how do you keep yourself AWAKE at night?
By secretbear
@secretbear (19448)
Philippines
September 2, 2007 9:05pm CST
no mistake with the word here my friends. its how do you keep awake and not put yourself into sleep! and because of what?? not coz of work nor study but a tv program! ^__^;;
sunday night. I was supposed to be on bed early because I have to wake up early Monday to go to work. but no. I stayed awake till almost 1 in the morning because of JET LI!!! ^__^;; jet li's movie "HERO" was aired last night and even though i've watched it before, I couldn't help but watch it again! hey, I'm a fan, can't do anything about it. LOL and I was curious and I needed to see how it would turn out if it was dubbed in our local tongue. ^__^
but no matter how a humongous die-hard fan I am of jet li, my body wasn't up for it. during ordinary nights like last night, I always sleep before 11pm and beyond that, i'll be forever yawning and turn into a disposable zombie. LOL but I love jet li so much and I wanted to finish the movie no matter what. ^__^ and I beat myself up by stretching and stretching and stretching a lot and a lot of times just to keep me awake and shoo the yawns away and keep my eyes open. its not that effective but hey, I finished the movie! LOL
the bad part is, I'm here at work and I'm sleepy. ^__^;; oh well, as long as its for Jet Li. ^__^
how do you keep yourself up at night?
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50 responses
@jumpinjack00 (3054)
• United States
3 Sep 07
Hehehe! I know you're the ultimate number 1
Jet Li fan. Problem is you are already pre-
conditioned to sleeping at the time you were
up watching the movie. I find it's mostly mind
over body and I psychologically work myself up
to an excited state of frenzy. This gets your
adrenaline flowing.
Other than the psychological way of staying
awake. Try drinking strong coffee before you
plan on staying up.
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@jumpinjack00 (3054)
• United States
3 Sep 07
Hey the only other thing I can say
is record the late night movies.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
beep. we dont have a recorder. ^__^;; the only thing i could do is search for a dvd with all of jet li's movies. and that im gonna do this coming weekend. LOL
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
hahaha... i've got one more discussion in my sleeve to prove that I'm a die-hard jet li fan. hehehe...
actually, i've already set up my mind hours before that I'm going to watch the movie no matter how late it would get. i've decided that i'll stay up late and to heck with waking up early. LOL but its really the biological part of me that fought with the adrenaline and the interest and to whatever's behind it. ^__^;;
I didn't want to drink coffee. I don't think it could've worked for me. it takes a few cups to keep my eyes open but that would mean a hard-to-get sleep too. anyway... good thing the next jet li movie on tv would be on a saturday night. ^__^ haha...
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@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
cola keeps me awake.... for it has caffein too. some of my friends who has duty up to the wee hours in the morning drinks a lot of cola too.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
but once you get used to staying up late you dont need anything anymore. wink wink
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
softdrinks?? that doesnt work for me. and im trying to stay away from it. good thing it works on you. ^__^
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
5 Sep 07
I bet. I think that happened to me some time ago. but I wasn't able to keep up. after 2 or 3 days, I didn't had enough energy left for a day's work. ^__^;;
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
that's one thing i cant do at night! more so late at night! although i can sleep with a full stomach, i wont have a comfortable sleep. i'd feel like i have to unload something. ^__^;;
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
10 Sep 07
well i can stay up late watching movies that i like or surfing the internet.. but only up to a certain time. my is always in charge on when should i go to sleep. no matter how i am interested with the movie or in the internet, when the clock strucks midnight or even before that, i'd want to sleep. ^__^;; and cold air makes me sleepy. LOL
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@19ewf84 (461)
• Austria
9 Sep 07
LOL
I don't know a single person who can't sleep after eat that much. Don't most people get tired after eating very much?
I do...
I don't really know how I keep myself awake but it works.
You just have to find something which keeps you awake like.. watching a horror movie, sitting in front of the computer, open the window and let cold air in,..... I guess there are many ways since coffee doesn't work that much or people dont like it..
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@wonderful1 (2075)
• China
3 Sep 07
i spend the whole night on mylot.
first, i can keep myself awake, because i have to think about the discussions and responses carefully.
second, i can earn money online from mylot. now i need money very much, so if i can earn money, then i must work hard on it, so i can insist for a whole night.
sometimes i will see movies or cartoons to keep awake. i like Japanese cartoons very much, such as bleach, naruto, hunter and so on. i hope you can have a try when you want to keep awake at night.
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@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
Hi secretbeaer! :) On my part, I drink coffee. It really works for me. :) *hehehe* And when I really love the movie, I never let myself sleep. LOL :p
Have a great Monday morning at work! *wink-wink*
take care and God bless! \(",)_
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
i wish i could drink coffee too at night! but i cant. if i do that i might not get any sleep at all. ^.^
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@holtinator (271)
•
3 Sep 07
hmm how do i keep myself awake at night, well that is a hard one, considering i hate coffe... well... i normally sit in front of my PC till the early hours of the morning... and the question is how do i keep myself awake? well i have no idea... i guess i just have that will power in keeping awake that some people want so bad!!!
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
maybe you got so used to staying up so late and your body go used to it also. ^__^ I don't like drinking coffee too, at night. I drink coffee during the day. before, I really didn't like drinking it, but when I heard that it has antioxidants, I learned to drink a cup or two every day. LOL
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
another coffee drinker! ^__^
good thing you quitted smoking. that's a worse way to keep you awake. staying awake at night is really not enough to sacrifice your lungs. LOL
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
Frankly speaking, it's mylot that is what mostly keeps me awake at night. Lots of activities happen here during night-time (here in our region), especially those from other countries that are just starting their day and wake up logging in here on mylot!;)
The two other reasons that keeps me awake at night are, my PS2 game console and reading books. If I am not in the mood to mylot, I would try to divert my attention on any of these two examples I have given!;)
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
6 Sep 07
havent you tried those pills that can give you a good sleep? not those sleeping pills. i forgot the name but its kinda like a herbal pill. ^__^
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
I have seened that last night. I also slept at around 1:30 am. Me, what keeps me awake , i drink caffeine, or i keep myself very busy. But we can't avoid to yawn, simple signs of lack of sleep, i think its normal to stay up late for the benefit of yourself, like watching your favorite actor Jet Li. Our Filipino doubter are great, isn't they?
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
5 Sep 07
yeah, our dubbers are good. but i wish they'd carefully choose what to dubbed. sometimes they dub a movie and it wont feel right, like the emotions are lost and the characteristics attached to the voice are lost. and i wish they'd carefully choose dubbers too! they've done a mistake when they chose yasmin kurdi to dub rukia's voice in bleach! she ruined rukia's reputation. ^.^
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
5 Sep 07
terrible she is! i didnt want to watch bleach at first because of that. but i couldnt ignore this one great anime so i just pretended that im not hearing yasmin's voice and imagined it was the japanese seiyuu (voice actress) that im hearing. i hope they wont hire yasmin kurdi again for a dubbing job!
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
5 Sep 07
I don't know that it is Yasmin Kurdi who dubbed the voice of Rukia in bleach. She is terrible.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
hahaha.. yeah! what can i do if im sooo interested with jet li right?? it makes me happy so to heck with going to bed early. ^__^
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
3 Sep 07
That must have happened to everyone at some time or another so you are in good company. Many people drink a caffeinated beverage to stay awake, but I try to stay away from caffeine. I've seen it make people too jumpy. So I guess I would drink ice water and just get up and walk around once in a while to increase the oxygen flow.
Years ago, I tried to stay up on 3 separate occasions to watch the same very long movie (with lots of commercials!) about a guy with two ferrets who save him from enemies. Each time I had to give up and go to bed because of work the next day. He has some kind of ring that tells him of danger and a girl, of course, and these ferrets. Now that I'm retired and could make the time, I just want to see how that movie ends! But I cannot remember the name of it. Something like the Animal Tamer. If anyone knows this movie, please tell me the name of it and who acted in it! I want to see whatever happened to those adorable ferrets.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
yeah.. walking around the house keeps the sleepiness away. ^__^ but the moment i take my seat, i get sleepy right away. ^__^;; i dont know about the ice water, i havent tried it. i dont like drinking cold water at night. ^__^
oh that's just too bad. i know the feeling of not having to see the ending! i wish i can help you with that but i havent heard of that movie.
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@rouwel23 (1353)
• Philippines
8 Sep 07
if it is my favorite television program or movie, I am usually up at night but if for studying or work, I would get yawns and sleep
but try having coffee, I have tried working night shifts as an analyst before and what I do to keep away at night shifts is drinking lots of water, by drinking water you urinate a lot and keep yourself awake
I also tried standing up, I cant sleep standing up so I stand up and watch and think what Ill be doing, cause by sitting down I could sleep
but try coffee next time
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
10 Sep 07
those call center agents are actually pretty amazing since they can do graveyard shifts. but i guess its just getting used to it. ^__^
@cristalkate (536)
• Portugal
11 Sep 07
Well, I love coffee but it can't make me awake. Or shall I say even if I drink coffee then my eyes want to sleep I really go to sleep. But ah ah.. I usually go to sleep at 1 to 2 am :D I think I just use to it since my high school because of so many rehearsals on our theater ensemble.:D
So how do I keep myself awake at night? I don't know, maybe my eyes get use to it that I always sleep at dawn. But if I am tired then my body wants to rest and my eyes really wants to sleep while I still have some work to do, I force myself to get awake; or I will prepare something to eat or drink soda. It can surely keeps you awake. :)
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
12 Sep 07
wow. you're a theater actress? cool. ^__^ yeah.. sleeping late also has something to do on what we have been used to, which means our habits. I guess it never became my habit to sleep at dawn. ^__^;; even if I sleep at dawn (and that is after going home from a bar or a drinking "session" LOL), I tend to wake up early as usual and that's bad coz it would mean lack of sleep for me. and I couldn't function well if that's the case. ^__^
@cristalkate (536)
• Portugal
12 Sep 07
Nah, I am not. I am just a door on stage.hahaha just kidding. Yeah, I can really say that I really lack of sleep nowadays and I can see it on my eyes already. I am going to have black eyes especially that I can't help but responding on mylot or shall I say I got addicted on mylot since I become a member of this site.:D Ouch!! LOL
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Sep 07
that's easy! put a slice of cucumber to each of your eyes. that would give you a pleasurable relief. ^__^
hey.. a door in a stage has important roles too in the play! what would happen to the play if the door wont open right?? LOL
@r_yuen (332)
• Indonesia
11 Sep 07
Well.. I think it's difficult for me to answers because I slept late at night usually. :) hehehehe...
The things that can keep me awake at night:
- Chinese DVD Series. I won't sleep for sure to finish it!
- Night barbecue. Hehehehe... not having it a lot lately.
- Forex trading. :P this will surely keep my eyes open
- Tomorrow's exam. I won't sleep to study.... :(
- Long chat and discussions with my friends.
- Poker game. Whhooaaa.... I won't sleep if I loose. Hahahaha...
The thing is, I sleep for about 6-7 hours and I think it's enough already. :)
Thanks for starting this discussion secretbear, and thank you for responding my post. :) Take care...
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
12 Sep 07
wow. thanks for your interesting response. ^__^
I love watching series on dvds too. i've watched anime and korean, chinese and japanese tv series on long nights but I can't finish them on just one night. my eyes would won't permit me too. ^__^ and come midnight I usually can't stop my yawning and I'd really have to sleep.
night barbecue? sounds yummy. ^__^
forex trading??? you're weird. numbers would make fall asleep faster than he usual. LOL
how did your exam go? I hope you did good. goodluck! ^__^
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Sep 07
awww.. thanks for liking my responses and discussions. i like to be funny so people wont go bored reading my comments and responses. ^__^
take care yuen! sye sye!
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
17 Sep 07
I have no solutions to your problem Bear coz I am in the same boat. Both my husband and me are avid sports fans and love watching football, cricket and lawn tennis (in that order). Now with these sports being global phenomena, there is some match or the other being played somewhere which we would love to watch but the timings are the wee hours of the morning or late night like 11:30 / 12 (match starts at midnight). We try our best to stay awake by keeping snacks and drinks handy, we sleep till the late evening, have light dinner, go to the loo often…but no point. After an hour max, we both start dozing off. Then I will push him and ask the score and he will shove me and ask the score. By the time we are through with our pushing and shoving, we are both deep in slumber with the idiot box busy with its match. And since its deep into the night, we keep the volume quite low and so we ourselves don’t know when we doze off without switching off the set. This has happened many times, we have woken up in the morning with silly smiles on our faces just to see the TV still on!
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
17 Sep 07
hahaha.. if i were there with you at home i could have pushed and shoved you both! LOL that's so funny. ^__^;;
i guess sports get quite boring at sometime if its on tv. if you're watching it live, you'll probably wont have any problems on staying awake! ^__^
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
18 Sep 07
I drank about 10 cups of really good coffee on my flight from Phoenix to Toronto today. I drank all that coffee because it came from my favourite cafe, a Canadian place called The Second Cup, that I had no been to for three months, as I was in the USA. LOL I have a feeling I am going to be awake for days!
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
19 Sep 07
10 cups??? that's a lot!!! well?? were you awake for days?? LOL i think you better not do that again. i think its bad for the health to drink 10 cups of coffee within a day! that cafe really made sure you take a second cup, and a third cup until the tenth cup. LOL
@wondericequeen (7876)
• Hong Kong
3 Sep 07
I don't usually keep myself avake at night because sleep indeed is important to me. But I remember I had to stay up really late working on some assignments when I was at school and the only thing I rely on would be the coffee from McDonald's. I don't know why the McDonald's here make the most disgusting coffee in the world and right after I drink it, I would be totally awake. It really worked at that time.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
hahahah.. so a disgusting coffee kept you awake??? ^__^;; that's really funny. i think that might work for me. LOL
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@wondericequeen (7876)
• Hong Kong
4 Sep 07
Yes, that's unbelievably disgusting! *laughs*.
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@fredgame (1260)
• China
17 Sep 07
There are two ways i can keep myself awake at night to watch a programme.
if i know it's deep at night, i'll sleep in the afternoon and i can be awake for the whole night or i take some coffee and that's how become very active, no room for any sleep. if i'm not able to have the afternoon sleep, then i sleep and set my mobile phone alarm some minutes before the start of the programme and get customise to the time.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
17 Sep 07
sleeping in the afternoon works for me too! but i wasnt sleep that afternoon because i went out shopping. LOL actually, i did some grocery shopping. ^__^
@dhedows118 (891)
• Philippines
11 Sep 07
Just keep the TV open and I can be awake all night. Even If I read books or doing some cross stitch, I got loss with the time and just realize that I don't have enough time to sleep as it's already few hours before sunrise.
Sometimes If I need to finish a report or a project I just drink cola so I will be awake all night ^___^. The following day I will be like zombie lol
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
12 Sep 07
you do cross stitch?! I do too! ^__^ I'm so excited! its nice to know someone with the same interest. when I was in highschool I could stay up so late too just by cross stitching. its really an addictive hobby and I really addicted to it. ^__^
recently I was beginning to be a cross stitch addict again. but I couldn't finish I was doing coz the stores always lack some of the threads I need. I never wanted too but I stopped. I left my work undone. but I have plans of finishing it in the future. ^__^
@alansmile (284)
• Malaysia
12 Sep 07
Haha... You really like Jet Li a lot. How to keep one self awake at night? Let me see... For me, i think of that something that i want to do then didn't feel sleepy at all. After i finish the thing that i wanted to do, i'll feel sleepy afterward. I always play online game till 2a.m in the morning. What's keep me awake? i also don't know. haha... XD
Keep your mind full of thought, keep on thinking of something. Don't let it be empty, otherwise you will sleepy.
This work for me, but i don't know it will work for you or not.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Sep 07
i dont just like jet li. i love him! hahaha.. but as an idol. and im not obssessed over him mind you! ^__^
that happened to me. i was thinking a lot about things and that kept me awake for so long. but when it striked midnight, i felt sleepy and even if i want to think more, i'd still fell asleep anyway. LOL
oh, someone had told me that if you're thinking of someone late at night, that person wouldnt be able to sleep. i know, i have to tell someone to think of me so i wont fall asleep when im watching a good movie. LOL
