I'm one of the billions of people in the world that was given a unique name. I could have had common names like Alex, Sam, Paul, Tim, Richard... Some common name that is easy to pronounce.
In case you guys didn't know, my given name is Alrenz Jaimoe. Yes, I can imagine you saying, "Wow, that's a unique name," or "How do you even pronounce it?" I was given a unique name. But before you judge, here's how my name came about.
Alrenz is a combination of two names. Al- came from... It's a debatable topic. It's either I got it either from my paternal grandmother (Alfonsa) or my maternal grandfather (Alejandro). And the -renz came from my father's name (Florencio).
Jaimoe came from the name of the drummer of the Allman Brothers Band, one of my father's favorite bands.
There, you can now judge. I'm kidding.
Of course, there came a point in my life where I hated my name. I hated how I have to pronounce it twice because people can't understand my name. I've been called names like, "Alex," "Aldrin," "Alrex," and just recently, "Aileen". I know. Why. When I was in second grade, I became fascinated with the name "Richard" and wanted to add it on my name.
In college (my first one), one of my blockmates decided to call me "Al." I've used my name in my first college. However, after one incident that happened to me, I decided to switch schools. I also realized that I wasn't able to show my personality because I used part of my name. It was on the next school where I used my real name. That school happened to be my high school alma mater.
Eventually, I accepted my real name. I thought, if I were to change my name, I wouldn't show my personality, the real me. I've come to realize that -- your name defines who you are as a person. It's that thing that makes you unique from everyone else.
With that, hello and welcome to my blog. Enjoy.
