Today should be marked as Victory Day in my history since I won Streak-15, Perfect Round and Hotshot for round two in Vocabulary.com. Considering my previous record (usually Streak-5 at most), I should say that was a BIG improvement. I accredited it to the cup of Starbucks I took this morning. Who says that? A golden day starts with a nice breakfast. Couldn’t be more right.  

I knew it’s just a stroke of luck and tomorrow I might go back to Streak-5 again, but I really need some light-up. English learning could be terribly annoying and frustrating, I’ve known that and I could say that this realization has already gone deeply down into my bones but still sometimes little encouragement could be helped.

I tried not to think too much how about how time flies and the huge gap I need to close. I tried to focus on any achievement I’ve made---no matter how tiny it might be. Sometimes that even works.

In past few weeks, I’ve read several books about Reborn. You know that kind of stories that the characters somehow go back to their childhood and relive their lives, and in this life they would choose wisely, allow for no regrets and then finally have a happy ending. I guess one of the reasons why such stories have become so popular is we, in the back of our mind, more or less have this or that regret. We want to have a second chance to make the right decision. However, that can’t be happening in real life.

I have my regrets too. Since I couldn’t change the past, I could only focus on the present, trying not to make more wrong decisions.