Can't sleep at 6am in the morning...

I don't know why, but i can't understand why i can't sleep even though i'm down with a runny nose, feeling damn damn sick, maybe coz i slept from 7pm to 9pm? but still by right i should still be sleepy enough to be cuddling in my bed now...

It's 632am as my macbook time shows. Winfred is sleeping beside me now, got to wake up soon for this 830 lesson and wat a long day for himmm. I have 830 lesson later too, marketing from 830 to 1030, but why can't i sleep? I don't understand also, it's really weird, i climbed onto my bed at 3am, toss here toss there, sneezed...wipe my mucus much like how justin always does, haha, and at a point of time, felt like shit, like i'm gonna die, lol... so sleepless me tried to find sth to do, so i watched wo cai, hahaha, for like 1 hr, thinking tt after tt i can fall asleep, but NO. i climbed back to my bed, but still dun have tt sleepy feeling..

I did comtemplate to do my tutorial, but not awake enough to think analytically, or on the lights to disturb winfred up...Do u guys ever have this feeling b4? like you're not awake enough to do hw, but also not sleepy enough to fall asleep... Anw i have to apologize to my roomie here, for all my early mornings, waking u up, disturbing ur uninterrupted sleep. Only u would have tolerated all these, if it was anyone else, i'll probably find my matress somewhere else when i come back from lessons.

Anw i'm talking to alvin now on msn, weird that he's awake too. =) So with time on my hands, i decided to go surf fb...but then find myself landing up here thinking, hey, why dun i write a new post? Time for some reflections and thoughts, this is quite a good avenue actually.

So lately i'm been thinking about stereotyping, haha learned that in organizational behaviour seminar today, which is quite boring btw...

Okay! Question of the day is: Would you ever date someone not from your own race? Would you ask someone out who is like 10kg heavier than you? guys, i welcome your answer, and serious answer, not jokingly one. Think about your perception when i talk about these 2 type of ppl. Who do u know comes into mind straightaway? n would you REALLY date them? if let's say every other characteristics of that person fit your dream girl descriptions. It's jus that she's fat, or she's from another race.

If your answer to the question is yes, why? If no, what's stopping you?

You see, there are certain social norms that we follow, and stereotyping we follow...aren't we all guilty of that? If you see someone with a tattoo, will u think he's a nice guy, cultured, knows calligraphy, reserved and introverted? well, probably not. Of course the saying goes, dun judge a book by its cover, but how many of us can really do that? well, hey, this actually links to marketing, lol. I mean, the cover of the book is how the author shapes your perception of the book, and thereafter makes u want to pick up the book and read and maybe buy it. IF the cover is like shit, torn, dull, u would probably give that book a miss, for there's one lying around with attractive cover and bold lettering and words that catches ur interest. So, actually, YOU judge a book by its cover.

We are judging all the time, and we are judged all the time. Perception is happing everyday around us. What kind of impression do u have when barack obama came into the US elections? (anw it's his one year into office alr) Good? smart looking? dependable? You see, every little thing you do, the things you wear, shapes others' impression about u. Haha, this links to communication fundementals, another of my course this sem. When you go to interview, ppl judge u before you even open your mouth. So to win this game of perception, you must know how to play it. It's actually quite simple, jus put yourself in the shoes of the interviewer for e.g. What impression would u get if you see yourself wearing that set of clothes for interview? Well, if you have a super muscular body, you'll probably think this guy is a rugged, tough person, all brawn but no brains.

See, another societal stereotype. Well it's good n bad. Sure, sometimes it's true, afterall ,he really must have gymed a lot to get tt kind of body, he can't get it any other way else. But what if he's really smart and like nobel prize worthy? You then would have mistaken him. So luckily, perceptions can be changed by knowing him a level deeper, but it's hard to change. The person has to work doubly hard, triply hard to change ur first impression of him. so be careful guys, what type of image u r projecting now, coz it will last...to those who dun know u well, especially in a new environment like uni, where u meet new ppl all the time.

However, it's too tiring, n the world wun stop spinning for u, if you keep thinking about how ppl judge u, or think about you. It's too tiring and it's too fake. Statistics (another course i took this sem, haha) have shown that at least 80% of interviewees lied about their strengths in interviews, talking about what they HOPE they are, when indeed they are not. So how honest are you with yourself?

Perceptions are a scary thing ain't it? It is around us everyday, it affects the shirts you wear, the watch you buy, the way you stand on the mrt, the way you order food in a restaurant when your gf is around, the way you eat. Soooooo, back to the question, will you date someone who is not from your own race? someone who is fatter than you?

Share your honest insights here! Thanks guys!

Woo, it's time to go for class! and i'm still not sleepy yet, wth...haha! Have a good weekend!