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Hi, it's nice to meet you you call me... well... it's a little complicated
I was born as 陳欣怡/陈欣怡 (chénxīnyí) and for those of you not familiar with
Mandarin, this name is kind of the Chinese equivalent of Emily Smith.
Thanks Dad for all that originality right there...
When I was about 5 years old my family relocated from Malaysia to America
and let me tell you that transition wasn't easy.
It had helped that my parents refused to give me an English name
because they prided themselves in our heritage and you don't want me to lose my roots.
At least they didn't make me take the direct romanization of my name ("xin yi"),
but being known as Shin Yi made elementary school pretty rough.
None of the teachers could ever pronounce my name right the first time and there was
a lot of confusion about whether "Yi" was my middle name or not.
I was bullied for being Asian and the language barrier certainly didn't help me make any friends.
Needless to say, I hated being Chinese.
It's perhaps the reason why at a very young age
I began searching for alternatives.
I remembered that my mom told me about my uncle who informally dubbed me as Cindy just for fun.
I didn't think it sounded half bad and my heart automatically latched on to it.
There was this girl named Joyce whom I met in orchestra.
I highly admired her for her natural academic talent and violin skills.
And, because my name also denotes joy,
I began to grow an affinity for her name as well.
I was determined to find an
English name which I could eventually legally adopt on my 18th birthday.
At the end of elementary school,
one of my friends told me a story about her friend named Nomi.
I don't remember much of anything about the story itself, but the
name struck something inside me.
I just love the sound of that name -- Nomi.
It's light on the tongue and has a really nice ring.
It was also around this time
that I started becoming involved in online art and gaming communities.
That was back in around 2005 and I remember it was also the height of Internet horror stories.
We were warned to never share any personal information online, so, heeding
everyone's advice, I chose to adopt Nomi as my brush name,
or the name that I would create art under.
In eighth grade I started taking French classes.
In order to help us connect with the language, we were asked to adopt a French name,
and just like that I also became Yasmina.
I loved French so much that I
began to fall head-over-heels for their culture, too.
Thinking back on it... that's probably one my desire to travel first sparked
and along with it, my interest in learning about all sorts of different
cultures including... yes, the one I had so wholeheartedly rejected in my youth.
In a funny way, learning French made me proud of being Chinese
and by high schooI, I was starting to lose interest in finding a new name.
But despite the fact that my own perception of the name Shin Yi improved
it didn't mitigate any of the confusion it continued to cause for everyone else.
For example, when college applications came around
I saw no end to the variations of my name from schools vying for my money.
from Shin to Shin-Yi and Shiny, I was growing more
and more concerned about the legal implications of my name in adulthood.
And, of course, the struggles also impacted my everyday life.
Like, whenever I ordered coffee,
it was this whole stressful ordeal.
I'd tell the cashier my name but
between me speaking it and them writing it down
who knew what they'd actually heard and how they'd spelt it.
To make things worse, the barista calling the names for the ready-to-go orders
aren't typically the same person as the cashier whom I told my name to.
I'd have to have her close to the pickup bar and
anxiously check every order that gets called just in case they couldn't pronounce my name.
After one too many awkward situations,
I adopted a Starbucks named...
Emily. Because I figured no one could ever screw that up, right?
(apparently I was wrong)
So, yes.
I did get my name legally changed at eighteen...
to Shin Yi!
Without the space, everyone knew that Yi was in my middle name
and all the weird variations we saw from all those college letters ceased.
Objectively speaking, the change was quite minute, but,
to me, it was definitely a distinctly new name.
After all, I'd spelled the original name with a space for almost two decades
and it wasn't until recently that I finally became comfortable
identifying myself without the space.
But... I still do refer to myself as Shin Yi about half the time
As 欣怡 ("xīnyí"), if I'm out with my Chinese friends
As Emily, if I'm at a coffee shop
And as Nomi online.
The point is,
while names are very important because they're the first layer of recognition as
well as the way we identify ourselves from others...
if you're not happy with your name, don't sweat it!
You have the power to create your own names and the stories behind them.
In a way, me coming to terms my birth name is
sort of an allegory of what happened with this channel and the name Piquetures.
To be quite honest, I was never completely happy with the name
but instead of changing it, which I've considered on numerous occasions,
I've decided that I'm going to focus on working on developing its identity.
Up until now, Piquetures was a conglomeration of lookbooks,
travel vlogs, lifestyles, you-name- it I-probably-tried-it-then-deleted-it videos.
But from now on, Piquetures will be a catalog of videoscapes
inspired by art and travel.
So, remember, as we step into the new year or heck
even just into a new day,
"It's never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot (AKA. Mary Anne Evans)
Happy New Years and New Beginnings
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