Goodbye, Miss Sheenah Tan
…or “Miss Tan” as my professors and instructors in Lyceum would fondly call me. I somehow got the feeling that I was the one and only, the notorious “Miss Tan” in our campus. I secretly indulged in that fact.
I was talking to one of my favorite professors in UPLB and he said “you’re getting married? So it’s goodbye, Sheenah Tan now?” I jokingly replied “Yes sir, finally, no more funny Sheenah B. Tan.”
So true.
Ever since I went to school, my classmates always called me “sinabitan” or “ginatan” or “bitan”. I never really liked the idea of playing with my name that I started to hate it, even when I was five.
Twenty years after, I’m finally having my dream come true: a change in my name. I used to think that there are only two ways on how to resolve my ugly name: buy another or marry somebody. I willingly and whole-heartedly chose the latter.
I am not turning my back against my dad’s name, it’s just that “Sheenah B. Tan” sounds funny enough during graduations and stuff. I’m glad I’ll be getting rid of it, but I’ll always have a “Tan” flowing in my blood stream.
So, if you all don’t mind, you might as well welcome me as Mrs. Sheenah dela Cruz come Sunday. Cheers! 
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Tracee on February 25th, 2010
Well you can always use Sheenah Tan-dela Cruz. Hehehe. I don’t think they will make fun of you then. Congrats!