2011 Overview

There are amazing years and there are blah years. 2011 was certainly one of the better years, like 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009…I’m actually reviewing my life by the years. There’ll come a time when I’ll start reviewing my life by the decades. Dare I blink? 

Found an interesting article on time. This particular point is rather depressing.

Reversing the arrow of time for living organisms is a technological challenge, not a physical impossibility. And we’re making progress on a few fronts: stem cells, yeast, and even (with caveats) mice and human muscle tissue. As one biologist told me: “You and I won’t live forever. But as for our grandkids, I’m not placing any bets.”

I’ve always wondered about the future. A century ago, people may not be able to fathom the technological advances we’ve made and took for granted. The Moon landing, color television, commercial jet, nuclear power, mobile phone, credit card, the pill, microchip and my favourite…the World Wide Web. 

Can you imagine what the world will be like in 2112? I sometimes wish I was born a little later. Yet I’m glad to have seen the floppy, the cassette, the walkman, silly snake game in my first cellphone, the pager, the 1-177155-4, old SBC dramas, when boy bands and cheesy love songs were cool, when Britney Spears was hot and Michael Jackson was music Royalty. 

And can I emphasis anymore how privileged I am to live in the same time-space continuum as Bill Awesome Gates. 

Okayyy my thoughts floated on to larger topics and I no longer feel like writing about my silly experiences in 2011. Update again when I’m feeling a little more egotistical.