Work smart,Play Hard.

The mobile alarm buzzed to life at 6:30 AM, hitting the snooze button I shoved my head deeper into the cozy pillow and stretched my legs further untill the toes peeked out of the quilt. I pulled them back into the warmth of the quilt as Bangalore mornings tend to be quite cold. Another five minutes or so passed. A feeling of restlessness was surging up in my mind. Hosur road..forum mall. I changed sides. 3 flights of stairs...routing protocol class. With a sudden jerk I sat upright on the bed. My CCNA training class! 7 AM! God! whats the time? Damn-6:40. I flung out from the bed and hurried to the bathroom, the ablution drill took about another 10 minutes. I pulled out my 7 buttoned shirt from the wardrobe, like you pull out napkins from its box, and with 2 swift moves - my arms were through the sleeves and buttons were done. Then - Shoved my legs through the jeans - right then left, tucked the shirt in, hooked the belt. Ready. Pulled up the socks and inserted the socks plus feet combo into the shoe(the size being just perfect that laces are always tied up and the feet can move in like a piston into a cylinder). Done. 6:55. Grabbing the bike keys, i hurried down the stairs. Driving the the Bajaj Pulsar at 70 Kmph, negotiating the turns by only inclining the bike in the direction of the curve, landed right outside the Raheja Arcade. 7:07. 3 flights of stairs to go. Racing upwards I barged into the class and took a back seat(I never compromise my loyalty to the back benchers association). I gasped for breath. Phew! The clock inside the class read - 7:00 AM. Amazing! Relativity!? Or was I so fast to beat the clocks at their own game!?

No, I've set my clock 10 minutes faster and the human mind(atleast mine) is deceived by this petty trick.

When i told one of friends, who happens to be a lunatic when it comes to be on time everywhere, my secret about setting my clock faster to reach in time, he said - "But whats the point when you yourself know that it is 10 mins fast? I just keep my clock with the actual time and prepare myself keeping an appropriate time margin". Hmm... well said. (But you're mad when it comes to be on time! so it works for you).

© Zaki Khan