melodic memories

a beautifully written song. 

used to reduce me to bitter tears.

The amazing Kina. I will be seeing her in October!

*squeal*

I listened to her since college, those humid evenings where music was my only company. Always so amused by the shout outs at the end, how creative she is. For a long time, I wanted to be like her. 

I remember going through a slight depression when I first started college because I had no laptop, no guitar, no source of music. I am dead serious. I was depressed without my music. Some people find comfort in a good cup of coffee or good old retail therapy or an evening on the PS3 with whatever them boys love. My comfort has always been music. 

The next weekend, my parents gave me enough to buy my first MP3 player. Johnny and Suzanne were nice enough to drive me all the way up from Subang to KL, being just in time for the PC Fair. Thank God for the amazing support group I've had in Lifeline. I would have been more messed up than I am now without them. 

It was a small MP3 player, 2GB. It was pretty impressive already. Only the filthy rich had iPods back then. Music soothed me. Youtube helped me discover music. 

Kina Grannis, AJ Rafael, David Choi (before he started to smile!), Marie Digby (I went to see her when she was in Malaysia!), Andrew Garcia (waaaaaaaaayy before he joined American Idol), Passion, Chris Cendana, Alyssa Bernal, Jayesslee, TheBathroomGirl. Now a lot of them are seriously famous. I feel so proud of them, having followed their progress from their first few grainy videos to full on music videos in HD.

When I bought Kina's autographed CD for my birthday last spring, I was stoked. 

*squeal*

And I'm going to see her in October! AND travel to Dublin! Love!