Thursday, June 18, 2009

What's my name??

During the last 24 years of my life I've always been known by one name. I rarely used my given name instead I've always been called by the shorter version of that name. And sometimes by another shorter version of the shorter version of my given name. A single syllable and 2 letter word. Simple. Quite kampung like name.

4 years ago I moved here. Reported for duty and almost immediately given a new name and I didn't make an attempt to correct them. Before long, everybody called me by that name and it's too late to make any correction. Its like a glamourised version of my given name. 4 years down the road, people still called me by my new name. And I still responded to it.

Maybe I should start using my old nickname again. I miss people calling me Sinta.

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