The balding, white haired old man came and said “Hi!
Didi”, I woke up from this nightmare with a jump. (You see, I think of myself
as an eternal twenty one year old and this person referring to me as an older
sister is like a nightmare!). Anyway I was now half awake; I opened the flap of
my cell phone to check the time. It was one A.M. in the morning; it was all
silent outside; the Ganesh Visarjan was either over or was too far away for us
to hear the drums and songs.
I then noticed that my TT* was missing from the bed. I
know she is not the kind who would stay up so late to study. I tumbled out of
bed and padded barefoot to the living room to see madam sitting at the table
with the mac opened and her I phone attached to it like a patient on life
support! There were plenty of wires, all trailing over the table, chair and
floor. Before I continue I must tell you what happened earlier in the night…….
The 18th of September was D day for my little
Apple Fan! You see the new iOS7 was going to be released that day. From the
morning itself, I had heard it almost a hundred times as to what an exciting
day it was going to be. Though I tried to muster up the same enthusiasm I
failed miserably! For once the bitten Apple fan did not notice my failure and
she enumerated the many advantages of the new Operating System. There was a
test at school but the only thing on her mind was the great OS! I wasn't expecting any great results in the test.
The ETA was 10 o’clock India time. Thankfully we had
finished our dinner by then and most of the homework had been completed. The elder
sister was trying to tutor her in math; of course the mind not being there, the
inevitable argument ensued and both of them went their own way (the final
outcome of all disagreements!)
“Oh My God! Oh My God!”
The scream that announced this was obviously to be noted
and we both looked up to see an excited TT…
“It’s come, it’s come!”
It sounded as if “It’s a boy” by the nurse outside the delivery
room!
“It’s installing, OMG! it started” all the while jumping
around the room in excitement. For a moment I forgot she was sixteen- she
seemed about five years old.
Older sister rolled her eyes and we both looked at each
other and smiled indulgently.
We got busy with our nightly routine. She continued
sitting at the table …..
At 11.30, I realized that she was nowhere near the bed
and I asked her why she wasn’t coming.
There was frustration writ large on her face, “it didn’t
install correctly, there is an error, and I have to do it again!”
Feeling sorry for her I left her to her devices and went
to bed.
Coming back to my 1 A.M. sojourn……..
“Why aren't you in bed? Don’t you have school?” I
mumbled half asleep.
“Oh! Ma! It’s installing; should get over in fifteen
minutes; will come to bed after that...”
Too sleepy to argue I went back to sleep.
The alarm woke me up at six o’clock and what do I
see??????
The bitten apple fan on the bed looking at her i-phone
with stars in her eyes!
“It’s done, it’s done”, she whispered loudly as soon as
she realized I was awake.
This followed a whole lot of “sort of” technical details
and extolling of the virtues of the new OS! I was made to look at the new
interface and the different colours and even Siri’s new human voice! Bleary
eyed and with a muddled mind I absorbed all this to the best of my ability and
got out of my bed totally apple blasted!
From that moment till she left for school it was …
“Have you seen how this looks?”
“Have you seen how smoothly this moves?”
“Isn't this so much classier?”
As soon as I was fully awake I tried to dampen her a
little by being wicked…
“Android already has this”
But no effect!
She went and updated my i-pad during this time and tried
to update the elder sister’s too (It was being done when the bus arrived so she
was not successful!)
As she constantly whatsapps during her bus ride, she
sent one message to her father that he must update his i pad, complete with
instructions in bold letters (in case he couldn't “hear” her!).
Her dad was amused at her enthusiasm and went on to
update his tablet.
The evening after school, of course continued in this vein
and I was deluged with repeat information about the GREAT OS! (She had
forgotten that she had told me all and shown me all, in the early morning!)
The excitement continues even as I am writing this. The
worm in the apple has not only bitten my little one….. My sister –in –law has
already sent instruction to her brother that he must update his tablet, hence
his amusement at the two ladies in the family going a little wonky at the birth
of the i-OS 7!
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