while you were sleeping...

have you ever, on a working day, slept till 10am?

ya. i did. on my interview day, as well as on my
last day of work, which is.. today.

what kind of impression is that?!!?

i think i would have gotten fired if i worked anywhere
else.

but no, not true.

at my previous work place, i was that kind of late
emm... three times? well, 3 times in 6 years is not
a bad record. it is 0.006% lateness record.

as much as i dont wanna admit, im aging...

i work in the day and have my nite class at nite.

my course hours are 6-10pm. by the time i get home,
shower, read the newspaper (i have no time to read
in the morning ok), have a hot cuppa of honey,
pack my bag (ya, i have this undying habit of
packing my bag like i would pack for a school day--
i am very systematic, i would empty my bag,
and pack my stuff neatly) ya, by the time i hit
the covers, it would be past 1am. do you know that
12am is still "today"?

ok let me tell u this really funny thing..
earlier this year, my ex-company was closing
down. the last day of operation was 31 MARCH 2004.
all contracts and stuff were to stop at 12midnite.
they instructed singtel to kill all tel lines on
12midnite, 31 MARCH 2004.
very direct and precise instructions rite?

wrong!

come 31 march, every one happily went to work
for the last day of their lives at the office.
nothing was working. no line no nothing.

in the end, they had to call singtel to reinstate
the lines, and to terminate it on 1APR midnite.
when the clock is 00:00 it is still the SAME DAY.
until it goes 00:00:01, then it is next day.

then why is 12.00 AM?? from 11:59PM it should
just got to 12:00PM or 12:00MM or something.
we would use AM when it is 12.01
having PM turned AM does not make it "the next day"

00:00:01 - 23:59:59 - 00:00:00 is ONE DAY
00:00:01 is NEXT DAY

11.59pm is one day. 12.00am is the SAME DAY
12.01am is the NEXT DAY

SO WHY THE HELL ARE WE COUNTING DOWN TO 12.00am
for "HAPPY NEW YEAR" when 12.00AM IS THE SAME
DAMN DAY!!? we should wait for 12.01.01 before
we scream next time. you know,, ten-nine-eight
....three-two-one,,wait, (pause for one sec)
then, happy new year.

anyway-- back to me aging.

so ya, i am aging... that's why i overslept.