1900
When we thought about 1900, the first thing that came to our mind would be.. “Wow.. that’s like a long long time ago!”. Classic. Ancient. History. Women in puffy long skirt carrying tiny lace umbrellas, curvy moustache men in hats.
In the same era, the Wright Brothers also successfully flew their flimsy craft for 59 seconds, covering 852 feet, Thomas Edison invented light bulb and Mark Twain wrote “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.”
One hundred years later in 2000, this is OUR time. We are advance, modern and high fashion. Life revolves around work, family and friends and all things deemed important which include mankind greatest invention, computers, and after that, Facebook of course.
The Wright Brothers may have invented a flying craft; who we studied in school but couldn’t give two cents about, it is Tony Fernandez that we kowtow to. If not for him, everybody still can’t fly now! Flying on a plane became as routine as milking a cow in 1900s!
Light bulb? Who uses light bulb anymore? It is the LEDs era now. And same goes for Mark Twain. Classic? Err… I mean no offense, but let’s swap for a JK Rowlings or Stephanie Meyer anytime. :p
2070
We are either in our 70s, 80s or 90s. We are no longer the hot young thing we used to be. No amount of collagen/placenta/botox would un-sag our sagged/wrinkled skin.
We might not even remember what we did yesterday let alone remembering the colourful life we once live. Most of us would have already gone on senile if not dead.
2100
It's just a little difference in the numbers. 2000 & 2100. But we will no longer be in existence except for that few bits and pieces of bones left in some coffin (which I am not even sure will last that long) buried somewhere. Dust to dust.
Imagine all these... then process it. Ya I know... what's the point right to all we have now?
3 comments:
Just wondering, what triggered you to write this "deep thought-provoking" post?
Errrr, if the answer is "there's no point", does it mean that we should all fast forward to "the end" now? ;p
I guess life is worth living every moment that we are given because it passes by so quickly!
Hi Mun :) Well, the culprit was an episode of American's Pickers when they found an item from the 1910s. The way my mind wandered off, it's kinda bizarre.
Ermm.. not necessary fast forward to the end, just thought everything that we deemed so important now seems quite senseless. If you get what I mean.
Mrs Pancakes, i do agree with you. More so we have to treasure every seconds we have?
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