TV Kid
I love watching television programmes so much that I have to watch it everyday. To some, it may be a waste of time, but I just can't live without it.
There are three TVs in my house: one in the living room, one in the dining room, and an old black-and-white one in my parents' room. Everyday, the first thing I do before my meals is to turn on the TV. I have to watch it while eating. When I was young, I was so engrossed in the programmes shown during my meals that I would be completely oblivious to my surroundings. I wouldn't have noticed even if my house were to collapse (touch wood!) on me. I would also forget to eat. By the time I remembered that I still had food waiting for me to finish, my whole plate of food would be gone. My dad had hidden it. I had to endure a scolding before he would return the food to me. But then, my dad still had to hide my many plates of food and I still had to endure many scoldings, many times after that incident before I learnt my lesson.
My favourite TV channel is Discovery Travel and Living. I especially love " Intimate Escapes", "Great Country Inns", "Top 10 Countdowns", "Ticket to Indulgence" and "Globe Trekker". I can "visit" the beautiful places and I always imagine myself being there. As I love to travel, this channel suits me just fine! I'll jot down addresses of places that catch my eye, and find out more about them from the internet. My next step is to be there personally, but that'll have to depend on my schedule.
When I was on vacation in my younger days, I would make sure that the TV was turned on in my hotel room. Sometimes, when a good show happened to be on, I would rather finish watching the show than to go sight-seeing. The latter could wait. My parents would be so pissed off with me that they would suggest I could either bring the TV along, or glue my eyeballs to it.
Fortunately, my craze for TV has more or less died down by now. I still watch TV everyday but I make sure I limit my time to watching it. I also remember to eat now. I wouldn't want my food to "vanish" again. :)