ARMCHAIR X OOMBAM
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🗣️: But Bam, why don’t you like being called “Nong Bam”?
🦭: It’s because, in real life, hardly anyone calls me “Nong Bam.” I’m the eldest sibling, so I’m usually the older one. People normally call me P’gBam, Jiejie, or something like that. So I’m just more used to those. And when I first entered the entertainment industry, for the first two or three years before starting this project, everyone always called me P’Bam because I was acting with younger actors and things like that. Then when I started working with P’Oom, suddenly everyone began calling me “Nong Bam,” and I just wasn’t used to it.
🗣️: So you went from being P’Bam to becoming N'Bam?
🦭: Exactly! I was used to being the older one, and then all of a sudden I became the younger one. At first, when we met, I didn’t even call her P’. That’s because she referred to herself as "rao" (“I/we,” in a casual way). So I’d just say things like, “Oom, Bam…” and so on. Then later I found out, “Wait, she’s older than me?” But by then it had already become a habit.
🗣️: Ah, I see. So in the end, can people still call you Nong Bam, or should they not?
🦭: This person, right? *point to Oom*
🗣️: Yes.
🦭: This person can’t.
🗣️: Oh? So there’s a special term? What would you like this person to call you, if not your name?
🦭: That’s something only the two of us know. Can I not tell you?