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Sleepless 2 hours north of Seattle
Sunday, Jun 3, 2007 6:00PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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There are few truths in this world but there is one that I am now certain of.

There’s no negotiating with jetlag.

You can try everything to fight it but in the end, no deal. You can stay up as late as possible, or not sleep at all on the plane over, plenty of exercise, camomile tea, melatonin tablets, really boring movies, no caffeine..and still sleep evades. Tossing and turning and trying to switch off your brain and occasionally checking the clock and thinking ‘ if I get to sleep right now I’ll have at least three hours sleep before morning’.

Ha ha. Nope.

The daylight hours pass like a blur- things feel slightly surreal, noises are too loud, trafiic is the worst. Uncontrollable narcolepsy at around 4 in the afternoon- right in the middle of a late lunch meeting and the people you're with end up thinking you're not intersted in what they're saying when in fact you are fighting to keep your face from planting into the bowl of pasta in front of you. Collapsing like a victim the moment you arrive back home.
Finally ...peaceful, dreamless sleep.

And then 11pm rolls around and *ping* your eyes open and there's no going back to sleep.

It’s the second night back in Vancouver. 3 a.m.. Wide awake.

Might have to try counting sheep.

S*

weird swing set

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whiteberries
posted on Monday, Jun 4, 2007 11:28AM [Report]

I agree with Etchy..I have no problem adjusting my time when I travel to Asia but when I come back here I always have bad jetlag..
RenRen
posted on Monday, Jun 4, 2007 11:04AM [Report]

The first thing I do after I get off a long flight is take a nap. I worry about the jet lag thing later. Like rottendoubt, I don't fight it either.
Etchy
posted on Sunday, Jun 3, 2007 8:09PM [Report]

you need to fight the urge to sleep in the afternoon, or at least push it back as late as possible... i always have a lot more trouble getting on schedule in America than i do when i come back to asia...
rottendoubt
posted on Sunday, Jun 3, 2007 7:50PM [Report]

hrmm... i dunno. i don't try to fight it. i sleep when i am tired and wake up when i wake up. usually in a few days u just naturally switch to normal hours... =)
andy_lau_spain
posted on Sunday, Jun 3, 2007 6:23PM [Report]

Scary swing seats I'ld say O.O

I could pass u some of my "Spanish Descriptive Grammar theory and its theoriticians", I think that would get u sleepy in the first page...it happens to me all the time... :p

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Voted “Sexiest Woman in the World 2006” by Asian FHM magazine readers, Steph Song is, ironically, a staunch disciple of hard work, not hard bodies.

After attaining a double degree in Journalism and Nursing, she embarked on a meteoric ascent in a career in front of the camera.

Moving to Singapore in August 2002, she became the leading actress of English TV drama projects such as “First Touch”, “Concerto for a Bus Driver”, “Heartlanders”, “Love Poetry”, “Six Weeks”, and “Singapore Short Stories” - winner of Best Drama at the 2004 ATV Awards.

In 2003, Steph set a new standard with her role in the sitcom “Achar!”. The series was the breakout comedy of the year and went on to win second prize at the New York International Television Festival 2005 behind NBC’s “Frasier”. The series has since been broadcast in 10 countries, including Australia and the US.

In 2005, Steph returned to Canada in her breakthrough lead role opposite Paulo Costanzo (NBC’s “Joey”) in “Everything’s Gone Green”. “EGG” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2006 and is the winner of Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver and Edmonton Film Festivals. It was also in Official Selection at the Pusan and South by Southwest International Film Festivals. It premieres in the USA in April 2007.

She appears alongside Jet Li and Jason Statham in the action film, “War”, set for worldwide release in September 2007.

She has the female lead role opposite legendary HK actor Eric Tsang in CBC’s gritty “Dragon Boys”. Steph learnt Cambodian from scratch for the role and now adds it to her list of English, Hokkien and Spanish.

Steph is a new breed of Asian actress. Eastern looks and soul, combined with the feistiness and dedication to the craft born in the West. Once quoted as saying she’d “eat a homeless dwarf’s toenails to work with David Lynch”, she is not without humility or humour.

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