{"id":2569,"date":"2009-02-18T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T12:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2009-02-18T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T12:03:55","slug":"morning-routines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/02\/18\/morning-routines\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning routines"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we grow older, our sleeping patterns and morning routines change quite a bit. It\u2019s dependent on your morning programs of course i.e. do you have to go to work. But just as another entry on recollection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1992 \u2013 1995<\/td>\nUndergraduate at NTU staying in the hostel<\/td>\nSlept at 4 am
\nWoke up at 8 am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996 \u2013 2003<\/td>\nLecturer<\/td>\nMorning classes:
\n– Slept at 1 am
\n– Woke up at 7 am<\/p>\n

Afternoon \/ evening classes:
\n– Slept at 4 am
\n– Woke up at 10 am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2003 \u2013 2006<\/td>\nPostgraduate at Curtin<\/td>\nSlept at 10 pm
\nWoke up at 3 am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006 +<\/td>\nLecturer<\/td>\nSleep at 10:30 pm
\nWake up at 4:30 am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"blog-2008-06-02-dsc_0299-hougang\"If the table is indicative of anything, it\u2019s that I\u2019ve turned into an unearthly morning creature! I think it\u2019s a habit that carried forward from my postgrad days. Most activity in MMORPGs occur during evening hours in the States \u2013 early to late morning for those of us in the eastern hemisphere \u2013 so I had to be typically up very early each morning.<\/p>\n

These days, I\u2019m usually awake at 4:30 am. My sis-in-law says my early up hours will be a big help for Ling after our daughter comes haha. I get an hour and a half to myself to do early morning blogs, some retrospection, answer the urgent work and personal emails, read the overnight MSN messages from Matt.:)<\/p>\n

I wake Ling up at 6 am. I nudge and cajole. Occasionally, I’ll just flat out tickle her out of bed. If none of that works, then I’ll do a face wipe on her pillow, and tell her I’ll keep doing it until she wakes up. That always works LOL.<\/p>\n

Then it’s the\u00a0 shower, prepare morning coffee to go, and I\u2019m at work at 0645 am. Where I\u2019ll have nearly another hour and a half alone in the office before my colleagues start arriving.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I spend more than 11 hours a day at work. But it\u2019s all well and good; I leave all my work in the office. Ling brings home a lot of work, though I\u2019ve keep discouraging her not to and have been having making small steps in that direction.<\/p>\n

Hmm \u2013 I should blog on that last bit soon about bring work home. So, more in a follow-up post later.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we grow older, our sleeping patterns and morning routines change quite a bit. It\u2019s dependent on your morning programs of course i.e. do you have to go to work. But just as another entry on recollection: 1992 \u2013 1995<\/p>\n

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