Significant Historical Events in My Life

By davidgv

  • Born

    On this date I was born in Moscow, Russia.

  • Eye Surgery

    My eyes couldn't produce tears properly so I had to have a surgical operation to restore their function. Sadly, I can't find the exact name for the procedure. The date is also an approximation.

  • Trip to Egypt

    My Mother, Father, and I went on a vacation to Egypt.

  • Arrival to Canada

    My family immigrated to Canada.

  • Trip to Russia

    I went back to Russia for two weeks to meet my grandfather/grandmother from my Mom's side.

  • Found my Love for Computer Science

    My dad let me play around on a computer he brought home and I was fascinated by it. I don't know if this was my first time properly using a computer but it is one of my most memorable.

  • Started Grade One At Churchill P.S.

    This was my first real day at school aside from day care. I never attended kindergarten.

  • Trip to Cuba

    I went to Cuba on a vacation for the first time.

  • Assembled my First Computer

    With the help of my father I put together a cheap computer for personal use.

  • Became Inspired by Music for the First Time

    As a child I always found music to be boring and annoying. On this day I overheard my father listening to melodic metal (Opeth specifically, his favorite band) and I got inspired to make my own music.

  • Started Pursuing Electronic Music

    On about this date (referencing when I got my first music software license) I managed to convince my father to buy me Cubase (a digital audio workstation) so that I could make music because playing metal required a band and I didn't have one.

  • Trip to Mexico

    I went on a vacation to Mexico for the first time.

  • Switched Digital Audio Workstations

    After I was extremely confused by electronic music I managed to get my father to believe that the software was the problem so he got me another product (FL Studio) on my birthday.

  • Put Together my First Electronics Kit

    With the help and oversight of my father I soldered and assembled together my first hobby electronics kit (a stopwatch).

  • Started Learning to Program

    On this day I decided that I would learn how to program with C/C++ (a programming language) and as such went to a Chapters to get a book on the topic.

  • Started Middle School at Willowdale M.S.

  • Began to Learn Electrical Engineering/Circuit Design

    I found that my true passion was for electrical engineering and not programming after going to a bookstore and picking up a book on the subject.

  • Started High School