1999

At thirteen, school felt like a slow-motion replay. Same halls, same rules, same questions with one right answer. But computers? That was a different universe. I’d sit through class counting down the minutes - not to recess, but to get back to my screen. Out there, the world moved like molasses. Online, it raced. Every click was a doorway. Every bug, a puzzle. Every new tool, a superpower waiting to be unlocked. It wasn’t just faster. It made sense.