I was feeling nostalgic yesterday. I didn't know why but one of my thoughts told me to watch the movie Watchmen again. For some reason I thought this was a Marvel movie but I was surprised to see the logo of DC Comics in the opening credits. I hadn't finished the 3 hour movie yet but I could tell that I understood the movie better now than when it was released before. When I was about to sleep, the chorus of Make Damn Sure by Taking Back Sunday kept playing in my head and I was quite surprised also that I still knew some of the lyrics. I rewatched the music video on YouTube this morning and I thought I'd take you on a trip down my memory lane. This blog post was inspired from the devotion I read today from The Power of Being Thankful by Joyce Meyer. She said: "It is easy for us to get caught up in looking at how far we have to go in reaching our goals instead of celebrating how far we have come." It really rang a bell inside me because I had been busy chasing my goals and checking every item on my never-ending to do list but I still felt unhappy to where I was now. This reminded me that sometimes, I just needed to look back from where I've started to see how much I've improved ever since. The music I've shared earlier was a reminder from my college days that I was a very emotional teenager. I've listened to emo songs, rock songs, and screaming loud songs because I didn't know how to express myself with everyone. I always felt different and needed to have my own space. Those songs were outlets of my anger that I couldn't explain back then. In 2009, I found K-pop (Korean pop music) and that opened up a new level of weirdness. Imagine listening to an upbeat and catchy song but you couldn't understand the lyrics because it was of different language. Despite the weirdness, I still listened to a lot of K-pop songs and since YouTube was blossoming also at that time, K-pop videos were easy to find. This was the period where I felt very accomplished because I did good since transferring to a culinary school and I was ready to take on the kitchen industry. Gee by Girls' Generation and My Heaven by Big Bang were two of my first K-pop music videos that I've listened to. If there's one song that could summarize my work experience from 2014 to 2015, it would be the song Love U More (RAC Remix) by Sunday Girl. It was very memorable for me because I remembered that most of us from Todd English Food Hall Manila would dance to that beat even though we were busy. (Your dance moves would never be forgotten Chef Ryan de Jesus!) This year, I can't think of a more fitting soundtrack of my life than the opening song of Attack on Titan Season 2. It depicts one's struggle in the song intro but you can tell that it will lift you as the song builds up through the chorus. Shinzou wo Sasageyo by Linked Horizon My life isn't perfect... it has a lot of ups and downs but despite that, I am glad I've encountered these trials because they helped me to become a better person. No matter where you are in life right now, it pays to look back to where you've started. Only then can you realize how far you've come in this wonderful journey called life. Thank you for joining me on a trip down my memory lane and the chance to share my life's music with you. Until then, stay tuned! ☺ |
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My name is Gelo Amurao. I created the Habit Whisperer because of my desire to help people improve themselves, by creating one good habit at a time. Archives
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