Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Meaning of My Kid’s Name

I know after my name post, you will be asking what I named my kids?

When we first learned that we will be having a baby boy, we decided to name him Mikhail.. ask hubby why but is a very personal choice for him. For his second name I thought that Indian names is so cool and named him Mahat. Mikhail if you are not familiar is a Russian name which means God liked.. not like God but like by God.. Mahat on the other hand is a complicated Indian name. Some of research points me to this name being of a God or some a stage to obtain Nirvana. What ever it is, we just like the sound of the two.. Mikhail Mahat

We did not expect Mico, and so looking for a perfect name for him was hard. We decided to name him just like his older brother, name that starts with MM and Russian name for the first name and Indian name for the second. It was really hard looking for another name, but in the end was lucky to find a name that would sound really good. We named him Marco for his first name, a Russian variation of Mark. For his second name, we named him Mahadev, an Indian name which means god of all gods..

Sofia Ananta, that could have been Mico’s name if he has been a girl. Yes, we already have a baby girl’s name. Sofia, a Russian name which means wise and Ananta, an Indian name, which sounds so good and its meaning I can’t remember.

Now, when we learned my third pregnancy, we hoped so hard that it would be Sofia. Boy! it was a boy again. I remembered when we learned i was a baby boy, Kayil was screaming and was really mad, because he wants a baby girl. Now, he told me, he does not want another baby, he was afraid that if we have another one, it won’t be as cute and as adorable as Chico.

Chico is not his real name. His name is Melor Moulik. If finding a name for our second was hard, this was hardest.. well of course it is obvious that we run out of good names LOL.. I can just imagine how hard it must have been to my grandmom who has 14 kids.. (and how about Nadya?) Melor is a modern Russian name. its meaning, that is your assignment for the day.. find out what is the meaning of Melor and report back.LOL Moulik is an Indian name, a variance of Malik I guess.. It is pronounced as Malik, but the way it was spelled was really cool. I can just imagine years from now, Chico’s teachers will have a hard time pronouncing his name… LOL

Their nick names is quite different form their real name. I had it form my mother, my name is Pilipinas or Filipinas but my nickname is Peh. My kids nicks, you already knew by now is Kayil, Mico and Chico..

Now tell me, what is your kid’s name?

What’s In Your Name?Mine is our Country

My name is Pilipinas.. yeah that is my full name.. Pilipinas.. the Filipino version of the name of our country Philippines.

The history of my name:
According to my mother, during the time she was pregnant with me, that was the time, when they felt the lack of justice here in our country. To put it simply, that was the height of them being nationalistic, hence Pilipinas.

Since my name is kinda unique, I find it hard to explain it to every people I met how my mom came up with that name. And NO, my siblings was not America or Turkey, they have more normal names.. although the history of each names is as unique as the history of my name.

What is more disturbing is not the history or the usual comment if my siblings are named as America or Turkey..it’s the P or F debate.

As I have said my name is very unique so a lot, before enlisting my name would ask.. OK not ask actually.. and not before enlisting.. they would actually assume that my name starts with F and would list it as Filipinas.. to which I would react and says it is a P. Before they change it to Pilipinas, they would ask me first why in the world my mom named me with that. To tell you honestly I hate my name before, I am not proud of it, and would sometimes wished that it was an F rather a P.

Last 2004, I discovered, upon acquiring a copy of my birth certificate from NSO, that my name indeed starts with an F.. what the F! what the FILIPINAS! And that my birthday is not the date listed on my BC.. what the! My hubby now teases me that I am not the one he married..and that he is married to Pilipinas, the name that appears on our Marriage Certificate.

What is shocking to me is, ALL MY LIFE, I have been invovled in countless debates and discussions that my name starts with a P.. that all those years, all the people who mistyped my name was correct all along. DAMN!

2008, I decided to inquire on our local municipality with regards to my name. It was clear there that my name starts with an F and not a P. The Civil Registry administrator even helped me out and lend me the book where the original birth certificate is. Now, what bothers me is how come, in the original certificate, my name is Filipinas but in the certified true copy coming from them it was Pilipinas. The admin, asked around and discovered that in the master list, my name is Filipinas but somebody who has a blue ballpen, made it a P! I can just imagine now that way back, when my mom asked for my birth certificate and saw that listed there was Filipinas, stared down at the clerk and demanded in high pitched voice that it should be P. waaaah!

It was mom’s fault afterall..

but I never blame her that much.. after all, this will will be a nice and funny story to share to my grand kids..

You Tubing (more than Boyet and Bayani)

If you were to ask me what is the most powerful weapon the Internet gave us, I tell you it’s YOU TUBE. Can you just imagine how many reputations you tube crushed? or how many people became famous out of it.. or infamous because of it..

We have seen shocking videos, sexy videos, all kinds of videos..

Last week, you tube introduced to us, the infamous uniform maker Boyet Fajardo and his stomach empty driven creative outburst.. oh yeah guys, he did it on TV, showed his ugly face and said that he was hungry.. the reason for his “creative outburst”. Oh crap!So that is why his creations lacks creativity, he is saving it for moments like this.

And last night, while watching SNN, a video of Bayani Agbayani was aired. He was cursing and all.. he was the sidekick of Cesar Montano.. if you still have no idea who he is, oh well juts think of someone known caught on video cursing and all. What made me puke real hard was the reaction of Kris and Boy, in which almost word for word analyzed the video. They are too defensive, can’t help but think that it was their way of covering up Boyet’s act. The even said that he has the right to get angry at times, and who the hell is taking away that right? And they even said that he did not know he was being recorded on video.. and what the? what if he knows? what? will he put a halo on his head? or maybe add some wings on his back? and preach? and as Boy Abunda puts it.. LEARNINGS

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