Taken below from wikipedia, i find it rather interesting... (: i belong to the Gen Y! (:

Depression cohort (born from 1912 to 1921)
Memorable events: The Great Depression, high levels of unemployment, poverty, lack of creature comforts, financial uncertainty
Key characteristics: strive for financial security, risk averse, waste-not-want-not attitude, strive for comfort

Pre 'World War II cohort' (born from 1922 to 1927)
Memorable events: men leaving to go to war and many not returning, the personal experience of the war, women working in factories, focus on defeating a common enemy
Key characteristics: the nobility of sacrifice for the common good, patriotism, team player

World War II cohort (born from 1928 to 1945)
Memorable events: sustained economic growth, social tranquility, The Cold War, McCarthyism
Key characteristics: conformity, conservatism, traditional family values

Baby Boomer cohort #1 (born from 1946 to 1954)
Memorable events: assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, political unrest, walk on the moon, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, social experimentation, sexual freedom, civil rights movement, environmental movement, women's movement, protests and riots, experimentation with various intoxicating recreational substances
Key characteristics: experimental, individualism, free spirited, social cause oriented

Baby Boomer cohort #2 (born from 1955 to 1964)
Memorable events: Watergate, Nixon resigns, the cold war, the oil embargo, raging inflation, gasoline shortages
Key characteristics: less optimistic, distrust of government, general cynicism

Generation X cohort (born from 1965 to 1979)
Memorable events: Challenger explosion, Iran-Contra, social malaise, Reaganomics, AIDS, safe sex, single parent families
Key characteristics: quest for emotional security, independent, informality, entrepreneurial

Generation Y cohort also called N Generation (born from 1980 to 2001)
Memorable events: rise of the internet, September 11 attacks, cultural diversity, 2 wars in Iraq
Key characteristics: quest for physical security and safety, patriotism, heightened fears, acceptance of change, technically savvy, environmental issues


had a funny dream last night, dreamt of my e-grp travelling on a fast speed boat kinda, and it flew up into the sky, doing a 360 deg turn! and we were without seat belts.. hmmm.. found myself waking up after that at abt slightly after 3am i guess.. barely slept for a while and i dreamt of this.. haha...

proj are maddness! haha...prayed last night before i press the panick button and thank God for the flow of ideas.. (: it is great undergoing a little stress, for i can experience and rejoice in His greatness and faithfulness in times like this... (: