Bluey's Tale - A Story About The Morning Sun (My Incognito Acid Jazz Experience)

Just wanted to thank Bluey, Imaani, Joy Rose, and the rest of Incognito for giving us their all last night. 

Sofitel.  The promoters.  They all wanted you guys to stop but you guys just kept on rocking!

It was a special night guys.

I hope that the Manila crowd was able to give you that "vibe" that you were looking for earlier in the evening.

Thank you!


The Morning Sun

Bluey took time out during a pause in the show to share a personal story that really moved me.

Here now are his words--put together with the best of my ability.

There are some things in this life that we can all share.  'Coz we have all felt it.  

Remember that morning when you woke up and said, “Mom I don’t want to go to school today.”  You know there is no problem really. Maybe you had a little falling out with a friend and you don’t want to face them. Or maybe you just don’t feel like doing that particular class you know your doing that day. Or you just don’t feel like going to school. Maybe you want to stay at home and be in that environment.

So, I mean it, happened to me a few times. Mom was always working two...three jobs.  Dad was never around.  So Granddad was around.

Now I was fortunate. As long as you have somebody who can give you that love, you know.  I had my Granddad.  It was a very positive force in my life, and I would wake up in the morning and give him the same ("mastered" or "message").

Bluey: “Granddad, I think I’m very sick today. Very sick today. Can’t go to school.”

Granddad: “Ah, your problems again?”

Bluey: “Yes granddad, my problems again.” (5 year olds got a lot of problems, you know.)

Big, big problems.  Big time.  Makes adult problems seem like pale in comparison.

End of the world. can’t go to school.

And Granddad, he had a way about him, he said. “Ah come outside.”

Granddad: “You know, you live in a nice warm country like Philippines, Mauritius, where we come from.”

We would go outside and of course, the warm sun would be against my face.

He said, “how does that feel?”

Bluey: “It feels good granddad”

Granddad: “Face the sun, face the sun”

Granddad: "Close your eyes."

Bluey: “Ah, that feels good!”

Granddad: “Were are your troubles?” “Where are your troubles?”

And my troubles being my shadows—of course if I am facing the sun—they are behind me.

Bluey: “Granddad behind me.”

And I loved that little play with my granddad each time.  Sometimes I would pretend to be sick, just so that he could take me outside and tell me about the morning sun

For the morning sun, we are very fortunate to see—for many do not see the morning sun.

For the morning sun brings with it the hope of a new day—a chance to start anew—no matter what problems we’ve had yesterday, that morning sun means that we’ve got a new beginning.

Embrace it. Rejoice in it.  It’s a celebration of life.

It's 4:45 AM right now, and your plane leaves in 15 minutes.  Have a safe trip to KL guys!