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When I was in Australia, I barely slept.  These are the reasons:

1. Online.
2. Assignments.
3. Friends
4. Weather.
5. Sun.
6. I slept during the lectures.

Australians dangerously sleep deprived

With 11.7 per cent experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness and 18.4 per cent reporting sleeping less than 6.5 hours per night. the study warns the impact of sleep and sleepiness on the public health could be
large.

Online and assignments are the major causes that I didn’t sleep well.  Assignments often required the use of computer, and also information searchings.  It can be said that 80% of the time when I was doing assignments, I was distracted to do other things online, such as facebook, chatting, web surfing, blogging, etc.

Friends also play as an important role of sleep deprived.  Although Australia has boring night life, but there are 24/7 McDonalds, KFC, pool, etc.  We can also hanging out at the beach, and it’s freaking cold but fun.  You might ask why should we hang out at night.  It’s simply because we can’t sleep.  With friends around, there are so many things to do.

Australian weather is like a woman’s mood.  It’s constantly changing.  Sometimes it was really hot at night, and sometimes I was freezing.

Sun, the primary source of power.  There are 4 seasons in Australia, which is unlike Malaysia.  Different season has different length of daytime.  When it was summer, I was so active hanging out till late night until I realize it’s not day time anymore.  During winter, I tend to laze around.  Without sunlight, everything seems to be in resting phase, and we feel sleepy but don’t want to sleep.

Lectures are not the best time to sleep, but they are strong lullaby.  I think I was cursed to sleep during lectures.  Some people suggested me to drink coffee, but I not very fond of caffein.  Caffeine made me feel uncomfortable.

The consequences of not sleeping well throughout the year did deteriorate my health.  Luckily I still exercise everyday.

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