This is for Steve.

Hi Steve,

It’s sad that I can’t celebrate my 1-month at my new home because you had just left.

I do not know if you are afraid or disappointed before your last breath, as you’ve said time and time again, even people who want to go to heaven, are not willing to die for it.

To be honest, I have spent a whole lot of money in you and your company’s creations.

I first started off with a iPod Video which I have got it back in 2007 when I was excited about online shopping and the brand Apple. With the capacity of 80GB, my device is always with that 50 songs I’ve played again and again for 4 years now (and counting).

In April 2010, I bought something that changed my life completely. It allows me the access to so many different social medias and I have been absolutely a fanatic since then, and I believe I will be for the rest of my life, if I still can swipe using my right thumb as I always do. After practicing it a zillion times I have become so good at operating this thing even I was half asleep and a message came in I could move my arm to the study desk beside me and unlock it without looking at it. I am also quite professional in texting while I am driving. I can do it when my car is on the highway, at the traffic lights and of course in massive jams, which I always updated my status to tell the world I am stuck and hell please don’t come over and make it worse people. Of course all these sound like completely ridiculous ways to kill myself and all my friends who heard about my stunts scolded me like I have been suicidal (well at some point maybe yes) in doing so. That’s why when your successor revealed Siri yesterday that I was excited enough to think hey this time what can you people do?!

And because of the brand itself has meant so much in this new generation, I have been madly in love with it that I started to give your product as gift. I purchased a iPod-Nano online and mailed it to my friend because she just needed a simple MP3 player. Maybe you didn’t hear about it in 55 years of your life but in Malaysia, anything related to Apple cost a lot. I was an engineer and earning Malaysian Ringgit. I did not save much out of my salary and most of my money went to gadgets like cameras and your inventions. Other than my friend nobody knew about this and hey now you are the second one to share this secret with me. Flattered?

Before I resigned as an engineer, I burned another big hole in my pocket getting myself another products of your company, the MacBook Pro. God knows how long I have dreamed about owning this machine. I patrolled the Apple reseller stores for a few weeks before I decided to bring him home. I don’t mean to be arrogant but really I don’t think I will switch back to Windows after I got hitched like this. I clearly remember the first time this machine was booted at the Switch store and the screen came alive. Man, that kind of feeling is better than getting a 20% raise in your paycheck. Trust me. Because of him, I have spent another big chunk of money assuring no harm can be done to him. His perfect body and soul.

Perhaps now you thought “What?! All you gave me is about the materialism, the devil behind all evils.” You’ve got it wrong, just for once. In the first big slump of my life, which at this point I’m still not that old to discuss about it, I have watched your Stanford Commencement Speech and spent a long time wondering if I have done the right thing for myself and was that the kind of life I have always wanted to live. Then I remember when I was young, relatives came visiting and I was acting like a boss on the couch wearing my dad’s black-framed glasses. They asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. My answer has always been “I want to save the world by becoming a doctor”.

As I don’t think your words become the only motivator behind the change I had installed in my life, it’s you that always make me to be critical and asking questions about what I love and I wish to do. I will never be a doctor or save the world in this life. Yet, I chose to do something that’s closer to it, at least. I doubt you will be able to read this, or will this eventually reach you because there are millions out there who are writing to you now. I just want to tell you that your legacy and inspiration stay, even you have walked away. You have gave us the i-Citizens the kind of experience that we would never think about a few years ago. You told me not to regret what I have gone through, because life, is about connecting the dots.

Thank you for i.

With respect,

Yong Yee

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