Back in 2007-2008, when we moved down to Sunnyvale, we had much fun with your belongings. You had every toy that a bachelor could want - Console games, board games, movies, music, books.
One game in particular was very popular back in that time - Guitar Hero.
Guitar Hero was a game thatwe I played on your PS2, where classic rock songs would play, and we would hit buttons on a toy guitar to display our imaginary musical prowess. You stopped playing after a short while, but I was addicted. I played until I beat the game. After beating the game, I played it again, on a higher difficulty level. However, I couldn't beat the game in expert mode. Every time I would fail in the middle of the song, I would need to restart the song. This was very frustrating to me, and I vowed to learn how to play a "real" guitar.
I bought a bass guitar, because it was closest in playing style to the toy Guitar Hero guitar. I even took lessons for a year. I eventually got the hang of it and joined our Bridgeway church band.
It so happened that two our roommates - Eric and Leo -- also played on our church band. We would jam together in the living room late into the night, much to our neighbors' dismay. At least that's what the police officer kindly notified us. I'm not sure if that's the reason why they moved out, but it did make room for more of our church members to move into our corner of the apartment complex.
Thuan, it is because of you that so many of our Bridgeway church members still live in that same apartment complex, especially in our original corner. Thanks to you, I still play the bass guitar today, and I owe the inspiration to you.
One game in particular was very popular back in that time - Guitar Hero.
Guitar Hero was a game that
I bought a bass guitar, because it was closest in playing style to the toy Guitar Hero guitar. I even took lessons for a year. I eventually got the hang of it and joined our Bridgeway church band.
It so happened that two our roommates - Eric and Leo -- also played on our church band. We would jam together in the living room late into the night, much to our neighbors' dismay. At least that's what the police officer kindly notified us. I'm not sure if that's the reason why they moved out, but it did make room for more of our church members to move into our corner of the apartment complex.
Thuan, it is because of you that so many of our Bridgeway church members still live in that same apartment complex, especially in our original corner. Thanks to you, I still play the bass guitar today, and I owe the inspiration to you.
Hey, as I recall, that cop actually was pretty encouraging. He said he also liked to play in bands too.
ReplyDeleteThuan also bought a drum set off of Craigslist that he did not know how to play nor ever learned using the drum fundamentals book he also got. But he never sold it during his "sell everything" phase because he wanted us to enjoy it. That drum set is still in the same apartment in Sunnyvale, to this day, bringing fun musical moments to the new residents.
Thuan definitely inspired me to greater heights of generosity.