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A Journey Of Healing Through Music; Malinda Herman by Luke Simonsen Translated by Jordan Riviere
Photo: Malinda Herman Youtube Channel
Thailand native, self proclaimed ‘hipster grandma’ Malinda Herman has had quite the spectacular journey and personal relationship with music. After going viral online from posting her cover of More Than I Can Say around 10 months ago she gained quite the following from her beautiful singing, guitar playing and her infectious pets. Every video she posts always has one of her three dogs or her cat either cuddled up or trying to sing with her in the background of her videos, which have melted hearts around the globe. Her Chihuahua “Jiw Jam” which roughly translates to “Small and Pretty” is especially fond of Malinda’s singing and is the pet cuddled up next to her in most of her videos. Malinda and her chihuahua have racked up 1.06 million subscribers and 38,921,883 views on her youtube channel as of June 2020.
Photo by Malinda Herman
Almost three years ago before adopting Jiw Jam she visited her Salon where some of the employees noticed her demeanor to be very sad at the time. They had a bunch of puppies they were giving up for adoption and offered her to pick one out because of the way she was feeling at the time. At first she picked out one of the puppies in the litter to take home but Jiw Jam would not stop following her and trying to love on her. Once she picked up Jiw Jam she knew it was a match made in heaven and their deep love for each has been eternal ever since. Because of their relationship she named her profile on Youtube หญิงชรา กะ หมาน้อย which translates to Old Lady with Dog, which is quite fitting.
However making this account and singing with Jiw Jam was never about going viral for the 69 year old Thai woman. Around 20 years prior to her internet fame, Malinda was involved in a tragic car accident and the left half of her face because of the crash became paralyzed. For about 2 years after the accident she did not let anyone see her face because she was ashamed of her troubles with talking and eating and appearance. The doctors told her that without undergoing surgery she would not be able to regain movement on the left side of her face, but that was not a route she wanted to take. However this did not mean she wasn’t yearning to recover some other way. So instead of surgery, after the accident she started doing some different daily vocal exercises to try to regain some movement in her face. These vocal exercises are very similar to the ones that I used to do in my own singing lessons when I was a kid. After practicing the boring basic vocal exercises for years her son bought her a guitar, knowing she loved to sing before the accident and when he was growing up.
Photo: Pet Lover BY Jerhigh / Facebook
Once she started playing guitar and actually singing instead of doing vocal exercises, Malinda could finally start to feel her facial muscles loosening up which also helped her mental health immensely. After starting to sing daily, Malinda started her Youtube channel in 2016, posting covers that she enjoyed singing and listening to. However one day, a couple years ago, she put Jiw Jam in her lap and started singing and playing guitar and Jiw Jam absolutely loved it and curled up in her lap and fell asleep. Ever since that moment, Jiw Jam always runs to Malinda and curls up in her lap every time she starts to sing, which then became a huge part of her videos.
Photo: Malinda Herman / Instagram
In late August of 2019 in an interview with Coconuts Bangkok she estimated her recovery at around 75% which has inspired so many people across the globe, especially those who don’t like partaking in surgery for personal reasons. She has been amazed and inspired by the response she has received with her videos and is blessed to entertain and heal others within her own journey of healing. In a comment under her first video that went viral, she says “If I sing and make you happy, I will keep singing. Thank you” and we all hope that she will for her sake and ours. Thank you for spreading your light Malinda.
A Journey Of Healing Through Music; Malinda Herman by Luke Simonsen Translated by Jordan Riviere
Photo: Malinda Herman Youtube Channel
Thailand native, self proclaimed ‘hipster grandma’ Malinda Herman has had quite the spectacular journey and personal relationship with music. After going viral online from posting her cover of More Than I Can Say around 10 months ago she gained quite the following from her beautiful singing, guitar playing and her infectious pets. Every video she posts always has one of her three dogs or her cat either cuddled up or trying to sing with her in the background of her videos, which have melted hearts around the globe. Her Chihuahua “Jiw Jam” which roughly translates to “Small and Pretty” is especially fond of Malinda’s singing and is the pet cuddled up next to her in most of her videos. Malinda and her chihuahua have racked up 1.06 million subscribers and 38,921,883 views on her youtube channel as of June 2020.
Photo by Malinda Herman
Almost three years ago before adopting Jiw Jam she visited her Salon where some of the employees noticed her demeanor to be very sad at the time. They had a bunch of puppies they were giving up for adoption and offered her to pick one out because of the way she was feeling at the time. At first she picked out one of the puppies in the litter to take home but Jiw Jam would not stop following her and trying to love on her. Once she picked up Jiw Jam she knew it was a match made in heaven and their deep love for each has been eternal ever since. Because of their relationship she named her profile on Youtube หญิงชรา กะ หมาน้อย which translates to Old Lady with Dog, which is quite fitting.
However making this account and singing with Jiw Jam was never about going viral for the 69 year old Thai woman. Around 20 years prior to her internet fame, Malinda was involved in a tragic car accident and the left half of her face because of the crash became paralyzed. For about 2 years after the accident she did not let anyone see her face because she was ashamed of her troubles with talking and eating and appearance. The doctors told her that without undergoing surgery she would not be able to regain movement on the left side of her face, but that was not a route she wanted to take. However this did not mean she wasn’t yearning to recover some other way. So instead of surgery, after the accident she started doing some different daily vocal exercises to try to regain some movement in her face. These vocal exercises are very similar to the ones that I used to do in my own singing lessons when I was a kid. After practicing the boring basic vocal exercises for years her son bought her a guitar, knowing she loved to sing before the accident and when he was growing up.
Photo: Pet Lover BY Jerhigh / Facebook
Once she started playing guitar and actually singing instead of doing vocal exercises, Malinda could finally start to feel her facial muscles loosening up which also helped her mental health immensely. After starting to sing daily, Malinda started her Youtube channel in 2016, posting covers that she enjoyed singing and listening to. However one day, a couple years ago, she put Jiw Jam in her lap and started singing and playing guitar and Jiw Jam absolutely loved it and curled up in her lap and fell asleep. Ever since that moment, Jiw Jam always runs to Malinda and curls up in her lap every time she starts to sing, which then became a huge part of her videos.
Photo: Malinda Herman / Instagram
In late August of 2019 in an interview with Coconuts Bangkok she estimated her recovery at around 75% which has inspired so many people across the globe, especially those who don’t like partaking in surgery for personal reasons. She has been amazed and inspired by the response she has received with her videos and is blessed to entertain and heal others within her own journey of healing. In a comment under her first video that went viral, she says “If I sing and make you happy, I will keep singing. Thank you” and we all hope that she will for her sake and ours. Thank you for spreading your light Malinda.
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