My Emotion and Memory

I remember one reading (forgot what) mentioning about how we actually memorize something and recall it based on emotional tag
The more "emotionally marked" will be easier to be recalled
While the less one will be just less memorable


I realize other thing too
That memory can involve so many things, if not all
It includes audio, visual, olfactory (smell), concept and of course the emotion, the feeling
I realize this as I listened to Katy Perry's song "Hot and Cold" and I suddenly smell gum tree in the air
It is so... funny? amazing? surprising? don't know what to call it


But then I recall
I used to listen to this song while walking between my class and bus stop in my previous campus
The Uni was full of gum trees
It was the beginning of summer, quite hot but not humid
And the smell of gum trees is so so strong in the air
At least for my nose that was not accustomed with that


Love it
Miss it


Realizing how my brain works with that memory makes me wanna just sit down and enjoy every dimension of it
The song, the smell, sounds of the parrots & how they flap their wings
The smell of my sandwich, lunch from Mellanie... ha ha ha won't forget it... with two cherry tomatoes in the bag
The shades of the trees
My footsteps on those sneakers
My fail hair style, it was so stiff and awkward
Nice friends, nice people, the bus driver, my survival mode
And the most important of all, my feeling
Tassy the dog, scratching cat and his sofa, so so so funny
I was really happy to be there, to have opportunity to learn again
In a new place, place that I never imagined before


I guess, that is how my brain works.... :)