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What Time Is It? 10 or 22?

28 October 2008 By: Marlene9 Comments

I told you I don’t miss to shift my clock to winter time an hour back.  And it was good to get out with a light from the sun in the morning.  Oh, yes, it wasn’t dark anymore and it will be like this, at least, until the middle of November.  My watch, my mobile’s time stamp and the radio clock were all set to winter time except my alarm clock.  I waited until last night to set it, lazy me!  I have a digital alarm clock similar to that of the image with the exclusion of the projector effect.  I don’t think I can sleep at all when I see those large numbers at the ceiling, lol!  I usually set the alarm to radio coz I can’t stand the beeping sound to wake me up.

Anyhow, I set my alarm clock to winter time just before I went to bed. I synchronized it with the radio-controlled clock in the living room so to make sure it would get the accurate time. The wall clock showed 10:20 something. But my alarm clock has the 24-hour system or the so called military time. Meaning I should have set the time to 22:20 something. But I happened to set it wrong. Fortunately, I was awakened by the strong wind which I could hear from the trap window. I glanced at the clock to see what time it was and I was surprised it showed 15:40 something. What the….? Geezz! I could have missed my seminar this morning.

Speaking of this 24-hour-clock, I remember the first time I was learning Swedish when our teacher did a kind of dictation for us to write the sentence correctly. I made a mistake when I wrote, “She went to the dentist at 3:00 in the afternoon.” That mistake helped me to understand that even if they’re using the 24h-clock, they still say the time the normal way, hahaa. Now the time is 22:00, time to watch Prison Break.

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. Farah says

    28 October 2008 at 06:42

    hahahah see, you should have changed all the clocks in the house and not be lazy. hehehe so, did you manage to watch your prison break?

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      30 October 2008 at 00:18

      As lazy as I am, Farah, hahaa! Oh, yes, I try not to miss any show of Prison Break.

      Reply
  2. Amor says

    28 October 2008 at 08:01

    Akala ko ganyan talaga ang alarm clock mo na may projector.

    Ako naman nalilito dati sa 24h-clock. As in nagbibilang pa talaga ako noon ng 13,14,15… para malaman ko kung anong oras yung kunyari 18. Pag nagbilang na ako, malalaman ko na 6PM pla yun. Slow no! heheh. Tapos natutunan ko rin naman after 10 years.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      30 October 2008 at 00:20

      Hehee, gusto ko madilim ang paligid kapag natutulog ako, kahit takot ako sa dilim.

      Nung una ko dito, nakakalito talaga. Bibilangin ko pa sa kamay pagkatapos na 12:00 noon. 🙁 Pero ngayon ok naman.

      Reply
  3. Nick Phillips says

    29 October 2008 at 08:26

    I’m so used to the 24 hour time format that I get confused if I use the normal AM/PM format … LOL!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      30 October 2008 at 00:21

      Hahaa! Blame it to the Americans, Nick. We follow their time format in the Phil., that’s why I’m used to it. But now, I’m getting used to the 24h clock, too.

      Reply
  4. jessie says

    29 October 2008 at 10:25

    Mhy,

    pareho pala ng schedule ang prison break dyan at dito (Star World). hindi ako sanay sa 24h format fren. napapagod ako sa kama-minus 12 pag 24h format. lol!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      30 October 2008 at 00:23

      Jess, ganun ba. Mapapanood ko rin pala kung sakaling nasa Davao ako.

      Hahaa! Ikaw pa, ang galing-galing mo sa Math. Hindi napapagod ang mga mathematicians, ano… 🙂

      Reply
  5. Shanker Bakshi says

    6 November 2008 at 09:09

    I was killing my sleep from last couple of weeks – ( due to the contest thing and makeover of my site ) And then amor pointed that i had made few big mistakes while writing stuff on my sidebar. That was due to sleepy-ness and working long hours at night. One should not punish his/her body. It shows when you are overdoing somethin.

    Reply

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