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three questions

there's this little 'exercise' i sometimes get people to do i ask them 3 questions about their own body. qns 1 : how many days can our body survive w/o food? qns 2 : how many days can we survive w/o water? qns 3 : how many mins can we survive w/o breathing? ... the usual answers are 7 days, 3days and 3mins respectively.... notice, the answers get smaller and smaller, yet the funny thing is from the moment we are awake to the moment we sleep...all we think about is FOOD, got to be reminded to drink enough water. and hardly ever aware we are breathing! :)  

Ten awakening days

  c all it 'born again', name it 'enlightened'; i finally made the decision to ride 330km to kuantan to forgo sleep, observe noble silence, entertainment and food. We were required to surrender our handphones, vehicle keys and wallet before the course started. No i did not embark on a torture trip but not only did i not feel sleep deprived despite waking up at 4am almost daily (except for the first few days), do "nothing" everyday except walk and sit and have only 2 'proper' meals a day. This is not the first time I've embark on such endeavours but first time i strictly observe the noble silence, sit for such extended period of time towards the later half of the course and had vegetarian meals the 10 days. My awareness and energy levels have never been so high; the levels of concentration is simply breathtaking; so much so, time passes by so fast and before i knew it, the hour is up, the 10 days has gone. I've taken the 1st step, the challen