Anticipating
the fun that was coming my way, I hugged my Dad when he gifted me my first mobile
in 2002. With enthusiasm, I started pressing the keys and embarked on the
journey of discovery. It has been a long and exciting journey since...A
journey, which not only soothed my senses in times of stress but helped me in
finding three of the most beautiful relationships of my
life.
Initially,
with high rates and expensive downloading, mobile was just a gadget to flaunt.
But with the rush of technology and competition, not only the rates were
slashed but the mobile market was flooded with better models. My encounter with
internet on mobile happened when I bought a multimedia phone. From then on,
there has been no looking back. Listening to music, watching videos, texting,
even finding a groom for myself...Seriously, I have done it all on this tiny
gadget.
One day,
curious to discover more on my mobile, I activated the GPRS. And, that opened
the boundless gateways. While scanning one of the social networking sites, I
met my classmate from school after eleven years. I was fascinated and thrilled;
needless to say, smitten by love. For weeks, thereafter, we chatted, exchanged
mails and I never parted with my mobile. Within a month, he proposed and a
month after that, we were engaged. Quite fast, you would
say...But, internet romances should work at that speed. After all, when it
comes to internet, it’s all about speed!
I was
smiling with pride as I thought I was using this gadget to its maximum
potential. What else you can do with it? I was doing everything on my mobile;
from surfing net to checking weather; from tweeting to killing the pink pigs on
Facebook...Yes, yes, I was addicted to ‘Angry Birds.’ But when last
summer, sitting idle in my office, I pressed few buttons to explore what more I
could do with my mobile, I stumbled upon blogging and hence ‘Words,' my
blog, was born....
Blogging
opened the floodgates of my creativity. I met like minded people and was blown
away by the enormous talent present on the net. To me, it was like creating a
mini universe of people who welcomed my talent with open arms. I wonder at
times; would it be possible for me to blog actively if updating it was not
possible on mobile? I think...NO. For any blogger who works and has a family to
take care of, updating blog on mobile is a boon. I was soaked up from head to
toe in my mobile. World was literally at my fingertips. I thought I have
explored everything my mobile has to offer. Little aware that I will meet
someone from the other side of the world on this tiny gadget...
Interacting
with a fellow blogger on Gtalk on a beautiful August noon, I
discovered that we were neighbours in Bangalore. We lived on the same street
for a year but never met in person. We shopped, dined and walked at the same
place but never saw each other. And, three years later, continents away, we met
on net. To bookmark this beautiful chapter of life, I wrote ‘13, Cambridge Street’ last year. I’ll always be thankful
to my mobile for giving me a friend for lifetime.
Now, I
don’t doubt the limitlessness of internet. Rather, I dwell, I dig, I search, I
explore and I enjoy. I use all the apps, download more and wish for a new app
every day. Internet adds the much needed element of fun to my life. You too go
and explore the enormous world of excitement...It will be fun, for sure, I
promise!
Signing
off with a quote of Bill Gates, "The internet is becoming the town
square for the global village of tomorrow." And, you can be there
all the time on your mobile...
