Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Magazine Issue 8 | Page 58

Issue #8, December 2017
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experienced as Wellington was so night, which I simply could not fathom, a doctor if I remember correctly,
windy that the plane shook like crazy! I went to the travel agent and booked explained that it was a psychological
the next flight back to Sydney. I effect of being very far away and cut
immediately slept normally again off from a mainland/continent that
I stayed with an old South Korean
friend and colleague and his family
upon returning to Sydney .
resulted in my sleeplessness in New
in a beautiful hillside residential of
Wellington. We had a very pleasant
time together time but by then that
strange feeling I had manifested itself
even more. I could not sleep at right –
not a wink!.
After a few days by which I got
more groggy due to lack of sleep, I
took a train to Christchurch . I saw
more sheep then people during the
few hours ride, and shared and empty
coach with four noisy men with an
endless supply of beer. At some point,
I moved away from them and one guy
asked, “What’s the matter mate, do we
smell?”. Yeah, bingo mate!
My
plan
was
to
go
on
to
Queenstown after Christchurch but
after two further completely sleepless
Zealand, which in fact is geographically
I related this experience to several
people
over
time
until
someone,
in the middle of nowhere and far from
the nearest mainland continent (talk
about being exiled!). I wonder if many