At the Last Minute?

I think we South Asians ( and even Muslims) have a habit of leaving things to the last minute. Many a times I have been part of clubs and organizations where things are left to the last minute. Things are still done as well as they could have been under the circumstances but it can still be better if more planning is involved.

The quote below is from an article on last minute preparations that Indians do before hosting a cricket game:

"There is only one kind of minute in our cricket; the last one. There are many others but those are humbler minutes, their job, to prepare the ground, to fill time before the last minute arrives. The gong sounds, the bell chimes when it comes and like an air-raid siren going off, everyone is galvanised into action. Minds work faster, bodies discover they have four pairs of hands and legs, intent appears, the line between night and day disappears.

It reminds me of the expectation with which people wait for the moon to be sighted before breaking out into Id celebrations. You know it is going to be sighted soon, but until it is there is little you can do. So too with our cricket. Nowhere in the world does as much happen in the last minute, nowhere does as little happen in the minutes before.............."

On the other hand I have seen most of my peers from different races also leave stuff to the last minute . However I think South Asians are worse ( with some exceptions of course).

Another observation I have made is that there is a lot of talking involved in planning but when the time comes to convert the talking to walking there are a very few arms and legs to be seen. And the talkers appear again after the task/event to start the talking again.