I am no computer buff. So, I really don’t know why I am writing this blog! I have no clue to the inside view of a computer just as I have no clue about the insides of my body parts.

But, the prizes are quite tempting. Although, I have no immediate need for a portable drive, I am sure I can find some real good use for it, if I win one!

In fact, I am an incorrigible collector. Some people say I am materialistic though I am yet to gain a clear knowledge about this term. One of my greatest weaknesses is: I collect a lot of things without the slightest clue as to what I would do with them.

For instance, the huge collection of books that adorn my numerous bookshelves which have encroached upon and conquered a lot of space outside of my study room were never meant to be read from cover to cover. Though I have found use for them at crucial junctures while writing articles and they have come in handy as ready reference material.

Since I find opening the buttons of my shirt quite cumbersome, I cannot hazard the risk and effort of opening up my computer to see the brand of my hard disk. But, when I mentioned it to a friend of mine who dabbles in hardware maintenance, he opened up my computer and confirmed that the hard disc of my computer was indeed “Seagate.”

Noticing my increasing interest in the subject and the rapt attention he commanded from me, he went on to educate me that “Seagate” is the most prominent and popular manufacturer of hard discs in the world. This is what I was trying to tell you: I had a “Seagate” sitting on top of my desk and I didn’t even know about it!

But for this contest, my relationship with the “Seagate” might have gone unnoticed and it might have remained buried in my computer and with time it might have got a silent burial when it would have found its way to the computer graveyard!

I must thank “Seagate” for throwing open this creative contest. But for this, I may never have known what hard disk is hiding in my computer!

Coming back to the prizes which are portable hard disks, I am still unclear as to why the disks have to portable. My innocent queries fetched serious answers such as: Don’t tell me you are so dumb. You have been carrying a portable hard disk in your laptop and you are saying you do not know as to what use it can be put to?! But, I must add here that I am keen to research and investigate as to what other use it can be put to!

Though my efforts to use medical syringes to make water-colour paintings ended up in total disaster, the fact remains that I may have been the only one in the world to have tried to put the syringes to such a creative use.

All said and done, I am a practical person. With all my imagination I cannot think up as to what creative use I can put this portable hard disc to. But, if I win this prize, the portable hard disc may lie around for sometime and that might give me time to think up something.

But, eventually, I will find some creative use for it. I may, in fact, discover something that the “Seagate” has never bargained for. And, I may be able to tell “Seagate” something about their product which they themselves may never have known!

Those who have data storage problems would most certainly use it for storage of data. I, for one, have no immediate data storage problem. In fact, I have no data right now which is crying out for storage. So, I have all the more chances of finding some creative use for your portable discs. Just give it a thought….