High School Confession 1: Classmate Naming
Before there was Angelica Sy's Gege, there was Cristina Sanchez' Insan.
Even before, I admit to deliberately introducing randomly unique names that differ from how people call a certain person. I don't even remember the reason why I do this, but I keep on doing this.
In my fourth year class, we have two classmates with the surname Sanchez, and another two bearing the name pronounced exactly as "Christina." And an element of both sets is, unfortunately, named Cristina Sanchez. This personally created some sort of confusion in naming. When I called even "Tina," two girls respond to me. The same happens when teachers say "Sanchez" on the first day of class.
I began to call one as Tina and the other by the entire name (her first name, at least; I actually forgot which name is assigned to which). At first I thought this is the solution to the naming problem. However, this led to nowhere as I still find myself confused with the naming scheme I devised.
Then, I made a decision to personally amend this dilemma: to keep calling the first "Tina" as is and think of a new name to call Tina S., as most of the class call her. The name "Tina S." still gave me some confusion, so I thought of a foolproof way to do this.
I initially thought of calling her by her second name Jhoanne, but I felt quite dissatisfied as it takes a bit more effort to say it.
And then there came an idea to combine her first and last names. This could actually bear some fruit, I thought. Then there comes the name TinSan. But instantly, I thought of dropping the initial letter to come up at Insan. This really seems a better name compared to Jhoanne.
I put my theory into action. Eventually, the naming scheme worked, and the name has remained the same ever since.
And there you have it.
Insan.