Why is an alarm clock a good gift?
Among many things one can
think of, to be given as gifts, I prefer to give an Alarm Clock. It would be a timely
gift for any occasion. It reminds that time is ticking away, emphasising the impermanence
but preciousness of life. In the case of old mechanical spring-based clocks, it
stores kinetic energy converted into potential energy and expends is judiciously
and consistently reminding that everything in this cosmos is nothing but energy
in some form or the other. This is true in the case of electronics-based clocks
too but the process is no so easily visible! Every time a receiver looks at it,
he may be reminded of you. If it stops working then again, he may think of you.
I have used a good number of
alarm clocks all along. At a time when I had more than one, a close friend of
mine took a fancy to one of the best ones I had and simply walked away with it
saying he liked very much. After all, why do you need more than one, he winked!
All alarm clocks are the same
at the core level that is at the actual clock machine by itself. Only the
casing differs. The circular one is the best and a rectangular one is the
worst. Square one, so-so. I have been a
bit unlucky of late: Bought a few clocks one after another, only to be
discarded as they went out of order quickly.
I am venturing to risk buying
a new alarm clock and gift it myself, unless some one thinks he is better as a
donor! I am posting this as a blog post. It is like sending some message in a glass
bottle, perfectly sealed, and thrown into the sea! My blog enjoys just some
sixty followers, most of which are search engine scrollers.
