Hey Nostradamus!

           In the first chapter of the novel, “Hey Nostradamus!” by Douglas Coupland, the author described a life of a young girl named Cheryl Anway that lived in Vancouver.  She was a part of Youth Alive at her High School. And later found in loved with her future husband, Jason.  They’re both were young couple and soon flown to Las Vegas to get married.  In the story, Cheryl described her routine typical day at school and everything seems to be normal just like any other day.  She usually went out for a lunch with her group from Youth Alive, for lunch and discussed they’re sins.  One afternoon, she decided to meet with Jason at the school cafeteria and talked about they live.  In the novel, Cheryl also prayed to GOD and expressed her thought about GOD.  At lunch time, she went to see Jason in the cafeteria instead of going out to discuss her sins with other friends.  While, she was eating in the cafeteria, a popping was heard.  First, everyone thought it was just a firecracker, but they were wrong.  A moment later, three other students rushed in with weapons on their hands and started to shoot.  Other students got under the tables and so was Cheryl.  These three kids continued pulling the triggers as walking toward Cheryl’s table.  The over head sprinkler and the alarms was on, water mixed with bloods.  Blood was everywhere as Cheryl continued praying for GOD.  Unfortunately, she was shot on her upper body, she described everything around her was motionless as she was laid there painlessly leaving all her loves one behind.

            After I read this story, it brings back a lot of old memories during my time serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  I found it very heartbreaking that this really happening in our country.  I would never expect that young kids can do such a horrific moment in their life, and how can they taking a life of an innocent people? I guessed I was wrong, I saw many combats during my tour in Iraq and Afghanistan.  We’re carried weapons (Me and my marines) for a reasons because we’re protected our freedom and our ways of life.  How can these kids get weapons that can do badly damages in our society?  I believed any problems we’re face in life, is always an alternative answers and I believed taking someone life is not the greatest answers.  It was a very sad story to read and I hope we’re can learn from our past history.