world) for the past n months, households like mine with such a low income probably had a hard time affording utilities by now, and should get some relief. So here it is, the Ontario Home Electricity Relief Program. Well, that means $60 falling from the sky. And I don’t even pay for my electricity.

Definitely a treat.

By the way, the picture is not really related to the post. Just kinda random.