Hi everyone,

ALC has been making some changes to their servers, and we are using a new system to make entries. It might take me a bit of time to get used to the new way of doing things, so please bear with me if things look a bit strange to start with.

•  davidbarker
• 2011年11月 2日 10:49

Hi David ,

Thank you for updating the interesting topic.
I'm sure that I always feel sleepy.
I sleep 5 hours a day on average.
I want to sleep more but I always busy and busy.
The day that I can sleep as much as I like is a new years day only.

Hi everyone,

I'm very dissapointed when I see some sleeping young men and young women on the public transportation.
I think many Japanese are tired good meaning and bad meaning.

How many hours do you sleep a day ?
And what time do you go to bed and what time do you get up?
By the way I get up at 4 a.m. every morning.
Yes, I' m a morning person!
But I always feel sleepy.....

Green

•  Green
• 2011年11月 2日 13:03

Hi David,

When I was reading your new entry, I thought you talked about me!! I have to admit that I am one of thoes poeple. When I was a high school student, I always slept in classes. I couldn't help it but I don't think it had something to do with my childhood. I was not allowed to stay late, so I just like to sleep in day time :(,
Anyway, I am going to read the article that you mentioned later and will write a comment on it.

Hi everyone,

How's it going? I took a day off today. It seems that I've got a cold, so I just stay home and chillax.

Have a nice day,
amo

•  匿名
• 2011年11月 2日 13:47

Hi David and everyone,

This week's topic is another interesting one.
I often see families with young children at Tsutaya and Game centers late at night.

The other day, I taught 6 grade students some English sentences of our daily routine like, I wake up at TIME, I eat dinner at TIME, I go to bed at TIME and etc. After I let them repeated these sentences after me, I handed them (papaers or handouts?) プリント and told them to write their times of each sentences. I checked all the papers, about 120 student's. I was suprised that most 6 grade students don't go to bed before 10 PM. Many of them sleep at ,say, 10:00, 10;30 or 11:00. A few students go to bed at 12:00 or 12:30 at midnight.
One boy goes to bed at 2:00 AM!!
I asked several students whose sleep patterns are abnormal, to come to the front of the classrooms and read out their papers. After they read their papers, I said to them "Please go to bed earlier", and some of them answered "I can't helped it".

I assume that many of them go to cram schools and get home late. Also many mothers have jobs and get home late so children have dinner at late.

I always ask students "How are you?" at the beginning of classes and most of the student's answers are "I am hungry" in the morning and "I am sleepy" in the afternoon.

Soon colds and influenza would be rampant among students, I strongly think parents should let their children go to bed at proper time.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Fumie

•  Fumie
• 2011年11月 3日 06:20

Hi David and everyone,

First of all, I was surprised that the new system on this blog has begun.
It will take a while to appear our comments on it.
Yes, we(includes David) have to bear with it until we get used to this system(is this a correct sentence to use “ bear with it”?)

Second of all, The Japan Times Article gave me a chance to think twice about sleep thing.
The first thing came to my mind was, I have to have my son to go to bed as fast as I can.
I have ever read another article before how affect children’s growth and their brain if we avoid their sleep.
Children are going to be adult faster unnaturally and 成長ホルモンdoesn’t work properly the article said.
I’m not sure what it was, but it must connect with their later life, like, as David told us that “ sleep in the class”, “lose concentration in the daytime”…and so on.

I am a person who need to sleep enough.
So that I don’t understand people who stay awake whole through the night.

noriko

•  noriko
• 2011年11月 3日 08:48

Hi David and everyone,

Your topic of this week seems quite interesting to me. Well, I quite agree to you for some parts, and I myself had been spending 'sleepless' days particularly when I was 11 to 12 years' old. Unfortunately I have got to leave within 5 minutes, so I hope to continue after I come home at night!

Bye for now!

Ken

•  匿名
• 2011年11月 3日 10:04

Hi David and everyone,

It's lovely today. It is said that Nov. 3'rd known as Culture Day in Japan has a good weather almost every year. I'm sorry I'm late to say thank you for your feedback last week.

As for this week's topic, I totally agree with the article. I see much more people sleeping on the train in Japan than other countries at least where I've been. When I commuted by bus and train wherever I lived, I easily got to sleep and often passed over the station I had to get off at.

I'm afraid I have to go now, hopefully see you tonight.

•  tsuneko
• 2011年11月 3日 10:10

Hi, Davit and everyone!
How are you?
My name is Mika and I’m a house wife. Just two weeks ago, I knew about this blog.
This is my first try, so I’m very nervous because English was my weakest subject in my school. Even so, I want to try to give a comment today.
I was in my 40s I started work as a chemistry teacher in a high school and kept working for 14 years. During the years, there was any student who slept during my classes except one boy student. (But, it was only one time and for five minutes.) Many years later I quit my job, I heard that the boy used to work during nighttime for his family.
Why didn’t my ex-students sleep during my classes? The reason was that every time I noticed a sleepy student, I popped a question. So, they were afraid to sleep. Sometimes I said to them, “Please go to the washroom to wash up.” They were obedient behavior students.
I hope my comment is funny. Thank you!

•  Mika
• 2011年11月 3日 15:16

Hi David and everyone,

The title of "Sleepless in Tokyo" reminds me of the movie called "Lost in Translation." It is sure that the movie shows some aspect of "Sleepless in Tokyo."

Sleep issues such as 'how to get good sleep' or 'the effect of missing sleep' are everyday topics and you would see in the health section of the newspapers in the mass media.(←Does this make sense?) It is because this is a basic and serious priority matter in your life.

I read the article David showed us, and according to that, "The average sleep time for Tokyo workers was six hours, nearly 14 percent below the recommended amount....The habit of skimping on sleep starts early in Japan."

>This is certainly something that I have noticed myself.
---I totally agree with you. You might often see kids are out quite late at night; eating out or having fun with their families. Whenever I see them, I wonder what time they are going to bed. Children's life style seem to have been changing these days.

I assume a lot of people seem to lead a hectic life not only because of work or school but also because of playing games online or being busy with being connected to e-mail,facebook ,videos or some other things. Playing on the computer just before going to bed can cause the trouble. The screen's glow can disturb natural sleep. It's a kind of vicious cycle,isn't it? I'm afraid I'm one of those people! I like surfing the web to read the articles and watch the videos on You Tube.
As David said, no wonder there are several students struggling to stay awake in the class. But when I was in high school , there were also several students who were struggling to stay awake in my class, and I have to confess I was one of those students, not so often,though. I strove to look awake,and I hope it worked well. Once a teacher found the student were drowsing, he(the teacher) threw a chalk to that student. He had quite good control!

The article also suggests that needed sleep time can vary widely from person to person. I wonder if people who function on less sleep is because of a gene or because of the content (?) of sleep. If you need less sleep and don't feel sleepy, it' quite nice and a kind of advantage,right?

By the way, when I opened this week's entry, I thought what happened! Anyway, for me, it is quite easy to read and OK^^)

Looking forward to reading members thoughts.

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 3日 15:35

Hi David and everyone,

The title of "Sleepless in Tokyo" reminds me of the movie called "Lost in Translation." It is sure that the movie shows some aspect of "Sleepless in Tokyo."

Sleep issues such as 'how to get good sleep' or 'the effect of missing sleep' are everyday topics and you would see in the health section of the newspapers in the mass media.(←Does this make sense?) It is because this is a basic and serious priority matter in your life.

I read the article David showed us, and according to that, "The average sleep time for Tokyo workers was six hours, nearly 14 percent below the recommended amount....The habit of skimping on sleep starts early in Japan."

>This is certainly something that I have noticed myself.
---I totally agree with you. You might often see kids are out quite late at night; eating out or having fun with their families. Whenever I see them, I wonder what time they are going to bed. Children's life style seem to have been changing these days.

I assume a lot of people seem to lead a hectic life not only because of work or school but also because of playing games online or being busy with being connected to e-mail,facebook ,videos or some other things. Playing on the computer just before going to bed can cause the trouble. The screen's glow can disturb natural sleep. It's a kind of vicious cycle,isn't it? I'm afraid I'm one of those people! I like surfing the web to read the articles and watch the videos on You Tube.
As David said, no wonder there are several students struggling to stay awake in the class. But when I was in high school , there were also several students who were struggling to stay awake in my class, and I have to confess I was one of those students, not so often,though. I strove to look awake,and I hope it worked well. Once a teacher found the student were drowsing, he(the teacher) threw a chalk to that student. He had quite good control!

The article also suggests that needed sleep time can vary widely from person to person. I wonder if people who function on less sleep is because of a gene or because of the content (?) of sleep. If you need less sleep and don't feel sleepy, it' quite nice and a kind of advantages,right?

By the way, when I opened this week's entry, I thought what happened! Anyway, for me, it is quite easy to read and OK^^)

Looking forward to reading members thoughts.

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 3日 15:40

Hi David and everyone,

The title of "Sleepless in Tokyo" reminds me of the movie called "Lost in Translation." It is sure that the movie shows some aspect of "Sleepless in Tokyo."

Sleep issues such as 'how to get good sleep' or 'the effect of missing sleep' are everyday topics and you would see in the health section of the newspapers in the mass media.(←Does this make sense?) It is because this is a basic and serious priority matter in your life.

I read the article David showed us, and according to that, "The average sleep time for Tokyo workers was six hours, nearly 14 percent below the recommended amount....The habit of skimping on sleep starts early in Japan."

>This is certainly something that I have noticed myself.
---I totally agree with you. You might often see kids are out quite late at night; eating out or having fun with their families. Whenever I see them, I wonder what time they are going to bed. Children's life style seem to have been changing these days.

I assume a lot of people seem to lead a hectic life not only because of work or school but also because of playing games online or being busy with being connected to e-mail,facebook ,videos or some other things. Playing on the computer just before going to bed can cause the trouble. The screen's glow can disturb natural sleep. It's a kind of vicious cycle,isn't it? I'm afraid I'm one of those people! I like surfing the web to read the articles and watch the videos on You Tube.
As David said, no wonder there are several students struggling to stay awake in the class. But when I was in high school , there were also several students who were struggling to stay awake in my class, and I have to confess I was one of those students, not so often,though. I strove to look awake,and I hope it worked well. Once a teacher found the student were drowsing, he(the teacher) threw a chalk to that student. He had quite good control!

The article also suggests that needed sleep time can vary widely from person to person. I wonder if people who function on less sleep is because of a gene or because of the content (?) of sleep. If you need less sleep and don't feel sleepy, it' quite nice and a kind of advantage,right?

By the way, when I opened this week's entry, I thought what happened! Anyway, for me, it is quite easy to read and OK^^)

Looking forward to reading members thoughts.

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 3日 15:44

Hi David and everyone,

The title of "Sleepless in Tokyo" reminds me of the movie called "Lost in Translation." It is sure that the movie shows some aspect of "Sleepless in Tokyo."

Sleep issues such as 'how to get good sleep' or 'the effect of missing sleep' are everyday topics and you would see in the health section of the newspapers in the mass media.(←Does this make sense?) It is because this is a basic and serious priority matter in your life.

I read the article David showed us, and according to that, "The average sleep time for Tokyo workers was six hours, nearly 14 percent below the recommended amount....The habit of skimping on sleep starts early in Japan."

>This is certainly something that I have noticed myself.
---I totally agree with you. You might often see kids are out quite late at night; eating out or having fun with their families. Whenever I see them, I wonder what time they are going to bed. Children's life style seem to have been changing these days.

I assume a lot of people seem to lead a hectic life not only because of work or school but also because of playing games online or being busy with being connected to e-mail,facebook ,videos or some other things. Playing on the computer just before going to bed can cause the trouble. The screen's glow can disturb natural sleep. It's a kind of vicious cycle,isn't it? I'm afraid I'm one of those people! I like surfing the web to read the articles and watch the videos on You Tube.
As David said, no wonder there are several students struggling to stay awake in the class. But when I was in high school , there were also several students who were struggling to stay awake in my class, and I have to confess I was one of those students, not so often,though. I strove to look awake and hope it worked well. Once a teacher found the student were drowsing, he(the teacher) threw a chalk to that student. He had quite good control!

The article also suggests that needed sleep time can vary widely from person to person. I wonder if people who function on less sleep is because of a gene or because of the content (?) of sleep. If you need less sleep and don't feel sleepy, it' quite nice and a kind of advantages,right?

By the way, when I opened this week's entry, I thought what happened! Anyway, for me, it is quite easy to read and OK^^)

Looking forward to reading members thoughts.

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 3日 16:38

Hi David,

I wrote a comment yesterday but it hasn't appeared yet. I was wondering if there is something wrong with this blog.

Hope this will be appeared soon.

amo

•  匿名
• 2011年11月 3日 19:28

Hi, this is Ken again,

It seems that the last comment of mine in this morning still has not appeared here yet, which is probably due to ALC's new system, I think.

Well, I should say yes and no to the article, and for some parts, especially for Japanese children, I should say it is quite true.
I was in a very first generation starting to go to a cram school (学習塾）after normal classes in an elementary school. I had to study very hard in order to go to a private secondary school (which, actually, my parents hoped to, but not me) when I was in the 5th and the 6th grade of the elementary school, and in this regard, I used to stay up very late at night almost everyday.

Actually, my teacher in the cram school was very cruel and he asked every students what time they went to bed the previous night, in order to let the students compete each other 'how late they go to bed', in other words, 'how long they study'! When some student said "Oh, I went to bed at 10pm last night", the rest of students gave him wry smiles, and he must have felt very shy and lost his face.

I remembered that most of them, including myself, said that they went to bed at 3am or 4am in the morning. I do not quite remember whether I felt sleepy in the normal classes in the elementary school or not, but anyway, it seems really ridiculous. What is more ridiculous is that I have never studied more than my elementary school days so far in my life!

I do not know what tha habit of recent school children is now, but I believe that it is more or less the same. Some children might stay up very late as they are busy playing computor games or on-line games.

For workers, it is commonly known that Japanese workers (or businessmen) are very hard working, and so they are short of sleeping. However, to my experience, I felt that Westerners worked even much harder than Japanese, for some occasions.

When I worked in Kawai Musical Instruments’ company, I had a chance to participate a big Music Exhibition in Germany. The exhibition lasted about one week, and everyday it ended at around 9pm at night. Our Japanese and German crews went for dinner together after the exhibition, which normally ended at midnight. Being very tired, our Japanese crews always went straightly back to the hotel to sleep after the dinner, while the German crews always went for drink after the dinner usually until around 3am in the morning. The next day, they woke up at around 5:30am, and started working much earlier than our exhausted Japanese crews. I was very surprised to know how tough the German workers were! I believe the same thing can be said to other Western workers.

I feel a little ashamed to see that many Japanese workers look very tired and they tend to sleep on a train or other public transports, and suppose that it is not only due to the quantity of their work, but mainly due to the stress received from their work!

Have a good sleep, everyone! Good night!

Ken

•  Ken
• 2011年11月 3日 22:35

My comment was rejected two days in a row. I hope it isn't rejected this time.

Hi David and everyone,

The title of "Sleepless in Tokyo" reminds me of the movie called "Lost in Translation." It is sure that the movie shows some aspect of "Sleepless in Tokyo."

Sleep issues such as 'how to get good sleep' or 'the effect of missing sleep' are everyday topics and you would see in the health section of the newspapers in the mass media.(←Does this make sense?) It is because this is a basic and serious priority matter in your life.

I read the article David showed us, and according to that, "The average sleep time for Tokyo workers was six hours, nearly 14 percent below the recommended amount....The habit of skimping on sleep starts early in Japan."

>This is certainly something that I have noticed myself.
---I totally agree with you. You might often see kids are out quite late at night; eating out or having fun with their families. Whenever I see them, I wonder what time they are going to bed. Children's life style seem to have been changing these days.

I assume a lot of people seem to lead a hectic life not only because of work or school but also because of playing games online or being busy with being connected to e-mail,facebook ,videos or some other things. Playing on the computer just before going to bed can cause the trouble. The screen's glow can disturb natural sleep. It's a kind of vicious cycle,isn't it? I'm afraid I'm one of those people! I like surfing the web to read the articles and watch the videos on You Tube.
As David said, no wonder there are several students struggling to stay awake in the class. But when I was in high school , there were also several students who were struggling to stay awake in my class, and I have to confess I was one of those students, not so often,though. I strove to look awake and hope it worked well. Once a teacher found the student were drowsing, he(the teacher) threw a chalk to that student. He had quite good control!

The article also suggests that needed sleep time can vary widely from person to person. I wonder if people who function on less sleep is because of a gene or because of the content (?) of sleep. If you need less sleep and don't feel sleepy, it' quite nice and a kind of advantages,right?

By the way, when I opened this week's entry, I thought what happened! Anyway, for me, it is quite easy to read and OK^^)

Looking forward to reading members thoughts.

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 4日 05:06

My comment was rejected two days in a row. I hope this comment is accepted this time.

Hi David and everyone,

The title of "Sleepless in Tokyo" reminds me of the movie called "Lost in Translation." It is sure that the movie shows some aspect of "Sleepless in Tokyo."

Sleep issues such as 'how to get good sleep' or 'the effect of missing sleep' are everyday topics and you would see in the health section of the newspapers in the mass media.(←Does this make sense?) It is because this is a basic and serious priority matter in your life.

I read the article David showed us, and according to that, "The average sleep time for Tokyo workers was six hours, nearly 14 percent below the recommended amount....The habit of skimping on sleep starts early in Japan."

>This is certainly something that I have noticed myself.
---I totally agree with you. You might often see kids are out quite late at night; eating out or having fun with their families. Whenever I see them, I wonder what time they are going to bed. Children's life style seem to have been changing these days.

I assume a lot of people seem to lead a hectic life not only because of work or school but also because of playing games online or being busy with being connected to e-mail,facebook ,videos or some other things. Playing on the computer just before going to bed can cause the trouble. The screen's glow can disturb natural sleep. It's a kind of vicious cycle,isn't it? I'm afraid I'm one of those people! I like surfing the web to read the articles and watch the videos on You Tube.
As David said, no wonder there are several students struggling to stay awake in the class. But when I was in high school , there were also several students who were struggling to stay awake in my class, and I have to confess I was one of those students, not so often,though. I strove to look awake and hope it worked well. Once a teacher found the student were drowsing, he(the teacher) threw a chalk to that student. He had quite good control!

The article also suggests that needed sleep time can vary widely from person to person. I wonder if people who function on less sleep is because of a gene or because of the content (?) of sleep. If you need less sleep and don't feel sleepy, it' quite nice and a kind of advantages,right?

By the way, when I opened this week's entry, I thought what happened! Anyway, for me, it is quite easy to read and OK^^)

Looking forward to reading members thoughts.
See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 4日 05:15

Hi David and everyone,

OMG! Sorry for my lots of comments! It's embarrassing... I'll read members' opinions later.

The weather is fine around here and very cozy.

See you later,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 4日 09:36

Hi David and everyone,

OMG! Sorry for my lots of comments! It's embarrassing... I'll read members' opinions later.

The weather is fine around here and very cozy.

See you later,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2011年11月 4日 09:36

Hello David and everyone,

Tokyo has the biggest sleep deprived population in the world.

That sounds possible.

Most Tokyoites are surely sleeping on the train.
The high land price makes them difficult to buy their dwelling houses in Tokyo where most companies are centered. The average office worker spends more than an hour in commuting. Tokyoites spend more time than the average, so they may try to make up for the loss of sleep on train .

There's an interesting report that the total expense for sleep disorders amounted to 900 billion yen per year in Australia . This expense included direct medical costs such as treatments and checkups of sleeping problems, running cost of hospitals, employment fees, spending for healthcare and indirect costs such as the loss from traffic accidents, the industrial loss and the declining labor productivity due to sleep disorders. The population of Japan is six times as big as that of Australia, so that expense would be sixfold increase to 5.4 trillion yen.

As for middle school students with insufficient sleep, some measures should be taken up.

I used to teach at junior high schools. When I saw students sleeping during my lessons, I always woke them up and asked them reasons for their lack of sleep later. In most cases, they spent a lot of time in exchanging e-mails with their friends or playing CP games at night. And early in the morning some of students who belonged to school sports clubs played soccer, baseball and etc or did trainings before school . It is called ‘朝練‘. Teachers and parents tell them the importance of sleep, however, it would be difficult to promptly stop the bad habits and let students become aware of health first.

I often see young families with very young kids in family restaurants, too.
This is really out of questions. I'm sorry for those kids because they don’t have good parents with common sense and affection.

Everyone, please enjoy your weekend.
Kyon

•  Kyon
• 2011年11月 4日 11:31

Hi David.
Thank　you for your comments every time. I'm very happy to join this site.

Basically I agree with your opinions. But I would like to write something about this.
Some of Japanese dont have enough time to sleep. e.g. about students ~ Many parents want to entrer a good school (especially well-known private school) so that their childen have to obey and study very hard at school at clam school and at home till late night. They spent for a long time to study in a day. So that they can't sleep enough every day also Sunday. It's been getting common in Japan since for a long time ago.
About adults~ The Tokyo's land price and rent are very high so, many people have to live far from Tokyo erea and they have to commute from there to workplaces.
It takes them for two hours or so. It's very long journey for them and they fell asleep autmatically whil the jouney. Students and commuters are always tired. It can't be helped.!!! This is in my opinion.

Hi noriko and panda are you O.K your back now?
Take care of yourself.!!!

•  Katherine
• 2011年11月 4日 13:49

Oh, that's good to see all the comments here finally. Anne, you had a good try.:)

Hi Cherry and Mika,

Nice to have you with us. Look forward to talking with you.

Hi Green,

> How many hours do you sleep a day? And what time do you go to bed and what time do you get up?

It's not fixed to me because my family member has to work in a five-diffrent-time-shift-schedule. However, I have to admit I'm a night owl, and I also feel sleepy in the afternoon, in particular, around this time after lunch.:) Bye for now.

•  tsuneko
• 2011年11月 4日 13:50

Hi David.
Thank　you for your comments every time. I'm very happy to join this site.

Basically I agree with your opinions. But I would like to write something about this.
Some of Japanese dont have enough time to sleep. e.g. about students ~ Many parents want to entrer a good school (especially well-known private school) so that their childen have to obey and study very hard at school at clam school and at home till late night. They spent for a long time to study in a day. So that they can't sleep enough every day also Sunday. It's been getting common in Japan since for a long time ago.
About adults~ The Tokyo's land price and rent are very high so, many people have to live far from Tokyo erea and they have to commute from there to workplaces.
It takes them for two hours or so. It's very long journey for them and they fell asleep autmatically whil the jouney. Students and commuters are always tired. It can't be helped.!!! This is in my opinion.

Hi noriko and panda are you O.K your back now?
Take care of yourself.!!!

•  Katherine
• 2011年11月 4日 15:00

Hi David.
Thank　you for your comments every time. I'm very happy to join this site.

Basically I agree with your opinions. But I would like to write something about this.
Some of Japanese dont have enough time to sleep. e.g. about students ~ Many parents want to entrer a good school (especially well-known private school) so that their childen have to obey and study very hard at school at clam school and at home till late night. They spent for a long time to study in a day. So that they can't sleep enough every day also Sunday. It's been getting common in Japan since for a long time ago.
About adults~ The Tokyo's land price and rent are very high so, many people have to live far from Tokyo erea and they have to commute from there to workplaces.
It takes them for two hours or so. It's very long journey for them and they fell asleep autmatically whil the jouney. Students and commuters are always tired. It can't be helped.!!! This is in my opinion.

Hi noriko and panda are you O.K your back now?
Take care of yourself.!!!

•  Katherine
• 2011年11月 4日 15:01

Hi David.
Thank　you for your comments every time. I'm very happy to join this site.

Basically I agree with your opinions. But I would like to write something about this.
Some of Japanese dont have enough time to sleep. e.g. about students ~ Many parents want to entrer a good school (especially well-known private school) so that their childen have to obey and study very hard at school at clam school and at home till late night. They spent for a long time to study in a day. So that they can't sleep enough every day also Sunday. It's been getting common in Japan since for a long time ago.
About adults~ The Tokyo's land price and rent are very high so, many people have to live far from Tokyo erea and they have to commute from there to workplaces.
It takes them for two hours or so. It's very long journey for them and they fell asleep autmatically whil the jouney. Students and commuters are always tired. It can't be helped.!!! This is in my opinion.

Hi noriko and panda are you O.K your back now?
Take care of yourself.!!!

•  Katherine
• 2011年11月 4日 16:43

Hi David and everyone,

It was very interesting to read various comments from everybody. Among all, Ann's comment reminded me of one teacher in my high school, who also threw a piece of chalk to those who were sleeping during the class.

One day, the teacher suddenly threw a piece of chalk to me, and the chalk precisely hit the target!
I was very surprised and felt very ashamed as I was really sound asleep at that time, and everybody laughed at me. After the class, my classmate sitting in front of me, came to me and apologized, saying that "I am sorry, I was actually sleeping at that time, and the teacher must have lost his control, and so the chalk wrongly hit you, but not me!" This is not a fiction, but a true story.......Oh no!

•  Ken
• 2011年11月 4日 22:58

Hi David and everyone,

How’s your weekend? Hope you had a great one; I am still under the weather though:(
I always have a cold this time of the year, and I can’t get rid of it. I was thinking of buying a new PC today, but I gave it up due to my cold.
About the topic, I read the article that David mentioned and nothing surprised me at all. As for me, it makes no difference if I sleep well or not, I always feel sleepy during day time.

Hi Green,

I go to bed around midnight and wake up at 6 in the morning at weekdays but I stay up late and sleep in at weekends.

amo

•  amo
• 2011年11月 6日 22:10

Hi everyone,

I just got back from Kyushu. I have been away since Wednesday night, so I couldn't do any feedback on Friday. I will do a new entry tomorrow. Sorry about the problems with the blog.

•  davidbarker
• 2011年11月 6日 23:19

Hi Katherine,

Thank you for your concern ^^

My back's alright, but I've been coughing since last Friday.
I finally became a sleepless person because of this heavy coughing!

noriko

•  noriko
• 2011年11月 7日 12:36

Hi Noriko,

I'm very sorry to read your commeent.
Have you caught a cold haven't you? In my opinion, if I were you I would go to bed as soon as posible I can. Because it's good for a cold I think .
Anyway, have a good sleep. Take care of yourself. Katherine.

•  Katherine
• 2011年11月 7日 23:04

What a fun pattern! It’s great to hear from you and see what you’ve sent up to. All of the projects look great! You make it so simple to this. Thanks

•  abercrombie fitch Deutschland
• 2011年11月16日 12:16