I am so late....

beautiful morning.

By Suranga Abeysekara

Malaysia

January 7, 2016 3:32am CST

When I go to bed at last night, I'm sure that, I set alarm on 4.00 am. Everyday we wake-up at 4.00 am with alarm's noise. But today I woke up with birds' sounds and I saw at the watch. Oh! now 5.30 am.I can't remember that alarm was ring, but I saw that I tuned off alarm at any time. What to do ? I must go to my work place on 8.00 am. So I must leave my home about 7.00 am. Now I am so late. Then we went kitchen and prepared our meal quickly and I got ready for go to work and had my breakfast quickly. Fortunately, time is 7.05 am and now I can go to work on time. Do you have an experience like this ?

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

10 Jan 16

I have never used an alarm clock, I have a natural clock in my head.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

11 Jan 16

@hiru84 I just have always had it, I tell myself what time I want to wake up and I wake up.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

11 Jan 16

@BelleStarr That's great. I heard that many people say they can do it. I tried to it one day, but I couldn't do it.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

10 Jan 16

@Belle Starr Wow, it's amazing thing.Did you practice it in your childhood ?

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Candice Quigley

@cxndie (1075)

• India

7 Jan 16

Omg. Just yesterday. I remember snoozing my alarm, hugging my dog under my blanket as she decided to jump on my bed, and then I dont remember falling off to sleep again. I woke up way past my time to go to work and I ended up getting late. Sigh!

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

7 Jan 16

Same to me. sometimes I forget to set alarm and wake up after few hours. Alarm is the most trouble in some morning, isn't it ?

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

8 Jan 16

@cxndie You are absolutely correct. Some person go to bed at mid night and they wake up early. I can't think that how they do it?

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Candice Quigley

@cxndie (1075)

• India

7 Jan 16

@hiru84 How crazy does that sound! hahaha We need the alarm to wake up and yet its the most troublesome!

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

8 Jan 16

Yes many times when I was still going to office but now that I've chosen to retire from working in the office I own my time and can stay in bed as long as I could.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

9 Jan 16

@hiru84 Yes retirement to me is freedom.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

9 Jan 16

@salonga Wow, it's so nice. Now you can sleep for several hours and you can do any work that you want. Now you are free.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

10 Jan 16

@salonga Glad to heard it.

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@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

7 Jan 16

Yes, many times! Glad things still worked out for you.

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@jstory07 (139550)

• Roseburg, Oregon

19 Jan 16

@hiru84 Sleep in on your days off each week.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

21 Jan 16

@jstory07 Yes, I do it. If I haven't any special work, I sleep for more hours at weekend.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

8 Jan 16

@1hopefulman Thank you. I think some nights are very short than others. I want sleep so much and I can't open my eyes at some mornings.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 Jan 16

I am rarely late

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

9 Jan 16

@marlina Same to me.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

21 Jan 16

@whiteream It's great habit, but sometimes it is a harassment for our minds. isn't it ?

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@whiteream (8567)

• United States

13 Jan 16

I am one of those people who can't stand being late for anything.

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Omg That's Totally Me

@BluestEye (226)

• India

7 Jan 16

Wow so maybe you can get some extra sleep now. Change your alarm to 5:30 what do you say?

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

7 Jan 16

No, the alarm isn't ringing at 5.30. I wake up suddenly. But I'm sure, when alarm ring, I might switch off it.

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Omg That's Totally Me

@BluestEye (226)

• India

7 Jan 16

@hiru84 yup that too by the way how do you read personal msg here on mylot? Where does it appear?

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@kaka135 (14931)

• Malaysia

11 Jan 16

It happened to me a few times when I was still working. Luckily, we still managed to reach the office on time. We just needed to act faster to get things done as compared to usual.

Glad that you still managed to go to work on time.

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@kaka135 (14931)

• Malaysia

16 Jan 16

@hiru84 Not only morning, but I always forget things all the time. I am a forgetful person.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

11 Jan 16

That's true, but some busy morning we forget some thing. Isn't it ?

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

19 Jan 16

@kaka135 Sometimes I forget something like you.

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@cherriefic (10399)

• Philippines

9 Jan 16

You might actually need to sleep until 5:30 so you will just have more time.

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@cherriefic (10399)

• Philippines

10 Jan 16

@hiru84 I understand you have your routine so it's hard to sleep more. Maybe sleeping early will be a better option.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

11 Jan 16

@cherriefic That's true.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

10 Jan 16

@cherrific Yes, I like to sleep more, but I can't do it , specially weekdays, because I must go to office on time.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

9 Jan 16

I often find myself panicking about the time and frequently get to places and appointments far too early

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

10 Jan 16

@hiru84 it can leave me exposed to the elements in remote places though

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

10 Jan 16

It's a good habit and I think you never late for any appointment.

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@jstory07 (139550)

• Roseburg, Oregon

19 Jan 16

That is great that you made it to work on time. I always worked nights so my husband could watch the children after he got off of work.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

21 Jan 16

@jstory07 Wow, you and your husband work with cooperation. That's grate and you can develop your family soon. But sometimes night shifts are more tired than day shifts. Isn't it ?

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@PatZAnthony (14749)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

17 Jan 16

This is something many have had happen!

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

19 Jan 16

@PatZAnthony Yes, but this is a bad experience, because we must work hard for settle that day.

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@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

11 Jan 16

Yes, I have had that happen before when I worked. After rushing that morning, you feel like your whole day is rushed.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

11 Jan 16

@simone 10 Yes, That morning was very turbulent and whole day is rushed. I think now you are retired and you enjoy your freedom well. Isn't it ?

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

7 Jan 16

That happened to me in college. I must have turned off the alarm while I was sleeping, and I had to give a speech that day. What an awful feeling that was. I am happy you made it to work on time. Love your photo!

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

8 Jan 16

@DianneN Thank you so much.

I think, you could give your speech that day. Wake up at late is the worst thing, specially like that day. What did you do for your speech.

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@whiteream (8567)

• United States

13 Jan 16

Wow, you get up early in the morning. Monday, my whole family over sleep. THe almarn should have went off at 5am. It was set but none of us got up. We weer late though.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

19 Jan 16

@whiteream I really like sleep more hours . It is a difficult thing that wake up on sharp time, specially early in the morning.

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@maezee (41988)

• United States

21 Jan 16

Oh, what a bummer. I hate that feeling - of being stressed and rushed. I like to think that This hasn't happened to me for the past year and a half at my new job, luckily, otherwise I'd be in big trouble.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

22 Jan 16

@maezee Yes, That feeling is a boring one and It stole our mind's relax for whole day. We forget some things in busy mornings , specially like this. If we forget our lunch box or important files at that morning , it will be a bad day.

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

23 Jan 16

Why do you have to wake up at 4 am when you start work at 8 am? I will wake up about 6 am so that I have an hour for breakfast and newspapers, but not that early as to sacrifice sleep.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

26 Jan 16

@scheng1 My wife wake up at 4 am to prepare our meal. She always tires for me. So I wake up with her and we prepare meal together.

@moondebi (1199)

• Bangalore, India

11 Jan 16

Sometime the alarm betrays to make us fall into a deep trouble. Thank God, you could make it up.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

12 Jan 16

@ moondebi Yes, sometimes we turn off or snooze alarm, but we forget it , because we are in a deep sleep at that moment.

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@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

23 Jan 16

I think it happens to all of us on a schedule. It only happened once usually and then you get very careful. Glad to hear you had enough time.

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

24 Jan 16

@PainsOnSlate That's true. Now I set alarm on both of clock and phone and I keep them on my table. So I can't turn off alarm at my bed and I must go near the table. Now I haven't any chance to turnoff alarm or sleep again.

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@T_gray (7774)

• Salina, Kansas

9 Jan 16

Did you make it work on time? I do have times like this. It just flusters you

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

10 Jan 16

I must go to office and sign before 8.00am. Sometimes I fluster from it.

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Mukund G Kallapur

@WriterMukund (181)

• India

7 Jan 16

Great to know that even you woke up late, you could leave for work on time. Yes, I have had many such experiences in the past. Once such recent experience I would like to share here. I used to go by our company bus to my workplace and the pick up time was 6:45 AM. It was a Friday morning and along with my few colleagues we were supposed to go to a movie once we reached the office at around 8 AM. The movie we were supposed to watch was the last instalment of Fast and Furious series which was released. Fun part is that, in almost my one year, that was the first day I missed my bus and the movie tickets were with me. Usually I used to wake up at 5 AM but that day when I opened my eyes I saw that the Sun was already shining, birds were chirping and there was no I could catch the bus. Fortunately I hired a cab and reached the office in time and watched the movie :)

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Suranga Abeysekara

• Malaysia

7 Jan 16

You were late on special day and if you late for some times more you might miss both of office and movie. Fortunately you woke up quickly. When you weren't in office bus, didn't your friends afraid, because movie tickets were with you and they can't watch movie without you ?

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