Ten months back, I never knew we have something like 4 AM in the morning… it always used to be 7 AM or any hour after it and thinking of any hour before 4 O’clock was like solving the P = NP problem. So I generally used to pity my brain. Though at some time (read the time of our Project Delivery) we used to stay long hours but never did we touch this figure of 4 AM. The other day, I happened to watch the TED talk about this 4 AM and man, I was just flabbergasted with the facts that guy presented there.  And he just inspired me to write something on this 4AM story.So lets begin first time I happened to witness the 4AM in GiMBA. It dated back to probably the first day at GiMBA after landing on the clean and serene soil of Singapore, the first day when I realized that I was a part of the herd which had long lost its sense of direction and was dwindling with “where to go” surviving motto or “what’s next” discussions. A Hope that was working as ventilator for almost all Placement eligible guys and a Search of tunnel with some light at the end (our Prof. said one day we all would find that… I again emphasize the word .. one day) Well the search still continues for many of us and some seems to have found it, but nevertheless the reason for the First 4AM was the excitement of being away from the daily morning meeting at office and knowing the batch mates with whom we would live our one year of insanity.

After that day I hardly remember 4AM having any relevance or significance as it might have without us all being in MBA training. 4AM was all about getting a cold Coffee or hot, lemon Tea, Red Bull, or any sane liquid which can drip down the throat (read it as most sought after drink for students and as we would say it always… chilled cold beer). And not to forget, 4AM always served as benchmark for all kind of excuses as well… I will sleep at 4AM, lets watch the movie first… we will start the assignment at 4, lets go for a walk… we will study at 4AM, lets watch youtube…I will get up at 4 to read the case, let me sleep…we will stop at 4, lets get one more round of beers…we will go out for smoke at 4, lets smoke in room now… and the most amazing one…shucks its 4 and I am hungry, where is the Maggi da… and its the 4AM.

So in short the 4AM was the marking figure for many in its vivid explanations.

Loku

PS: Trin trin.. Mobile rings at midnight.. Your girlfriend…Lets talk no honey.. And you keep talking until its 4AM and then .. Oh shuks.. Lets sleep we have to go office/college etc etc… and the boy… Thank God.. She sleeps… .. Why doesn’t she realize all this on time…

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