The girl who stargazed...

Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved the sky; to be specific, the night sky, because stars amazed her. She'd stargaze for hours, and trace patterns of stars. Later on, she got a little booklet from her dad and found out those patterns were called 'Constellations'. She would always recognize Orion because of his belt, and gradually she started to see more constellations. The ever-curious one then started to wonder how they get those names; Orion, Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, Pegasus... She had so many questions about stars, constellations, and she was determined to learn more about them. She started to read about them, and she especially liked to read those ever-fascinating science fiction about space voyages; Arthur C. Clarke's was her favorite. She was adamant that she would study more about stars, and one day, she would go on her very own space voyage. 

The little girl grew up and went to a big school to study, her dream still intact. She was never the one to sing or dance (her attempts at dancing were short-lived, her music teacher back home frustrated her to no end), but she enjoyed music, so she decided to study it. A year passed, and one day, her music teacher at school told her that all the music students should start to learn a musical instrument. So she chose the violin, without any particular reason. She went to a violin class to get the basic knowledge and started practicing. At first, she was playing just musical notes, nothing particularly interesting, but she liked it nonetheless. After some time practicing and mastering the basics, her teacher showed her what she's going to play from that on. The way her teacher played, the melody, the feeling she got... everything mesmerized her. She felt her dream changing, her desire to explore this new world overlapping her previous interest.

Now she is a big girl, living, and loving her dream, and sometimes she'd look at the night sky and wonder; As long as you're happy, anything you do is your own kind of Space Odyssey.

Gim ♡