A Man with So Many Tags

January 15, 2008. I am reposting this entry in my previous blog. While looking at my graduation pictures, I just remembered what I was when I wrote this post: a rebellious post-teener struggling to graduate in the ultimate school of hard knocks in the Philippines. Here it is:

I am a man of so many tags... Here's a few of them:

Childhood nicknames:
- IAN
- LIAN
- JAJAN

School-based nicks:
- ELAY
- LAY
- LAY-LAY (As in hanging down, no?!)
- ILAY (regine tolentino, nabibisaya!)
- ILOY (kainiz c mang pikong!)

- ELI (pronounced as eh-lee)
- ELIAS
- ELIAS JUAN (cge tagalugin daw ba!)

- LAYJA
- ELAYJ
- AJA (koreano ng let's go?!)

- DARJU (courtesy of jaimeeah)
- JUDAR (courtesy of jaimeeah din)
- KUYA ELL (jempoy's idea)
- ELEEJ

Pag nasa church:
- KUYA ELAY(kahit nga mga oldies, nakiki 'kuya elay' din!)
- BRADER ELAY

- MR. DAR JUAN (pag ang prof ay maxadong formal; nariririnig ko rin pag pumasok ako sa KIKO! :D)
- DAR JUAN (Military style...)
- SER (kadalasan sa Kiko din maririnig 'to)

Kamukha ko daw siya kaya ayun, they sometimes call me:
- PAOLO SANTOS (sa GMA, halos lahat e2 tawag sa 'kin)
- PAOLO
- KUYA PAO (IV-1, 03-04?)

I also assume false identities (hehe!):
- MARK TAN (3rd yr HS!)
- MARK BAUTISTA (may pangarap kc eh... heheh)
- JB (sa dbrayd big brother. ask me for more details... hrrhrrr)
- MIKEE (as in pbb teen, ryt?)
- MATEO (codename sa xchange gft)

at ang mga pangalang di ko alam kung san galing:
- JOSEPH (at least two called me Joseph on two different situations, o diba meant to be! hehehe!)
- JEREMY (lead us in singing, Jeremy!)

My name is quite unique yet some people tend to forget it. And as I get to know more people, the list goes on... Hehe!