Dear reader,
First of all I want to let you know who I am, my name is Alejandra Jaramillo Botero, and I was born in the city of Manizales, on June 8, 1999. I live with both my mother and father, in a house that it’s close to where I study; Colegio Granadino. I am the older of two children, my brother its turning 11 this September and he is one of the biggest blessings God has given me. I love doing all kind of crafts, I like everything that has to do with art, I love dancing, animals, music and also being active, but sports that involve balls are definitely not made for me. I have the best friends I could ever asked for, they are the craziest, funniest, weirdest, and most amazing girls I´ve ever known and I´m glad they make part of my life.
The actual reason why I write this letter, my dear, is because I’m working in something new that I wanted to share with you. I decided to make an album, “The Soundtrack of My Life” I started thinking on moments or events that have happened to me, but important things, that can maybe let know a little more of who I am. After thinking and knowing which events will be good to represent I ended up choosing three and then connecting them to songs that I feel will be the correct ones to symbolize how I felt then. Why I did this for was because I wanted to remember those important moments and feel grateful for living them or maybe reconsidering and remembering those things that I lived and turned me into the person I am now. Also I wanted to give you, my dear reader, a different way to maybe connect or understand way deeper the person I am.
The first song I chose for my soundtrack is related with one of the most incredible persons I've know, a boy who made my life funnier and less empty from the second he came to this world. Santiago, that’s my brothers’ name. The song is from Avicii, and called “Hey Brother”. The moment I want to represent with this song is when he was born, because on that September, almost 11 years ago, something changed, I now had an accomplice, someone who would join me in my crazy adventures, someone who I would give my life for, someone who will make me get completely furious and completely happy at the same time. I chose this song not only because it talks about brotherhood and all that stuff. But because like the song says “if the sky comes falling down” for him “there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do”. My brother and I do not spend a lot of time together because he trains motocross every afternoon and I arrive home late, but when we have time together we fully enjoy it. We used to sing together this song, the one I chose, though I think he doesn’t understands at all what it says, I explained it to him once. I love my brother crazily and he is a blessing God have given me, I hope he stays with me forever.
The next event I chose, I think will remind in my mind forever, it´s been already more than two years, and I can’t get over that dog. He´s name was Bronco, or is, I hope. The song I chose is by Jason Mraz, and it is actually written in a form of two persons in love, but it talks about not giving up and that why I chose it. Its name is “I Won't Give Up”. What happened with Bronco was very sad, he was my favorite, he was like a person, and I felt his company like if he was a person, sometimes he got into a very bad mood because I didn’t give him what he wanted, others he wagged his tail at the speed of light. When he disappeared I didn’t knew if I could live without him, but time is a thief who steals the best things you have, but also time has pass by and I don’t give up, I still don’t give up, knowing that it’s almost impossible, one part of me, still hopes to find him and be with him as we were before.
The last and as tragic as the previous event I chose, didn't happened long time ago. It started almost a year from now but because of my unconcern about the problem it exploded, because I kept on giving fuel to the fire. The song I chose for this one is “Chandelier” by Sia and I couldn’t find another song that would connect to the situation the way this one does. This song is actually about a drinking problem and how she keeps on drinking while knowing she can't, and thinking there is nothing that can hurt her. What happened to me wasn't really a drinking problem. Last year I started feeling pain in my hip, after a diagnose I really don’t remember at this moment I was supposed to take some pills and do some exercises so the damaged tendon will not hurt anymore, but I didn't did any of those things so after a year of dancing in pain, but thinking it will just “be gone in a few weeks” it happened, the doctor said if I wanted to be able to dance again at some point of my life I had to stop dancing the necessary time for the injury to recover. I love dancing and I still fake dances at the mirror and think of dance when I hear certain songs, the pain and sadness I felt when I found out I could not dance in a long time was absolutely unavailable. I learned from this I could not be that carefree and I have to start worrying about the thing that may affect me in a future. For the situation, Sia´s song is perfect because of the way she says she will never get hurt “party girls don´t get hurt can't feel anything when will I learn. I push it down, I push it down” as I thought once that it will be better to just ignore the problem, as if I did it i would disappear, and I thought I wouldn't get hurt.
So now, dear reader, I hope you know me a little better, as I already told you, for me this way will be excellent to connect with me, I hope when you listen to “her brother” you will remember my relationship with my brother, I hope you think on my dog every time you hear “I won't give up” and also of my hip problems and how I used to be every time you listen to “chandelier”. But mostly dear reader, I hope you got to know me better, understand me better, and maybe understand how I felt once in my life. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy The Soundtrack of My Life.
First of all I want to let you know who I am, my name is Alejandra Jaramillo Botero, and I was born in the city of Manizales, on June 8, 1999. I live with both my mother and father, in a house that it’s close to where I study; Colegio Granadino. I am the older of two children, my brother its turning 11 this September and he is one of the biggest blessings God has given me. I love doing all kind of crafts, I like everything that has to do with art, I love dancing, animals, music and also being active, but sports that involve balls are definitely not made for me. I have the best friends I could ever asked for, they are the craziest, funniest, weirdest, and most amazing girls I´ve ever known and I´m glad they make part of my life.
The actual reason why I write this letter, my dear, is because I’m working in something new that I wanted to share with you. I decided to make an album, “The Soundtrack of My Life” I started thinking on moments or events that have happened to me, but important things, that can maybe let know a little more of who I am. After thinking and knowing which events will be good to represent I ended up choosing three and then connecting them to songs that I feel will be the correct ones to symbolize how I felt then. Why I did this for was because I wanted to remember those important moments and feel grateful for living them or maybe reconsidering and remembering those things that I lived and turned me into the person I am now. Also I wanted to give you, my dear reader, a different way to maybe connect or understand way deeper the person I am.
The first song I chose for my soundtrack is related with one of the most incredible persons I've know, a boy who made my life funnier and less empty from the second he came to this world. Santiago, that’s my brothers’ name. The song is from Avicii, and called “Hey Brother”. The moment I want to represent with this song is when he was born, because on that September, almost 11 years ago, something changed, I now had an accomplice, someone who would join me in my crazy adventures, someone who I would give my life for, someone who will make me get completely furious and completely happy at the same time. I chose this song not only because it talks about brotherhood and all that stuff. But because like the song says “if the sky comes falling down” for him “there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do”. My brother and I do not spend a lot of time together because he trains motocross every afternoon and I arrive home late, but when we have time together we fully enjoy it. We used to sing together this song, the one I chose, though I think he doesn’t understands at all what it says, I explained it to him once. I love my brother crazily and he is a blessing God have given me, I hope he stays with me forever.
The next event I chose, I think will remind in my mind forever, it´s been already more than two years, and I can’t get over that dog. He´s name was Bronco, or is, I hope. The song I chose is by Jason Mraz, and it is actually written in a form of two persons in love, but it talks about not giving up and that why I chose it. Its name is “I Won't Give Up”. What happened with Bronco was very sad, he was my favorite, he was like a person, and I felt his company like if he was a person, sometimes he got into a very bad mood because I didn’t give him what he wanted, others he wagged his tail at the speed of light. When he disappeared I didn’t knew if I could live without him, but time is a thief who steals the best things you have, but also time has pass by and I don’t give up, I still don’t give up, knowing that it’s almost impossible, one part of me, still hopes to find him and be with him as we were before.
The last and as tragic as the previous event I chose, didn't happened long time ago. It started almost a year from now but because of my unconcern about the problem it exploded, because I kept on giving fuel to the fire. The song I chose for this one is “Chandelier” by Sia and I couldn’t find another song that would connect to the situation the way this one does. This song is actually about a drinking problem and how she keeps on drinking while knowing she can't, and thinking there is nothing that can hurt her. What happened to me wasn't really a drinking problem. Last year I started feeling pain in my hip, after a diagnose I really don’t remember at this moment I was supposed to take some pills and do some exercises so the damaged tendon will not hurt anymore, but I didn't did any of those things so after a year of dancing in pain, but thinking it will just “be gone in a few weeks” it happened, the doctor said if I wanted to be able to dance again at some point of my life I had to stop dancing the necessary time for the injury to recover. I love dancing and I still fake dances at the mirror and think of dance when I hear certain songs, the pain and sadness I felt when I found out I could not dance in a long time was absolutely unavailable. I learned from this I could not be that carefree and I have to start worrying about the thing that may affect me in a future. For the situation, Sia´s song is perfect because of the way she says she will never get hurt “party girls don´t get hurt can't feel anything when will I learn. I push it down, I push it down” as I thought once that it will be better to just ignore the problem, as if I did it i would disappear, and I thought I wouldn't get hurt.
So now, dear reader, I hope you know me a little better, as I already told you, for me this way will be excellent to connect with me, I hope when you listen to “her brother” you will remember my relationship with my brother, I hope you think on my dog every time you hear “I won't give up” and also of my hip problems and how I used to be every time you listen to “chandelier”. But mostly dear reader, I hope you got to know me better, understand me better, and maybe understand how I felt once in my life. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy The Soundtrack of My Life.