Edith Piaf

(excerpt from my journal entry on All Saints' Day, November 1, 2011, a Tuesday)

I'm writing this with Edith Piaf in the background. I haven't listened to her for a while. It feels good. I was thinking of playing music for All Saints' Day—for the saints ba. Ehehe. I thought something “saintly.” I could have played Bach or Mozart but thought of playing something more accessible to people around the house. I mean, it seems I’m the only one around here who can appreciate classical music. And then I thought of playing “soul”—you know, some blues and jazz. Then I thought, bukas pa yun, a. All Souls’ Day. Then naisip ko, why not Louis Armstrong? Hehe. He’s got this song, “When the saints go marching in,” right? So, it’s about saints with “soul,” shooting two birds with one stone. I ended up with Edith Piaf, and I don’t know why. It just feels good. : )