Pilipino ako! ngunit ang pangalan ko ay....

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Florencci Gautier Allen
3 names??? wala pa jan yung last and middle names. hehe.. talk about my experiences in exams diba? hirap! but it was fun!

my dad... yes! he's the one who gaved me my name and he actually (literally) looked or find it in the world dictionary were 7 languages are in it. spanish, french, yiddish, german, italian, latin and english. i used to hate my name when i entered kindergarten in st. paul's pasig. i sometimes argue as a kid to my parents that why do they have to punish me with such long name. pwede namang Richard na lang. my classmates would ask "bakit ganyan pangalan mo?" siyempre sasagot lang ako "eh gusto ng Tatay ko eh!" so after experiencing bad moments with my classmates and teachers from kinder to prep, i decided to ask seriously my dad about my name and why does he chose it.

One afternoon of '89, while eating mirienda of binatog and drinking coke, i asked him "pa, bakit mo po ako pinangalanan ng ganun ka haba? at bakit yun?" my dad smiled and said "because one day, if you'd somehow be famous, atleast i know it would be you, my son. and i would be proud of it if someday, your unique name would be on those history books na walang ka pangalan. ayaw mo ba ng ganun, anak? pag nakita ng tao yang panagalan mo, ipapanagalan din nila sa anak nila someday! ..and you'd be proud of your name, i bet you!" at some point, i was amazed of what he said of being famous and everything but i then realized the importance of a name. it was like or somehow a "key" to any person's life to enter. it was somehow a sign of Love by parents. Our parents gaved that name and its up to us to create something bad or good from that name from the beginning up to the end of our lives.

but this i wonder... is it ok to you if your parents gaved you or you to your future
children such names like... hudas iskariot, lenin,adolf hitler,carl marx,freidrich
nichze(sorry for the spelling),bazooka,atomicbomb,emsixteen,nuc(short for
nuclear),smith&wesson,hades,incubus,succubus,erap,grloria,fidel,brutus,spawn,and storm?
for me, its ok! as long as i know how to explain it like what my dad taught to me about my name
and be proud of it eventually! siguro nga its not the name, rather its the heart of that name's bearer that makes that name meaningful.

explaining the name:

Florencci (floren.chee) - it was supposed to be Florencia or Florencio since i am the second child expected, my parents didnt know my gender yet kaya yun... atleast daw ready na sila with a name pag labas ko. and then it was a baby boy! my grand pa's(father side) name is florencio. according to my father, he changed his mind and thought of something Italian! and there it is..

Gautier (gohteeyaey) - "pare, kahit man lang isang letra sa pangalan ko ha?" it was my father's best friend named Walter who were requesting that somehow his name could be included to mine. a very clever father i have, he reached to his 3 and a half inch thick 7 languages dictionary and try to look for a "French" equivalent of "Walter". and there you have it, my father's finished product!

Allen (alen) - my mom wouldnt want to be left behind when it comes to my name. she have this 2 handsome and smart elementary students in Collegio De San Juan De Letran back in 1970 something named Allan and Allen. my big bro got the Allan so i was left to have the Allen for a 3rd name. and since then, it began a tradition from my family to have atleast 3 names, my parents assured that their 3rd son(im 2nd in the family) will also be blessed to have 3 names.

Ccigaux (cheegoh) - its from my real name's florenCCi & GAUtier and my father
put a letter X in the end of it so that it wouldnt be pronounced as... "Cheegaw"

some of my nicknames from childhood to the present by friends & family:
ccigauxlele lawaylaway, chico&delamar, chico, chigo, cheegz, chigs, cci, ccigoxki, chicosci,
ccigaux cookie dough, fetuccinni, pavaroti, ispahetti, lasagnia, sheego & syego.

to gave you an idea how serious our folks about this tradition:
my kuya Gavin's: Gabriel Vincent Allan
and the bunso: Curt Simon Ali (he have the most unlikely nickname which is Cusi)


thanks to all those people commented and shared their names to me. it means so much!
such lovely names you have na kahit maikli atleast the part that it was created with pure love
is worth loving it.. and so nevertheless, be proud of it!!!! let us all be proud of it!

ms.cali,ms.rizel,ms.russ,mr.jepi,ms.laurene,ms.kai,ms.patty,ms.freyti,
ms.cheenee,ms.claudine ms.roanne,ms.tiepee,ms.aCey,ms.aecee,ms.pammy,
ms.kOoky&ms.kessa!!! to mr.patrick&ms.yayam: sure add me up to your links!!!



Random Question of the week: On being mad, angry and hateful

as Lionel Luthor once said "we're at our weakest when we're angry!" i wanted to know the things that easily make you a monster or the things that can make your face
like osama bin laden. hehehe.. its good to know your "outs" about life, i will be forewarned about it and understand you more.. and thus accept the things that might be of a
difference from our point of view! kaibigan, usap tayo about jan!


Random Share a moment for the week: EK experience "be one with physics!" taken last January 29, 2005
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