I also don't know if we instantly hit it off. I think we did. I think he might have find me a bit of a weirdo, though.
As he joined Católica a year later (or maybe two years later?) than me and I had flunked my second year at that fine institution, we were in the same class.
We became quite close not only due to both of our natural inclination to work long hours at night, music, games, films, food but also because we were part of the same two-person study group in a subject at Uni called "Interactive Interfaces".
When we were developing our "application", we kind of camped at my place. As my Father had recently moved out and Mum was "fragile", we had my flat to rock out awesomeness until 5AM. As Kico didn't drive (still doesn't) he would stay over.
He stayed over for a whole semester. And that was great. He become much more than a friend. He became a brother. My brother.
Time went by, I left Católica to go to Newport to do my BA in Graphic Design (BA Graphics, it was called at the time) and in his final year, he was kinda enough to let me do the credits for his end-of-course production — a short comedy called "Corrida de Cão".
Kico a story-teller, but the side I prefer is his musical side. He's a very gifted musician as he can play pretty much anything with strings. He's one third of Turtle Giant and "When we were kids" is indeed one of my favourite songs. Ever. It's a joy to listen to it on repeat.
Mind you, Kico excels at everything he touches — photography (instagram feed), graphic design (the covers, posters he did and does for Turtle Giant are nothing short of breath taking), music (I did mention this) and film.
This post serves the purpose of paying him a proper homage.
Keep it up Kico, we love you man.
