Monday, August 17, 2009
My cousin's in town all the way from Melbourne. Yupp, that's right, he's an ABC. Australian born Chinese. But he's only what, 10 months right now, so the Aussie accent and ways of life isn't that obvious yet:)
Anyway, the point is, his name is ZAC. Only three letters of the alphabet! If I had a kid, I would definitely give him/her a really sophisticated name, something with three syllables.
Definitely not Abraham though. I think it's quite weird naming someone Abraham (no offense, Ab!) but he would have a really heavy responsibility, being named after the Father of fathers. Oh! Especially in Singapore, since our birth rate is a dismal 1.6%.
Definitely not a name that starts with the first few letters of the alphabet! Imagine what happens during PSLE orals...
Haha maybe something like Marigold or Penelope or Columbus would be a no-no. Very traditional.
Oh yeah, I think I would take it from the Bible though. Wait. Those people out there with names like Joseph and Mary. Do you feel like living up to your namesake? Or should I just choose a name like.. Madonna? Lol sorry not Madonna. Maybe Jazzlyn.
How about Hermoine? Maybe that would spur my kid to be REALLY smart. Yeah. I think that the name has to be symbolic in a way. With true meaning and thought put into it. According to my mom, my grandma looked through the entire dictionary just to find a nice name for me...
OH! Definitely not something starting with W. Wilhelimina, Wimble, Wigg, Weazly, Wawa. I don't know, I think that an English name starting with w is quite funny. Chinese names are okay though. Wanhui, Wanjiun, Wanlun.
:) I must sound really weird right? Planning my kid's name at the age of 15. Haha but I know that deep down, any of you reading this must have already thought a little about it too right. Admit it ;)
Alrighties, back to studying for bao zhang bao dao.
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