Your "Name" I feel is precious and important to your image...it is your name that would carry you or sink you. Thats why I always make it a point trying to remember a person's name and to make sure I pronounce it right. Getting this correct shows respect...if you ask me.
I can't help but to think that there are some people out there who do not realised the significance or trivalize the significance of their own name or when naming a child. For example "Do Do Cheng"...I don't think its cool to name yourself after an extinct bird...but it seems to be the case for some Hongkies. "DoDo" can be interpreted as stupid...Dodo is a stupid bird...thats why they are extinct. I've never heard of the name "Hacken" until this one HK pop star rose to stardom. Why "Hacken"...cos his chinese name is Lee Hak Kan...kinda silly ain't it...repeating your name. I'm not saying you don't have the right to choose your own name, but I'm suggesting choose wisely.
It is very popular among the chinese that their carries a certain auspicious meaning. I met this dude from mainland China and introduced himself as "Mansion"...yup you know "Mansion" as in the big house. Having the name "Mansion" in you chinese name may sounds ok but as an English name...kelakar lah! "Mansion" went on to introduce his friend to me, "Pussy" is her name, not shitting you here...I dare not ask if she likes cats. I shall say no more. Why can't people stick with more traditional english names? Boring is a reason I can think off,... rather be boring and safe if you ask me.
Choosing a name would mean you have to live with it for the rest of your life, be careful when choosing a name for your kid. You can imagine the ridicule from his/her peers...kids are cruel. I read on a newspaper that this physics teacher called his kids..."proton, neutron & electron". Imagine, Capt Proton Pipit...eeew...just shoot me. Stick to the conventional names lah...sigh.
Finally make sure you know how to spell your chosen name lah. I was at this cake shop and there was this parent bukan main lansi...after they had chosen the cake I overheard the mother saying to the shop assistant in a condescending tone in cantonese "Happy Birthday to Carmen Michael" (translated). "How to spell ah?" ask the shop assistant. To my horror both the parent's couldn't spell "Carmen Michael"...they went like "K-A-R-M-U-N " to "K-A-R-M-A-N". Nak name glamour but tak tau spell...sigh...another reason for sticking to conventional names. I left the shop not wanting to know the outcome.
Gravity release me, never ever hold me down...and my feet won't touch the ground. Capt says Au Revoir.
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