1999/2000"I am in kindergaten. Among the 4 children in my family, only 3 were born then. When we were children, we used to stay at my grandmother's place a lot. My auntie had not been married then and we loved to raid the video cabinet, searching for entertainment. I found this video. It looked scary but intriguing. I looked at Michael and thought he was woman. I thought the video was a horror movie. Naturally as a child I wanted to watch the video, scary-looking or not. I ended up loving that video and watched it repeatedly. Both the video and the making of the video. My auntie told me that man in the video is Michael Jackson. The King of Pop."
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2009
I am now in Secondary 3. I am more knowledgable than I was in kindergarten. I've heard talk about Michael Jackson. Him going through multiple facial surgeries. Him bleaching himself. Him not bleaching himself but having a skin condition. Him getting caught in a fire. Him being made fun of in Eminem's video. Him taking advantage of children. Him converting to Islam. True or not true, I still have that respect for him as I did when I heard of him in kindergarten. I think as a fan, you tend to overlook all the bad he's done. Michael Jackson had become one of my idols. He is truly the King of Pop. A legend. An iconic man. I think Michael Jackson's death was on CNN or BBC the whole day. When I heard he died, I was shocked. I hardly expected him to pass on this soon. He's now free from the scrutiny of this mad world and its media but the world has just lost a very talented and unique man.

R.I.P. MICHAEL "MIKAIL" JACKSON
(1958-2009)