The Day We Sang ‘HELP!’

Well, I decided finally to start writing my childhood thoughts. Today I am going to write about a certain memory that is really stuck in mind, although I cannot exactly determine the exact time and people of the event.

I guess it was about ten-twelve years ago. We were at my uncle’s place (our family lives in the same building). I believe all of us (cousins) were there. We were sitting in the living room gathering together as usual with no apparent reason except to kill the time. It is very strange how life was at this point in time. We were really naïve, no problems, not caring about anything, it was I guess for most of us the transitional phase between childhood and adulthood.
It was a strange idea, although it was pretty genuine and it came out naturally. Almost all of us listened to the Beatles at that time, and some us used to listen to Osama Kamal’s show on the radio ( a famous show at that time) , it was a show in which the listeners called and sang part of the song they wanted to hear. We decided to call and sing ‘Help’ we even rehearsed the song for sometime. At the end we didn’t manage to call the program because the line was constantly busy, it would have been nice if we have managed to call, nevertheless we really enjoyed the experience-well me at least- and it symbolizes the happiness and simplicity of our lives at that time, no burdens, and no worries.

“Simplicity of life” is such a very broad term in which I think one must explain so as not to forget after ten years what life used to be! That is why I am dedicating the upcoming post to how we as a family, with emphasis on me visualize how life was at this point in time well, the 90s in general. I decided to write my thoughts at this time period because I managed to come up with a conclusion that the 90s influenced a lot of my friends and my cousins.