Sunday, August 17, 2008

My most important possession

I will never regret one of my most impulsive decisions. She was so beautiful. I decided to leave my morality behind and go for her. I am human, after all. I did not give a thought to the price I'd have to pay at the time I set my eyes on her. I got my iPhone for 18000 bucks.

I knew in advance it would not be easy to open her up. She wasnt designed or destined to be mine. iPhone could be used only by an AT&T customer, which I wasn't, and the device had to be 'unlocked' before it could be used with another carrier. I took the risk anyway and handled her extremely slowly and gently, albeit nervously. It paid off well. She started responding. My attempt to unlock her was successful.
To my surprise, she turned out to be more beautiful inside than she was outside. Now, its such a pleasure to be with her, work with her, play with her, talk to (and through) her, that I thank myself for being stupid enough to have decided to get her.

She has been with me for quite sometime now, but she doesnt stop surprizing me. Almost everyday I learn sth new abt her. Sometimes I like it, and sometimes I dont. And like all beautiful things in the world, she gets angry sometimes. For instance, the other day I upgraded the firmware with my fingers crossed. She was already overloaded and so she couldn't digest this new beast. She stopped responding. I got desperate and rebooted her again and again, but that made matters worse. I should have given her some time to cool down. But the thought of losing her was maddening and my repeated attempts heated her more and more.

She is still angry with me. Although she has started talking, but she is still upset. She thinks I was unjustified in upgrading her using a third-party, untrusted app. She thinks I expect too much from her and threatens to 'lock' me out of her life. But I know I will get her back. I just need to be patient, give her more time to cool down and give her more space to breathe. I can be less demanding in future, but I cant afford to lose her. As long as she is with me, she will remain my most important possession.

P.S. This post is dedicated to my most important possession after the iPhone.