Sifu wakes with the sun and the birds and has no real need of an alarm clock.
He wakes with dynamo-like energy and is already training before I can pry my eyes open and consider the possibility of getting out of bed...
A lifetime of early mornings and nearly 40 years of martial arts training has programmed Sifu to rise and shine no matter the occasion. Sifu is so seldom ill that for him not to wake with zeal is a bad, bad sign indeed.