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Fleeting: What is in a Name? (Part Two of Two)

So about a week ago I mentioned a bit about the history of how my name came to be… and how originally I was going to have a Vietnamese first name and a Westernized middle name. However my parents flipped it favoring the first name to be Westernized in order to help me become more acclimated within the United States.

However, the online community knows me more by the pseudonym: Marianya Klis. So what does Kabalarians say about that?

First Name

Your name Marianya has made you strong willed and self-sufficient. You do not depend on others for encouragement, but you respond to appreciation and enjoy being the centre of attention. You thrive on interacting with people when you can implement your original ideas. You could be inventive and ingenious along practical lines. You enjoy new ideas and new projects, but have difficulty in following through if once you find the novelty of an activity has worn off. New ideas hold your interest, but you become restless when boredom or monotony sets in. However, once you make up your mind that something is going to work, you persevere until it is accomplished.

As your independence and freedom are very important, you will seldom tolerate limitations. You tend to scatter your efforts and to avoid those activities that require concentration, system and order, and attention to detail. You like to act spontaneously, but impulsive decisions and poor judgment can occasionally lead you into unsettling circumstances which spoil the success of your undertakings. Seldom planning ahead, you undertake projects and work out the details as circumstances arise.

Surname

The surname of Klis gives those using it a genuine love for their fellow man and the desire to assume responsibility for others. They are warm-hearted and sincere in manner. They will often participate actively in community affairs. People tend to seek their advice, for their judgment is sound in both business and personal matters, and they usually exemplify stability in their own personal lives. They like the settled environment of a home and family. Natural parents, they respect parenthood as a serious responsibility. They are usually a very close-knit family, and can enjoy one another’s association, although there could be a tendency to be over-possessive. Self-sufficient and independent, they are happiest when in business for themselves, or when managing a business. They would make good teachers, doctors, lawyers, or real estate sales people. Although quite practical in nature, they can enjoy music and the arts and could become musical themselves. They are decisive and reliable, although they do take life too seriously and worry too much. Although this name has many fine qualities, the degree of harmony in the family will depend greatly upon the characteristics created by the first names of individual members in the family.

But how did I, personally, decide upon this name?
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Fleeting: What is in a Name? (Part One of Two)

So while I was in Việt Nam, I found out (and I don’t remember how) that when I came home from that hospital over thirty-odd years ago… originally my “given name” or rather “first name” was my Vietnamese Name (which is now my “middle name”).

Say what?

Without revealing my entire name… right now it looks like this:

FIRST MIDDLE LAST
Westernized Vietnamese Surname/Family

Whileas when I was borne it was originally this:

FIRST MIDDLE LAST
Vietnamese Westernized Surname/Family

Interesting. Mind you my mother was having this conversation about names in the car with various other relatives and the question of changing names came up and she mentioned that if you need to make a name change you just go to city hall. When asked more about it she told them that she did it for me when I was a baby. (I may not speak Vietnamese, but I definitely understand it… don’t I make a good spy? :D)

When I asked her about it, she mentioned that she did it within a year after I born to make it easier for me to live and survive in the United States. Makes sense… Now I am wondering how much would my life have changed if my name was different… and trust me, we may not place a lot of emphasis on names… but a direct change like that does change a person’s outlook on life.

Out of curiosity one day I decided to look into the meaning of my (names) and this was what I was able to discover:

WESTERNIZED VIETNAMESE SURNAME/FAMILY NAME
Who is Like God Noble – Intellectual Brightness (unknown believed to be “lake”)

So what is the meaning of my name? Well… let’s look at Kabalarians for the hell of it:
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Poetry: Gardens of Eden

From my original website, I had a short poem that was supposed to be constantly evolving as life changed. Within the poem there were going to be key words that led to other pages on the website. Obviously that changed, but here is that poem, the “key words” would be in bold. Over time I’ll connect the “key words” to the various pages as appropriate.

AUTHOR NOTES: I wrote this back in 2003 for my original website. I am just reposting for prosperity.

GARDENS OF EDEN
Sunbeams dance upon the sky
fragrances tickle my senses
as reality disappears into fantasy
the Gardens of Eden

Home to a prince and princess,
she – who am I
dreams of a knight
to fill her desires with passion

Slow as the passing tide
fast as the changing seasons,
memories of childhood dissolve
as the age of womanhood beckons

With the Gates of the Gardens beckoning to me
I follow the path to forge a future
where my fantasies become reality

This is what I hope
This is what I dream
This is what I see