Comments on: My name is http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: B http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-265748 B Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:37:18 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-265748 my adopted daughter is Suet (in Australia!) - we pronounce it 'soo-ee' - clearly we've got it wrong... oops... but she loves her name, and so do we! Her bio mum gave it to her, so we'd never change it even though she's been with us since a baby. my adopted daughter is Suet (in Australia!) – we pronounce it ‘soo-ee’ – clearly we’ve got it wrong… oops… but she loves her name, and so do we! Her bio mum gave it to her, so we’d never change it even though she’s been with us since a baby.

]]> By: seriale online http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-192802 seriale online Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:52:33 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-192802 Thanks for Sharing. I like it blog and yours articles ! I'm gonna share it on tweeter :) Thanks for Sharing. I like it blog and yours articles ! I’m gonna share it on tweeter :)

]]> By: Suet Yi http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-27220 Suet Yi Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:34:38 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-27220 I go by SUET too! Once I was working and this guy asked me for my name, he was like Suet as in sweating? Then I said Suet Yi, and he was like ok, that sounds like shit you !!!! PFSTTTT. SUET is an awesome name laaaaa..... P/S: Im a junior in the states too! I go by SUET too! Once I was working and this guy asked me for my name, he was like Suet as in sweating? Then I said Suet Yi, and he was like ok, that sounds like shit you !!!!

PFSTTTT.

SUET is an awesome name laaaaa…..

P/S: Im a junior in the states too!

]]> By: Alexander Mishou http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-26450 Alexander Mishou Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:47 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-26450 I like the layout of your blog and I'm going to do the same thing for mine. Do you have any tips? Please PM ME on yahoo @ AmandaLovesYou702 I like the layout of your blog and I’m going to do the same thing for mine. Do you have any tips? Please PM ME on yahoo @ AmandaLovesYou702

]]> By: sweatlee http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-26037 sweatlee Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:49:21 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-26037 cure excessive sweating T________T FML T________T cure excessive sweating T________T FML T________T

]]> By: Cure Escessive Sweating http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-26035 Cure Escessive Sweating Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:08:32 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-26035 Nice post. I hope you continue writing such good stuff Nice post. I hope you continue writing such good stuff

]]> By: Lynn http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-26033 Lynn Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:27:17 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-26033 I think Suet is a nice name honestly! reminds me of snow immediately XD I think Suet is a nice name honestly! reminds me of snow immediately XD

]]> By: Ping Ping http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-26027 Ping Ping Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:51:13 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-26027 I can so totally understand how it feels. =( I tell people my name is Ping Ping and they'll give me "come-on" face and ask me for my real name. IT IS PING PING. My surname is Ch'ng and my teachers used to call me Ching Ping Ping, for their convenience. And I always get teased like Ping Pong - plus im round =( And the other day I went to the clinic and the MA called me, Ch'ng Ping Pong. I stared at him with my eyes wide open and he seemed selamba. Then he turned to check the screen and say 'Oh, Ch'ng Ping Ping. Sorry, got other people call you wrongly before?' T___T Now my friends keep calling me 'pong!!' Sigh, what to do? My sis's name is Pao Pao, poor her, I think she got it worse. I can so totally understand how it feels. =( I tell people my name is Ping Ping and they’ll give me “come-on” face and ask me for my real name. IT IS PING PING.

My surname is Ch’ng and my teachers used to call me Ching Ping Ping, for their convenience. And I always get teased like Ping Pong – plus im round =(

And the other day I went to the clinic and the MA called me, Ch’ng Ping Pong. I stared at him with my eyes wide open and he seemed selamba. Then he turned to check the screen and say ‘Oh, Ch’ng Ping Ping. Sorry, got other people call you wrongly before?’ T___T

Now my friends keep calling me ‘pong!!’ Sigh, what to do? My sis’s name is Pao Pao, poor her, I think she got it worse.

]]> By: mona http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25991 mona Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:49:19 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25991 my name is the worse man, first it was Mona Lisa only, then after the menteri or whoever kena cincang it was Mona Fandey, and everyone will ask me if I know that Mona Lisa song, then they will SING the song, I tell you, everyone does this wan, the librarian when they look at my student card they will ask me whether I know Mona Fandey or the Mona Lisa song, when I sat for my driver's license the instructor asked me the same thing, when I went to renew my IC HAIH all the time one la, until when people don't ask I almost feel disappointed in mankind wtf Oh ya and I remember on rtm or something last time there was this anti-dadah campaign, this guy had sex with a prostitute or something, you know la rtm's idea of prostitute must wear leather miniskirt and fishnet stockings and red high heels wtf and her name was MONA ok so I super kena at school the next day wtf Dun worry la, everyone kena this sort of thing once in a while, when I was in school there was this guy called Heikal, we call him Basikal wtf And this girl called Wan Something so we will go like "Hi! Wan!" wtf damn lame rite So ya, Suet Li is a nice name ok! At least not associated with a murderer who wore ugly leggings fml my name is the worse man, first it was Mona Lisa only, then after the menteri or whoever kena cincang it was Mona Fandey, and everyone will ask me if I know that Mona Lisa song, then they will SING the song, I tell you, everyone does this wan, the librarian when they look at my student card they will ask me whether I know Mona Fandey or the Mona Lisa song, when I sat for my driver’s license the instructor asked me the same thing, when I went to renew my IC HAIH all the time one la, until when people don’t ask I almost feel disappointed in mankind wtf

Oh ya and I remember on rtm or something last time there was this anti-dadah campaign, this guy had sex with a prostitute or something, you know la rtm’s idea of prostitute must wear leather miniskirt and fishnet stockings and red high heels wtf and her name was MONA ok so I super kena at school the next day wtf

Dun worry la, everyone kena this sort of thing once in a while, when I was in school there was this guy called Heikal, we call him Basikal wtf And this girl called Wan Something so we will go like “Hi! Wan!” wtf damn lame rite

So ya, Suet Li is a nice name ok! At least not associated with a murderer who wore ugly leggings fml

]]> By: Gzhang http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25990 Gzhang Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:43:32 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25990 Man, I can really relate to this post! Imagine having a name called Guo Zhang and the chinese speaking people start assuming you're from China and start gabbling in Mandarin when you know absolutely no Mandarin. And the rest of the world mispronounces it to Gua, Go, Goo and all sorts of perversion of the actual pronunciation. Then telling people the name is Zhang raises even more similarities to Zhang Ziyi. AAARGH. Totally feeling your pain. Man, I can really relate to this post!

Imagine having a name called Guo Zhang and the chinese speaking people start assuming you’re from China and start gabbling in Mandarin when you know absolutely no Mandarin.

And the rest of the world mispronounces it to Gua, Go, Goo and all sorts of perversion of the actual pronunciation.

Then telling people the name is Zhang raises even more similarities to Zhang Ziyi. AAARGH.

Totally feeling your pain.

]]> By: polka http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25958 polka Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:19:07 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25958 i think serene sounds nice! serene would look fair and pretty! you are fair and pretty my chinese name is hui xxxx, and i study in russia. Hui in russia means penis... FML i think serene sounds nice! serene would look fair and pretty! you are fair and pretty

my chinese name is hui xxxx, and i study in russia. Hui in russia means penis… FML

]]> By: Tey Cindy http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25947 Tey Cindy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:48:34 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25947 hi PELUH. does that mean u're always wet? HAHAHAHAHHA wtf hi PELUH. does that mean u’re always wet? HAHAHAHAHHA wtf

]]> By: Tey Cindy http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25946 Tey Cindy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:48:33 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25946 hi PELUH. does that mean u're always wet? HAHAHAHAHHA wtf hi PELUH. does that mean u’re always wet? HAHAHAHAHHA wtf

]]> By: Jess http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25945 Jess Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:46:07 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25945 i feel your pain. i have a really awkward name too. whenever someone asks whats my name. id hesitate to tell them because i know they either dont know how to pronounce it, or pronounce it wrongly. -.-". so i just made up a name for myself. sigh. i feel your pain. i have a really awkward name too. whenever someone asks whats my name. id hesitate to tell them because i know they either dont know how to pronounce it, or pronounce it wrongly. -.-”. so i just made up a name for myself. sigh.

]]> By: kenwooi http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25943 kenwooi Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:32:41 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25943 i really thought your name is sweat lee all these while.. lol.. i really thought your name is sweat lee all these while.. lol..

]]> By: Phillip http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25934 Phillip Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:11:51 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25934 Ok ok ooib u win. Semen sounds sad. I bet he really liked David Seaman last time (There's one game i recall who had no license on his name and called him Seawoman wtf） There's Strong and Bright also but nothing beats Semen. Say hi to Semen for me!!! xoxo Ok ok ooib u win. Semen sounds sad. I bet he really liked David Seaman last time (There’s one game i recall who had no license on his name and called him Seawoman wtf） There’s Strong and Bright also but nothing beats Semen. Say hi to Semen for me!!! xoxo

]]> By: Phillip http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25933 Phillip Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:09:58 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25933 "When Swan" is the typical response I bet...When swan? when swan what? new joke wtf “When Swan” is the typical response I bet…When swan? when swan what? new joke wtf

]]> By: yosie http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25925 yosie Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:54:59 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25925 my mom used to work at my elem sch, and everyone would hear her say yosie but then they would call me yoshi and say hey where's mario -_- i still never give my name when people ask like starbucks or something. i wonder if they even notice when they look at my credit card. my mom used to work at my elem sch, and everyone would hear her say yosie but then they would call me yoshi and say hey where’s mario -_-

i still never give my name when people ask like starbucks or something. i wonder if they even notice when they look at my credit card.

]]> By: sweatlee http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25900 sweatlee Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:03 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25900 my sister's name is suet teng wtf she'll be so mad at u!!! my sister’s name is suet teng wtf she’ll be so mad at u!!!

]]> By: emi http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25898 emi Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:52:07 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25898 or it could be SHI TING! or it could be SHI TING!

]]> By: hannah http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25891 hannah Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:59 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25891 i can relate very much not with my first name as its really normal but to my surname. i used to be very self conscious about my surname (merican) and i used to get teased a lot about it all through my school years. what to do? malaysian kids find everything unusual funny. when i was really young i used to hate it but i've grown to accept it as it actually looks alright to me when i write down my full name. now that i study abroad no one here actually makes fun of my name at all which i thought they would find weird. i can relate very much not with my first name as its really normal but to my surname.

i used to be very self conscious about my surname (merican) and i used to get teased a lot about it all through my school years. what to do? malaysian kids find everything unusual funny. when i was really young i used to hate it but i’ve grown to accept it as it actually looks alright to me when i write down my full name. now that i study abroad no one here actually makes fun of my name at all which i thought they would find weird.

]]> By: wenxuan http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25884 wenxuan Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:53 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25884 tell me how to spell my name: Wen Xuan you will get a good variety of BS. If hokkien, cantonese, or mandarin, my name will be transformed more and more. tell me how to spell my name: Wen Xuan

you will get a good variety of BS. If hokkien, cantonese, or mandarin, my name will be transformed more and more.

]]> By: andrew http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25871 andrew Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:17:13 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25871 at least its suet li and not suet ting at least its suet li and not suet ting

]]> By: Vince http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25870 Vince Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:01:47 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25870 Dont worry.. My name is Vince and I am a girl.. Remember the story I told you? :) Dont worry.. My name is Vince and I am a girl.. Remember the story I told you? :)

]]> By: CL http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25868 CL Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:34:39 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25868 I'm called Curry, Charliebug, Jetli, Chilli & etc by my friends. I find them kinda amusing though. haha. I like the name Suet! Probably only those who know how to pronounce it find it nice and whenever I thought of visiting your website, Suet Li comes to my mind and not Sweat Lee (but luckily I can still remember your blog url though!) :) Cheer up! I’m called Curry, Charliebug, Jetli, Chilli & etc by my friends. I find them kinda amusing though. haha. I like the name Suet! Probably only those who know how to pronounce it find it nice and whenever I thought of visiting your website, Suet Li comes to my mind and not Sweat Lee (but luckily I can still remember your blog url though!) :) Cheer up!

]]> By: skyler http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25865 skyler Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:59:26 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25865 SUET LI MY CHINESE NAME IS ONE LETTER OFF FROM 'YEE SANG' OK. SUET LI MY CHINESE NAME IS ONE LETTER OFF FROM ‘YEE SANG’ OK.

]]> By: norick http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25863 norick Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:32:54 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25863 hi serene.. haha.. not sure how should i relate this post to me.. if u still remember an email written to u once upon a time..my name spelling is exactly as yours... so i know about how ppl joke on the word suet and li become bruce lee la..jet li la..n so on... is usual that ppl cannot pronounce the name correctly so i dun bother also..as long i know they r refering to me..some even ask why not u just call shirley... while i'm still in primary school plus all the influence from HK 4 heavenly kings with their christian name, all r obsessed of creating a christian name for themself... now that age has catches up..it was quite funny to think of why we kids r so silly that time.. and as for now, i still introduce my self as suet li despite where i am.. (proud of own name kononnya) hahah except in online community.. =) maybe things get little different for u who study/frequent to US/Europe where Serene would save much of your trouble to get ppl with ur name.. =) hi serene.. haha.. not sure how should i relate this post to me.. if u still remember an email written to u once upon a time..my name spelling is exactly as yours… so i know about how ppl joke on the word suet and li become bruce lee la..jet li la..n so on…
is usual that ppl cannot pronounce the name correctly so i dun bother also..as long i know they r refering to me..some even ask why not u just call shirley…
while i’m still in primary school plus all the influence from HK 4 heavenly kings with their christian name, all r obsessed of creating a christian name for themself…
now that age has catches up..it was quite funny to think of why we kids r so silly that time..
and as for now, i still introduce my self as suet li despite where i am.. (proud of own name kononnya) hahah except in online community.. =)
maybe things get little different for u who study/frequent to US/Europe where Serene would save much of your trouble to get ppl with ur name.. =)

]]> By: suet ling http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25856 suet ling Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:32:44 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25856 i can TOTALLY relate to this entry !!!! i get soooo fed up when i have to repeat my name ten thousand times when i make phone calls while i was an intern working in a HR department normally i would just tell them "you can call me Ling" cos they ALWAYS CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE WORD SUET either they thought my name is shirley, sue ling, siew ling or something else haiyo i also found out the meaning of suet in the dictionary when i was in secondary school HAHAHAHA we suffer the same fate wtf but at least Snow is a pretty name ! :) i can TOTALLY relate to this entry !!!!
i get soooo fed up when i have to repeat my name ten thousand times when i make phone calls while i was an intern working in a HR department

normally i would just tell them “you can call me Ling” cos they ALWAYS CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE WORD SUET
either they thought my name is shirley, sue ling, siew ling or something else haiyo

i also found out the meaning of suet in the dictionary when i was in secondary school HAHAHAHA we suffer the same fate wtf but at least Snow is a pretty name ! :)

]]> By: strawberry http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25854 strawberry Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:18:18 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25854 HAHAHHAHA @ Seaman OMG!! HAHAHHAHA @ Seaman OMG!!

]]> By: xiao http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25853 xiao Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:07:24 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25853 no one can pronounce xiao here :) and back home you can imagine all the jokes around that name too. but as much as they make fun of it (or cannot possibly read it) i can't imagine myself with another name, like how you don't feel like a serene! no one can pronounce xiao here :) and back home you can imagine all the jokes around that name too. but as much as they make fun of it (or cannot possibly read it) i can’t imagine myself with another name, like how you don’t feel like a serene!

]]> By: Michelle Chin http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25851 Michelle Chin Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:48:46 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25851 You don't have Poi Kuan as your Chinese name. Note Poi is spelt wrongly! Should be Pui or Pooi ( at least better ) Thanks to my dad la. :( And no sane or insane human being can get it right and me being in Melbourne? Even worse. You don’t have Poi Kuan as your Chinese name.

Note Poi is spelt wrongly! Should be Pui or Pooi ( at least better )

Thanks to my dad la. :( And no sane or insane human being can get it right and me being in Melbourne? Even worse.

]]> By: emi http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25840 emi Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:13:49 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25840 <3 u no matter wat ur name is and pls lor, HK-ers have more ridiculous names like Fruit and Oxide. Also, my colleague's original name was Horny!!! My boss got him to change it to Honry cuz in the sales line you can't go ard telling ppl u're horny hahaa. Perhaps the slang term wasn't coined then! <3 u no matter wat ur name is and pls lor, HK-ers have more ridiculous names like Fruit and Oxide. Also, my colleague’s original name was Horny!!! My boss got him to change it to Honry cuz in the sales line you can’t go ard telling ppl u’re horny hahaa. Perhaps the slang term wasn’t coined then!

]]> By: ooib http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25837 ooib Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:50:57 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25837 there's a Cancer and a Seaman (pronounced semen) in my school there’s a Cancer and a Seaman (pronounced semen) in my school

]]> By: Phillip http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25834 Phillip Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:14:01 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25834 Hi Serene Suet! It's a nice name (I mean Suet) and don't feel bad about it. I surely do understand the frustrations of having a name that people twist around and made fun out of it. It makes you kinda hate your parents for not taking into consideration on what will happen to you in the future. I myself have a bad name and I had to use my current name now just to save my friends and myself to listen to some bastardized version of it. Not that Phillip is good anyway, people just think about the electrical appliance anyway T.T To cheer you up, I had seen some Chinese students overseas picking some rather absurd names that just makes me wonder if they are prepared to realized the complications they have created themselves into, picking names like Coffee, Banana, Sailor or Shark for that matter. I'm not lying, I know one personally myself and I had to make her realize the fact that she will need to use it to introduce herself to people in the future and how would people take her seriously with in a professional world with a name like that. Though I kinda liked a name a Chinese guy picked: Constantine. Surely didn't think abt that :p Hi Serene Suet! It’s a nice name (I mean Suet) and don’t feel bad about it. I surely do understand the frustrations of having a name that people twist around and made fun out of it. It makes you kinda hate your parents for not taking into consideration on what will happen to you in the future. I myself have a bad name and I had to use my current name now just to save my friends and myself to listen to some bastardized version of it. Not that Phillip is good anyway, people just think about the electrical appliance anyway T.T

To cheer you up, I had seen some Chinese students overseas picking some rather absurd names that just makes me wonder if they are prepared to realized the complications they have created themselves into, picking names like Coffee, Banana, Sailor or Shark for that matter. I’m not lying, I know one personally myself and I had to make her realize the fact that she will need to use it to introduce herself to people in the future and how would people take her seriously with in a professional world with a name like that. Though I kinda liked a name a Chinese guy picked: Constantine. Surely didn’t think abt that :p

]]> By: Xiaopei http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25831 Xiaopei Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:02:07 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25831 But I think your name is nice... :) But I think your name is nice… :)

]]> By: pinky http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25829 pinky Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:54:39 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25829 well, I'm called pinky. even worse. haha on the bright side, our name can be a conversation starter. well, I’m called pinky. even worse. haha on the bright side, our name can be a conversation starter.

]]> By: KY http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25824 KY Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:25:39 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25824 hello Serene! hello Serene!

]]> By: Suraya http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25818 Suraya Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:12:13 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25818 People call me susu, my mom call me sosoya(like soya bean), my bf's cousins call me subaru, some friends call me papaya, hari raya(coz it rhymes with suraya) like wtf la, if calling silly names make their day or even making them remember me better, i would just smile and brush it off :) at least your name is not sakhdeep or thupsambong (courtesy of Russel Peters)hahahaha. People call me susu, my mom call me sosoya(like soya bean), my bf’s cousins call me subaru, some friends call me papaya, hari raya(coz it rhymes with suraya) like wtf la, if calling silly names make their day or even making them remember me better, i would just smile and brush it off :)

at least your name is not sakhdeep or thupsambong (courtesy of Russel Peters)hahahaha.

]]> By: Ee Von http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25816 Ee Von Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:50:13 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25816 i used to call myself serenity cos i was a huge fan of sailormoon! still am! of course i don't call myself that anymore lol. and school teachers used to always pronounce my name wrongly - avon. wtf. i hated it. worst, ee 'voon' wtfffff. and i don't understand how they can see a 'choi' and pronounce it as 'chooi' stuuupid. i like your name :) i agree people tend to remember you better when your name's different. i used to call myself serenity cos i was a huge fan of sailormoon! still am! of course i don’t call myself that anymore lol. and school teachers used to always pronounce my name wrongly – avon. wtf. i hated it. worst, ee ‘voon’ wtfffff. and i don’t understand how they can see a ‘choi’ and pronounce it as ‘chooi’ stuuupid. i like your name :) i agree people tend to remember you better when your name’s different.

]]> By: chippabomb http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25814 chippabomb Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:32:08 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25814 I totally hear you, lady. My chinese name is huizhuang and no non-yellow being can pronounce it right, Actually, even some yellow being say it wrongly. I get self-conscious just ordering my ice-blended mocha at Starbucks because they DEMAND that I surrender my name T_T I totally hear you, lady. My chinese name is huizhuang and no non-yellow being can pronounce it right, Actually, even some yellow being say it wrongly. I get self-conscious just ordering my ice-blended mocha at Starbucks because they DEMAND that I surrender my name T_T

]]> By: *SuvienLah http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25813 *SuvienLah Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:30:01 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25813 Geez, I know right! I can so relate to you as people call me susu. T___T Susu kambing, susu lembu, susu kerbau wth everything. That's like :( Geez, I know right! I can so relate to you as people call me susu. T___T Susu kambing, susu lembu, susu kerbau wth everything. That’s like :(

]]> By: Lisa Cheah http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25812 Lisa Cheah Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:10:06 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25812 You work in a kindy?! Thats sooooo cute! :D Oh, and how I feel your pain. Somehow. My last name is Cheah, and sometimes... people just dont get it. They make it as if I come from a land far far far far away or something! And the fact that I have my last name in the middle is apparently not right. Hrmph. Good luck on your paper! You work in a kindy?! Thats sooooo cute! :D

Oh, and how I feel your pain. Somehow.
My last name is Cheah, and sometimes… people just dont get it. They make it as if I come from a land far far far far away or something!

And the fact that I have my last name in the middle is apparently not right. Hrmph.

Good luck on your paper!

]]> By: clem http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25811 clem Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:52:05 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25811 ..or Fish (Leong)... or Rihanna Chan wtf. Very pelik la if we start to call you Serene wtf. ..or Fish (Leong)… or Rihanna Chan wtf.

Very pelik la if we start to call you Serene wtf.

]]> By: Michelle Chin http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25808 Michelle Chin Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:40:19 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25808 At least you don't have weird names like Kinky or Kecy. It hurts my eyes just seeing them. Your name is very unique in the normal sort of way. You should be happy. :) At least you don’t have weird names like Kinky or Kecy.

It hurts my eyes just seeing them. Your name is very unique in the normal sort of way. You should be happy. :)

]]> By: ooib http://sweatlee.com/2010/02/21/my-name-is/#comment-25807 ooib Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:34:34 +0000 http://sweatlee.com/?p=1612#comment-25807 at least you grew up with general acceptance of your name, i had my classmates call me strawberry/blackberry/blueberry just cos barry was a rare name even your sis still calls me berry D: at least you grew up with general acceptance of your name, i had my classmates call me strawberry/blackberry/blueberry just cos barry was a rare name

even your sis still calls me berry D:

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