I still don't think I've learned my lesson after making the stupidest mistakes over the past years.
A weekend back when I was in 1st grade, my mom told me we would go shopping after she comes home from work. I was excited. I waited all afternoon for her. I went to take a shower before we left that day, but there was no water from the shower head so, I had to use the water in the bucket.
We left and I had fun. I was happy I got to spend time with my mom. With her being busy everyday all week, working shifts at the clinic, she barely had any time to rest.
We bought eggs that day. I had the plastic bag with eggs in it, but I didn't know that. We got down from the taxi and I carried the plastic bag to the gate and set it on the rough, hard ground with a distinct plop while my mom unlocked the gate. She then went to unlock the front door and I followed, dragging the plastic bag behind me. I have always been short; a small little girl.
She opened the door, and long behold, the entire living room is covered with about 3 centimetre deep of water. More gushed out from the inside and out onto the gravels of our small front garden. The vinyl floor was all wet, some squares sticking out from the edges, ungluing themselves from the ground. The living room carpet was ruined too, and we made mud-tracks all over the house. They thought it rained hard, but I knew what happened.
I didn't close the shower tap properly.
Since there was no water flowing from the shower head earlier that day, my mind didn't even think about what would happen when the water does finally come back. My uncle's old books from underneath our house-helper's bed were all soaked. The entire flooring of our small, one storey house was an inch underwater and it was all because of a couple of turns of a shower knob.
Also, half the eggs from the one dozen egg tray were all cracked.
Let me rephrase: I learned my lesson.
