It’s Tuesday afternoon and I’m having lunch with a friend at Novotel KL. Three days earlier, in between the dying hours of Saturday and the wee hours of Sunday, both of us, plus another 4 friends polished off 3 FULL bottles of hard liquor.
“You look really tired,” my friend notes as I slowly chewed on my garden salad. “What were you up to last night?”
“Nothing”. I reply. “I came home at 8.00pm after work and slept till 8.00am this morning! I am still recovering from Saturday’s night out”.
I faintly recall crawling into bed at 5.30am after sending everyone home.
“Gosh, it’s been three days! What time did you wake up on Sunday?”, my friend enquires.
“At four in the evening. I only managed one meal on Sunday and some wine before fading into unconsciousness”.
My friend mockingly chuckles as he messily cracks open a crab’s claw.
“I woke up at 8.00am on Sunday,” he gloats.
“Wow, like how did you manage to wake up, after getting royally drunk, with only 4 hours of sleep?”
“Ahhhh, it is quite simple really,” my friend replies with sudden authority in his voice. “Imagine going to the gym after a long break and forcing yourself through a strenuous workout”.
“Uh-huh”.
“What would your body feel like the next day?”
“Bloody sore”. I reply, remembering days when I had to walk side ways like a blundering crab, down flights of steps after a session in a gym following a long break.
“Now imagine if you are a regular gym goer,” he continues. “Exercising becomes a lot earlier because your body is accustomed to it. The same applies for excessive-binge-drinking; the more often you do it, the better you get at it. Your body become accustomed to the alcohol overload”
I stare at my friend in awe. I have been enlighten! I’ll get a chance to test his theory tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be another marathon-ish night at The Loft @Heritage Row. Which means that I would have spent 3 of the last 5 nights getting high. The body should be conditioned by now, eh? But to be on the safe side, I’ve taken Thursday off.