It is June 19, 2005. Happy Father's Day.

I think history did not coin the word 'Fatherland' for nothing. It is interesting to hear how the word father has evolved - from that used in Latin and Sanskrit to describe the gods (from pather to deus-pather to Jupiter) to that used in English to describe 'fathers of jazz and rock'. In Malaysia, the latter would be Zain Azman, and Ramli Sarip respectively.

This week I have decided to write about another passion of mine: music. There is so much I have learned and continue to learn from the artistic form called music and from two genres I grew up with - jazz and rock and roll.

Growing up and dreaming of what my future might be, I wanted to be so many things: a nuclear physicist, a psychologist like Sigmund Freud, a leader of a spiritual movement, a transcendental poet like Lord Byron, sailor Robinson Crusoe, the great Italian actor Al Pacino, and a rock musician. Those were my evolving dreams.