Too Early/ Too Late

Timing is supposed to be very important on this ship.
I decided that I would keep my phone in M'sian time (just so I would know what time it is there) and change my watch to Cambodian time. Sounded like a good idea, right...wrong!!

Day before yesterday, before going to sleep, I set my alarm to wake up at 7.30 (B'fast is at 8.00) So the next morning, my phone alarm went off at 7.30 but I switched it off and went back to sleep. Only to wake up later and find that it was close to 9.00. Panicking, I got up and quickly changed and rushed to the Dining Room...but there was nobody. Reasoning that I was too late and b'fast was over, I just made a cup of tea and sat in a corner to drink it. But the thing that puzzled me was that the Dining Room clock said 8.00. Maybe it's slow, I thought...by 1 whole hour...

Then, slowly, people started forming the b'fast line and then it hit me!!
My phone time was 1 hour ahead. So when I put my alarm for 7.30, it rang at 6.30 Cambodian time. And when I thought I was late for b'fast at 9.00, it was actually 8.00 Cambodian time. I was too early for b'fast!



Just the next day, I was supposed to start work at 3.30pm. So I decided to sleep in because I stayed up till 11.00pm for work the previous night. At 8.55am, the phone rings. And when I pick it up, it's my cabin-mate telling me that everybody is waiting for me to start Accomm devotion. I told her that I would be starting work late today, but she said that everyone has to go for devotion no matter what time you start work. '!!!' goes through my head. I quickly got up, threw some clothes on, didn't even brush my teeth and ran for devotion...because I remember our boss teling us that if we're even a minute late for devotion, we have to sing a song in our own language, which I obviously didn't want to do with my morning breath! Thankfully, I reached at 9.00am 27secs (in my opinion) and my boss was kind enough to let me in without having to sing (thankfully for them!).