"Golden slumber kiss your eyes,

Smiles await you when you rise.

Sleep, pretty baby,

Do not cry,

And I'll sing you a lullaby. "

-Golden Slumbers-

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What a night.

Horrible.

Terrible.

Painful.

Have you ever felt as though your mind was going to explode, as though nothing could stop the rapid beating of your heart ringing in your ears, as though you would rather knock yourself unconcious rather than suffer another waking moment with that throb in your head?

If you do, poor thing.

If you haven't, lucky fella.

Went back home yesterday in a daze.

Was actually amazed that she managed to arrive home in one piece. Feeling ever so stoned, she drifted into the toilet and took a shower.

Ahh.. That's better.

Felt so much better after a refreshing shower. Was it a psychological effect or a truely experienced one?

Who cares anyway, she just wanted to feel better.

Sat at her desk and stared at all her homework.

Good thing she finished it the day before.

Still, feeling guilty for not having touched her work the whole day, she took out a set of notes and started reading through.

She never made it to the end.

Unable to stand the unbearable pain, she plunged into her bed.

It was only 9:45 pm.

Come to think of it, it was so early. How piggish.

"Cuckoo!"

She lifted an eyelid and peered at the clock.

10:30pm.

She was still awake.

Forget the pain.

Better to do something productive than lie on bed doing nothing. She dragged herself out of bed and turned on the computer.

Yes, sad to say, her life revolves round the computer too.

Fiddled around, but still not feeling any better.

Finally, it seemed she finally exceeded her threshold level.

Bile at the end of her throat threatened to spill.

Thank goodness the toilet was near.

11:00pm

Too giddy to do anything productive, she might as well just give it another try at sleeping.

By then, the pain had escalated by a thousand fold. She felt as though her brain would split open any moment now. In fact, she even wished it would just split open and get it over with. It was so frustrating! Why can't she just sleep?! Then again, how can anyone sleep when it feels like a million nails are being hammered into one's head?

Nothing helped.

To make matters worse, her brother was sick too!

Headache and flu!

Poor thing! Good thing he went to the doctor. Hope he is feeling better!

If only she could take all those away and store it away in pandora's box, sealed tightly, never to be opened, by any mortal or immortal.

She hates to see her brother suffering so.

Outside, the clock chimed 12 times.

12:00am.

Great. What a night.

Did I mention that it was a good thing the toilet was near her?

She was hot, sweaty, and stuffy.

The fan seemed to be failing her.

The weather going against her.

Nothing seemed to be going right.

She felt like screaming!!

"Cuckoo!"

She awoke with a shock.

Hey, the pain's gone! Yay!

She opened her eyes and realised they were puffy and wet. She looked at the clock and blinked. Her eyes stung. Unknowingly, she must have cried herself to sleep a while ago.

She squeezed her eye shut thinking, 'Oh dear, she is really going to look like a goldfish tomorrow.'

'Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep,' she chanted silently to herself, hoping to self hypnotise herself.

"Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!"

3:00am!

Still not asleep.

How can this be?!

Has her body gone retarted? Isn't she supposed to be exhausted after a whole day out? Isn't she supposed to black out the moment her head touches the pillow? What's happened?!

What happened next was actually hilarious.

Feeling groggy, she picked up the phone and started typing a sms.

Weird? Only when she was about to send, did she realise the time.

Hastily, she added, 'hope i didn't wake you' to the message.

Pretty redudant acutally, seeing that if it did wake him up, then what's the use of writing that?

Oh well, the funny things a person deprived of sleep would do.

You'ld never guess.

(P.S.: Sorry, if i indeed woke you up.)

All is not lost however! She still managed to sleep in the end.

Yes! Finally! Whee..

Quite satisfied that she slept, she was feeling contented.

You can't ask too much.

'God made it that way,' is what her chemistry teacher likes to say.

Woke up with a headache.

(It was supposed to be gone! Who brought it back? Come on, out with it! Who is the culprit? Come out, come out, wherever you are! I know you're out there somewhere!)

[Ignore the above. Just some random thoughts.]

Hardly suprising there.

Someone should concoct a headache remedy or something.

Sweet, and not bitter.

Definitely not some injection.

Puh-lease! Not a pill!

(Why in the world did they invent that anyway?! It's so hard to swallow. She avoids Panado like a plague. It's so big the it actually flows backwards, along with everything in her stomach.

Good thing she did not take it. Otherwise, she would be needing the toilet a whole lot more.

She is so wise.)

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His first day at work!

Woot!

Hope he had a good night's sleep! Not like her.

A single step on the moon, is a giant leap for mankind.

A single step into the workforce is like a giant leap to something great!

Weird analogy?

Must be due to the lack of sleep.

She still finds that it perfectly illustrates what she wants to say though.

Never mind, treat it as some zombie rambling.

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zZZzZz

Off to bed now. Tired.

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"Care you know not,

Therefore sleep,

While I o'er you watch do keep.

Sleep, pretty darling,

Do not cry,

And I will sing a lullaby."

-Golden Slumbers-