Musical Connections

Chapter 1: A Thousand Years

That moment when you're playing an instrument and the whole world just shuts off and you pay no attention to anything around you. The moment in which the life occurs in between you, the instrument, and a sheet music.

This was my moment to feel the beauty and the passion for my musical talent that I adored, my violin. I was playing a "Thousand Years" by Christina Perri, the soundtrack in the backgrkound took me into another world. The consistent rise of intensity caused my imagination to grow wild. I love music and I would do anything to just adapt to a musically successful life....... but ofcourse my parents think that's bullshit.

I am Asian, so my parents want me to have a common future like a doctor or and engineer or some thing. My mom thinks I should become a lawyer but putting it simply... i hate law. My dad wants me to do something electronic related because that's what he does, I don't care about electricity, it's provided so let me use it not learn how, in my opinion that's useless. No offence to my parents, they're good people.

I however excel in the creative side, music, art, design, sport, stuff like that. I'm good at that and music is the most important, it's different because you get to explore the outer world and try things that famous people have composed. You get to meet people that change your life through short musical journeys.

I had just finished my violin lesson with a tutor at the arts academy. I took private lessons apart from my college life which was filled with floor plans and prototyoes of buildings yet to be created. Yes I was studying to become an architect. I was thinking about pursuing a musical career as I was walking towards the bus stop to go back to my shared apartment with Shanon. Maybe the upcoming play was my chance to really confirm my decisions.