The reason why i try not to introduce myself as Eleanor. Sigh..and tis' such a beautiful name...*muka kembangs*

Shuet Zin and i were lounging in the cafeteria having our lunch, (one that i shouldn't have taken coz i'm fasting for ACTS Church's U-Turn Prayer and Fast for the next 40 days) but i was hungry. Hehe. Never be in the way of a woman and her food. Or more like..never be in a place with food if you want to avoid temptations. *grin* So i'm fasting dinner tonight instead. >.< Which would only mean that i'll be waking up early tmr coz i'll be hungry for breakfast. Gawd, what a vicious cycle this is. But that's beside the point.

Anyway....

A girl from a few of our lectures and tutorials came up to us and asked if she could join us. So, obviously, we said yes-lah, i mean, who would turn down new friends right?? BUT, she forgot our names...so we introduced each other again.

Person : Aiyo, sorry la. I forgot your names. (turns to me and ask) What's your name again ah?

Me : (thinking it's safe to use my name instead of Ellie) I'm Eleanor. And that is Shuet Zin.

Person : Elle-what ah? How to spell?

Me : (takes out a piece of paper and sighs inwardly coz this is really the hundredth time i'm doing this)

Person : (while seeing my name on the piece of paper) Eleanor. Wah. So hard to pronounce. Who gave you that name? You gave yourself ah? Are you Malaysian?

Me : (laughs out loud) Yeah, of course i'm Malaysian! (proceeds to write full name on paper) Eleanor Chua Siew Mei. See! Malaysian! Hahhaha. My dad gave me that name. =)

Person : Oh. Haha. So weird one. Your dad Malaysian ah?

Me : Uh, yeah. =.="

Now...would you call that ignorance (hasn't anyone heard the song Eleanor by Low Millions???) or shall i just adopt Ellie as my name for future introductions? I do believe i can save at least ONE tree that way. =.=