All About Nicknames... ;)

The earliest i remember of being called by a nick name was when i was around four or five years old. One of my neighbour who i fondly call uncle used to call me "Jesse Boy" and he still does whenever he comes down to Goa.
At home I was always called Jessel . Occasionely my mother used to call me "baba" whenever she wanted a favour of me. Even in nursery and Kindergarden school as far as I can remember nobody used any nickname for me.

Then in fourth standard when I won the first place at the camlin contest in the MMC Garden they announced my name as "Jesus " Rebello and from that day onwards my classmates used to tease me as Jesus. But that was for a short while. One fellow called Nurruddin always called me Jesus after that day... Even today whenever I meet him he calls me 'Jesus'.

Then in fifth or sixth std my friends tried to tease me by calling me "Vessel" but i did not get teased so easily so they gave up. In Chowgule college I was in one of the naughtiest classes in Science stream- the geography clkass. There was onje very popular hindi song called "Aslam Bhai" and I was called Jessel Bhai by everyone in class after that song. Then slowly they started calling me Bhai... I used to get irritated at first but i soon learned to take it in my stride.

In PCCE my friends used to tease me and Enola. Whenever Enola entered the class they would go like "Jesssssssssssssssss...." or simply "SSSSSsssssssssssss". And whenever I entered also they used to do the same. Teachers used to wonder what is it with the occasional hissing in class. Sagar and Joaquim were experts in this job. From then onwards my official nickname became "Jess". Besides they used to also tease me various names like eno & 'alone' which is enola spelt backwards. Anushree always calls me "Jeezu" and Shweta & Ashita call me "Jessu".

Anay & Priyesh used to call me "Jassi" after the famous Jassi jaisi koi nahi serial.
Oh gosh what a list of nicknames i have to remember!!!
Everyone calls me by a nickname... so much so that my real name is used only for official purposes.
Hahaha...