Tardiness is a bane

As much as possible, I try to be punctual. But punctuality doesn't seem to always be on my side. For instance, this morning, I woke up 45 minutes late. I dutifully set the alarm to 6am, but I unfortunately failed to turn it on. OKay, so at least I still had over an hour before my 8:30am lecture. My stepmother was in the shower and my brother was next in line. So I decided to NOT take a shower and simply hygienically change my clothes and wash my face. I had my breakfast and decided to ask our household help to look for a cab while I "number 2" hehehe. She couldn't find a cab at quarter to eight since it was rush hour. So I decided to walk to the jeepney station. The first ride to the Light Rail Transit took about 10 minutes. But the second ride from Buendia-LRT to Padre Faura took an hour! The traffic flow was moderate but the jeepney driver stopped at every block even though no one was hailing it! ARGH!

I was almost half an hour late for class so I went straight to the classroom without stopping by the faculty room and apologized briefly for being late. The lecture had to proceed even though I planned to use a powerpoint presentation and an LCD monitor. It was a good thing that I uploaded my lecture beforehand so my students had a printed copy of my lecture that morning. I had to improvise and use the old school blackboard and chalk method. I was annoyed. I hate improvising and not being on time.

The most annoying part is that it was all my fault. No valid excuse to vindicate my tardiness. I should've woken up early...as in really early.