And yes, she'll be called Alyssa

Countless times, if not everytime, have people mistake me as the opposite sex upon hearing my name. As far as my memory still remembers (and at the same time, wants to forget about too), the worst scenario that concerned my 'Robbin' was the time I was called to perform on a debut, mind you, to sing then famous song ' Heaven '. The Host (he was a newscaster on ABS CBN, and well, a host too. But I forgot his name since it was years since the debut. See? I'm really bad at remembering names. LOL.) called me. I was at the very back of the hall where it was dubbed that the spotlight will be mine as I walk towards the debutant - singing. "And now, to sing a song to our dear debutante.. Here is MR. ROBBIN *N_______.." So when the spotlight was turned over to me and I started my song, the audience was like "is she a lesbo or something?!" ha! ha! Just kidding! Well, obvious on their faces that they were surprised to see a girl in a pink gown. "It's a girl," as I would hear people in a room upon seeing a newly born baby girl. But thankfully, that didn't happen. Instead, it was only their eyes that made such a shocking look.

"Oh, Robinhood!", "Hey, where's Batman?", words that greet me everytime - when I was younger. Not now, thank God. They've realized that I am growing. LOL. So it would be either my name would be misspelled: Robin, Robine, Robbeen, Rovin, and the most alienated spelling I ever encountered of my name, Robbeein. It was written right there on a certificate. But thankfully, they changed it. As if I never had enough, on rare occassions it would even be pronounced as Ra-bin or Row-bin. Heck. Is my name cursed or something?

Alyssa. On my 4th Grade, there were 5 of us named Alyssa in our class. So I guess that it was one factor which made people turn back to 'Robbin'. 'Coz it was unique. Yes, oh how I wish it was even equally good to hear for a lady's name. The correct pronunciation is Ah-lay-sa. Not Ah-li-sa nor A-liza. See, I told you. My name's cursed. WELL, I REALLY HOPE NOT.

Just when people started calling me Robbin, I had the idea that I wanted to be called Alyssa. I mean, it's perfect. But there are also a lot of Alyssas in my former school. So I'll just be crossing my fingers from now on. In case you don't know, much more as if you would even want to be aware, my name 'Alyssa' was from a lotion. The body lotion which I continue to use since I knew my name originated from it: MUSK by Alyssa Ashley. Really, the lotion's so popular then! My mom could attest to that! And it smells so gooood. Available at VMV Hypoallergenics, about Php 600 or 700 not sure. And then of course, you'd ask where then is 'Robbin' from? Mom said that guy's names given to girls is a trend back then. I don't know if I'll blame mom for following such trends. But I'm still thankful that I'm not given some hideous name. Really tons thankful for that. I can still say I'm blessed with the best name. Not to mention, my surname. Fellow Multiply users know of that! LOL.
Totally embracing my surname till it suffocates. :)



And yes yes.. I shall be called Alyssa.

Or Robbin. Whatever between the two. My *crushn_______ would also suffice. :p

*OH, i just don't want everyone to know so much about me. RE: anyone/evryone can view my blog, anonymously.

CREDIT: ALYSSA ASHLEY MUSK IMAGE