A Passion Worthy of a Note

            I don't know any child who hasn't been asked what they want to be when they grow up. When my age can still be seen in the first week of the month, and was often asked this question by relatives, I often replied with being a doctor. Back then kids my age were exposed to only a handful of common employment doctors, firemen, police, teachers, and the like.
             So I took up psychology in college as a pre-med. Now four years later, when I should have graduated, I'm still don't have a degree as I have already decided to forego the pursuit of medicine. So I was bent on being an FLCD major but had another change of mind, and now I'm planning to pursue SPED (anything with kids and psychology). But if I can live in that perfect world where the only necessities are food, clothing, and shelter, I would have chosen neither of the mentioned careers. I would have chosen to be a musician.
             If I think in terms of reality and practicality I would be laughing hard on my stomach right now. Every kid has that far-fetched dream of being the next Madonna, Michael Jackson, or Britney Spears. But being a musician and performer has lost its prestige and being lucrative over the past few decades. I was one of those kids, but I wanted to be someone with an instrument. When I was twelve, I started taking up guitar lessons. And so began my quest for being a musician.
             When I was in high school I had few peers who was into music for more than just the mere enjoyment of listening to it, much less peers who knew how to play an instrument at all. I had that same feeling as being an only Filipino on foreign soil. The musician in me was repressed; I had to wait until after two years of college.
             In 2002, during my junior year, I joined UP Music Circle. I was like a child who has just been handed down boxes and boxes of candies. Back in high school the thought of being in a band and playing in front of a crowd was just a fleeting moment for me not because I wasn't passio...

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