"Apa akak ni dengar lagu band tak famous; dah la tak sedap wah wah wah"

I always feel that one of my greatest accomplishments in life is when I manage to impress my dad. He's a smart guy and people would look up to him at times (I mean he brags about his glorious office moments pfft) so naturally I would be so pleased with myself if I manage to get his 'approval', so to speak. In recent times though I am never able to impress him academically, although I do like to tell him about the things I do in uni just to sound professional-ish XD (Although I do believe he has once bragged about me going to ANU to one of his clients or someone) But seriously Ba, I personally don't know what's so awesome about this place according to you; for engineering at least, it's not even in the top 3 Aussie universities....but I am content nonetheless.

But more than education, the one moment I would triumphantly puff my chest up is when Baba approves of my music. And why's that? Because I'm in a (silly) one-sided competition with him that if I like his music, which I do but not all, then he should like mine as well. It doesn't help that the bands that I listen to are pretty much not-so-mainstream; a lot of them are names the general people have never heard of. The thing about my dad (and my brother for that matter) is that he NEVER says anything nice about the albums I buy.....until that time.

I figured as much that if he won't enjoy the lyrical music I listen to, he should at least like my choice of  the instrumentals and 'epic' music (yes, epic is a genre only we epic lovers call them). We were in the car on the way to Kuantan when I heard the start of a familiar tune. ".....Zomg isn't that my Illusions CD? My dad actually added my CD to his 'long-distance' playlist wow!" And it is a big deal, because a long-distance playlist means the songs aren't just simply on air to pass the time like how radios work. It means that these songs actually help you on your journey. Lol. I guess it must've been all those times I blasted the CD through the speakers when I'm floor-cleaning. Anyway, on our way back to KL I had my cousin hitching a ride with us. Imagine my delight when he asked me about the composer and the name of the album :D Double score! Wooooo!


If my dad likes that CD, wait 'til he listens to a compilation of my personal favourites. Hehehe.


Assalamualaikum,
A.