Sunday, May 07, 2006

Addicted to the Internet?


What's the first thing I do when I get home after a day outside the house and outside the office? I log on to the net, check my e-mails, and browse some blogs and other websites. It's like I feel disconnected from the world when a day goes by without me checking my e-mail once.

It's the same when I am on holiday. I have been to a couple of places where Internet access was limited, so I could only check my e-mail once in a while. It annoyed me! It's like I didn't know what to do with myself when I was indoors.

I remember one holiday where, after a couple of Internet-free weeks, my sister and I went to a relative's place who did have an Internet connection....and it was like we had found a pot of gold or something! We were so happy, we even argued about who got to log on first!

Am I addicted to the Internet?

12 comments:

raed said...

well, going online is the first thing i do when i come back from work and when i wake up on weekends. I always thought thats just pathetic... but not after i read ur post.... hehe(kidding)

well, if i'm away having good time, i'm just fine being offline (or maybe it just happens that this happens in leb where it takes forever to open a webpage... hmmm yes maybe)

anyways, maybe u r addicted, but ur not alone...

nzm said...

nuh uh - you're not alone!

Here we are, back from a walk around the park behind J's house in Berlin, and the first thing that I do is log on!

Mar said...

It's so an integral part of my life here that I stopped questioning my addiction a long long time ago.

Lou said...

Just confirming that I too am 'addicted to the internet'.

I'm on it first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and pretty much all day in between!

Laila K said...

I PAY for internet access in hotels and airports when its not free..i'm logged on almost all day, and its the first and last thing i do everyday..does this make you feel any better :)
its like a drug, when its not there, you start to itch!

Dubai Sunshine said...

OK...Phew...I am so glad to see I am not the only one!

What did people do before the Internet?

Actually, I remember the first time I discovered e-mail...and the time I received my first e-mail. I was so amazed! E-mail is the best invention EVER!

Mar said...

In addition to the toothbrush of course :)

Dubai Sunshine said...

Mar...toothbrush?

Chocolate maybe...but a toothbrush? I never thought of a toothbrush as the best invention ever :)

Anonymous said...

ahhh the porn, the porn .... tsk tsk tsk

Mar said...

OK Braces.

Dubai Sunshine said...

OK...I'll let you have braces Mar :)

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