taking a little break in between my journal articles to produce this.

and so i am not the only one who is having a "sleepless in melbourne" syndrome.
which makes me feel a whole lot better.

i got 10 days to read 20 journal articles and to produce a spanking 2000 word essay.
and in between got to squeeze in some social activites.
sounds like an uphill task for me.

after months of research,
i have gathered that everytime someone says:
"so jen how are you?"
my standard reply would be
"tired"
it just slips out of my mouth, automatically.
it does not even go through the brain.
i am amazed how my brain can be "trained" into producing this standard response whenever this kinda question pops up.
almost feels like one of those japanese pre programmed robots.
come to think of it, during my SQ days, we had these kind of intensive "robotic" training.
they forced us to greet any moving object that resemble a human beings and had 2 feet.
forced us to open doors, smile and use terms such as "certainity, sir".
during my flying days, i picked up so much rubbish that even now when i am walking on the streets of melbourne, and i see rubbish, i would instinctively feel like reaching out to it.
frightening in fact,
to realise the "machine" in me, and how you get consumed without even being aware of it.