Growing up, my family and I used to do road trip a lot. Usually it's around Padang - Bukittinggi then when my dad moved to Pekanbaru we did Bukittinggi - Pekanbaru, when we moved permanently to Palembang then we tried to do Palembang - Padang every lebaran since my late grandmother still lived in Sumatra Barat. One thing I remembered is the music we played during hit the road. 

My dad said, music kept making him awake during a long drive so he's quite picky for a music. He always chose something upbeat like Queen, The Police, The Rolling Stone and also Linkin Park. But sometimes he also played Indonesian bands such as Sheila on 7 (this was played during a long drive from Bukittinggi to Jakarta back in early 2000s) Dewa 19 (during a road trip to Pekanbaru in 2001)and Peterpan (this was on mudik lebaran 2004 if I recalled correctly). Sometimes we did carpool karaoke just to entertain ourselves, and this was back when James Corden had a segment on his late night show lol. This was the power of music for me, to bond with my family and entertain us during a long road trip.

I think that's why I cannot leave home without my earphone and music player. Before Spotify era, I used to have MP3 player when I stored some songs I would love to listen during a bus ride or a flight back home. I just need something to accompany my long ass trip or tiring commute because sometimes reading makes me queasy and ends up having a terrible headache, yikes. 

PS: yes, I know this was posted on December 9th instead of the 8th but still... Appreciate the effort, guys.