Death.

i've spent 6 hours trying to salvage my dying laptop - but alas, its time was up.

for one who served me so well, it went out pitifully - crying and screaming, clinging on desperately to life.
it struggled on despite the inevitable odds, and i feverishly worked at restoring it to its former glory - and for a moment i did.

all that came crashing down when it had a relapse and sank deeper into a coma - bloody red spots were frothing within the screen.

in a last-ditch attempt to capture its essence, i hooked it up to an ancient monitor (its own screen was down and out) and took every bit that mattered - especially the 24 gigs worth of pictures - memories captured forever in that moment in time.

salvaging what i could, i finally pulled the plug and let it go - it whimpered as it gave a dying breath, and lay silent - its bodily warmth drained by the merciless wind that came and took its spark away.

its suffering ended there.

it is nothing but an empty shell now.

tomorrow, it will be called home - to the distant land of jurong, where the technicians who once forged every bit will welcome it back with open arms, smiling as they recieve it and bring it back to life - a phoenix from the ashes.

it will return, but for now - R.I.P.

Goodbye, ACER TravelMate 4285WLMi.