Thursday, June 19, 2008
Just completed a small job today. The job scope include the upgrading of a Digital Video Recorder (CCTV System) and enabling it to be viewable from the web. What makes this job so special is the owner request to leave the old spoilt Digital Video Recorder as it is. His maid or maybe tenant had known it to be spoilt all this time and his intention is not to let anyone know that it is working well again.
This include installing the new DVR at an isolated location, using tape to mask up the led indicator lights and lastly to soften the noise of the built in fan.
I do not know if I should be glad or sad for him. Glad that he is well off, with a happy family and being able to contribute to the local economy by paying an obscene amount of money to my company for doing this job. At the same time sad that he have to resort to spying others in silence. Unable to trust those living under the same roof as him. Yes. He is well off in material wealth but is this everything?
The sad thing is that this is not the only customer that I had who are like him. Pin hole cameras, DVR which are able to pass off as a normal VCR and other strange requests. The richer they are, the funnier the requests.
I got to admit that I want to be like them sometime soon in the future. Being able to provide my family a life of comfort. But no way do I want to live in fear of people stealing from me or trying to cause harm to me.
Human possessions to me are stuff that come and go easy. If there are things that I want to guard and watch over of, that would be my family and friends. There are possessions that are worth fighting for. Not that one more zero in my bank.
Yes. There will always be fear that your maid who you don't even know well of doing harm to your children. The fear that they will bring strangers to your home when you are not around. But wouldn't telling them in advance of what not to do better than spying? Even if there is a need for surveillance, is there really a need to hide it up and hope to catch someone in action? That's to me just doesn't seem so right. But then again, who am I to judge others? All I wish for is that he is able to sleep well every night. Yes. The same activity that commoners like me had gotten used to.
I may not be rich in material but definitely not poor either in spirit. I got my family and my friends with me all the time. Yes. You who are reading. Be it a follower of my blog or someone who happened to just drop by. Be it a mere acquaintance or a friend who I had not contact in a long while. As long as we had met and influence each other, a friend you are to me. You are my most valuable possession.
Labels: Life
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