June 5, 2013 — Marho
June 5, 2013 — Marho
‘What is that weird sound?’
Takes me a while to realize it’s sound of the alarm on my phone. I turn it off and check the time: 6.33am. Which means I either slept through the 5.30am and 6.00am alarms or I turned them off without waking up. I barely have enough to struggle through my workout routine and rush to shower before I head out to the office.
I manage to arrive at work relatively early, watch an episode of Top Gear while catching up on some tech news before my boss comes in and draws everyone to the meeting table. Turns out it was more of a lecture than a meeting and a long one at that. By noon my boss was just hitting his stride, drawing diagrams on the whiteboard and giving a crash course on Corporate Governance. Interesting stuff to most of my colleagues but I was the IT guy! There was no hope for me as far as staying awake was concerned. I had to go to the restroom and jump up and down for 5 minutes to shake the drowsiness from my head! Twice!!
Soon it’s closing time and everyone departs for their various homes, except me. Usually around this time I stay behind to avoid the rush hour traffic and do some work while at it. Most of the time though I engage in epic time wasting with the help of the internet. Reddit, 9Gag, Nairaland and YouTube are my usual haunts. Or I read eBooks while listening to internet radio. Today though, it’s video games. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Online!!
After 3 hours of pwning and getting pwned, I’m on my way home, wondering which eatery along my route will still be open at 9.30pm so I can have a quick snack. Sadly they’re all closed so I have to resort to a meal of bread, suya and egg from the Mai-Shayi on my street before I retire to my room to write this article.
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About Marho: Bookworm. Geek. Hermit-in-training. Foodie. All-around nice guy. Tweets all manner of geeky and semi-personal stuff @azanor and blogs at geekisms.blogspot.com.