230am, in the middle of first OB essay, struggling to stay awake. gosh its such a pain. take me forever...out of boredom, googled my name, 'melia', just out of curiosity. always thought it doesnt actually exist as an english name as i made it up myself in my first english class in nfls. surprisingly, wikipedia gave a full explaination of the origin of this unusual name:

In Greek mythology, a nymph, one of the Meliae, who were daughters of Oceanus. By her brother Inachus, she became the mother of Io, Phoroneus and Aegialeus or Phegeus. In other stories, she was the mother of Amycus by Poseidon. Hesiod's, Theogony (187), tells how the Meliae appeared from the drops of blood spilled when Cronus castrated Uranus.

The Hawaiian word for the plumeria flower, also called frangipani, in parts of Asia.

the second one makes more sense cos thats where my inspiration was from -- 'growing pains'! the hawaiian girl Mike fell in love with and flew all the way to los angelas to meet her. how genius i was at the age of 13? to guess the correct spelling! proud of myself :)

right, back to work!