Mary? Magdalena? Grace?

That's 3 names up there. But I've been called each and every one of them, a few times. Yes, Mary. Cant believe I was called Mary...

Mary?
A friend of mine got involved in a motorcycle accident last year. He fell into a coma and was quite critically injured. Anyway, the lucky guy survived and was back at uni beginning of this year. I was so glad to see him. Hehe. Not for any particular reason, but simply because he's quite a nice guy. When I first saw him, I waved to him. And we waved back. We even chatted a little. I assumed he recognised me. Saw him a few more times. Finally in one of the lectures, he was laughing with his friend behind me. Then he tapped my shoulder,

"hahaha...errr. I'm so sorry to ask but, what's your name? I forgot."

You forgot my name?! I saw you so many times but you didnt ask? Haha..

"Haha..yea. Is your name Mary?"

O_o" Mary? NO! Do I look like a Mary to you?

"Err...yea."

*slaps myself* Hahaha. Never thought I looked like a Mary. I'm Su!!!

From that day onwards he kept calling me Mary, "hello Mary!!!" Hahaha. Funny lah, but got all my other friends looking at me with huge eyes. Mary??? :P

Magdalena?
I'm currently enrolled in this unit called Mechatronics design. Not that many of us, probably about 30+ Among my female friends in this unit is a friend called Santi, but her official name is Magdalena. Anyway, was in the tut this afternoon when the lecturer decided to pick on my bright pink jacket as an example. He directed everyone's attention to my jacket, then asked,

"Let's take Magdalena's jacket for example. Is it Magadalena?"

*I looked around to see if he was calling the wrong person. Then I realised that my friend is not in this tutorial.* Me? No. I'm not Magdalena. I'm Su.

"Right, sorry. Su's jacket...."

Then my friends sitting around me was smiling at me, Magdalena? And then the guy who previously called me Mary, is now calling me Magdalena. Sigh. My name is pretty simple isnt? It's just Su. I didnt even ask them to call me Su Teng. Just Su. But somehow my name doesnt suit me I think. Everyone has their own views on what I should be called. Then later I told my friend Santi and she said, "Yea! He always calls me Su. And I said, I'm not Su. I'm Santi." Hahaha.

Grace?
Firstly, how can people think I'm Grace? One of my closer friends in uni is called Grace. We used to spend so much time together that people think we are twin-dolls. She's tall and really thin. I'm short, and chubby. Dont you think the name Grace suits her better? We know of a guy friend who seems to be interested in the real Grace, that's what we always tease her about. Haha. But he always gets our name mixed up. He will call me Grace when he sees me, and then ask me where is Su. Or he will call Grace Su, and ask her where is Grace. Do we look that inseparable? According to him, yes. It feels weird to just see one of us. Well, get used to it mate! Because we barely see each other now :P Haha. So yes, I was called Grace in my first few years of uni. But now he can differentiate us. I am Su. And she is Grace. Do I look like a Grace?

Today I was just thinking, people think I have such lovely names. Or they simply cant get my name right. Mary, Magdalena, Grace, but really my name is just a simple Su. Is it that hard to remember? Hmmm... at least it's better than my high school physical education teacher who used to call me teng-su. They just cant read asian names isnt? They can never get the surname and the names in the right order. Hahaha. Oh well, I am Su. And will always be Su. Hehehe.