I always have a hard time remembering names. Especially those Chinese names from China/Taiwan that sounded almost the same. I bet many who do not speak Mandarin or read Chinese have the same problem too. And it seemed that these people realize the problem we have, thus, begins the era of them adopting Christian names. Well, not exactly ‘Christian’ names but, more like, anything English.
And boy, some of their names are indeed exotic. When I hopped myself into the corporate world to work my ass off, I have came across thousands of stupor inducing ‘Christian’ names — those that would make me remember them for the rest of my life.
Here’s some of them that I’ve picked from my company corporate directory (real surname/last name obscured with “Tan” to protect the privacy of the individuals) :
Ailx, Tan — “ailx” sounded like a photostat machine’s name.
Better, Tan — the brother is “worse”.
Black, Tan — sounded so fucking racist man ..
Blinker, Tan — the guy with this name’s not gonna get any job for badminton tournament linesman.
Camel, Tan — camels eat their own shit. Nice name indeed.
Dragon, Tan — bruce lee wannabe.
Echo, Tan — I have no idea why he wanted to be called as “echo”. maybe he should consider “noise”.
Fanta, Tan — this lad must be some fanatic of the popular fruit flavored soft drink…
Fauna, Tan — would be the prime suspect for a local series of cold blooded homicide.
Lemon, Tan — why would anyone in their right mind would call themselves a “lemon”?
Nakey, Tan — this guy will definitely be banned from entering Kelantan or Terengganu.
Orange, Tan — a fruit. what next? “durian”? “cempedak”?
Pillar, Tan — his friends are a bunch of lizards.
Pokky, Tan — leh mah “pokky”
Rock, Tan — he watched too much wrestling shows.
Sisily, Tan — a cross between “sissy” and “silly”. not a good thing.
Space, Tan — full of asteroids and pimping aliens… yeah right ..
Strong, Tan — my first impression of this name is haughty and chauvinist.
Sunday, Tan — why not saturday? parties are more happening on saturdays…
Sunshine, Tan — excessive sunshine would cause skin cancer.
Zero, Tan — won’t be a very bright person, I reckon…
Haf a nise dae.