90s I’m in Love

Basic Speech Number 5 (Your Body Speaks)

Cebu Toastmasters Club

February and its constant analogy to love- Are those in relationships the only ones entitled to say, “I’m in love”?  I suppose your immediate reply is “no”.  The world is just one playground, and life is pushing our swing.  We all have our own stories to tell and different accounts on what makes us feel in blissful rapture as if love always takes us into seeing beautiful stars that are specks of silver paint above, despite having a humdrum life at times. When you’re joyous, what do you do? When you’re sad and weary, what can help alleviate such feeling? I was neither born a musician nor an artist, but I behold music as my premium, my refuge.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. When you wish to sing, you can always find a song. I was in third year college when I first met a classmate who later on wooed me to be his first girl. We were of different departments, but both majors in English. With constant company, I laid eyes on him and the days blossomed into superb beginnings. He’s introverted, simple, humble, smart and best of all-he’s got a great taste for MUSIC. He is my major influence who tells me songs should, apart from their rhythm, make sense. How did the gentlemen here pursue love for your beloved? (Should you want to know more, you can learn from the “young once” but nevertheless good men at the back!)

 SONGS- they were the primary milestone that bridged the gap we had. The question is which genre, year and artist do I like? What do you like? Contrary to the age myth, I don’t dig latest songs and much so revival versions of OPM artists. They say if you’re in your early 20’s, you enjoy the new generation’s songs. Well, this notion doesn’t mean that if you’re in your 50’s, you can’t be fond of recent popular songs.

My fervent love for 90’s music may not take me into vividly remembering how life was like back then, but it brings songs that get me through life as I continue to unleash my being. Music soothes me from stress, heals me when I feel down and it brings in a more positive state of mind. Yes, the joy of music and “him”-- 90’s I’m in love!

Having disclosed another chapter of my own, everything that has been said is encompassed in these statements:   Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is love - enjoy it.