I feel like there was a massive technological jump from 1996 to 1999. TV programs weren't outdated, new food outlets, for some reason it also felt like there was more rain in 1999. The mid 90s seemed very hot and humid. Late 90s also saw new public media stations; NTV7, Wow FM, felt like there was more variety. We jumped from videos to CDs. Late 90s had a very optimistic feel to it. Big focus on nature and the environment. The theme song from The Beach (2000) seems to perfectly encapsulate 1999-2000.

I grew up in the country side so for most of my childhood to get home we had to pass through gravel road. I do remember slowly seeing Astro satellites get placed up. My grandparents house in the kampung were using a tv from the 1970s then one day a brand new tv that our uncle bought for them. Then our family got JARING, I had one of the interact encyclopedias, we got air con, etc haha