Just back from Luna Park!
Saturday, August 20th, 2005Whee!!! At this moment, my brains are still reeling from going to a theme park next to the Harbour Bridge. Its not much of an amusement park but they have rides there, and it took 3 rides to take me down… But! Thankfully, I didn’t puke… I was with a group of my friends and after 2 rides, 3 girls ended up puking… or was it 4? Anyhow, I was feeling a little queasy after 2 rides, but those who didn’t puke wanted to carry on with the rides… So I was thinking to myself, shall I? All those rides just involved spinning you ’round & ’round, giving you an actual experience of centrifugal force. There is one ride which subject you to probably abt 1.5 positive Gs, but that’s about it…
*Ahem* As a pilot, I decided to proceed ahead… Hehe… Can’t let people see me uncomfortable taking those rides… I emerged from it triumphant! Didn’t puke! Except to burp uncontrollably. It happens cause when your body is subjected to different forces, there is a chance that your body might want to expel some stuff within yourself which might cause you discomfort… Like drinking lots of Coke before a ride… Yah, that’s what happened to moi. After the rides, one of the girls asked how it was for me. I said its alright… And she said: "Of course lah! You’re a pilot!" I didn’t tell her how close I came to puking… A word of advice: If you’re feeling motion sickness, try to close your eyes and just feel your body. Motion sickness is generally caused by the sensation that your eyes and your body is unable to react correspondingly. Thats why your body is feeling spatial disorientation and that’s why there’s a tendency to puke. So if you take out the eyes, your brain won’t be confused about which signals to receive so it’ll just concentrate on the signals which your body is feeling. Generally, seasickness, carsickness & airsickness is all the same thing, but just that the means of getting the spatial disorientation is different, that’s all. And in case you wonder how I know, its cause I gotta study this for my exams…
Dave, thanks for reading my blog and supporting me. Too often whenever people complain about their relationship, the girls will always get the support, so I was pleasantly surprised when I see your comments. Thanks once again, but I’m ok now. I’m over the heartache which I’ve suffered and I’ll channel this excess energy/anger/heartache into my flying, but as a sucker for love, I’m already in the midst of looking for another girlfriend. It sucks, doesn’t it? I’m such a sucker. Its ironic knowing that I’m a sucker and yet, I still wanna be a sucker! Alright, enough suckers for now…
The reason why I’m writing this short (informative?) piece of essay regarding motion sickness? Well, for once, I’m suffering from it. I’m still feeling a little spatially disorientated, but as I’m writing this, my body physiology is starting to become normal again. Next, if anyone who cares motion sickness easily, you can always get some advice from me regarding this aspect. Alright, enough ramblings from an old man for now… Until then, Cheerios!