Ping Ping Ping

Hi there folks! My name is Darling and this moment, when the clocks in my part of the world chime twelve to signal the herald of a new dawn , is my moment of tryst with destiny - the moment when I have come to life to put into force the changes that I hope to see in Maya’s life . 

You see, the world calls me and those of my ilk by a very generic name - Samsung Galaxy M10s. I chose to give myself a name that represents my importance in Maya's life . After all, I am her constant companion and the keeper of all her secrets ! I am her true 3 AM friend, the one that she uses to google solutions for all her troubles!

So now, I am going to stop talking and start to work . After all, you could liken my position to that of Cinderella at the ball. I have so much to do in such little time!

Where should I begin… Got it! Appa and Amma have been bugging Maya to go home to attend the wedding of Chitra Athai’s son, Anish, that eternal pest in human form who takes the term ‘obnoxious’ to a completely different level-  not my words, but Maya’s. As for Chitra Athai, she is the nosiest human being in the entire universe whose prime motive in life is to change Maya’s happily single and not ready to mingle with half witted noobs status! 

Refusing to go is a mere message away, but one that Maya is not doing for some strange reason . My top of the class predictive text feature combined with speech to text options should have made it easy to communicate! Anyway,  let bygones be bygones. Watch me change this in a minute.

To Appa- “ I will not attend the wedding of that pest in human form, Anish because Athai has taken it upon herself to annoy me about my happily single status”

See, the problem is solved!!

Okay, what’s next on my list? Yes! The long overdue message to Maya’s boss, Visesh, to stop sending her work messages after working hours. You see, Maya is a long suffering victim of “Life after work?! WTF” syndrome and Visesh is the faulty gene that causes unchecked spread of this toxic disease. Watch me put an end to this right away!

To THE BOSS- “ I refuse to answer your messages or respond to your mails after working hours! Having a life after work is a basic right protected by the Indian constitution or almost protected.”

As you can see, I am on a roll today! So what’s next? Bring it on ! And watch me find a solution in mere seconds. 

Ah yes! The message that Maya keeps wanting to send to the new mommies in her college WhatsApp group, the ones who inundate the group with pictures of tiny babies, who for some strange reason all look the same! So, here we go:

SJSH 2016 group- “ Humans have been procreating since time immemorial , so what’s new?!”

And now for the last item on my agenda- there is enough money sitting in Maya’s account to pay off all her credit card bills without putting them on an instalment basis, so I wonder why she chooses to pay on instalments! So inefficient - that girl!. See with the banking app I just settled Maya’s bills in one tiny swipe!

Phew, that was a close call. It is time for me to head back to being mere Samsung Galaxy M10s. Until we meet again, adieu amigo!

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Maya woke up at 5 AM to the incessant pinging of her phone. “God! What’s happening ? Is there something important that was due today? Am I missing something?” She grumbled to herself as she got out of her bed to check the messages!

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