Polyphasic Sleep, what is that??? Sounds like a very advance word to me the very first time I saw it in The 4-Hour Boby by Tim Ferriss (a book that I stumbled upon while reading News Straits Times last week). It is claimed to be an uncommon guide to RAPID fat-loss (I NEED THAT! lol), incredible SEX (wow~ worth reading right?) and becoming SUPERHUMAN (what? like becoming Captain America??).
In actual fact, the biggest reason why I picked up this book is because it mentions "How to sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested". And it's all about polyphasic sleep - sleeping multiples in a 24-hour period. The theory behinds it, to keep it short and sweet, is to increase REM (the quality deep sleep where we really rest) of our sleep by HACKING our brain to fall into REM immediately for all naps.
How can this BRAIN HACK work? Supposedly it takes about a week to adjust to it. A normal sleep cycle is 90 minutes, and REM sleep occurs late in this cycle. Our normal night sleep of 7~8 hours contains only 2 hours of REM only on average. REM is the most important phase of sleep, the one in which you experience dreams, and when deprived of REM for too long, you suffer serious negative consequences. Polyphasic sleep conditions your body to learn to enter REM sleep immediately when you begin sleeping instead of much later in the sleep cycle. So during the first week you experience sleep deprivation as your body learns to adapt to shorter sleep cycles, but after the adaptation you’ll feel fine, maybe even better than before.
There are a few variants to polyphasic sleep and the most extreme one is called Uberman whereby a person sleep 20 minutes 6 times per day, with equally spaced naps every 4 hours around the clock. This means you’re only sleeping 2 hours per day! Insanity! Just imagine that you have to sleep every 4 hours (on a fixed schedule), how inconvenient is that?
Luckily, there are other variants which are more adaptable and more practical like Everyman Sleep where a person has a core sleep of 3 hours with 3 times 20 minutes naps per day. There are also other variants with longer core sleep and lesser naps.
After some further research and review of the sleep logs / blogs of some practitioners, I've decided to give it a try for the simple reason of wanting to have more time and better quality of sleep (high REM). I am BRAIN HACKING myself for Everyman sleep schedule - 3 hours of core sleep with 3 times 20 minutes naps.
My schedule:
3am-6am 3hours Core Sleep
11am/12pm 20min Nap
4pm/5pm 20min Nap
10pm/10pm 20min Nap
Today is my first day and I've only sleep approx 4 hours for the past 24 hours. To be honest, I'm dizzy now and my eyes are tired but mind is still active. I'm gonna take my 3 hours core sleep in another 10 minutes or so.
The past 24 hours has been exciting and I'm gonna update you on this new experience in a couple of days. Night!
Friday, 16 September 2011
Saturday, 6 August 2011
The iVirus
Irrespective of whether you like to eat Apple or not, it is undeniable that iVirus is spreading faster than we could imagine in Malaysia.
And it all started with the incredible offer from telcos for iPhone 4. Although it's not as cheap as other countries but we could now own i4 with just RM990 on average. RM990 for a RM2400 DREAM PHONE of many, that's a freaking value for money deal!
What's even scarier is once you are on iOS, you'll either HATE IT or LOVE IT (well, most people love it) and get so use to it that every next gadgets that you want to own must be on Mac OS! That's the iVirus I'm talking about!
I used to love Google products due to the FREEDOM of the software. It is created based on the open source LINUX and offered free to the public which means you could pimp your phone in any ways you like without any cost! Any if you are one of those who like to customize your phone, the possibilities are limitless!
On the other hand, Mac OS / iOS is all controlled by Apple. It is all uniform across all platforms. And I think the worst thing is you can't even do a simple USB plug and transfer file between gadgets as everything has to sync through iTunes. Troublesome!
But every little thing that Apple improvise on its gadgets has made it so unique and special. What's great of Apple is that it didn't invent any gadgets, none! Instead, it improvises, improves, innovates and makes those little changes that count. For example, the multi touch gesture, the dashboard, the dock, the expose, everything little things! It gives you the experience that you once you use a Mac, you'll never want others. Pretty strong virus!
Apart from the OS, the design is another aspect that iVirus spreads so fast. Just one word COOL, that's the feel that it creates. On so many review of gadgets, Apple products might lose out on some performance or specs but in terms of design it never loses and it always gives that WOW effect That's what current market buys into anyway, Style.
Apple has created history from mp3 player (iPod) -> PC (iMac) -> laptops (MacBook) -> smartphone (iPhone) -> netbook (MacBook Air) -> tablets (iPad). So what's next? Will it venture into cameras? Camcorders? Who knows? Let's see what other surprises can Apple introduce to the world in the near future!
Last but not least, if you are like me, infected by iVirus, LIKE this! ;)
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| The incredible Apple that made the world go wild! |
What's even scarier is once you are on iOS, you'll either HATE IT or LOVE IT (well, most people love it) and get so use to it that every next gadgets that you want to own must be on Mac OS! That's the iVirus I'm talking about!
I used to love Google products due to the FREEDOM of the software. It is created based on the open source LINUX and offered free to the public which means you could pimp your phone in any ways you like without any cost! Any if you are one of those who like to customize your phone, the possibilities are limitless!
On the other hand, Mac OS / iOS is all controlled by Apple. It is all uniform across all platforms. And I think the worst thing is you can't even do a simple USB plug and transfer file between gadgets as everything has to sync through iTunes. Troublesome!
But every little thing that Apple improvise on its gadgets has made it so unique and special. What's great of Apple is that it didn't invent any gadgets, none! Instead, it improvises, improves, innovates and makes those little changes that count. For example, the multi touch gesture, the dashboard, the dock, the expose, everything little things! It gives you the experience that you once you use a Mac, you'll never want others. Pretty strong virus!
Apart from the OS, the design is another aspect that iVirus spreads so fast. Just one word COOL, that's the feel that it creates. On so many review of gadgets, Apple products might lose out on some performance or specs but in terms of design it never loses and it always gives that WOW effect That's what current market buys into anyway, Style.
A desktop PC
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An iMac - isn't it awesome??
Apple has created history from mp3 player (iPod) -> PC (iMac) -> laptops (MacBook) -> smartphone (iPhone) -> netbook (MacBook Air) -> tablets (iPad). So what's next? Will it venture into cameras? Camcorders? Who knows? Let's see what other surprises can Apple introduce to the world in the near future!
Last but not least, if you are like me, infected by iVirus, LIKE this! ;)
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Life is Fun!
Life is fun isn't it? One second we feel we are on top of the world, another second we feel we are bottom of the valley. There's ups and downs in life, how we react to it determines the quality of our life. Of course, we are mere humans, not God, it's hard to laugh at challenges and difficulties in life and that's why we need a bunch of good friends. Friends who are always there to remind us to cheerful during challenges, friends who are always there to share our joy.
Life is all about choices. At times, we are faced with dilemma whether to march down Path A or Path B. At this point in life, other than weighting the pros and cons of each path, I think it's utmost important to follow our passion. Always do what you love (and what you should do) and love what you do.
There's no such thing as wrong path. Just look at Steve Jobs, he dropped out from college and since then he stopped taking classes that didn't interest him and picked classes that he interested in. At that point of time, it seemed that he was wasting his parents money etc but in the end, it turned out to be a turning point in his life. When he created Mac, it was the lessons that he learnt from calligraphy classes that made Mac so special, so different from Windows.
He said, "you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
Yea, we have to and we must TRUST that the dots of life will somehow connect in our future. Meanwhile, trust your gut, trust your heart and live your passion!
Life is all about choices. At times, we are faced with dilemma whether to march down Path A or Path B. At this point in life, other than weighting the pros and cons of each path, I think it's utmost important to follow our passion. Always do what you love (and what you should do) and love what you do.
There's no such thing as wrong path. Just look at Steve Jobs, he dropped out from college and since then he stopped taking classes that didn't interest him and picked classes that he interested in. At that point of time, it seemed that he was wasting his parents money etc but in the end, it turned out to be a turning point in his life. When he created Mac, it was the lessons that he learnt from calligraphy classes that made Mac so special, so different from Windows.
He said, "you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
Yea, we have to and we must TRUST that the dots of life will somehow connect in our future. Meanwhile, trust your gut, trust your heart and live your passion!
Tokyo Trip Part 5 - Disneyland X DisneySea Day 3
Alright, I was a little plain on Day 1 and 2 but not Day 3 anymore! Guess what? We got a Mickey Robe, LOL. All set and let's go~
Then I realized that it was actually quite hot with the robe on.
We rode on the Disney Resort Cruiser (a bus that takes guests from hotel to the station) to the Disney Resort Line.
Look look! Why so happening over there? Oh my god, look at the line.
Only then I found out we got a big star over there! Mickey in the tracker suit!
Perfect spot for the kids on a Summer day.
Perfect spot for us on a Summer day. The Tower of Terror~!
Warning! Long story short, Ride if you Dare. Say No if you Afraid.
First thing we did that day was to get a FastPass for Tower of Terror. A fast pass was a pass which we could book the time to ride a attraction (time is fixed by the system). It cut down the waiting a lot. However, only limited number available. They ran out of the fast pass on Day 2, that's why we left this attraction until Day 3.
As you could see. We gotta come back for the ride during 6.10pm-7.10pm, else the tickets would be voided.
Creepy?
Scary?
We should know when we came back later. Hehehe. After we finished our first mission, we started walking around the theme park, looking for unexplored places.
New York Deli - look at the Mile Long Sandwich on the billboard.
The very awesome Tower of Terror. It would be nice if we still had this old style hotel around.
The Mexican Band at the riverside restaurant at Lost River Delta.
Spotted, Mickey Hood!
We were in Mermaid Lagoon again. She just couldn't get enough.
The ice cream stall - Mermaid Style.
Arabian Coast
Some walls from Rome. LOL
Awesome!
Gosh! It's so freaking heavy! I needed help from Hercules to move this! Alright kinda lame, stop it KY.
Opps~ The unexplored area on Day 1.
Hey~ Ho~ Mickey Robe for sale~~
Oh my god~ There's a pretty angel at the study.
They got an old school telephone too in the shop.
Awhile later, we ran into Pinocchio!
I did not remember his name but he was from Pinocchio too.
Check out the volcano!
We were almost done in DisneySea. In fact the main purpose in DisneySea on Day 3 was to challenge Tower of Terror~
We then went to Maihama Station for a short walk, there were some shops / boutique there that Vic wanted to check out. After that, we took another route to Disneyland and entered from another entrance.
Dropped by a "hidden" Mickey Shop. It was quite big and complete with many souvenirs.
Oh, a big story book!
We missed this on the first day. This could be found at the entrance of every Disneyland in fact.
Donald Duck!
Who is this?? Wolf Robin Hood?
The crowd pleaser - Mickey Mouse.
Never failed to attract crowd huh?
Pinocchio's father. Why were you in Disneyland? Your lovely son was waiting for you at DisneySea. =p
Welcome once again people.
Our first Mission in Disneyland was to get the Reserve Ticket for the night show - Midsummer Night's Panic! And guess what? The way to get the ticket was from Lottery.
And there we went to the Lottery Room and TaDa! We were lucky enough! Row E, it was the front row!
Next, explore the unexplored. Toon Town!
Goofy was out of town!
Donald Duck's house.
Chip n' Dale - one of my favourite cartoon!
They lived on the tree. Duh~
Mickey's private limousine.
You could meet Mickey at his house but the queue was real long!
And this was Minnie's.
Toon Town with Toon Foods.
The Piggy Bank.
Overview of Toon Town.
Interesting enough. Each town got mineral water in its own theme.
Cinderella Castle.
Inside the Castle, there's a shop - Cinderella Crystal Slipper Shop that sells crystal and glass souvenirs, all very neat and nice.
Dream of many girls.
A demo of how these fine works were done. His skills were pretty cool.
What's Snow White doing outside the Cinderella Castle?
Right after that, we went to look for a spot for the Day Parade.
The Princesses were all so beautiful!
The Lion King
Lilo and Stitch were the Stars of Summer.
More pictures of the Parade on Vic's and My Facebook profile.
After the Parade. We rushed back to the courtyard of the Castle for the water splashing event - Cool the Heat! Gotta do some safeguard my bag first. We asked for big plastic bag from the store to "wrap" the backpack. LOL
C'mon! Let's COOL the HEAT!
You catch a glimpse of what happen at Cool the heat here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRNpH11UsQ. They got a very clear view!
After that we went for a little shopping and then back to DisneySea for Tower of Terror!
Inside the Hotel Hightower was super creepy with the dim light and the creepy sound effects. All we could see was an old abandoned hotel with the hotel owner - Harrison Hightower III's antique collections. After the queue. We entered into a hall where the story of Hightower was showcasted:
After his expedition to Africa, Hightower brought home an idol by the name of Shiriki Utundu. He claimed that the natives were very unhappy to part with their beloved god and threatened him that it would curse him. On December 31, 1899, Hightower held a huge party, attended by many members of the press. There he boasted about how great he was for taking the idol and denied any claims to it being cursed and even went so far as to insult it. He even used the idols head to put out his cigarette. Around midnight, he entered the elevator to retire to his quarters at the top of the hotel. As the elevator neared the top, Shiriki Utundu came to life. The idol zapped him and the elevator, causing it to drop and crash at the bottom. When the elevator was finally pried open, only Hightower's hat and the idol were found. The hotel was then abandoned and left for many years, claimed by the locals to be haunted.
Unlike any other, this free fall tower brought us back to 1899 inside the elevator with simulation of the story behind the mysterious disappearance of Hightower. Inside, it was all dark. The elevator slowly brought us to the top where we could see how high we were through a broken window and when as the green light stroke, the elevator fell!! Half way through, we saw Shiriki Utundu and it fell again follwing his evil grin~
This was definitely the best ride in Tokyo Disneyland, apart from Indiana Jones! We missed 2 main rides - The StromRider and the Journey to the Center of the Earth (both under maintenance) but I thought, Tower of Terror made up the experience! Words couldn't describe the excitement. LOL. It was Genius Fun!
After Tower of Terror, we went back to Disneyland again for the Midsumme Night's Panic! It was hosted by Lilo and Stitch with plenty of dance and fun with the water splash! It started with just Lilo and Stitch then other Disney characters joined them for a dance. It was very fun with the song, light, water and fireworks!
Again, I share the YouTube link with you as we didn't take any photos. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlao_H95zB8
After the show. We ended our day / our Magic-filled Adventure at Tokyo Disneyland with souvenir shopping at the biggest store in Disneyland.
With 3 huge bag of souvenirs, we finally waved GoodBye to Tokyo Disneyland. See you soon~
...End of Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea Magic-filled Trip...
OMG. I so miss Tokyo Disneyland now.
Then I realized that it was actually quite hot with the robe on.
We rode on the Disney Resort Cruiser (a bus that takes guests from hotel to the station) to the Disney Resort Line.
Look look! Why so happening over there? Oh my god, look at the line.
Only then I found out we got a big star over there! Mickey in the tracker suit!
Perfect spot for the kids on a Summer day.
Perfect spot for us on a Summer day. The Tower of Terror~!
Warning! Long story short, Ride if you Dare. Say No if you Afraid.
First thing we did that day was to get a FastPass for Tower of Terror. A fast pass was a pass which we could book the time to ride a attraction (time is fixed by the system). It cut down the waiting a lot. However, only limited number available. They ran out of the fast pass on Day 2, that's why we left this attraction until Day 3.
As you could see. We gotta come back for the ride during 6.10pm-7.10pm, else the tickets would be voided.
Creepy?
Scary?
We should know when we came back later. Hehehe. After we finished our first mission, we started walking around the theme park, looking for unexplored places.
New York Deli - look at the Mile Long Sandwich on the billboard.
The very awesome Tower of Terror. It would be nice if we still had this old style hotel around.
The Mexican Band at the riverside restaurant at Lost River Delta.
Spotted, Mickey Hood!
We were in Mermaid Lagoon again. She just couldn't get enough.
The ice cream stall - Mermaid Style.
Arabian Coast
Some walls from Rome. LOL
Awesome!
Gosh! It's so freaking heavy! I needed help from Hercules to move this! Alright kinda lame, stop it KY.
Opps~ The unexplored area on Day 1.
Hey~ Ho~ Mickey Robe for sale~~
Oh my god~ There's a pretty angel at the study.
They got an old school telephone too in the shop.
Awhile later, we ran into Pinocchio!
I did not remember his name but he was from Pinocchio too.
Check out the volcano!
We were almost done in DisneySea. In fact the main purpose in DisneySea on Day 3 was to challenge Tower of Terror~
We then went to Maihama Station for a short walk, there were some shops / boutique there that Vic wanted to check out. After that, we took another route to Disneyland and entered from another entrance.
Dropped by a "hidden" Mickey Shop. It was quite big and complete with many souvenirs.
Oh, a big story book!
We missed this on the first day. This could be found at the entrance of every Disneyland in fact.
Donald Duck!
Who is this?? Wolf Robin Hood?
The crowd pleaser - Mickey Mouse.
Never failed to attract crowd huh?
Pinocchio's father. Why were you in Disneyland? Your lovely son was waiting for you at DisneySea. =p
Welcome once again people.
Our first Mission in Disneyland was to get the Reserve Ticket for the night show - Midsummer Night's Panic! And guess what? The way to get the ticket was from Lottery.
And there we went to the Lottery Room and TaDa! We were lucky enough! Row E, it was the front row!
Next, explore the unexplored. Toon Town!
Goofy was out of town!
Donald Duck's house.
Chip n' Dale - one of my favourite cartoon!
They lived on the tree. Duh~
Mickey's private limousine.
You could meet Mickey at his house but the queue was real long!
And this was Minnie's.
Toon Town with Toon Foods.
The Piggy Bank.
Overview of Toon Town.
Interesting enough. Each town got mineral water in its own theme.
Cinderella Castle.
Inside the Castle, there's a shop - Cinderella Crystal Slipper Shop that sells crystal and glass souvenirs, all very neat and nice.
Dream of many girls.
A demo of how these fine works were done. His skills were pretty cool.
What's Snow White doing outside the Cinderella Castle?
Right after that, we went to look for a spot for the Day Parade.
The Princesses were all so beautiful!
The Lion King
Lilo and Stitch were the Stars of Summer.
More pictures of the Parade on Vic's and My Facebook profile.
After the Parade. We rushed back to the courtyard of the Castle for the water splashing event - Cool the Heat! Gotta do some safeguard my bag first. We asked for big plastic bag from the store to "wrap" the backpack. LOL
C'mon! Let's COOL the HEAT!
You catch a glimpse of what happen at Cool the heat here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRNpH11UsQ. They got a very clear view!
After that we went for a little shopping and then back to DisneySea for Tower of Terror!
Inside the Hotel Hightower was super creepy with the dim light and the creepy sound effects. All we could see was an old abandoned hotel with the hotel owner - Harrison Hightower III's antique collections. After the queue. We entered into a hall where the story of Hightower was showcasted:
After his expedition to Africa, Hightower brought home an idol by the name of Shiriki Utundu. He claimed that the natives were very unhappy to part with their beloved god and threatened him that it would curse him. On December 31, 1899, Hightower held a huge party, attended by many members of the press. There he boasted about how great he was for taking the idol and denied any claims to it being cursed and even went so far as to insult it. He even used the idols head to put out his cigarette. Around midnight, he entered the elevator to retire to his quarters at the top of the hotel. As the elevator neared the top, Shiriki Utundu came to life. The idol zapped him and the elevator, causing it to drop and crash at the bottom. When the elevator was finally pried open, only Hightower's hat and the idol were found. The hotel was then abandoned and left for many years, claimed by the locals to be haunted.
Unlike any other, this free fall tower brought us back to 1899 inside the elevator with simulation of the story behind the mysterious disappearance of Hightower. Inside, it was all dark. The elevator slowly brought us to the top where we could see how high we were through a broken window and when as the green light stroke, the elevator fell!! Half way through, we saw Shiriki Utundu and it fell again follwing his evil grin~
This was definitely the best ride in Tokyo Disneyland, apart from Indiana Jones! We missed 2 main rides - The StromRider and the Journey to the Center of the Earth (both under maintenance) but I thought, Tower of Terror made up the experience! Words couldn't describe the excitement. LOL. It was Genius Fun!
After Tower of Terror, we went back to Disneyland again for the Midsumme Night's Panic! It was hosted by Lilo and Stitch with plenty of dance and fun with the water splash! It started with just Lilo and Stitch then other Disney characters joined them for a dance. It was very fun with the song, light, water and fireworks!
Again, I share the YouTube link with you as we didn't take any photos. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlao_H95zB8
After the show. We ended our day / our Magic-filled Adventure at Tokyo Disneyland with souvenir shopping at the biggest store in Disneyland.
With 3 huge bag of souvenirs, we finally waved GoodBye to Tokyo Disneyland. See you soon~
...End of Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea Magic-filled Trip...
OMG. I so miss Tokyo Disneyland now.
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