The Laptop

It was the time I rarely seen the laptop close to few feet distance. It was around 2002. Sometimes we watched our MD using it in important occasions like while taking some presentations to clients. One day I got a chance to work in that laptop to edit some last minute changes to a PowerPoint slides which we need to show to client the next day.  Since it was getting late in the evening and my MD had to leave early. He asked me to take the laptop to home and arrive to client office directly next day morning. I was so happy that I had a chance to take the laptop to my home and show it to my Family members. I finished all my work and left to home.

I told my sisters I got laptop with me in my bag. Everyone was very eager to see how it looked. I took out a big flat black box. They were amazed to see the flat keyboard and flip able monitor.  My Mom asked me whether that would do everything a normal PC Computer does.  I told YES with exhilaration. My sisters were so excited to touch the cute keyboard and the small mouse pad. They also played Pinball and paint brush in it. My Father asked me how much does the laptop cost. I told it could be around 50,000 Rs. He was so proud that company trusted me to carry such a worth of object.  

I felt very proud and happy to carry that big leather bag with laptop on one side of my shoulder and drive my motorcycle. Anyone can tell that kind of black leather bag contains a laptop and the person carrying that must be someone techie or a software engineer.

 I carry my laptop everyday to work and home. I never remember when I opened paint brush for drawing something. It always would be used to save a screen captured image. Sometime it slipped my hand while carrying causing the corners to damage. The screen contains dust which lasted for many days. 

I shutdown it once in few weeks, so not to lose my opened windows and browsing tabs. Most of the time I only hibernates it. Some days it remained on all through the night in bed while I slept after a tiresome work. My 4 year old nephew would always look for the time I finish my work and close the lid, so he can grab it for playing games. 

I carry it along with me whenever I go to hometown. I sense sometimes cumbersome to carrying it around always.  I never remember the time my laptop was never around me.

Recently one day there was a critical Customer issue on weekend and I have not carried laptop to hometown. My Manager called me to address that and I told I was not having laptop with me. I got scolded for it. L