Sunday, March 6, 2011

Say my name

Hmmm...still struggling with my name...cannot say it very well...maybe it is just too long...or something...
I can deal almost perfectly well with "soseta", "sase", "mama", "mimi"(what is this?) and "apa", but these are pretty much all in my vocabulary...and I'm close to nineteen (see note below)...should I worry?
Or maybe I should not...I am so good at everything else...I do understand almost all my parents' words...and to be honest, I do speak a lot, but somehow they seem not to be able to understand...nor the others...but in the end is this my problem, or theirs? I dunno....all I know is that other parents walk around so proud, telling everybody that their kids speak fluently...yeah, right...I wouldn't even bet 50 cent on that...actually I do not have 50 cent, but I could ask Coyote to lend me this money, if I wanted to bet...but I don't...
Still, I should probably learn my name...what if someday I get lost and the people that find me ask about my name? What do I tell them? I can save the label above, keep it in my pocket and show it if needed, no?
But what if they ask me where I am from? And what if I were from Papua New Guinea? Hmmm...it would be really tough...I could be in big trouble...but then I should just look out for older friends and get them to speak for me, no? Papu-Papu...aaaa...get it?

See you,

note: months...