Nap Time!!!!

How to Fall Asleep Anywhere.

I got this article from Maxim online. I know you guys are not exactly 'angels' when it comes to sleeping early, and I know that we are so guilty of nodding off in front of our computer screen especially after lunch, or slept late last night catching a Primera Liga, Premiership or Champion's League match etc ... So here are some tips to nap.... Just don't get caught!!!

Tip #1: Time
“A good time to nap is around two o’clock,” says NSF spokesperson Kierstan Boyd. “That’s when you have a dip in your circadian rhythms, a drop in energy which will make it easier to doze. But napping anytime after four will screw up your night’s sleep.” Try not to snooze for longer than 30 minutes or you’ll reach the deeper stages of sleep, meaning you’ll be even less alert when you wake up.

Tip #2: Temperature
A warm bus or classroom may make you drowsy, but cool rooms are more conducive to napping because your body temperature drops during sleep (think bears hibernating in the winter). So when no one’s looking, turn down the office thermostat and scoot under your desk with a warm intern.

Tip #3: Total silence
There’s a reason they call it the waking world: It keeps waking you. If you can’t hide in a quiet broom closet, try earplugs or headphones, or put soft music on the radio. Or tune your dial to something less than thrilling—say, an L.A. Clippers game or an organic gardening show. You’ll be rocking in the arms of Morpheus faster than you can say “lacto-ovo vegetarianism.”


If you get caught or sacked from work, dun blame me..... LOL.

Reflections

Started off high pitch, ended with a wrong note.

Jo reminded me that he's still the sweet guy he was. Bought a bottle of lemon tea for me, we ate our dinner, and went to the hair salon to do our hair together. Sweet uh. Rare moments.

I finally e-mailed the teacher who I was supposed to pass down last night. After weeks of procrastination again, I finally did it. Yeay! Now to wait for the reply.

I had a freaky nightmare. In which I cried again. I dunno why I keep having nightmares and it has become quite frequent now. Am I traumatized by something? Or subconsciously wanting something so bad and fear not having it?

What have I become? Am I ruthlessly trying to do something without taking into consideration what i might affect? Or did I disregard things or people along the way?

Why do I feel restless and un-peaceful.....?

I can't believe that you haunt me till today. Our lives are never the same anymore. It's like you are in a totally different realm than I am today. You can't survive in the planet I have moved to now. Accept it. What happened was prolly the biggest mistake of our lives and I can't ammend it and neither can you. Your efforts would still be worthless even for a thousand years.

You chose to lead that rugged life of yours. I was just young and naive then. It was just my inquisitive nature and my girl instinct to be liking bad boys like you. Boys. Those were the days I was a meek lil girl. A confused lil girl trapped in the shadows of popularity. Trapped and blinded by detrimental motion. And you got trapped. I got away. You know once you are trapped you can never get out. And I won't wait.

Seriously, no other girl in the right state of mind would. At least not me. Not a girl like me. I was carefree. I wanna do mistakes after mistakes till I won't have to do anymore mistakes. I wanna learn as much as I can till I don't have the ability to. And you know you can't curb that part of me. You tried. You failed. Why won't you just accept it?

I have come a long way from that tattered and torn rag to a piece of rare silk I am today. I am furnished and surrounded with gems who loves me. Don't tear that away. You know you are stuck forever with that ribbon on your head and you can't erase it. It's hard for you, but over the years, have you considered that things change tremendously despite the fact you try to leave them as it is?

Why can't you leave my gems alone? Why do you need to find out how I am doing? Don't wreck my already mended life. I don't wanna sink in there anymore. I can't. I'm not who you used to know. That girl is dead long ago. She is burried in books. She is dead. Get it in your head. I am not her.

I have my solitaire diamond with me. He'll cut you deep if you dare.

I can't believe this is raking up again........

Final Theory

Another unproductive day... I can't believe how time flies when I'm doing nothing. I was clearing my room, trying to ORGANISE my stuffs... Effort really. Coz I gave up halfway.. when it's not even halfway there. Ok ok, I'll do it tomorrow. Wait, I have to go to school tomorrow to sort out my Kosmos. Then I guess, over the weekends then. Gosh, I have been procrastinating since the hols started. I just can't shake off this habit...

Jo failed his FTT, much to his utter disappointment... His face was as if a dog just peed on it. Fugly. I tried to cheer him up. Guess over dinner, I told him short anecdotes about my galpals' lives and how they failed and picked up the pieces. So it got his mind off FTT and started joking like he would, ridiculing people like he always do....

Well, failing FTT isn't bad as failing a marriage. It squeezes my heart that my closest galpals, 3 out of 4, went through that overwhelming, depressing point in time when suddenly you are left all alone and lost. Scary. I could never walk their shoes to know how it feels exactly, but their stories teared me already. It couldn't be as bad as failing FTT definitely.

I guess all this boils down to how you view your life to be. Can't let little bumps on the road swerve you. Look ahead at the oncoming traffic and always be vigilant. Life is like driving through roads in Malaysia. There are always potholes, bumps, cracks and what-nots, so it's up to the driver to drive as smoothly as he can. LOL.

On serious note, how bad can this be??? Just sleep it off and you'll be better the next morning.

Family Trip to Batam

After much persuasion from mom, dad finally decided it's not a bad idea afterall. Though he was quite pessimistic, at least he wasn't showing... It's our first family trip after more than 10 years I think... We woke up early... My bros were the ones who were being girls, taking such a long time to get ready....

So we reached Habour Front, and boarded Batam Fast, Asia's Favourite Ferry Operater (as advertised everywhere) and sat at the outdoor passenger area....

Dad came back from night shift so he got himself cosy and stretch himself on the seats and slept throughout the journey... While my sibs and I frolick around the ferry while on board, cept for Aisyah who was stiff (seasick) ...

We moved past Sentosa's battery fortress..

and the beaches...... Then it rained heavily.... Mum and Aisyah moved indoor so that they won't get wet.. But my Bros and I thrived the rain and got wet... After about an hour of so.... We reached our destination...... BATAM!!!

We decided to shop at Mega-Mall itself. Oh btw, check out the headines of the BatamNews.

If you can read Malay/Indonesian, you'd prolly be taken aback for awhile, then laugh your heads off.

Lunch was on top of the list.... We ate at Ayam Penyet... wonder why, when we could always eat Ayam Penyet at the S'pore outlets.... Then we dived ourselves into shopping.... At Matahari (something like Metro, Isetan department store)

But most of the time was spent in the Hypermart... They have the coolest things like Body Mists and perfumes... smelling like Escada, Hugo and what nots.... And funny foodstuffs... Their pharmacy department is so huge... They have many-to-choose-from medications just for headaches alone... Panadol is rolling its shutters down over there! And of course cheap too!

Example of prices would be: Sunsilk Shampoo - SGD 3

Instant noodles - Less than 10cents per packet

Cut Fruits - Less than a dollar

Cotton Blend Tshirts - Less than SGD 4

So naturally my mom got crazy... she shopped so much in the Hypermart....

and that was not all... some were in out bags... Yeah, my mom was contented, but my dad was tired.... We started off carrying only 3 bags in... At the end of the shopping spree, the bags sort of 'gave birth'.....




And so we sat down for dinner while waiting for the ferry at A&W's!!! Root Beer Float, Waffle Ice-cream, Sausage Melts... Yummy....






Finally we headed home.. all tired....

Although it was only for a day, it has been emotional for me. My family never got out for holidays or anything for the longest time (cept for Hari Raya Gatherings). Else we would be too busy with work, our social lives, school.... no time for family. So 12th June 2007, is a moment I'd cheris

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Another weekend burned like wild fire....



Saturday, I stopped over at Hanis' Place for her engagement. At least now Baby knows how it feels to travel to and fro and let the humanity in him decide how far it is... If I'm late, it's purely coz it is really faaarrrr.



Well, I met up with my Northerners and we ate at Waroeng Penyet in Parkway Parade. I thought that Ayam Penyet Ria is definitely better. The sambal is edible at Waroeng Penyet tho. Ayam Penyet Ria's is like swallowing a globlet of fire.... you need Harry Porter to spray you with gallons of water down your throat after that....



We were supposed to find the large tree at Tanah Merah (near Expo) for our "adventure".... However we couldn't find it. Then someone suggested Punggol. Or whatever. Then finally we made the decision to Changi Village. Chill out by the beach, and we were such a rowdy bunch of teenagers. We squeeled, screamed, fought, pinch each other's hands, cheated and bluff our way through in our card games.



At the end of the day, everyone was perspiring like as if we played the egg-and-spoon telematch... but really, all we did was sit our asses playing heart attack. How healthy!

No holidays?

Week 2 of the holidays and I still haven't done anything productive cept for reading books and novels. Gosh, what a geek.

I was supposed to swim yesterday but instead, went to help Jo with his presentation for today.

My Batam trip with mom got cancelled coz dad kinda disagree to us going there... Well, he wasn't able to come along so he prolly felt left out. LOL. But I wanna go! Shucks. Prolly I'll ask my classmates... This is so booooring. Whyyyy???

Jo's not able to take leave so there.. No Holiday plans.... Boo hoo..... This is the first time in 3 years that I didn't go somewhere bagpacking or whatever during June... Yikes.

I thought I'd just rattle off some stuffs that had been going on in my head....

I thought. The older you are, the lonelier you get. You suddenly feel that you no longer possess that aura or circumference of people who share the same common goals. Especially now that I have gone on to the REAL world. The career world. The rat race.Whatever analogies that come along with it. Somehow, all that is testified today.

Suddenly, you're choked up in this room where everything is smoky, cloudy... depending on how you view it. You are alone. You can't call for help anymore. The more you wanna share your troubles with someone, especially those that have been together through thick and thin with you, seem so distant. They moved on. You choose to stay. You try to summon your 'kakis'.... But it seemed that you're the only one making the effort. You are no longer of their importance. They slipped away, one by one, you lose their names, faith, love, sense of belonging. You are alone.

Could you have attribute it to your own doing? Maybe. Was it because you show no emotion or love or anything that makes sense? Maybe. Could it because prior to this, you pay no attention to them either? Could be.

It's too late to make ammends. You try. You seem to fail. Have you? Are you losing them? Now you're all alone. Stand up. Straighten up your shirt. Let's see if you can do this.
Guess I must have been frustrated. And the more I thought about it, the more I sink into the dark smoky, cloudy room.....

Mississippi Gardens

We went SWIMMING!!!!! Cept for Jo who was being a spoil-sport, me, K and Hafiz had so much fun wading in the LAZY POOL and 'riding' the waves... Bintan, here we come...

So I punished Jo for being a spoil-sport by wearing a pair of goggles which I just bought for him....

And then there is Hafiz... aka 'The Float'.... Whahahaha......

Should have more of these kinda things...... Or maybe I need a life....