Blog 2: Ahmed Mohamad Omer Hamad Mohamad Al-Nahim Mohamad Abdullah Mohamad Abdullah Al-Nahim Mohamad Abdullah Hamad

Let's say that instead of growing up twenty years ago, I am 16 years old. If I had been born in that time my life would of been much easier, yet do much harder. It would of been easier because for a very long time (just a couple of years) I have had the conviction to not let technology to get deeply intergrated in my life. 

The following part is written on the assumption that I would of still moved to America(this is a very small chance). I wouldn't be different for not watching movies and shows growing up. After almost a decade of people commenting on it, I cling to the statement "I grew up under a rock" as my subject changer.

Growing up that long ago, would be harder yet easier because I wouldn't have grown up hearing terrorist jokes, though I would of never gotten the help I needed to make sense of these scribbles(words!).   If I grew up before Google than things like the dead terrorist wouldn't exist(Thanks Jeff Dunham:). I wouldn't feel so awkward saying my name, this isn't true I don't actually know how to pronounce my last name in English, I kind-a-just go with what comes to mind first. 

I would interact with people the same way I've used almost exclusively for the first 15 years of my life, with my mouth. All my relationships with people in Lexington would be about the same, though my relationships with those in Sudan would be gravely different as I would rarely get the opportunity to speak with them. Now I get the chance to speak with them in the early morning or late at night. Granted I should speak with them more, who knows I might start calling my family more often after tonight. 

Even though I like to tell myself that if I'd grown up back then, I would be a better man. I like this time line because in it I and my brother have gotten sufficient help at being able to articulate our words by mouth and paper. I also wouldn't like to take that chance cause I might end up not being a twin, or my brother could be a singleton! Which would be totally unacceptable, cause we come as a package. All or nothing.