SETERINA. 2005.
After I changed my screen name to seterina on Myspace for a month (for that one time only), people kept on calling me seterina. Even after Myspace was the "in" thing and that screen name was no longer in use. New, old, Cyberjaya, KL, Kuantan, Melaka, Twitter (that time twas @astrinasue), Facebook, MMU, KLIUC, LUCT, UiTM friends calls me with that one particular screen name that I created circa 2005.
Back in my diploma days, whenever I hangout with my friends who brought their friends, therefore, new friend(s) for me, I'll introduce myself as Sue. And there it goes... The continuous question.
"NAMA PENUH APA? SURAYA? SUHAILA? SUHAIZA?".
And my answer will be very short:
"nu'uh. Sulaiman".
Somehow, that short-two-word-answer will lead me to:
"HAHAHAHAHA cakap lah bebetul. Nama penuh apa? Suzana? Huh?? Su Az...rina? Masa kekecik suka minum susu ke? Nanti I add you on Myspace eh? Nama Myspace you apa? huh? bagi email lah... nanti you text I okay?".
YES. MY MOTHER NAMED ME BASED ON WHAT I LIKE TO CONSUME AFTER 3 HUMPING DAYS OLD. SORRY IF MY MOTHER COULD NOT AFFORD TO WAIT NINE YEARS LATER JUST TO IDENTIFY MY LIKING OF FOOD AND NAME ME NASI LEMAK ASTRINA OR ROTI CANAI BANJIR ASTRINA.
Okay, the point of me posting this is, the group of people that calls me seterina will eventually ask me: "what does seterina means?". Yeah, ada juga yang tanya after 12-48bulan panggil saya dengan namaskrin tersebut dengan penuh rasa konfidensi.
seterina was taken from my middle name, Astrina. And whenever my friends screamed out my full name: SUUUUUUUUU ASETEEERIIIIINA!!!
Twas the easiest way for me to spell it out: SE-TE-R-I-N-A. and twill be in lowercase letters for one reason, the word sete is not a part of my real name, hence it doesn't need to be recognized.
Twas the easiest way for me to spell it out: SE-TE-R-I-N-A. and twill be in lowercase letters for one reason, the word sete is not a part of my real name, hence it doesn't need to be recognized.
As I grew older, I've realized that my screen name needed to be customized. I've changed my tweet name to @SETERiNA with a lowercase i that represent i- as in myself, without getting confused with the number 1(one) or lowercase L which looks like a capital letter "i".
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| twitter.com/SETERiNA |
and yes. you've just wasted three to five minutes reading about my screen name.
go... to... work!
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