mikao's world

remember when

i was:
23 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
21 years old on the first day of Y2K
19 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash
16 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
16 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
14 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
12 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
11 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
7 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
5 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
5 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
2 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
a 1 year old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began
- from age gauge

i remember sitting in Bible Synthesis class last year hearing about what would come to be known as 9-11. the school year had just begun and we were all fourth year college students optimistic about what the year ahead could hold before we heard about it. i remember sitting in chapel that day watching a video recording of the attacks. i remember walking by the school coffee shop all day and having the news on (normally it's just silent school announcements). It was very eerie.

i remember sitting at home watching the news about y2k and how everything they thought was going to happen wasn't.

i remember lying in bed hearing the news over CBC radio that princess diana had been killed. it was my first week of college in ontario.

i remember seeing the picture of bailey almond who was killed in the oklahoma city bombing of the federal building.

i remember the day of the infamous car chase with o.j. simpson. i was at a block barbeque in manitoba.

i remember watching news reports of the 1993 world trade centre bombing. i was at my friend sharlie's house working on a script for a school project in her basement.

i remember a grade 12 girl coming to my seventh grade class during Desert Storm and crying. i didn't understand.

i remember watching the Berlin Wall fall on tv. i remember seeing a big piece of it in front of the Olive Garden restaurant in winnipeg.

i remember hearing about the Challenger explosion in my first grade classroom. i remember thinking i was glad it wasn't my teacher who died in space.

i don't remember the introduction of the macintosh computer. i haven't got a clue who sally ride is. i don’t remember the attempted assassination of president Reagan. i don't know what the iran hostage crisis is or was.

these are the news events that have defined our last 25 years. but i think it's what has happened in between and since them all that is what we should give more attention to.