Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Military Time, Got me again


In Spain, digital clocks, written schedules, and programs are in military time. That is because these people stay up so late at night, something could easily be happening at either 9 AM or 9 PM. It is strange at first, but I am now used to it. It doesn't take long to recognize the reference points: 14 is 2, 20 is 8. You know. My favorite part is when we get to twelve past midnight, such as now, and my phone reads 00:12.
I did have one military time related disaster. I was taking a nap and set my phone alarm for 4 instead of 16. I woke up at about five, which is what time my class started. I ran to class in a very disoriented manner and was about 20 minutes late.
The best part is that no one speaks in Military time. They only write it that way.

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