Japan Time

Japanese take time seriously. If they say they function ends at 3:03 try make sure that you out of the place by 3:02 because at 3:03 you may find yourself being locked in. The concept of lingering is truly a foreign one and grand entrances- well you can just forget about that. Needless to say each person tries desperately to be punctual especially for work. I have truly been making an effort to be on time but my brilliant record came to a dismal end last week.

I love my sleep so to try to convince myself that I am getting more sleep I set the alarm clock early. Sounds silly but when you see the clock saying 7:30 although is 7 it really does something for me mentally. Anyway I had set the clock to alarm and it did but them I decided to sleep a bit longer. Anyway when I decided to get up the clock was saying a decent time so I knew I was still on time. So I go to get ready and I look at my watch that I’d left in the bathroom and it was saying that it is 8:30 – “Oh great! Now I have to change the batteries for my watch” I say out loud. But then one mind said “Check the internet to see the time”. Kinda worried now “Could I be…. Late?” When I googled “Japan time” you know seh it was 8:30 and you know what time school start- 8:30 I was officially LATE! The batteries in the alarm clock had officially died.

Well my friend had said that is only one late you can late an' since I did done late I never even bother to harass myself. Sometimes when I see the time going I try pull a Lance Armstrong but that day I just decided to check out the scene on the ride to school- I was irreversibly late (if you can say that) I was just grateful that I didn’t have a class in the first session. Anyway when reached school I was trying to sneak in but when I reached, there was the Vice Principal and the Principal to greet me- Oh NO!!!! So of course I start feel shame same time. All the bravado of not trying to rush even though I was late instantly vanished. Anyway I explained the situation to the V.P., who is my supervisor and he was so nice about it. He said I slept so late because I was young (hahaha) Hey I definitely don’t want to be late again and a got a second clock to make sure that I have two clocks to refer to but I am so glad that I was shown mercy.