Ngikwazile ukuvuselela, ngendlela yami, iwashi elaligqokwe ubaba lapho eshona ngo-1989.
Le Citizen Windsurfer D060 yadluliselwa kimi ngumfowethu ngisemusha, owayithola kubaba lapho esishiya ngo-1989, ngineminyaka engaphansi. Kusukela lapho, lelowashi laba okungaphezu nje kokuba into kimi; bekuyiwashi elihle kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Ukukhala kwayo kwe-alamu, okufana nokutshiyoza kwekhilikithi, kuyenze yahluka. Ihlukile kunoma yiliphi iwashi ledijithali lesikhathi sayo, elinedizayini eyinkimbinkimbi ebizungelezele isibonisi salo, esinemibala eminingi futhi eguquguqukayo. Ngatshelwa ukuthi ubaba wayeyithenge e-United States, okwayenza ikhetheke nakakhulu futhi ikhethekile.
Ngolunye usuku, ingilazi yewashi yaphuka, futhi ngenxa yokungazithembi, ngayiyisa kumkhandi wobucwebe wasendaweni. Ukungazi kwami kwangiholela ekubeni ngamukele umsebenzi wokulungisa ubudlabha. Ngisho nanamuhla, usengakwazi ukubona izimpawu zeglue, imikhondo yalokho kulungiswa okungaphumelelanga, kodwa okungenani iwashi laqhubeka lisebenza… kwaze kwaba ngolunye usuku, phakathi nohambo lwesikole, ngalithatha ngaya nalo echibini. Phakathi kwamanzi, i-alamu yaqala ukukhala ngendlela exakile, yaze yathula kungazelelwe futhi isikrini saba mnyama, kwasala izinsalela zalokho okwake kwaba yi-LCD ekhazimulayo.
Ngakhala ngokungalawuleki. Ngase ngimoshe okuwukuphela kwento engangiyishiye kubaba. Phakathi neminyaka edlule, angikaze ngikwazi ukuzithethelela ngokuphatha lelo washi njengamanye, kuyilapho eqinisweni, lalingavamile. Kwakungeyona nje iCasio eshibhile; kwakuyisiqephu somlando esadlula izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.
Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, emqhudelwaneni we-simracing, ngawina iwashi elihlakaniphile, iwashi lami lokuqala elihlakaniphile. Lapho ngithola ukuthi kwakungenzeka ukushintsha nokwenza ubuso bewashi ngokwezifiso, kwavela umqondo ngokushesha engqondweni yami: kungani ngingadali umfanekiso wewashi obekuyingxenye yezinkumbulo zami eziyigugu kakhulu? Ngaleyo ndlela, ngangikwazi ukuhlonipha ubaba ngendlela ayengakaze ayicabange. Isizinda sami sokwenza izinhlelo siholele ekutheni ngenze okuthile. Ngemva kwezinyanga zomsebenzi, ekugcineni ngenze inguqulo yami yewashi yaphila ku-Android Wear OS, futhi ngayo, ngavala isahluko endabeni eyayingayeki ukulimaza.
Namuhla, ngiyaziqhenya ukwabelana nawe ngezinguqulo ezimbili zalokhu kuhlonipha. Eyokuqala, umfanekiso othembekile wewashi lokuqala; futhi eyesibili, inguqulo ethuthukisiwe, enenkomba yebhethri, isibali sesinyathelo, nesiqapha sesilinganiso senhliziyo.
Isikhathi asipheli, kodwa leli washi, ngandlela thile, lizohlala nami kuze kube phakade.
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