A few days ago, I finally found the movie that gave me my name.
Yes, my parents watched a movie that was released way back in 1971 and decided that the name of the main character would be a beautiful name for their daughter. Or something along those lines...
The movie itself was called Melody, and one of the soundtracks of the song is Melody Fair, by the Bee Gees. Now, my dad was a really big Bee Gees fan so I've grown up with the song and have always thought of it as "my soundtrack".
But it wasn't only till a few days ago that I actually found and watched the movie.
And the feeling I got while watching the movie is a little hard to describe. It was weird, warm and fuzzy all at the same time. And I just felt like a part of me is complete or something.
The movie is really sweet and cute, but certainly not award winning. But I want a copy of the movie, simply because it feels like it's "me". Not that any of those involved in the movie, or anybody else who has watched the movie knows that.
It's really crazy isn't it? But isn't it funny how all humans like to know their origins, where they belong and what actually constitutes their identity?
We cannot just live and go through life without wanting to know where we come from (and I'm not talking about the birds and the bees), or where our names come from, even if it were something as trivial as a movie.
And I start to wonder about those who have no identity. Those who are unable to know who their parents were, why they were thus named or even where they belong...
Do you know the origins of your name? Drop me a comment. I would love to know.
And for those wondering,
3 comments:
I was named Maya bec my dad liked my mom's name so much. And 'Suryani' bec I was born in the afternoon ('suria' means sun in Malay). :)
I was named after a child my mother taught while in her first year teaching. She thought the child so well behaved and sweet, she named her first unruly child after her. I think she hoped the good behaviour would rub off.
Kris - unfortunately, it didn't....;)
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