Eulogy for the Forgotten
aka These Were the People I Knew
It's sad, really. All of us are touched by so many others during the course of our lives. People help us, hurt us, make us laugh and make us cry -- but time marches on and we have to march on with it. Then we start to forget.
Sadly, I have forgotten many of you. Most of the names on this page are just that: names, and little more. You have all lived your lives since we drifted apart. I've lived mine. And now I'm wondering what happened to us all.
What happened to you? Where did you go? What did you do? What were your hopes and dreams and despairs? If there is anything that the Internet is good for, it's communication. Did you know me once? Did I know you? Then drop me a line, and tell me what you've been up to. I really want to know. It doesn't matter whether you were a friend or an enemy or just a casual aquaintance. Just write to me. If you have a web page of your own, I'll put a link to that, too. Naively, I am hoping that we all might get to know each other again. Then maybe this crazy electronic dystopia will be worth something after all.
And what, I hear you asking, if you can't find your name on the list? Have I snubbed you? I have, because I may have forgotten you, and you might be as good as dead in my mind. Then it is even more important for you to write, because a few sentences sent from a stranger I once knew isn't just a letter. It's a resurrection. (And that was your shmaltz for the day).
So here, in no particular order, are the names of the real people who helped shaped me. Each one of these names once had a life behind it, and to each of these lives I wish the best of luck, no matter what that life might be. I may have forgotten you -- I even may have forgotten your full name, which causes me much embarrassment -- but you all played your part in making me what I am.
Of course it's not altruism. I just want to remember who we were.
Afton Elementary School
- Mrs. Stanford
- Ben Shannon (My first bestest friend)
- David and Thomas
- Jana
- Katie Haliburton
- Liam Copeland
- Zeynep
Havenwood
- Mr. DeLand (One of my first, greatest influences)
- Chad
- Pyran from Zambia (What was your last name?)
- Tony
- Tri
- Long Doan
- Duc Tran
- Andy Ng
- Lucas Wang
Ellengale and Queenston
- Mr. Ewasyn
- Mr. Hutchison
- Mr. McVicar
- Mr. Poisson
- Mrs. Standring
- Asif
- Warren (From Chem...)
- Robin Andrews
- Philip Burston
- Ivey Chiu
- Heather Code
- Derek Chong
- Heather Doherty
- Lisa Griffiths
- Amit Khanna
- Robert Kliewer
- Eloise Morra
- Darwin Ou Yang
- Heather Pepper
- Michael Ryan
- Dennis Sasek
- Dorothy Temtychyn
- Daniel Tio
High School in Suburbia
- Doug the Security Guy
- Pete the Greek
- Jaspreet (What was your last name?)
- Mr. Doketis
- Mr. Ellis
- Mr. Hallowatch
- Dr. Li
- Mrs. Moore
- Mrs. Morgan
- Mme. Odell
- Mr. Reid
- Mrs. Rodaway
- Mme. Tepley
- Mr. Wightman
- Belal Ahmed
- Dave Baine
- Vivek Balasubmaranayam
- Sathish Balasunderam
- Chris Bardon
- Adam Bogucki
- Trudi Borland
- Ian Bramble
- Ray Bramble
- Joe Breed
- Morgan Campbell
- Mac Carmichael
- Thomas Cha
- Jay Chai
- Raymond Chan
- Nancy Chan
- Ed Chang
- Mae Chiang
- Andrew Chen
- Lisa Christie
- Scott Clendenning
- Ryan Coleman
- Nadim Couchair
- Indrani Datta
- Andrew Desmond
- Robin Dillon
- Sean Edmonston
- Tamique Erskine
- Ming Fa
- Mei Fang Cheng
- Gus Farigatakis
- Jason Farthing
- Mike Fierheller
- Jill Fleming
- Guy Gigliotti
- Carrie Gremmel
- Emma Griffiths
- Warren Haire
- Lindsay Hamilton
- James M. Ho (My twin!)
- Winnie Ho
- Josh Hunter
- Andy Jack
- Joel Jackson
- Nikhil Jain
- Ryan Jones
- Paul Keith
- Imran Khan
- Nada Khan
- Will Klapperbein
- Kahan Klaxton
- Irene Kong
- Sheri Kong
- Fei Li Kuang
- Stephanie Kwan
- Dawn Kwan
- Monica Lam
- Ryan Landgraff
- Christine Li
- Fabiana Li
- Bruce Lin
- Benjamin Lo
- Heather Lo
- Alvin Loh
- Eric Marsden
- Tara Marshall
- Phil Mason
- Ben Mayhew
- Jean-Paul McBain
- Taylor McLaren
- Peter Morley
- Graham Morley
- Sharon Narvez
- Linda Nguyen
- Susan Nguyen
- Diane Nguyen
- James Nozoe (May he rest in peace)
- Karen Oh
- Hans Oh
- Vivek Panchapekasan
- Kim Pao
- Beverly Pao
- Amar Patel
- Max Patterson
- Bojan Pavlovic
- Jenn Peart
- Liz Peart
- Sachin Pendarkhar
- Mark Pepper
- Arthur Poon
- Max Reid
- Andrew Robb
- Aaron Reynolds, Certified Crazy Individual
- Jason Rowe, Astrophysics Man!
- Jeff Rybak
- Erin Sandilands
- Steve Schofield
- Carol Ann Sellwood
- Bobby Sheth
- James Shulz
- Gaigan Sidhu
- Derek Smith
- Rishi Sood
- Shawn Soon
- Seaver Soon (The letter is coming. Honest)
- Szymon Stachniak
- Shawna Stanton
- Lucas Stras
- Andy Sung
- Jenn Tarr
- Matt Taylor
- Mike Thomas
- Winnie Tong
- Bartelt Van Essen
- Andre Webley
- Chris Williams
- Bryan Williams
- Lana Williams
- Suzanna Winsborough
- Leslie Wu
- Gordon Yarley