Sleep Apnoea

Sleep Apnoea is something I came across during my visit to the clinic late last year. I chanced upon a health magazine while waiting my turn and I thought it was all too relevant to my condition where I used to doze off while at work. Little did I realise I was to become a test subject last Friday for sleep study and getting eventual treatment in the days to come.

I have been wondering why I used to get occasional sleepiness during work while doing programming. My focus seemd to drift off to wonderland and my head nodding to and fro, oblivious to the watchful eyes of colleagues. I knew I am one person who never enjoy physical exercise and always sleep late those days, like after midnight, surfing away in the tide of the internet, and waking up at 5:30 in the mornings. I always thought that this stubborn regime contributed to my thunderous snoring every night. Poor wifey, had to wake me every now and then to turn over to my side to stop the snoring.

I also realised that in the past 2 years I was unable to keep awake while driving to work every morning. Even day time driving to Bangi for work or meeting I sometimes had to struggle very hard to stay awake. My wavering focus even got the better of me even in meetings, but more prevalent during monotonous seminar. I even had to fight to stay awake during homily every Sunday at Mass.

For temporary remedy I have tried the medical patch over my nose, sold at Guardian, purportedly helpful in suppressing the snore but it was just a waste of money which I would gladly have used to purchase another pack of cigarettes. I kept telling myself it could be due to the age thing and so I started to do some walking, not wanting to allow the age thingy to depress me. Couldn't commit as usual.

So when I read about sleep apnoea I was convinced that I might be a victim of such a condition because the symptoms mentioned in the article were what I have been experiencing and it also warned of the fatal consequences that may happen not only during sleep but on the road when dozing off behind the wheel.

to be continued..

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Station 1 Cafe

Our 1st visit to Station 1 Cafe at Rampai Business Park, beside Section One Wangsa Maju, left a good impression on us. In fact, we were not planning to dine there but merely to drive around the new place and to see what are the businesses opening there.

There are quite a number of car tyres and accessories shops you may want to bargain around. One boutique cafe offering customers hot varieties from the bakery, dine-in, and upstairs you can shop for your choice of clothing of various fashion. A few lots away you'll find De' Fruit Master offering various types of fresh fruits, some imported, and you can also enjoy some fruit rojak and freshly squeezed fruit juices while resting your tired feet.

Anyway, I was supposed to talk about Station 1 Cafe. After spending 7 minutes browsing through the menu we ordered Chicken Salad, cold Peach Tea, small glass of watermelon juice and a hot mug of Wu Long Tea for myself. When the drinks came I was surprised that the 'small' glass of watermelon juice was much bigger than what we perceived as small. Peach Tea came in a nicely shaped bottle with wide opening, I would have thought it to be a vase had I bought such similar bottle from some shop, and it is large. As for my Wu Long Tea, what else you would expect - a mug is just as ordinary as it can be..

After a while the Chicken Salad dish was served and it came in a generous number of chicken pieces laid on top of a variety of salad surrounding a small bowl of thousand island salad cream at the centre of the plate. We all tasted the chicken and it was well done and very tasty. The dish costs only Rm12.50 and was really well worth the price!

Besides the food I like the ambient setting with dim lights and water vapoured fans all around rendering the evening cool. Music was not too loud. Even better, at 9.oopm you get to enjoy live band! A young couple, the guy plucking his guitar masterfully and his female partner singing, rendering English and Chinese songs, they were really good! I was really enjoying myself but had to go off after the couple belted 3 songs.

I definitely would dine there again, maybe the weekend after payday..