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Dome Vans
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 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: Jet lag...... |
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I hate it. I went home a couple of weeks ago. At 4pm back in England I'd feel knackered and half asleep by 11pm I'd wake up again. This lasted for 4 days.
Now I'm back in Korea. I came back late on Friday. I've slept for four hours the last two nights and today feel spaced and like sh*t. Really lucky I'm teaching today!
God knows when I should be eating anymore.
I'm sure I'm only getting the mild symptons. Does it get easier in time? Or are long haul flights always gonna goof me up? |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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You're lucky. My home is twelve hours shifted, 13 during daylight time. I had to go home for a couple of weeks and it took me at least that much time to readjust to the time there and then I came back and took probably even more time re-readjusting.
Jet-lag stinks. Exercising before bedtime helps. |
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sojourner1
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Drink lots of water and sleep when it's night where ever you are. I arrived in Korea 5 days ago and feel much better today than I did several days ago, but still a little weak and disorientated. Entering a stressful situation upon arriving someplace can really add to the mix. It gets better each day as long as the job and housing is good. Just drink lots of water and get plenty of rest at night. |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
You're lucky. My home is twelve hours shifted, 13 during daylight time. I had to go home for a couple of weeks and it took me at least that much time to readjust to the time there and then I came back and took probably even more time re-readjusting.
Jet-lag stinks. Exercising before bedtime helps. |
Haha, that's the problem. I was home for 11 days in total. Five of them being whacked out. I was in the restaurant with my dad and his partner and their mouths were moving but I didn't understand a thing. I'm amazed I managed to hire a car and drive for three hours considering I could barely speak when I got to the hire place.
Now back teaching, this is the time for my students to have a go at a bit of indiscipline because I'm still way behind.
Thing is I didn't get it last year when I first came, like most I was teaching the day after I landed. I suppose it was because everything was new and exciting now I'm feeling it.
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| Drink lots of water and sleep when it's night where ever you are. |
I'll feel knackered before sleeping and then after 2 hours of sleeping I'll be wide awake. Stinks!
I'm glad it's only twice a year I need to do this. I'm sure there's some experienced people here when it comes to these long hauls. Is there an ideal time to fly? I left Incheon at 1pm after 12 hours flying I landed in London 4pm the same day. I stayed awake the whole time because naturally I would have anyway if I'd been in Korea. I left Last Thursday at 9:30pm and landed in Incheon on Friday at 5pm. Couldn't sleep a wink in cattle class. 
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On the pick-up bus from the airport to the car hire there were some immigrants cleaning people's car windows and windscreens very badly at the traffic lights. People were beeping for them to stop or not to do it. When they didn't get paid for the job that nobody wanted them to do they started swearing and kicking the cars. Holy Crap, what has England become. Welcome back DV! |
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peppermint
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| I can't say enough about how wonderful melatonin is for jet lag. Home is pretty much exactly on the other side of the globe from Korea, and with that stuff, I'd be tired and cranky for one day after arriving, and pretty much adjusted after that. |
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Bigfeet
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Isn't there only a two hours difference between the UK and Korea? Imagine having a 14 hours difference. |
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Justin Hale
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: |
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| Bigfeet wrote: |
| Isn't there only a two hours difference between the UK and Korea? |
Some very comical geography there, buddy |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| I can't say enough about how wonderful melatonin is for jet lag. Home is pretty much exactly on the other side of the globe from Korea, and with that stuff, I'd be tired and cranky for one day after arriving, and pretty much adjusted after that. |
Can you buy this in Korea? |
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Bigfeet
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Justin Hale wrote: |
| Bigfeet wrote: |
| Isn't there only a two hours difference between the UK and Korea? |
Some very comical geography there, buddy |
Ok, I was off by 6 hours I think. |
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