梅素慈
Mei Su Ci
梅- Mei. My surname. Well, it comes from the word Mei Hua which means Plum Blossom. Haha, ok, I know I am not pretty but I do love flowers :) Plum Blossom only blooms during winter. If I intepret it, it would be like, "During the darkess and the coldest moments in life, one still blooms strongly and beautifully!" Wow, I will always be strong and be at my peak whenever the situations around me are down yeah.
素- Su. Which represents vegetarian. Ok, fine I know I am no vegetarian or vegan(shall blame my mom for feeding me meat my whole life), but I love nature! Bring me overseas and I would ask for any nature sights. Ahhh, that is my kind of heaven! :)
慈- Ci. Which comes from Ci San (Charity). Well, is being a nurse considerd as doing something charitable? I know I don't work for free though. Hahaha. But I long to do relief work one day :D
So there you go! My Chinese name!! My Mom told me that she got my name from a monk, so it sounds really buddhist. Funny thing is, I was born a Christian. Haha. Yeah, my parents were converted the year I was born. I wonder what was the great impact.
I guess, you must be wondering, "What about my English name?!"
Well, it's less complicated compared to my Chinese name. My parents told me that they watched the Sound Of Music and was inspired by the name "Maria". It starts with 'M' as well because 'M' had something to do with music. If my name was not Maria, it would be Melody. So, "Maria" sounds better for me right?! Hahaha.
For Baguita(preferred to be pronounced as "ber-gi-te"), it is my baptism name. I kinda saw it online(and you know how inaccurate internet sources are) and felt in love with it!!! I found that names are actually derived for simpler names. So that similiar simpler name was "Bernita" which means "Blessed". Yeah, you make think it's rubbish and all, but come on, I was only 14. Hahaha. Well, if I were to be some English poet, you would think otherwise.
I love my name!!! Here's a suggestion... Before laughing at people's name(im not offended at all actually), why don't you just stop, think and admire how on Earth this name came about.