Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hello, I am....

So far we still do not have a name for the baby. We have narrowed down the list to below five, but we still need to choose from those. It is one of the first major decisions you need to make for your newborn. For it is the name that the newborn will carry throughout his adult life. See, I am stuck with the name 'Dan'. Although I am fine with the name, the pronunciation of the name means 'Egg' in Chinese. Since my wife is Chinese, my name is a constant sense of amusement for all of her relatives. When my wife first told her grandmother my name her grandmother's first response was 'Why did his parents call him 'egg'? So far I have been called the following from her side of the family - 'egg', 'duck egg', 'shiny egg', 'scramble egg', the list goes on. Funny right. Therefore, we need to be selective in choosing a name. Since my wife is a teacher in Boston, I get to hear some interesting names. My personal favorites or 'Bozan', 'Tinino' and, I am not sure of the spelling, but it is pronounced 'She-ll-kill-ya'. Imaging being her boyfriend and your like 'Awesome, I get to go out with Shellkillya tonight and try to break up with her'. Oh well. So basically no names, but eventually our son will need to go 'Hello, I am...'. We just need to fill in the blank.

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