Two days could kill me.
I went outstation a couple of days for a no-nonsense serious business trip. So serious that I hardly have time to blog and check my comments. So, my apologies to those who commented and found a long silence on my part in the past two days.
I brought along my laptop but, well, I never had the opportunity to even switch it on, much less use it to blog, not even when we have free internet access at the hotel. Which is a real plus. We purposely chose that hotel so that I could check my blogs, complete some of my freelance writing work, check my emails, etc. You know, the usual make money online stuff lar.
Anyway, I was not able to do it. We were so busy and caught up that we only get to sleep around midnight after a really tiring day. On Saturday, it was even worse. We woke up at 8am and then after completing the business deal (which incidentally did not really fall through..sigh..wasted time and effort…), we immediately drove back.
Well, my feet ache, my arms ache, my shoulders ache…damn tired leh. But I couldn’t resist. Like a drug addict who could not keep away from his fix of drugs, I HAD to switch on my laptop and go online the moment I reached home to blog and check blogs and read Malaysiakini.com.
We reached home at around midnight, mind you. But I could not sleep. And my computer was glaring at me and begging me and imploring me to caress its keys and switch it on. Sigh. I swear (no, no, not on the Holy Book) the computer has a life of its own. I can almost hear it calling out to me.
Two days without going online is like centuries. It is highly unbearable. I felt like dying. My fingers were even shaky and I get all edgy and fidgety. I could not concentrate very well. I kept thinking about my blogs and my emails.
Thank goodness I am now at home sweet home. Ahhhhhh…..just typing this is so, so, so satisfying and therapeutic.
Now you experience
About how addicts behave
Without the daily fix
The hands and minds shake
It is workaholic people
Without work they feel lost
They just don’t know what to do
They feel they are useless
More so with those yielding power
Suddenly they have nothing
When you are at it
The feeling is so great
You feel you are free
Into your world you let fly
Tapping the keys
Feeling alive……….
So the baby calls
The mommy and daddy can’t ignore
The world is waiting to be touched
On the keys on the screen………
And the business meeting
Don’t lose hope learned it again
Not every time you have a chance
You will win the contract
Now the tapping keys
Ringing it nicely in your ears
It helps me to write my poetry
Everyday without fail……..
Caravanserai: Ah, yes, you understand my addiction to the sound of tapping keys. Feels good, doesn’t it?