Names

Do you have any favourite names?
I remember when I was young, around 5 or 6 years old, I liked the name Wendy so much. So I started to name myself Wendy (Haha!) and I signed Wendy on my primary school library card and on my Barbie’s visor cap (Yes, I'm serious), I even named my favourite Barbie and soft toys Wendy. Hahahaha!

Then, when I was 10, I liked the name Bridgette and Emily. I thought Emily was a pretty name and Bridgette was a unique name cuz not many people have this name. And until now, I still find this name is quite rare here and the most common are Michelle and Carmen. Haha! And since then, I changed my favourite Barbie and toys’ name from Wendy to Bridgitte and Emily. Hahahah!!

When I was 13, I liked Guinevere and I still like this name now cuz I think this name is very beautiful and elegant? Hah! I dunno how to describe la, I just like it. So I named my neopet Guinevere. And of course, I changed my Barbie’s name again. Hahahaha!

And when I was in secondary school. I liked Ashley and Ashton and I prefer the spelling to be AshLEIGH instead of AshLEY. At that time, many students started to give themselves an English name. I remember I used to try finding a suitable English name for myself. I wanted to name myself Kimberleigh (I perfer leigh than ly) cuz my dad wanted to name me Kim when I was borned. But I gave up in the end cuz I think it doesn’t suit me. Lol.

So again, I changed my Barbie’s name to Guinevere Ashleigh. Hahaha! Combination of 2 favourite names of mine! (Yes, I played Barbie when I was in secondary school) I remember I even cut out small pieces of purple paper and made passport, IC, princess identity card for my Barbie. LOL!! Yes, yes, my Barbie is a princess, she is Princess Guinevere Ashleigh Edward! HAHAHAHA!! I remember I drew a small crown with a gold pen and wrote her name and details with a silver pen. Hahaha! Royalty mah! *Don’t laugh at me k, even though I’m laughing now* Now, I still like Guinevere and Ashton but no longer like Ashleigh cuz I find it quite common now. Hahaha! And I think Amanda is a pretty name. Girls who have this name are pretty. Most of them la. Agree? Okay, maybe it's just me who thinks so but you can try Google suggestion cuz most girls appear on the suggestion list are pretty.

Oh, when I was very young, my family used to call me JingleBell. Hahah! I liked that song so much till I sang everyday and one day, my dad started calling me JingleBell and everyone followed. Now, they no longer call me this anymore but I named my pendrive this name. Haha!

And recently, I guess it was…erm last year, my younger sis started calling me Emma due to some silly and funny reason which I'm not going to share, very embarrassing. The name was actually derived from a nickname given by her. Since then, she suka suka call me Emma..... Arggh!! It’s not like I don’t like this name… I think Emma is a very vintage name, very English and graceful(?) which doesn’t suit me. But she suka suka M-maaaa or Emmmm-mah! or Em-Em! =.=”

I like Guinevere and Ashton but my favourite name is no other than Y E N- my own name! Bwahahah! You just need to think of Japanese currency then you can think of my name already! YEN is easy to remember right?? Right?? I guess no….. When I spent 3 months working in a marketing department, only few of them remember my name. *crying pathetically* They remember Benny, Nicholas, Susan but not YEN! It goes like this: “Benny, Susan and aaaarrr.. You, arr sorry, what’s your name again?” Apa laaa I felt so left out okay. *goes to a corner and draws circle* YEN has only 3 letters and 1 syllable if compared with Nicholas which consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables! I don’t understand why people tend to remember English names better than dialect names. Why!?? T___T

Should I start to start thinking an English name that suits me before my internship so people will remember my name easily? Oh wait! My sis had already given me one, Emma!
Hmmmmm, No!! I will still introduce myself as Yen! Force them to remember me! ROAR! *Ganas*

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