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8

On Vacation…

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I am supposed to be on vacation this week, and so I have tried to reduce my net activity to as little as possible. To help me relax I bought me an iPod, downloaded a lot of documentaries, got Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and decided that nothing was going to tempt me to go online. It worked for two days, but after I had listened to all the documentaries I had, and I finished the book, my fingers itched, my eyes kept straying to where the computer was, and I said, What the hell, it doesn’t matter, as long as I don’t work. Well, the problem is that there is only a thin line between working or simply playing online for me. Before I knew it I had checked my official email, found that someone had promised to send me some books I needed, did a reply, checked Nigerian Guardian Newspapers online, saw that the Nigerian Central Bank governor said something about the Nigerian Naira becoming the legal tender all over West Africa, thought, No way, and ended up looking for other things about the history of ECOWAS and a search for legal tender for the region…. Now, you get my drift.

Well, I am going into the city today to try and get some more books to read, I hope that will keep me off the computer for as long as possible.

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3 Responses to “On Vacation…”

  1. Anja on August 8th, 2007 7:32 am

    Versuch’s mal mit Gemütlichkeit … ;-)

  2. Ishtar on August 8th, 2007 7:42 pm

    Learn from Africa, Loomnie, learn from Africa. “Don’t fret! There’s always tomorrow!”

    Miss you on the web though! So make sure you take a proper time out and come back in super shape! Beautiful Africa is coming up. Have you picked out a nice post yet??? :-)

  3. iyan and egusi soup: on August 11th, 2007 6:03 pm

    loomnie:

    your post made me laugh! staying off the internet can be difficult. i hope you’re enjoying the time away.

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