A childhood memory of binging on Milo powder humbles me. Whenever I want to boast or gloat about something, I only have to remind myself that I was so wrong about sleep. For years, I had imagined myself as a super being who had little need for sleep. I was usually the last to sleep in the evenings even though I was one of the first to get up in the mornings. With just a few hours of sleep, I still had lots of energy spilling over. I had not known then that caffeine in Milo stimulated me. As a young adult, by the time I lessened my Milo intake because I was already gulping down coffee, I was already hooked on caffeine.
Caffeine was the secret of my sleeplessness. Now, I look back wistfully at all those nights I did not sleep. I wish I can bring them all back and sleep them all out one by one. But I can only dream on...
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