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Coffee = ZZZ
The following is a true story. Contains elements of foodie horror. Parental guidance is required.
Rated PGFH*
I know I’ve been updating my blog a lot lately. No idea why, but who cares, right. At least now you have another source of boredom. You’re welcome.
Anyway, if you know me, you’d be aware that I rarely venture into the world of coffee. Yes, I’ve been to OLDTOWN White Coffee numerous times, but ironically I don’t order coffee there, even when everyone else is saying, “Eh, try [insert name of coffee drink]. It’s really good.” Needless to say, I don’t see a point in dropping by the more popular Starbucks or The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. I enjoy the pleasant whiff of coffee a lot and coffee actually tastes rather good, but I do try to avoid it most of the time.
The reason? Coffee is my sleeping pill. Well, almost.
On the 22nd of August, 2011, I drank coffee with my dinner. I only did it because there was a can of Nescafé Original Coffee (pic of the said beverage on the right) in the refrigerator and no one wanted it, so it sort of became my duty to finish it.
I had it at 8pm. I finished it about 10 minutes later, while watching Underdog on Disney Channel with my youngest sister. 5 minutes after I downed the entire can, I started feeling sleepy.
I brushed it off, hoping that I’d eventually get over it if I got busy. So I did some housework, played a few piano pieces with more mistakes than usual and repacked my bags to make more space for more things to go into them. Along the way, I got so muddleheaded that I completely forgot where I put my camera charger, adapter and cable and I ended up spending 30-45 minutes looking for them, only to discover that they were sitting in my bag in my room. Ugh.
It’s 1.30am, and I’ve only gotten progressively sleepier since 8+pm. No, it has nothing to do with me sleeping late. It’s definitely the coffee’s job. Definitely.
I hope you now realize the dangers of coffee, be it a latte, cappuccino, espresso, whatever.
Most people would think that I’m weird, which is probably true, but just to prove that I’m not that weird, I turned to Google. And guess what. All I typed was ‘caffeine makes’ and Google continued with ‘sleepy’! I know it should read ‘caffeine makes me/us/you/them/[insert personal pronoun] sleepy’, but who cares. At least I know I am not alone. *cue You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson 
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The above is proof that I am not crazy. Mwahaha
Therefore, the moral of the story is that coffee isn’t as good as it seems, even though everyone says it’s the grown-up people’s drink. Pfft.
Give me good old non-sleepifying tea any day (even though it contains caffeine, too).
PGFH = Parental Guidance: Foodie Horror
PS. Click that OLDTOWN White Coffee link way up there. The website is nicely imbued with Flash components and looks really nice. The other two are kind of plain. =D
