Last year good Friday, a bhai of mine gifted me with a fancy smart phone ( I am not going to
give the brand name as I was commented by someone, about my articles being too
brand conscious ;)….lol) and it was indeed a GOOD Friday to me.
I accept, I go crazy without internet at home. When I am out and around the city I don’t care much for the free wi fi
or the internet. But when I am home. Maybe I like
to be connected to people through Viber or Whatsapp or just surf something to
read. Interesting gossips, new tech findings, new movie reviews.
Oh yea! I was talking
about my phone. SO most of my work is done through phone, I need to coordinate,
need to talk to people and even communicate through SMS. Yea my mum always complains “ katti tyo phone ma jhundina
sakeko hola..tyo phone ko ray haru le cancer huncha taha chha ki chaina”.
Not that I am always on the phone but every now and then when I am… she happens
to cross by…lol.
Anyway, yesterday was Good Friday, so I celebrated
my 1 year with my fancy cellphone. In the morning when I was out with my
didi, I was explaining to her how I got the phone and its plus points than
other phones and blah blah!!! My didi commented “ oi testo nabhann feri jalla tero phone eka tira ani rundai baslas”.
I smirked at her and we did what we had to do at the market.
I normally switch my cell to silent mode when I am
in meetings and conferences, and of course switch it on immediately when I am
out. Just like any normal day, I did the same yesterday and kept moving around
with work. I was amazed that my cellphone was on and it was not ringing. Then
suddenly I got a call from my mum and found that my phone was functioning
normally. Again it went dead after that call. I was trying to send a text to
one of my client and it was not passing. I called one of my agent and it was
engaged. I thought there is some problem with the network ( thanks to loadshedding that the towers are
not properly charged so the network dies time and again).
The entire while the phone was not ringing. Now my tension is building up. What am I going to do? I don’t have
a spare mobile set. I don’t have a spare SIM . Damn! All my contacts are in
this phone, now am I going to carry two phones? One for just having the
contacts and other one to make calls? I can’t buy another smart phone right
away….and another simple phone is not going to help me with work!
I fiddled right and left with the set. Switched it
off and on twice. I was losing my mind since I am not a tech savvy person. I
called couple of my friends and they never had such problem with their phones.
I called the Customer Care and they asked me to check I don’t know what and
what on the cellphone and still it was not working. So, here on its first
anniversary, my cellphone stopped functioning. My mood was off the entire
evening, I didn’t do anything than to sulk. I played with Bhuntu ( remember my
pet?) for a while and I felt a little better but not upto my real self.
So with that feeling my Good Friday got over. I
heard a ring somewhere in my sleep today. I thought I had such a trauma that I was
dreaming of my phone. But NOOOO IT WAS ACTUALLY RINGING in the morning. I got an
early morning call from a friend for some work. If it was some other day I
would have sworn at him like a sailor but today I happily replied even if the
call was pretty early for my Saturday.
Now it’s working fine I don't know how ( really strange). I am stupid to get bother and crippled without a cellphone. Probably the culture has changed that now we can live without people around but we cannot live without our gadgets.I feel bad that it is affecting my life and I
am so dependent on it. Can I do anything? Not really. All I am going to do is
remember this incident and remind myself that I am not going to get bothered
like this coz this is not the end of the world.