Early bird

Reasons to wake up just half an hour earlier:

- The sunrise : Technically the sun has already risen by 7 but at least I can still see some post-sunrise coloured clouds.

- To open the window : Honestly, I hate air-con rooms, because the air is just so dry and stale. The only reason I switch it on at night is so that I can still use my blanket and not get a heat stroke. I love the feeling of pushing the window planes outwards the first thing I wake up in the morning, and inhale before cars come and ruin the air for me.

- To make coffee, and drink it with whatever pace I want : If I don't wake up earlier I'll end up swallowing everything in 3 big gulps, or pouring it into a small container and drink it in class, which really doesn't feel as satisfying.

- Read something. I personally HATE reading the news because all it's telling me is what's wrong with the world I live in, and that's like the last thing I want to be reminded of in the morning or at nights or at any point of the day. I just don't get the concept of reading the news the first thing in the morning because it annoys me more than anything. The negativity is unbearable. Instead, I always find myself reading blogs or articles over my morning coffee. Passages that make me like the world a little more.

- I get to use my table lamp (LOL) : I don't use my table lamp when I study. Natural light is enough in the late morning or afternoon. I use the ceiling fluorescent tube when it turns dark. There's no in between for me to utilise my yellow lamp. Hence morning, when it's not pitch black nor is it day-bright. 

- Rinse : Ok I'm gonna come clean. I don't have the habit of showering (or even rinsing) in the morning before I head out to start my day. I usually just jump up as my alarm sets off, brush my teeth, wash my face, gulp down whatever liquid I feel like drinking, change, and I'm out. So at least if I'm up earlier I can take a cold (or warm) rinse, depending on my mood, and smell like my baby bath lol....

- Stretch : Yes I do warm-up stretches in the morning. I don't even know why but it feels good so why not?

- BREAKFAST : For the past semester, I've forced myself to be okay with not having breakfast before my first class. It was miserable. And all there is that's affordable (not a rip-off) on campus are very pathetic sandwiches or pastries. Wait they are still rip-offs considering the quality. So waking up early means having time to heat up my homemade muffins or toast my homemade breads. Or microwaving my oatmeal. Or scooping yoghurt into a bowl of cereal.

Okay time's up. 8am clinical skills God bless me.