Napping in Public Places

Today was toublesome.

It was to be my last day at the Sultan Qaboos University. I had to turn in my trainee badge, make sure they scratched my name off the trainee list, and collect my 'successfully lab-trained for a month' papers. (Do I sound like a guinea-pig?)

Consequently, I wasn't planning on spending the usual five hours on campus, and had asked the driver to pick me up at 1.00pm. However, like it is said in Murphy's Law, things didn't really go anywhere near as expected...

In the one month that I spent as a trainee at the Sultan Qaboos University, I learnt one very very important thing besides conducting and interpreting immunological and serological tests: you can't nap on campus. And, being the very observant and analytical Sherlock I am, I've come up with a (short) list of reasons why:

1. Nobody sits with their feet up.
   I suppose everybody here is very well mannered and civil, or it's another one of those unspoken rules I wish people would warn me about! But what's a bum like me, who suffers from a bad case of self-diagnosed restless leg syndrome, got to do in a place like that? Endure and suffer... I suppose...



2. There are no benches with back rests at SQU.
   What does the community have against benches with back rests???!! Well, if there are any, I sure as heck didn't see any. hmph!
   
   Oklahoma State University had a wonderful collection of benches in the most scenic spots on campus. They were positioned in very seasonal locations too ^^ For example, the Theta Pond benches would be the perfect summer napping spot, complete with fountains, shady trees, and noisy geese. And then there was the rainy-season napping spot at the student union, under a roof, free from the downpour. Ah...



3. You can't nap on campus without people staring at you.
   It's terrible, but I tried getting some sleep in various locations on the SQU campus. I tried the benches outside, the maze, and even the student lounge. People stare.
   
   I suppose it's karma... I remember staring at nappers back at OSU...

Ah well, my driver came to pick me up an hour later than he said he would, and I was stuck at SQU trying to kill that extra time and avoid falling asleep...

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Now that I no longer have to drag my bum out of bed at six in the morning, I'm back on the night shift, and have set 'strict' goals about completing my art commissions and exhibits.

Argh! The exhibition was - thankfully - postponed to somewhere in March, yet it hasn't really made much of a difference because I'm still where I was in November. grrrr

Deviant Art also has a few contests - which I will be participating in of course - and I owe my cousin a 'shocking' piece of art. I'm surfing DA for some awesome nude photos. Yes, I plan on shocking her till the cows come home...

And below is a wonderful piece of art by a very talented artist on DA. You can find her Deviant Art profile and look at her gorgeous gallery here:
http://bergundy-black.deviantart.com/

Oh, and if you didn't know already, this smexy picture is that of the one and only HIDAN! Yes! Hidan. Akatsuki. Immortal. And SMEXY. ;)