ZUE vs IKA

Ok, hold on.. before u feel like Ewwwww..or Awww.. or *err* -spicy name.. Pls listen to me first, will ya?:P

When i was a little bit younger (i mean yeah, i'm still young when that younger age was most probably between the last 11-20 years :P ), people used to call me with my fullname: Zulaikha (or is it zulaika?:D). Among very2 close (limited) friends who oftenly called my name, they just make it shorter by calling me Zue. At house, i am kak long/along. Di kampung abah sebelah Pahang, people (cousins+pakcik+makcik+Arwah atuk+ wan [nenek]+sedara mara) panggil saya Zu. Thus in the early age of my life, most of people i met either called me Zulaikha or Zu, seldomly (very2 seldom.. 1 in 500 ppl i met i guess) called me ika.

So, when is it that this Ika came out? I was in form 3 when i sat infront of a girl named Suhaila whose shorter name is Sue. Both of us always confused whether ppl were calling my name or her name (Sue ke Zue?). So, when i entered boarding school, the person sat next to me was Surida which happened her shorter name is Sue. Thus in order to avoid confusion (remember, according to psychologist theory, human beings learn from history.. See the history?:P) , i changed my name to Ika. Mind you that this Surida and another friend, Baytee are friends from prev same school. And their reaction knowing that i changed my name? HAhahha mmg gelak abis2ler (Siti, i believe they felt the same you feel now). Tapi diorang takleh nak gelak sgt, because diorang berdua je yg tahu. All other person ckp kat diorang balik, ape yg salahnyer dengan nama ika? and they seems to unable to answer it. So, i win.

Then, masuk Unitele, i introduced myself as Zulaikha and asked ppl to 'choose-urself-whichever-convenience' shorter name: Zulaikha, Zu or Ika. It happened to be one of the friend who also called me Ika found me and shout my name:Ika. So bile org lain dengar ade org yg dah lama kenal panggil ika, jadiler nama saya Ika. Sampailaa ni.. Masa nak tukar tu, tertahu plak ade sorang kakak tu nama die pun Zulaikha and org panggil die Kak Zu. So sebab taknak confuse (so many confusion dlm my life kan.. ish.), saya pun stick with the name Ika.

Tapi jujurnya kan, kdg2 saya rasa Ika tu tak sesuai utk saya. Sbb mcm lembut sgt orgnyer (jiwanya?). Kdg2 bile selalu org panggil dgn nama Ika (panggilan tu kan satu doa) saya rasa berbeza masa jadi dgn nama Zu. Masa jadi nama Zu tu, saya seorg yg bijak memendam rasa dan rahsia. Tak ramai yg leh tahu apa dlm hati saya. Nama Zu tu juga mcm ade satu semangat yg kuat utk melakukan sesuatu. Nama Ika? Hmm..lebih kepada kekuatan berkomunikasi (tarik perhatian org?:P) tapi perangai/character dgn nama Ika kdg2 (mmg sgt sebenarnyer) mempengaruhi sensitiviti/cepat sensitif, prasangka ntahapa2 saya.. And realllyyyy byk ckp. (i don't know how to cut part of that). Cuma yg tak hilang rasanya, ckp cepat?:P
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I do miss sometimes old friends who used to call me Zulaikha to call me the same name forever. But now they also started to call me Ika. I feel high (not to the extreme, but pleased) when sometimes they called me Zulaikha. Kenapa yer? Ntahlah..tapi herannya kalau Hany Fariza atau Siti Zurina memanggil..itu ada unsur2 'ugutan'.. so saya rasa cam lain sket.. hahahaha

errrs.. pjg plak cerite ari ni? heheh ke, sebenarnyer saya dah pernah cerite before this? Ermm..takpeler..refreshing memory:p.

In the end, it doesn't even matter!!! :))
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So, pilihlah.. mana satu ek?;)