nocturne

yeah, you heard it right. I'm on my 5th job.

It's been almost 4 months now. Yeeeyy!!

Jumping from a boring job to this new job with my eyes closed, 4 months working on a night shift was not bad after all. “Humans are born with survival instinct. I am a human. Therefore I have survival instinct. I can survive.”

There is an occasional melancholy… tell me, how could it be not depressing when everybody’s rushing to and fro and I’m there inside my cage doing all sorts and trying to increase my melatonin level at day-time. Oh, and by the way, thanks to my sponsor Sleepasil, keeps me company when I’m supposed to be awake. :o)

This is the art of being nocturnal.

To begin with my survival, I made a research about an important hormone I used to ignore and don’t know anything about for years… MELATONIN.

Melatonin is a hormone responsible in making us feel sleepy. It is triggered by lack of sunlight and peaks up at dawn, from 2 to 4am. And you’re lucky guys I already did the research for you. Do you know that if you want to fall asleep, eating melatonin-rich foods will do the trick: banana, cereals, corn and hot milk?

So one day my roommate got surprised because of the pile of cereal boxes and bananas in the fridge. “Are we nearing dooms-day?”

I don’t know if that stuff keeps me healthy (I guess so) but one thing is for sure: metabolism is an inconceivable terminology when you work on a night shift (at least for me). After 4 months I gained 2 pounds but I don’t know exactly where the additional weight resides. I didn’t grow hairs. My foot size is still the same. Didn’t grow another pair of ears. I don’t know, that’s pretty strange.

Look at the brighter side Mich. Having recognized that mercurial weight I have, I started committing myself to shed off some sweat in small amounts at least 3 times a week, that’s what my best friend Oprah said. And she call’s it interval exercise. Whew! In a world when only a few credibility’s were left, it is only Oprah, Dr. Oz, and Jessica Zafra whom I believe most.

So I was no different than a caged hamster with her treadmill machine.

Here’s the survival program (recommended during the 1^st semester)

1. As soon as you arrive home, turn on TV; watch a crappy anime cartoon show.

2. Take a chance to watch your favourite German Documentaries in Channel 25. If you missed it, exhaust yourself in watching Channel 9 where the only advertisement you can see is the President doing charitable works for the poor.
3. Prepare your meal. Chop 2 pieces of banana, and put in a bowl of fresh milk, put on 7 pieces of pitted prunes, you need it, it’s rich in fiber. Then add 3 tablespoon of cereals.
4. Do an interval exercise for 20 minutes. Don’t cheat.
5. Take a shower.
6. Cover the window with a thick blanket so the light will not pass through.
7. Clean face and apply an eye cream and moisturizer with SPF. Don’t be deceived by the darkness, ultraviolet rays may still be present.
Try to watch crappy news about politics. It can make you fall asleep.
8. Ring Fab. Send him a goodnight message. :x
9. Assess yourself. If you still can’t sleep, you know what to do. Grab Sleepasil.
10. Lie down. After 30 minutes and before you knew it, it’s already time to wake up.

Survival instinct. Sure I can survive this challenge.

//mich
11.24.08
Makati City