here's my official first account here. this one has been posted already in my friendster blog. so i'll just repost it here coz i think this is a good intro entry for me here...;)
hiyaaahhh!!! Aloha mora!aw..ga-joke ai..okay, this was suppose to be an update of my ‘describe me’ part for my fs (short for friendster, dunno who started it all, nevertheless it’s an ease for everyone else whose into fs..me-grinning-look) account. But since it’s lengthy already for my name alone, I think people would just find it boring and make head notes like “the heck with it!” and the like, you know. Since I’m pretty sure no ones gonna read this one ‘coz, obviously, I don’t get any comments from here, (Yohooo! anyone from here? Hehehe..) i’ll just write for the purpose of entertaining myself and perhaps just to tire my head..
Here it goes…;p
I have loads of nick like palang, bebe, loveness, lei, lea-with-an-H-and-w/o-H, ness, lomonsod, maness, sexy, lion, baronessa, and sa-mga-di-ko-pa-alam-na-yon-na-pala-ang-tawag-nila-sa-akin. There are eleven all in all excluding, of course, the ones I don’t know yet. See how the name lea ness sarabia lomonsod has evolved in a matter of 19 years and I bet there’s still more to come?!
Obviously, I really really do love my name. I find it unique and sweet but sad to say, I’m no longer officially alone with this name. Try surfing and see for yourself. Tsk! I wonder where she got her’s ‘coz mine is the combination of my father’s and mother’s name. {[(leopoldo-opoldo)+a]+space+(agness-ags)}= lea ness. taddaaahhh!! Sweet isn’t it? My father baptized me because if mama did it would have been a long one. I just forgot my could-have-been-long-name. The reason behind of papa choosing the name was more likely if not exactly said, “kapuyon tawon ug sulat ang bata ana.” And father was definitely right! Thanks pa! The same goes to my brother’s name. His is lee agn, pronounced with a silent ‘g’ making it ‘an’. Still a unique one. kudos to my father!hehehe..
When I’m called…..
Lea Ness Lomonsod – It simply pin points me! I don’t think someone in the world has the same first name and last name with mine not unless someone is claiming to be Ms. Me and that would be illegal! Anyhow, it’s my pride and honor to be called that way especially when I’m given credits say like for passing this, topping on this, receiving an award of that and this (hambogera!;p). Then the other way around when I’m summoned for anything wrong. It really is a shame in low situations.
Palang – I feel young because it reminds me of my childhood. This is my first nick given to me by my papa again. It is short for palangga, in English love. Oh yeah! Funny thing about it, it evolves into palanggana, as in basin in English, when I’m in battle with my kalaro during my youngster years.
Bebe - Sometimes my mother, kuya, and cousin Badjoy call me that way ‘coz I’m like the youngest of that them. So sweet of them! To my father, I’ll always be his palang. “Palang, palit sa sigarilyo didto beh.”
Loveness – Sweet. This was given to me by my elite group of friends because I’m the youngest in our family man daw and maybe it just fits my second name ness. Haha.. It reminds me of them. (I miss you guys!) What’s amazing is that even when they’re mad, they still call me that way. Love you girls! ;)
Lei – There’s a bit of masculinity with it. Hehehe.Unique din. If I were to change my name, I want it with a mannish touch like Alexis, Francis and Christian. May pagkaboyish kasi ako. My former classmates and friends in elementary and high school call me that way.
Lea/h – The with h reminds me of Mommy Elvs because she writes my name that way in her letters. Usually, people mistake my first name with an h especially when they don’t know how it’s rightly spelled. The leah has somewhat an American touch to me while I feel so Filipino with lea, credits to me Ms. Lea Salongga. It makes me proud with that name, feeling singer na rin ako. Hahaha.. Ito rin tawag ni mama sa’kin when she gets mad at me.
Ness -- It’s awkward at times. It reminds me of my mother ‘coz she’s the first ness. She’s called that back at home but now, I’m getting the hang of it. The BSN pipz nicked me with that name in order to make distinction from lea ness and lea marris. The latter gets to be called by her first name. Sometimes, it still catches my attention when they shout out lea when actually they’re referring to my behalf in class.
Lomonsod – Jupfer, a good friend of mine, sometimes call me that way. He would say, “baby lomonsod the daughter of mother lomonsod.” In return, I call him with his surname as well: baby balbutin! Hehe..(hello jupf!)
Maness – This name was created by lorraine, a classmate of mine during our sophomore year in college. She’s fond of making names and it’s awkward still because I don’t feel like ‘ma’. Haha..
Sexy – Depending on my state of mind, there would be times I feel elated with it and times that gets me thinking, “am I really that unfabulous, that fat?” but mostly I react like this, “ngilad na pud.” Gee… It started from my guy classmates way back sophie year. Pumayat daw kasi ako kaya sexy daw. Then the elation airs! Ayeee! Naaaah that was before!!
Lion – It stands for the king of the forest, so figuratively, I feel like I’m someone with authority. That’s only to me, perhaps to some they feel like I’m gonna eat them. Hahaha.. Junno, a classmate in BSN calls me this way. (hi Junno!)
Baronessa – Di ano pa? Feeling baronessa, regal in my own right (phrase picked somewhere else). I’m known that way with my Chill Group a.k.a the denim angels and some of them are my timawas, affably they obliged.
No matter how different my name could be, what counts most is how the way it’s used and perhaps who used it. The intonation used, the syllabication of the word and the stress are the factors that play in evoking variety of emotions. Syempre if joyful ‘yong tumatawag, eh di happy din ako. If sad naman ang approach, napapasad na rin ako. Ganun! If my crush calls me loveness, iba na yon. Kilig na daun! Pero pag di ko crush then naglove, ewan ko na lang. God bless!
Haba! Nakakabore na. bahala kayo!;p basta nag-enjoy ako!
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