ramblings of 03S78

03S78. HCJC.

27 of us make up the lovely class of 03S78 :)

it was a year and 6 mths ago that we graduated from hwachong, nothing much has
changed since then - we still have the good old class outings when we spend most
of the time walking around (+ extended one in europe recently), we still play
mahjong, watch movies, go æçå¦! together (at nwxiang's request of course)..

to many more years of friendship!

teddy! :)

our beloved school :)

our lovely flag.

outside canteen.

chalet in ubin.

'A' lvls results '05

Chao recruits!! '05

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Yijin + girls! '05

Xiz, Ms Wang + guys! '04

* 03S78
* hwachong junior college

* candice
* lifang
* yang
* xiaoxuan
* hilda
* quanyao
* xizhen
* sharon
* huiqi
* meiyin
* yijin
* yifan
* pear
* nwxiang
* weixin
* samuel
* ningqi
* pua
* yilin
* eliza
* wijaya
* ronnie
* weilei
* bong
* ryan shea
* wuwei
* r~linz

* hwachong!
* IVLE :)
* 30th Anniversary!
* HJC Council! :)
* our funky yahoogroups! :)
* winning thinkquest entry - i-Matrix
* blogger
* blogskins

* junior class!
* grandjuniors!
* 06s78
* 07s78
* 08s78

* dearly beloved ms wang!
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* 03S7A
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* 03S69

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* 04S62

What do you eat for breakfast?

So this morning, I was happily nibbling away at my breakfast having sinfully slept for 9+hrs last night. But it wasnt long before I suddenly felt that feeling of faineance creeping up on me, telling me that I needed to fall straight back into bed and sleep. If this were any other day I've had so far after the exams, I'd have gladly done that. But no, feeling that 9hours of solid sleep writes off any excuse I have to somehow succumb to the neurotransmitters dancing around in my weak brain, I valiantly resist and do something marginally better than sleeping: blogging! yay, I feel so proud of myself...

But honestly, I have to contend with this issue. Its terrible to sleep more believing you'll feel more energetic the next day and then eat a breakfast that only makes you feel drowsy immediately after. Having sadly given up believing that I can successfully combat post-meal sleepiness by pure mental strength, I believe the only solution is to trick myself into believing that the stuff I eat will not make me lapse into that state of idleness. So I embarked on a quest into find food that claims to not make one feel sleepy!

Why does one feel sleepy after a meal anyway? Well, popular belief preaches that when you eat, more blood flows to your gastrointestinal system and less to your brain and so you feel sleepy. There might be some truth in that but a significant reason also lies in the fact that during a meal, the glucose you ingest results in (yada yada...GLP-1 .. PKA.. ATP.. Ca2+ yada yada) that eventually raises the secretion of insulin.

This funny keymaster called insulin regulates the uptake of most amino acids in the bloodstream but for some reason, leaves guys called tryptophan out. Tryptophans, feeling dejected over being snubbed despite being part of the "essential amino acids" club, find solace when more and more Tryptophans accumulate in the bloodstream. Then they reach nirvana in a place called the "Brain" and all of them try to rush to meet pretty angels called "Tryptophan hydroxylase" in pretty houses called "neurons" floating on the clouds of cerebrospinal fluid.

Now, whatever tryptophan and the pretty angels do inside the house, soon after, small kids called "serotonin" walk out and grow up to have a complicated love life. Which brings them to a place called the pineal gland where they are forced to change their names to "melatonin" of the "hormone" lineage because serotonins were being persecuted there.

Melatonin, tired of his migratory lifestyle decides to stage a rebellion to take over the authorities governing the brain. When enough melatonins join forces, they eventually do so and establish themselves as the governing party which they name "Sleep".

I realise I'm running out of time so I shall try to reach the end of my quest. Given that now I know the story of insulin yada yada. I have decided that I shall try hard to eat stuff for breakfast that doesnt flood my GIT with glucose too quickly, called high Glycemic index (GI)foods. Cornflakes, white bread, rice, muffins, margarine, jam, honey... Oh gosh, I might as well not eat breakfast =)

Here's what a brain-friendly breakfast is supposed to look like:

Whole wheat bread: Not a complex carbohydrate, but its sugars are released into the blood stream at a slower rate than white bread's sugars.
Milk: also a slow glucose releasing carbohydrate
Eggs and Yogurt: full of complex proteins, raising the level of the amino acid tyrosine in the blood and brain. If more tyrosine is present, the body's neurons will produce more norepinephrine and dopamine. Dopamine btw, is associated with activity and fine muscle coordination and aids in autonomic nervous system and immune system functions. Dopamine levels can be depleted by lack of sleep and high stress.

For other meals...
Low GI foods: apples, oranges, pears, avocados, leafy green vegetables, tomatoes, broccoli, legumes, beans. Vegetables like spinach and broccoli also contain high levels of water-soluble antioxidant glutathione and fat-soluble antioxidant lipoic acid
Blueberries: Researchers at Tufts University analyzed more than 40 fruits and vegetables and found that fresh raw blueberries contain the highest level of antioxidants compared to the other fruits and vegetables. Animals fed an antioxidant rich blueberry diet outperformed the control group of animals on memory tests and showed fewer age related motor changes.Hmm!

Well, hopefully that tricks my brain into believing that it should not feel sleepy after a meal even if melatonins are flooding my system. (names of hormones should have plural forms?) But then again staring at the computer too long has reduced my blink rate and strained my eyes. I do feel my eyes want a rest.... my weak mind just cant withstand the power of the force =(

ryaniq lived on 10:11 AM

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