hoy! bayot ako!

yep. you read that right.
my name is n.a. bayot m. where bayot is my middle name.
i'm not kidding. i'm not joking. yes, this is my middle name and this is who i am.
i believe that, in bisaya, bayot means homosexual.
well, for me, it's not really that relative. see, it all differs with pronunciation.
but i'd rather have my middle name pronounced as 'behyot'. yeah, it sounds a bit slang but i'd rather have it that way so as not to confuse with the bisayan pronunciation.
but i'm not ashamed of my middle name, i'm proud of it.
i'm proud because i know what it means in bisaya, and i know how it represents who i am. i am proud of my family's heritage too, of the bayot family. we have a rich history you know. but i'd rather not have my audacity cited here. people might just hate me. hehe.
so whenever someone calls me "bayot!", i just turn to them and smile. because i know deep down inside, i am bayot, truly a bayot. and i'm proud of it...