Story of My Name
I was born in fourth of September 1993, in a small clinic near Magelang City Square. I was the first boy from a couple which live and work in Magelang. Both of my parent is Javanese, my father is from Semarang and my mother is from Magelang. Instead there is pure Javanese blood in my body but my I had very small eyes because of a “differences” of my eyes part, so I looked like a Chinese kid. Actually it’s little bit annoyed to be call as Chinese boy. It was because in fact I am Javanese and it makes people sometime have wrong perception about me. Okay, lets past it, beside that I am still a cute boy until now.
My parent give me a name “ Vincentius Bagas Adi Pratama “. They give me a name after talked with my grandfather and grandmother and they decide to give me that name. After decide my name and register it to make birth act, they also held “Bancaan” Ceremony to announce my birth, announce my name and give thanks to God. After those things that name is now official for me, and for my nickname you can call me Vincent.
Some people said that name is a pray, maybe behind my name my parent has some hope for me. Now, I want to describe the means of my name. Vincentius is actually a name of a saint in Catholic tradition. Usually they give the saint name as a guardian, so the people can be blessed and protected by the saint. The saint name also can be a hope to make the people which had that name to be like or had good manners like the saint. In case of my name, Vincentius is a great priest, he has good manners, and maybe my parents hope that I can be a great man with good manners.
The rest of my name came from Javanese words. Bagas is means strong, It maybe a hope of my parent to me, to be a strong and healthy boy. Adi is means valuable, it’s mean a hope for me to be a man which give lot of benefit to others and be valuable person in the future. Lastly “Pratama” is mean the first, it’s I am the first child of the family.
